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• Falling from the sideline by Louis_Baletti

  Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types, Newsies (1992), Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies: The Broadway Musical! (2017)  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 May 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Spot Conlon/Racetrack Higgins
  • Kid Blink/Mush Meyers
  • David Jacobs & Jack Kelly
  • Crutchie & Jack Kelly (Newsies)
  • David Jacobs & Les Jacobs
  • Spot Conlon & Hot Shot
  • Hot Shot (Newsies)
  • Spot Conlon
  • Racetrack Higgins
  • Kid Blink
  • Mush Meyers
  • Jack Kelly (Newsies)
  • David Jacobs
  • York (Newsies)
  • Crutchie (Newsies)
  • Les Jacobs
  • Original Newsie(s)
  • Canon-Typical Violence
  • Pre-Canon
  • Period-Typical Homophobia
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • period typical xenophobia
  • religious discrimination
  • Unrequited Love
  • Hanahaki Disease
  • Suicide Attempt
  • Emotional/Psychological Abuse
  • Child Abuse
  • Gang Violence
  • Historical accuracy (to the best of my ability)
  • can i add tags later?
  • I’ve never done this before
  • Not Beta Read
  • Movie cast but with some extra musical characters

  Summary

  Hot Shot had always been Spot Conlon’s second, since even before he became the king of Brooklyn. Since as long as he could remember, or at least as far back as he allowed himself to remember. As far as he was concerned that’s how it had always been and how it always would be. Hot Shot had made peace with this fact long ago. What will he do when his position is threatened?

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  759

  Chapters:

  1/?

  Comments:

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  Kudos:

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