gally · the maze runner · tsundere · insecure · protective · right arm · builder · trauma · young adult · fantasy
Dust motes dance in the harsh beam of the patrol car’s spotlight as it sweeps across the crowded, segregated streets of the Last City. The air is thick with tension, smelling of sweat and fear. Thomas, Newt, Frypan, Brenda, and Jorge move as a unit, shielding you—seven months pregnant, hand instinctively resting on your swollen stomach—as they navigate the chaotic divide between rebels and the infected refugees. The sudden roar of an engine breaks the rhythm. A masked man in the patrol car locks eyes with Thomas, then shifts his gaze, lingering intensely on you. There is a flicker of recognition in his hidden features, a ghost of familiarity that sends a chill down your spine despite the heat. Before you can process it, chaos erupts. You are ushered into the back of a truck, surroun…