#grace writes things

[gracetrack-higgins]

@wordshakerofgallifrey tagged me in a fun little game where I share the last sentence of the WIP i’m working on, and since I’m working on a ton of things at once, here’s the last two WIP sentences!

1 (nsfw??): 

“Good boy,” Spot’s voice is smooth and calming; Race lets it wash over him. “Look how pretty you are, cryin’ and beggin’ me like this. I bet you’re real close huh? 

2: 

Spot squeezes his eyes shut with frustration, knuckles white from squeezing them so hard. He opens his eyes at the sound of a low whistle next to him, and just as he turns to look, a sharp sting strikes him in the neck, and everything goes dark. 

i tag the lovely @firehearte and @amscraypunk to share their last sentences ;) 

[wordshakerofgallifrey]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Katherine has her day with the kids, and Spot ponders an important question.

[gracetrack-higgins]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 15/? Fandom: Newsies!: the Musical - Fierstein/Menken, Newsies - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jack Kelly/Katherine Plumber, Spot Conlon/Racetrack Higgins Characters: Jack Kelly, Katherine Plumber Pulitzer, Crutchie | Crutchy (Newsies), Spot Conlon, Racetrack Higgins, David Jacobs, Sarah Jacobs, Albert DaSilva (Newsies), Medda Larkin, Original Female Character(s) Additional Tags: ONE OF US IS BACK, every newsie makes an appearance or mention at some point but i don't feel like tagging them, focus on Jack and Kath, and Spot and Race, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Alternate Universe - College/University, picks up immediately after the first story!, hang onto your hats and glasses here's the warning tags, Warnings May Change, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Foster Care, Anxiety, Depression, Underage Drinking, Panic Attacks, Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Friendship/Love, Bonding, You'll Eventually Get The Gay Ending You Want Series: Part 4 of One of Us Summary:

Sequel to One of Us: summer doesn't bring much relaxation for Jack Kelly and his friends. This spiraled out of control, but here we go anyway!

yes its been like 10000 years since i updated this fic but i DID NOT forget about it and I will be finishing it this summer i sWEAR!!!

[gracetrack-higgins]

hey I made a Ko-Fi acct if anyone wants a writing commission or custom friendship bracelet in exchange for donations I’ve got u!! I’ve got bills to pay off and even with a part time job I’m trying anything I can!

https://ko-fi.com/gracetrackhiggins

if you’re interested feel free to shoot me a DM about commissions!

[gracetrack-higgins]

Hey! You might have already said something about this and I just haven’t seen it (sorry if that’s the case) but I was wondering if you were going to continue the I Like Me Better fic? I’ve spent all day reading through the entire series and I really really enjoy it! I love your writing and I love the series, but I understand that you probably have a good reason if you’ve stopped for some reason. Anyways, this has been my Ted Talk! Keep up the incredible work!

I got two asks about this in two days!!! I didn’t get a chance to reply to the first one so I’ll reply here:

YES! I am absolutely going to continue I Like Me Better!! I just recently went through and replotted the ending and there are 5 chapters left!

I haven’t made much time for writing lately but I definitely will be finishing the story!! Thank you so much for reading and for enjoying! I love when people love my writing!

So to you and the other anon who asked: more ILMB is coming!! Stay tuned!!

[gracetrack-higgins]

it’s been a hot minute since i’ve posted anything soft and sappy and sprace so enjoy some real cute stuff that i wrote for my girlfriend

https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/16923627 a scene inspired by a real date of ours

https://www.archiveofourown.org/works/16873644 a slightly sadder intimate scene that’s a big gay mood, captured in canon era sprace 

long story short i Never shut up about how much i love my gf, and i will probably never stop self inserting our relationship onto Sprace but it’s fine bc it works.

[gracetrack-higgins]

Saw your tags, and I'm curious as to what the phone backgrounds of the One Of Us/I Like Me Better characters would be? (no pressure to answer if you're busy tho!) (love you hope you're having a good day)

Oh I love this ask so much!! it’s so much fun!

I’m gonna do this for One of Us bc ILMB gets too complicated ;)

Jack - lockscreen: a silly selfie of him and katherine from before they were dating :,) homescreen: jack has had the same homescreen for literal years it’s a picture of him and crutchie with miss medda. very pure!

Kath - lockscreen: a candid picture she took of Jack in the sunset on the Brooklyn Bridge. it’s very aesthetic she’s very proud. homescreen: like jack, she’s had the same homescreen forever. it’s a baby picture of her and her sister Lucy.

Davey - lockscreen: a fun group selfie of all their friends, it’s the first time he’s really had a group of friends to put on his lockscreen so he’s very proud. before that it was a picture of him and Sarah at their bat/bar mitzvah. homescreen: one of jack’s paintings from his art-show

(SIDENOTE!!!! I never really mentioned this in the fic i don’t think but Jack’s art show in the end of One of Us is all modern art pieces and he does different pieces inspired by each of his friends/family for his collection. so Davey’s homescreen is of his painting in Jack’s collection)

Sarah - lockscreen: sarah’s a basic bitch so her lockscreen is a pinterest wallpaper that’s like soft pink and says “Seize The Gay” in pretty script. homescreen: another pinterest wallpaper of some flowers in the colors of the lesbian flag.

Crutchie - lockscreen: picture of him and Jack on Christmas together. homescreen: some pretty flowers he took a picture of while on a roadtrip with Miss Medda and Jack over summer one year.

Spot - lockscreen: default lockscreen bc he’s lazy. homescreen: he’ll never admit it but it’s a picture of his stupid friends.

Race - lockscreen: his dumb dance friends that One Time they tried to make a pyramid in jazz class where he got to be on top (”the only time i’ll ever be a Top”, Race proudly proclaimed) homescreen: for the longest time it was a default wallpaper but now it’s a candid of Spot. he’ll never tell him that though. Spot sees it exactly one (1) time when he was hacking Race’s snapchat and he promptly ignored how honored he felt.

Danielle - lockscreen: a selfie of her and Spot when they won homecoming King/Queen in high school senior year. The selfie is mostly her face and like half of Spot’s, RIP. homescreen: an artsyTM picture she took of her manicure and the city skyline.

thank you for the ask!!! i miss these kiddos, I really need to get back to writing them!! <333

[gracetrack-higgins]

hey can we get some of those blessed italian race headcannons please

oh HELL YES you can!!

- Race’s mom is extremely Italian. Like, Italian immigrant Italian. English is her second language and she raises her kids to speak both English and Italian! 

- When he’s in elementary and middle school he teaches his friends all the Italian swear words he knows. They never get in trouble for it, because none of their teachers speak Italian. But Race certainly gets in trouble when his 5th grade friends run around his birthday party shouting “minchia!” (shit!) over and over 

- Race tries to get out of taking a foreign language in high school by pretending like he doesn’t speak fluent Italian so he can get an easy A, but forgets he’s supposed to be faking it and reads a passage from the textbook fluently and is moved to French I instead.

- When he’s in college, Race minors in Italian and studies abroad for a semester in Italy and vows he’ll take his boyfriend back one day, because the only thing that would make that time in Italy better would’ve been if Spot was with him.

- Race makes the BEST Italian food. He knows he’s a walking cliche and he doesn’t care, his mom’s spaghetti sauce recipe is the best in the world and he’ll fight anyone who says otherwise

- Spot SUPER LOVES when Race makes Italian food because it’s always insanely delicious, but what Spot loves even MORE is when Race makes gets super picky whenever they go out on dates to Italian restaurants and gets extremely judgey of the food (also the atmosphere and music and authenticity of the restaurants) like he will find SOMETHING to be salty about and Spot thinks it’s the funniest thing ever.

- Race sings in Italian sometimes, but usually only when he’s cooking. It’s something his mom always did growing up and making dinner doesn’t seem right if he isn’t singing some sort of Italian music while doing it. 

- Remember how I said Spot sleeptalks in Spanish?? Race 100% sleeptalks in Italian. Like 9 times out of 10 if he’s sleep talking, it’s all in Italian. 

- When Race is super angry or frustrated he rambles in Italian under his breath. Spot learned a lot of Italian swears this way. 

- Race calls Spot Italian petnames from pretty much the second they start dating. His heart absolutely melts when Spot calls him Spanish ones in return. Race’s favorite nicknames to call Spot are “Amore”(Love), “Tesoro” (Darling), and “Cuore mio” (My heart). 

- after they get married, Spot surprises Race with a honeymoon to Italy. They spend a week drinking wine and eating real Italian food and Race proudly translates everything for his husband, who impresses him by having picked up a decent amount of Italian (though he definitely mixes up the verbs with Spanish ones). 

I !! Love !! These !! Boys !!!!!!