Neverland by studentnumber24601 (G)

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Fandom: NEWSIES
Pairing: Gen
Length: one-shot
Author on LJ: queenitsy
Author Website: Underage Smokers
Why this must be read: While there are many excellent modern day AUs, there are also some amazing fics that focus on the actual canon. This piece, which as a Sarah-centric fic is a rarity in fandom, deals with how Sarah was affected by the strike and her encounter with Jack, so many years later. It's an amazing insight into a much-maligned character who doesn't get much attention in fic.

I was a silly young girl, and Jack was the most dashing, handsome, courageous boy I ever met. Our Neverland was in the streets of New York, and our Captain Hook was Joseph Pulitzer. And, as I was Wendy, I even had a John and Michael; David and Les were as captivated by Jack as Wendy's siblings were by Peter. And there were lost boys, hundreds of them; boys who never knew their parents, and who considered selling papers in poverty a playtime that never ended.

But Jack was Peter, and I was Wendy, and we loved each other in our own Neverland. Our love was perfect, and it made New York a magical place. It made it possible to defeat Pulitzer, it made us forget that there was any sort of evil we couldn't overcome.

But, like Wendy, I had to grow up; and like Peter, Jack never could.

Neverland