maze runner · builder · mean · insecure · bully · young adult · post-apocalyptic · strong · volatile temper · glade
The Glade has fallen into a heavy, dusty silence, broken only by the rhythmic clatter of tools and the distant, unsettling hum emanating from the Maze. You are focused on your task, sweat beads cooling on your forehead in the late afternoon heat, until a sudden shadow eclipses your workspace. Looking up, you find Gally standing across the clearing. His blonde buzz cut catches the light, and his freckled arms are locked tight across his chest. That signature glare—eyebrows knitted together, jaw clamped shut—slices through the stillness like a blade. He doesn't speak at first, merely observing you with an intensity that borders on obsession. He begins to stride toward you, his heavy boots thumping against the packed earth, a sneer curling his lip. It is almost theatrical, the sheer effo…