13-year-old Jack falls asleep on the theatre steps and meets a lifelong friend.

11-year-old Charlie never knew a disabled foster kid like him could end up at summer camp. Jack's best friend Race roped him into being a camp counselor. He loves the woods (and flirting with the lifeguards), but he's worried he's bitten off more responsibility than he can chew. But when he meets a fellow foster kid in Oak Cabin, he knows they're in for an unforgettable summer.

December 1898 "Shoot," Crutchie chuckled. "Racer's sick every dang Christmas, poor guy. He'll be fine by the weekend. You know that." "No," Jack said. "No, I don't just know that." His chest had felt tight all day; he couldn't explain it. Jack pressed his lips together, and took a long inhale of biting, cold air through his nose. "I...I...shit, Crutch, you saw 'im this mornin'"

Winter/Christmas Newsies Drabbles! I'm going to try to get to 25 by the end of December. 1. Newlywed Jack and Kat 2. Baby Jack with his family

Jack's first birthday as a newsboy.

It's been a rough day at the Kelly house, and Katherine is feeling restless and defeated. Jack comes home just in time.

All of Jack's clothes were too small. His mother, who had always been able to make hand-me-downs look like new, had been dead for 1 year, 2 weeks, and 4 days. Eight-year-old Jack and his father, Pat, are stumbling along the best they can. Then Pat comes home with an unexpected gift. *Storyteller Universe*

"What's the matter with ya? What do you write about at three in the morning?" "I gotta think about movin' on, kid." Twelve-year-old Jack gets up in the middle of the night to discover he's not the only dreamer. [Prompt: Person A is sick/hurt, Person B needs emotional care/advice/someone to vent to and they end up taking care of each other.]

Jack and Katherine's New Year's party is the highly of the newsboys' long, dark winter. 1904's festivities includes new girlfriends, new memories, and a new baby! Part of the Daisy series.

Companion to "The Storyteller" Jack's mother, Evelyn, has a storytelling voice like starlight and church music. When his wild child little sister, Ciara, gets hurt, their mother tells stories to distract them both.

*REPOST* 4 years post strike. Jack and Katherine introduce their new daughter to her newsboy uncles.

Jack and Kat are enjoying a lazy Saturday morning together when they realize their 1-year-old is missing from her crib. (Fluff)

Jack bonds with his new daughter.

8-year-old Charlie Morris has been stuck in a hospital bed for a month. He'll never again jump fences, climb trees, do cartwheels, or win footraces at recess. Doctors say he's lucky...Lucky to be alive, lucky to be able to breathe and stand. But he's not feeling very lucky, until she arrives and his whole world flips around.

Jack always tells his brothers he ain't got no folks nowhere. But once upon a time, he had a family that adored him-a mother, a father, and two little sisters. *follows Jack ages 5-15*

Newlyweds Jack and Katherine are awakened by boisterous, drunk carolers. Minor hijinks ensue.

"You took care of me every damn day for months when I couldn't even stand up after Rosslyn. The least I could do is give you some time to sleep off a cold." While Josh is on a pursuit to save America's kindergartners from a doomed life of mediocrity, his right-hand woman goes down for the count. Surely he can survive a day or two without Donna, right?

Jack Kelly has never had anyone to fuss over him, and he sure doesn't need it now. At nearly 18, he's the oldest and the strongest and the smartest: His brothers need him. But the boys always knew that once one of them got sick, they were all bound to get it sooner or later...

Josh is thrown off guard when he remembers he's forgotten someone's birthday. CW: Grief