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1. Rec 8

   Build a Problem by Whoops_Im_Obsessed

   Fandoms: Newsies - All Media Types  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   23 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • David Jacobs/Jack Kelly
   • Crutchie & Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Crutchie & Racetrack Higgins
   • Crutchie & Finch (Newsies)
   • Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Crutchie (Newsies)
   • David Jacobs
   • Racetrack Higgins
   • Finch (Newsies)
   • Medda Larkson | Medda Larkin
   • Original Child Character(s)
   • Alfie Cortez (original character)
   • Les Jacobs
   • The Newsies (Newsies)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Canon Disabled Character
   • Alternate Universe - Modern Setting
   • Cancer
   • Miscommunication
   • big brother crutchie
   • Crutchie's Name is Charlie (Newsies)
   • Crutchie & Racetrack Higgins & Jack Kelly are Siblings
   • Mild Language
   • (i let crutchie say fuck)
   • jack kelly is a middle child (derogatory)
   • race is the baby
   • the original character is finch's nephew
   • his name is alfie he's adorable
   • Christmas
   • Hanukkah
   • Hospitals
   • Hospitalization
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Medical Trauma
   • possible medical innacuracy
   • I did my best
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Foster Care
   • Adoption
   • its not the focus
   • Slow to Update
   • Hurt Crutchie (Newsies)
   • Emotional Constipation
   • just talk to each other damnnit
   • teacher!Davey
   • Queerplatonic Relationships
   • Kinda
   • crutchie and finch act married but they aren't lol

   Summary

   Jack Kelly was too young to remember the first time Charlie got sick.

   He remembered the second.

   -

   Or: the time Crutchie thought he could get away with hiding things from his invasive (loving) family.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,980

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

   15

   Kudos:

   74

   Bookmarks:

   8

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   28 Jun 2026

   Bookmarker's Notes

   Crutchie goes to hospital get tested hides it from meds an jack

2. Rec 21

   i will make the sky collapse by TheYesterdayShow

   Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   09 Jun 2021

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Crutchie & Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Crutchie & Specs (Newsies)
   • Crutchie (Newsies)
   • Specs (Newsies)
   • Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Snyder (Newsies)
   • Original Characters
   • Katherine Plumber Pulitzer
   • Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt Jr.
   • Whump
   • Angst
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • The Refuge (Newsies)
   • There are so many OCs
   • but it's literally just to fill up the refuge
   • they don't actually matter
   • Blood and Injury
   • Violence
   • Starvation
   • this is not a fun time
   • Crutchie-centric (Newsies)
   • Jack Needs a Hug
   • so does crutchie
   • Hurt Crutchie (Newsies)
   • i saw newsies for the first time and two weeks later i have a complete fic
   • i'm an angst writer what can i say
   • i cannot stress enough how unimportant the OCs are
   • in the first chapter they seem to important
   • the first chapter lies
   • this is really violent btw
   • Whipping
   • Rats
   • a rat gets eaten in the first chapter
   • Concussions
   • bad times are had by all
   • Torture
   • Hurt Some Comfort
   • I promise there will be some comfort

   Summary

   He didn’t know it was the last step until he heard a door open, and blinked his eyes open to see a dimly lit room full of dirty boys. Then he was pushed forward, hitting the floor with an impact that he felt to his very bones.
   Crutchie let himself lie still for a few moments, moments that he wished could extend into forever. Eventually, he spoke, swallowing around the desert that had taken up lodging in his throat. “What’s a guy gotta do ta get a welcome ‘round here?”
   ~
   A Refuge fic!

   Series

   • Part 1 of some stumbled, stopped, but most slunk on

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   18,517

   Chapters:

   6/6

   Comments:

   46

   Kudos:

   163

   Bookmarks:

   21

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   24 May 2026

3. Rec 2

   your friend, your best friend, your bother crutchie by Itsofc_AnneXxx

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

   • General Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   25 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Crutchie & Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • David Jacobs & Jack Kelly
   • Crutchie (Newsies)
   • David Jacobs
   • Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Trauma
   • Death
   • Sad and Happy
   • I'm Bad at Tagging
   • Friendship
   • Family
   • Mentioned Crutchie (Newsies)
   • crutchies dead
   • Jack Kelly Needs a Hug (Newsies)

   Summary

   what if Crutchie had died in the refuge during the strike?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   934

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Kudos:

   8

   Bookmarks:

   2

   Hits:

   210

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   20 May 2026

4. Rec 14

   You're Why I Stay by hellyeahheistbooks

   Fandoms: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken  

   • General Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   15 Sep 2024

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Crutchie & Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Crutchie (Newsies)
   • Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • Post-Canon
   • Crutchie deserves comfort
   • he's my special little guy
   • he's the strongest guy there and he goes through some shit
   • and there was NOT enough closure for me
   • so I made some :)
   • had to hurt him a little more
   • but its okay
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Crutchie Needs a Hug (Newsies)
   • and he gets one
   • Protective Jack Kelly (Newsies)
   • he's a little oblivious but he gets there in the end
   • Fluff
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • they're brothers!!!!!!!
   • Hurt Crutchie (Newsies)
   • love him so much

   Summary

   Crutchie's exhausted. He's beaten and bruised, and then he sees Jack and he knows that everything's going to be okay. Except it looks like Jack's moving on, and Crutchie's not enough to keep him here.

   Jack convinces him that he's worth staying for.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   3,355

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Comments:

   13

   Kudos:

   76

   Bookmarks:

   14

   Hits:

   576

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   19 May 2026

5. Rec *

   Hail Mary, full of Grace (are you sure about this, Stratt?!) by princelokiofasgard, Tired_Wandering_Soul

   Fandom Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

   • Teen And Up Audiences, General Audiences
   • Major Character Death, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen, F/M
   • Series in Progress

   10 Jun 2026

   • Major Character Death
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Ryland Grace & Eva Stratt
   • Ryland Grace & Olesya Ilyukhina
   • Ryland Grace & Yáo Li-Jie
   • Ryland Grace & Olesya Ilyukhina & Yáo Li-Jie
   • Lokken/Ryland Grace (Unrequited)
   • Carl & Ryland Grace
   • Lokken/Ryland Grace (one sided)
   • Carl & Eva Stratt
   • Eva Stratt & Lokkan
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky
   • Olesya Ilyukhina & Yáo Li-Jie
   • Ryland Grace & Olesya Ilyukhina & Rocky & Yáo Li-Jie
   • Rocky & Yáo Li-Jie (Project Hail Mary)
   • Olesya Ilyukhina & Rocky
   • Yao Li-Jie/his wife
   • Martin DuBois/Annie Shapiro (Project Hail Mary)
   • Eva Stratt & Ryland Grace & Olesya Ilyukhina & Rocky & Yao Li-Jie
   • Ryland Grace
   • Eva Stratt
   • Ryland Grace's San Franciso Students (mentioned)
   • Olesya Ilyukhina
   • Yáo Li-Jie (Project Hail Mary)
   • Stratt Vat
   • Dr Lokken
   • Carl (Project Hail Mary 2026)
   • Dr. Lokken (Project Hail Mary)
   • Dimitri Komorov (Project Hail Mary)
   • Ryland Grace (mentioned)
   • Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Various Unnamed Ocs who are there for plot reasons
   • and plot reasons ONLY
   • Yao's wife
   • Yao's daughter
   • Martin DuBois (mentioned)
   • Annie Shapiro (mentioned)
   • Original Characters
   • Earth Crew
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Trigger Warning: Cancer
   • Eva Stratt is maybe a bit OOC here
   • But this is already canon divergent and also extremely self-indulgent
   • Ryland Grace is a teacher
   • And that is almost as important to the crew as being a scientist
   • Teachers will save the world
   • Medical Inaccuracies
   • probably
   • attempt at linguistic accuracy when accounting for transfer errors from Russian
   • Major Character Death tag is canonical don't worry
   • Aromantic Asexual Ryland Grace
   • pre-launch
   • Trigger: Mentions of Cancer
   • I'm not sure where the idea of Lokken having a crush on Grace came from since it wasn't in the book as far as I could tell
   • I mean I read the book and didn't notice but that could be the autism or maybe I just missed something
   • POV Third Person Omniscient
   • And also third-person limited at times
   • shrugs
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • in that Ryland's opinions on religion/science relationship do not necessarily reflect my own
   • Stratt can show some emotion
   • as a treat
   • He is a GOOD teacher and he loves it and that is so important to me
   • As a teacher
   • also becoming a teacher because it's convenient at the time and staying a teacher because it turns out you love it and it's what you're made to do?
   • also me
   • As a nerd this book and movie means a lot to me
   • As a lover of human-made creations and not just letting cgi do everything this movie meant even more to me
   • As a lover of complex morally grey female characters this book and movie meant even even more to me
   • As a lver of the human capacity for love and friendship and goodness this book and movie meant even even even more to me
   • As a teacher this movie and book meant the most to me
   • Also tw child abuse
   • The book doesn’t really mention his childhood
   • so I am HC that it was bad for maximum angst potential
   • Hurt with a splash of comfort
   • is that a tag? It is now!
   • Also Ryland gives his crew cute nicknames. I don’t make the rules
   • Eva Stratt acts like a wet cat
   • She learned from Ryland!
   • Eva Stratt is not having a good time
   • Eva Stratt Needs a Hug
   • She does not get one
   • Eva Stratt curses A LOT
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Angst
   • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
   • POV Eva Stratt
   • Also Dr. Lokken a little bit
   • I do not know her first name
   • sorry - Freeform
   • Was it in the book? Maybe
   • aroace ryland grace
   • Aromantic Asexual Eva Stratt
   • it’s not mentioned but it’s implied
   • Autistic Ryland Grace
   • Autistic Eva Stratt
   • Again not mentioned but it’s there and I want you to know
   • Also she may have killed a man but that’s neither here nor there
   • Also sorry Cacéres
   • you’re catching strays
   • it’s not your fault that Eva Stratt doesn’t like you I promise
   • Trigger warning: Medical stuff
   • Medical Innacuracies
   • Also musical innaccuracies
   • I tried to drop headcanon lore about Rocky's language
   • But I know very little about Music
   • Lots of Linguistics though!
   • Languages and Linguistics
   • I really need to research more about how transfer errors effect Russian ESOL speakers
   • because right now I'm probably making some mistakes with Olesya's English
   • I have a HC that her English is very utilitarian and she chooses not to faff about with the finer details
   • even though she could get it right if she could be bothered
   • she jsut has more important things on her mind
   • valid
   • But yeah anways point is that I've not had a ton of experience with Russian ESOL speakers
   • And I should do more research but golly I do lots of research already
   • so for now just deal with it I guess
   • Anyway Olesya my giiiiirrrl
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Graceful
   • Ryland Grace and Rocky are Platonic Soulmates
   • Rocky is like 'I have had this human for less than two weeks but if anything happened to him I would kill everyone in this tunnel and then myself'
   • Ryland is catching strays for his shitty compling skills
   • Mixing book canon and movie canon
   • and changing what parts about Ryland's life he remembers for comedic purposes
   • not super relevant but I want you to know
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Medical Procedures
   • Medical Trauma
   • Rocky is very protective of Grace
   • Team Dynamics
   • Team as Family
   • and it shows
   • "We woke up late from our coma and now an alien has pack bonded with our friend"
   • A memoir by Olesya Ilyukhina and Yao Li-Jie
   • POV Third Person
   • POV Alternating
   • Ryland Grace & Rocky are Best Friends
   • POV Third Person Plural
   • Except she doesn't so much haunt the narrative as boss the narrative around from light years away
   • Olesya Ilyukhina likes dirty jokes and hates fishing
   • Yao Li-Jie is SUCH a dad
   • Ryland Grace Acts Like a Wet Cat
   • Trigger warnings for mild illusions to medical trauma
   • Biology Inaccuracies
   • All the innaccuracies basically
   • Definitely religious inaccuracies as well
   • Author is Jewish writing with catholic metaphors
   • Catholic Eva Stratt
   • Hail Mary Prayer
   • Brief references to childhood abuse
   • Ryland Grace Is Not Having a Good Time
   • Olesya Ilyukhina is not having a good time
   • Yao Li-Jie is not having a good time
   • Rocky is not having a good time either
   • basically nobody is having a good time
   • Hail Mary accent
   • also I’m taking some liberties even in my own field of science (linguistics) during this series so be warned
   • compling is not my specialty so especially the translator bits
   • those are designed more around fitting with the narrative than actually reflecting hypothetical programming abilities for alien language translators
   • Fluff
   • some plot mostly fluff
   • I've shenaned once and Now I will Shenanigan!!!
   • Russian-isms
   • Lesbian Olesya Ilyukhina
   • Ryland Grace's ridiculous alternate swears
   • Ryland Grace would like to stop catching strays for his terrible compling skills
   • Olesya Ilyukhina will not let that happen
   • adults acting like children
   • having a little fun while saving the world
   • Ryland Grace does not think his previous cardiac arrest is a big deal
   • his family/crew is happy to disabuse him of this notion
   • mentions of medical trauma
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • hand-wavy science
   • Scientific Inaccuracies
   • Suicidal thoughts ???
   • Not really sure if being willing to die counts but like
   • just in case
   • Ryland Grace is a Leaky Space Blob
   • Ryland Grace Needs a Hug
   • He gets many!
   • Rocky Loves Ryland Grace
   • this baby can fit so much fluff and angst and silliness in it
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • It's who he is dammit!
   • Have I put some of my personal distaste towards some aspects of academia in this fic?
   • YES!
   • Have I put my own thoughts about how much we as primary education teachers are undervalued into Ryland Grace's mouth?
   • Also yes!!!
   • Listen K-12 teachers are JUST as important as college professors even though we're shit on near-constantly
   • metaphorically and also occasionally literally
   • Do you know how GOOD you have to be at teaching to explain things to kids in a way that they get?
   • Professors are important and have to be good at their jobs but it's not 'harder' than teaching kids
   • if anything it's a bit easier because you don't have to simplify the material to the same degree and for the most part everyone wants to be there
   • and you're not responsible for their emotional well-being and teaching them how to person as well as teaching them science and math and literature
   • so yeah teachers are like the most important people ever and our jobs are valuable and Ryland Grace loves being a MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHER g-ddamit
   • thank you for attending my rant
   • HUMAN-MADE WORK
   • AI could never
   • I was using em dashes before AI was even a twinkle in some tech bros eye
   • AND I WILL CONTINUE TO USE THEM FUCK YOU VERY MUCH
   • Ryland Grace does not curse but I sure as hell do
   • Mix of book and movie canon
   • Ryland Grace Does Not Swear
   • Fluff and Humor
   • snapshots from an intergalactic roadtrip
   • this is very silly y'all
   • not quite crack but getting close
   • i mean probably
   • I don't know enough about medical accuracies so from that I'm assuming that there are inaccuracies
   • But Maybe I have been accidentally Competent
   • Name My OCs?
   • Not in this Fandom!
   • They might accidentally become important and thus get sent to space
   • It's really better for them if they're one-dimensional
   • and they don't have enough personality to care anyway
   • ISS | International Space Station
   • I cannot stress enough how a lot of these happenings are probably just as innaccurate as the court room scene in the book
   • but suspend your disbelief and enjoy the fic
   • I mean there's an alien and he's literally a Rock so who cares?
   • If the answer is 'you' then keep your mouth shut
   • because the rest of us want to be as delusional as Lokken's crush on Ryland Grace
   • No spoilers but she just might get one!
   • Olesya Ilyukhina has ADHD
   • she's an engineer this cannot POSSIBLY come as a surprise to you
   • on that note
   • Does Rocky have Eridian adhd question
   • probably statement
   • This is a little silly and very self-indulgent
   • very little plot only fluff
   • but I wrote An Angst earlier so I deserve it
   • Maybe this borders on crack but I like to think it's in character?
   • Zillow listings as a point of contention
   • Eva Stratt does NOT share well
   • Neither does Rocky
   • Yao is very dad adn has very dad anxieties
   • slaps roof of team
   • these babies are all so codependent
   • Yao's wife is an angel she's so understanding
   • Yao's daughter is a little menace it's no wonder Yao immediately imprinted on Ilyukhina
   • Yao's family uses copious pet names because I said so
   • Possessive Rocky (Project Hail Mary)
   • Everyone looking at Ryland Grace
   • What do you MEAN we have to share?
   • Sharing a Bed
   • Like just for sleeping
   • Ryland Grace's San Francisco apartment
   • Platonic Male Trophy Wife Ryland Grace
   • Eva Stratt looking at her 'dead wife montage'
   • Guess I won't be needing this anymore
   • Olesya Ilyukhina is a Menace
   • I love her your honor
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Social Media Menace Olesya Ilyukhina
   • very brief reference to childhood abuse
   • these are getting so fluffy it's honestly a little embarassing for me whoops
   • Everything is Beautiful and Nothing Hurts
   • whoops i've shenanagained
   • The Hail Mary Accent (Project Hail Mary)
   • Multimedia Fic
   • Tweet Fic
   • It's Olesya's tweets
   • everyone else is only mentioned - Freeform
   • Found Family
   • Family Fluff
   • Well Except Shapiro and DuBois
   • RIP to those freaky bastards
   • Yao is so Girl-Dad

   Words:

   38,783

   Works:

   15

   Bookmarks:

   1,117

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