how do you feel about it?

i don’t have the most thoughts on it tbh, i could see it ig but i am a die hard javid shipper so idk

yk what i can fix this with polyamory, the manhattan leaders and the king of brooklyn can be in a polycule if i say so

ooo ok i’ve never seen that before but i’ll give it a shot

Spot has and always will beat the shit out of Davey’s bullies

they meet up on the Brooklyn bridge a lot

when the rest of Brooklyn first met Davey they planned to give him the shovel talk but just kinda went “oh, never mind, he doesn’t need that just look at him”

Spot calls him a nerd lovingly

they talk about newspapers a lot because that is Spot’s special interest and Davey loves learning and sharing information

@newsiesgiftexchange for @writingrevolutionary

- Spot initially likes Davey (platonically) because he’s the only newsie who’s not initially afraid of him

- Davey likes Spot because he’s the first newsie he can be friends with (besides Jack of course) where he doesn’t feel like an outsider, because Spot is (at least in Manhattan) an outsider as well

- their friendship starts after the rally, Davey feels betrayed by Jack and Spot feels Pissed off by Jack and Davey doesn’t know where to go or what to do because he doesn’t know if he’s welcome with the other Manhattan newsies without Jack.

- So Spot asks Davey if he’s still planning on going through with the strike even if Jacks truly abandoned them, and Davey doesn’t even fucking hesitate to say yes

- because he’s in too deep now and he knows what’s right and what’s wrong and personal feelings about a boy who just kind of almost unknowingly broke your heart Don’t Matter when you’re fighting something larger than yourself

- and Davey is Always fighting something larger than himself

- So Spot offers him to come back over to Brooklyn with him and his boys while they figure out next plans, and allow the Manhattan newsies (and Jack) some time to cool off

- because if the Brooklyn newsies are pissed? Then the Manhattan newsies are pissed

- at first Davey’s real quiet and contemplative and let’s be real kind of sulking because his only friend (and kind of crush) just betrayed him and their whole cause, the cause he dragged Davey into

- and Davey feels alone and confused and Spot is Not Great with Emotions but he knows he needs to do Something otherwise they’ll never get anywhere with this strike because Jack was right Davey is the brains and without him and his logic nobody knows what to do (well not in a way that won’t make things worse)

- so he brings out an old chess board that he stole from some rich guy at one point

- the guy had taught him how to play and had been buttering him up for well um things, but Spot wanted nothing to do with any of that because his heart was already unfortunately set on a stupid blonde kid with a gambling problem and legs for days

- so he lashed out, yelled at the dude and stole his chess set for good measure

- on the bright side it gave him something to do now, and let him work on some of his logic skills and planning skills that it takes to be a newsies leader

- he taught all his boys how to play and so while the Manhattan boys betting and gambled on poker the Brooklyn boys betted on chess

- but no one, no one had ever beat Spot before

- so Spot bring out his chess board and shows it to Davey who looks incredibly confused

- Daveys never played chess before, he’s always wanted to, he would see kids at school playing it, but he never had a lot (or any) friends at school and his family couldn’t afford to buy a set so he never got to play

- but also this didn’t seem like the time to be playing chess you know?

- but Spot won’t drop it, says they need to get out of the strike and focus on something else for a bit, clear their heads

- so Spot teaches Davey how to play, Davey picks up the rules quickly but the actual strategy takes a little longer

- it takes him a bit to get out of his head and into the game

- but when he does, oh Boy

- Davey beats Spot for the first time after 3 practice games

- they go back and forth for winning for about 4 more games

- but then Davey starts to win them all

- all of the Brooklyn boys are watching in amazement because no one had ever beat Spot in anything let alone chess and let alone that many times in a row

- and Spot would feel a little bit upset if Davey didn’t look so damn happy for the first time since he’s seen him

- he seemed to finally forget about Jack and just be playing the game and having fun, so Spot swallows his pride (a. Very very difficult thing to do)

- it’s after about 10 games that Davey stops a game short, it’d been his turn and he was staring at the board and its pieces so intently, but then something happened

- Spot could practically see the gears in Daveys head start turning and turning and turning like he was tearing this entire game down and building it back up again from scratch

- and Spot and his boys are looking confused and mildly concerned as Davey starts randomly moving pieces over the board, without even waiting for Spots turn

- and then goes on and on until finally his face starts to beam and he actually lights up with glee

- at this point Spots starting to wonder if this boy in front of him just had some sort of breakdown but then Davey starts loudly and quickly informing him of how the strike is just like a game of chess

- he goes over every piece of the strike as if it was a chess move

- and then how they can continue the game from here, plan their next moves from here

- and Spot hates how much it makes sense, and he’s absolutely in awe of the brain of this lanky ass kid in front of him

- who’d never even played a game of chess until tonight and is now using it to figure out how to win a real life strike against the most powerful men in the city

- before their plans can really start to form though a certain cowboy shows up, and Spots ready to soak him right then and there

- but Davey sees him and Jack sees Davey and Spot can see the looks, the meanings, and he knows, so he lets him go and talk

- they come back probably 30 minutes later and tell the boys of the plans that Plumber girl had made and Spot hates that it’s probably the best chance they got

- Jack tries to get Davey to go back with him but Davey stays put says he’ll meet him there with the Brooklyn boys, and though Davey doesn’t notice cause he’s turned around, spot notices the hurt look on Jacks face (and okay maybe he takes some sort of pleasure in that)

- everything moves after that

- Spot decided he really liked Davey after seeing him stand right up to Pulitzer in his own office

- this kids got mad fight in him, even if it comes out through words rather than fists

Okay, it made more sense in my head, but basically Spot likes David for being assertive, but David just doesn’t know Spot, so he doesn’t treat him with excess respect.

Sorry this has been sat in my inbox for a while

OHHHHHH YES OKAY SO

davey is, by far, the one who understands spot the most.

spot in this au is kind of quiet and reserved, but he’s still A Presence- he’s a bull rider who hopes to go professional, of course he’s a Presence.

however, davey is the only one who can like. strike up a long conversation with him

and maybe it’s because spot is taking it easy on him, bc he’s the new guy, but then spot realizes that like. wow. davey is actually a lot more intuitive than some of the other guys

not to say he’s smarter, because everyone in spot’s group is intelligent, but davey is the one who has the outsider perspective. davey is the one who notices the things that other’s dont.

davey is the one who notices what spot notices, essentially.

it’s easy for them to get along once they realize how alike they are!

they have a bunch of inside jokes with each other that the other boys don’t understand

they’re also the ones who have the best jokes about jack and race

by the end of the first semester, spot is basically davey’s new adopted brother and davey has eaten dinner with the conlon family more times in 5 months of knowing eachother than jack has in nearly six YEARS of knowing spot