Crutchy was the most resilient person you knew. He was always positive, despite everything that was happening to the newsies. You always admired that even if he never realized. Yet one thing you never expected out of him, was to be forward. You knew he liked you for a long time, it wasn't hard to tell, especially by how the others reacted when you to were in a room together. You just figured it would be you who had to say something, definitely not him. Well, that was until the celebration of winning the strike, when Crutchy was let out of the refuge. The first thing he did was come up to you and tell you how he felt.

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"Well you see, I met this guy in the refuge and he told me to just tell you how I felt, so here I am. I- love you Y/n."