How much time, nobody could tell. Sometimes fear sped time up, sometimes time was slow, and the single grimy window didn't let in enough outside light to let the boys judge. It could have been minutes, it could have been hours.

He'd lost many, many things before in his life, but nothing had hurt quite like this. Angsty Sprace, modern AU.

Sprace slash full of darker themes, sadness and pain. It didn't start out like that, but oops.

In which Spot is an inarticulate-while-speaking poet, Race really likes classic Disney, and I slip in a casual reference to the play I'm doing a scene from. Fun times, trust me! Sprace slash. Modern AU.

You don't fall into love, love is more like falling up. You can't control where you go and if you land, and you can't stop the fall yourself. Modern Sprace AU.

Spot wasn't known for being caring. Sure, he made sure his boys were eating and selling, and yeah, he was a good leader, but he wasn't loving and kind. His boys knew that, the other newsies knew that, and he knew that. So when Spot Conlon, the famous King of Brooklyn, developed feeling for somebody, it surprised him. Slash. Unrequited Sprace.

Race always whispered things in Italian. Little sentences and words, and sometimes it drove Spot crazy. He wanted to know what Race was saying, but Race refused to tell him. So he began compiling a list of everything Race said. Then he began going to Little Italy and getting them to translate, until he had a list of everything Race had whispered into his ear.

In every life, there is a moment where everything changes as a result of something that happened in that second. One moment, in a life full of them, that rearranges existence instantly. One. Simple. Moment. Slash. Javid.

The first four times were the most important, the ones that revealed the most.

Spot Conlon was tough, but everybody has a weakness. And his was Race. The way he smirked, his crooked teeth, his obnoxious laugh, his voice, his ever present cigar, everything about Race drove Spot absolutely crazy, and he wasn't sure if it was in a good or bad way. Slash of the Sprace variety.