So yay for uploading my first fic ever. Um okay let's see what is my clever disclaimer? Hmmm...ah here we go. I do not own anything except for my sleep deprived brain and the tablet in my hand which is actually my mom's. If I did own Newsies, Andrew, Andy, and Zachary would all simultaneously be on stage together.
Crutchie woke up to the sounds of someone crying. He quickly picked up his crutch and hobbled over to Romeo's bed.
"Mark, no! Mark, don't leave me!" Romeo started to thrash around.
"Romeo, Romeo, wake up." He gently rocked Romeo awake.
"Crutchie?"
"Yeah. It's okay, youse was just havin a bad dream." Romeo shook his head back and forth as tears started forming in his eyes again.
"No, no, it was real and it..." Romeo started shaking with silent sobs and buried his head into his arms.
Crutchie sat down next to Romeo and gathered the boy into his arms.
"Okay, you wanna talk about it?"
Romeo started to shake his head but then decided against it. "One day, when I was real young my brotha, Mark, was walkin home with me when a man came up to us. I didn't know who he was but my brudda told me to run home and not to stop till I got there. So I did, but when I got home, I couldn't find my ma or pa and I got real scared."
Romeo rubbed his eyes and scooted closer to Crutchie.
"Then there was a knock at the door and I thought it was my brudda, but when I opened the door, it was an officer. And he told me that, uh...he uh told me that my ma and pa and brudda wouldn't be comin home again, eva."
Crutchie squeezed Romeo as the younger boy buried his face in Crutchie's chest. He rubbed Romeo's back until he heard his breathing slow down.
"Hey, remember how the nuns is always tellin us that we's is gonna go ta heavan when we die?" Romeo nodded.
"Well, I betcha thatcha ma and pa and brudda are all up there together havin a party. And when youse goes there they're gonna be real proud of ya and real happy that you can finally have fun with dem again."
"Really?"
"Absolutely, but until then, youse got us and you'll always be a part of this family too. Okay?"
"Okay." Romeo said as he nodded off to sleep, finally at peace.
Crutchie tucked Romeo into his bed and hopped out to the fire escape. Looking up at the night sky, he pulled out a picture of a young man with dark black hair and piercing eyes. Crutchie sighed and wiped the tears from his eyes.
"I promise I'll look afta him, Mark."
I hope that was okay. Please R/R (what does the second r stand for?) If anyone has read all the way down here and would like something related to this story just let me know. I am now going to write a comedic fic about Davey getting high for the first time!