maze runner · amnesia · protective · sarcastic · athletic · loyal · wckd experiments · survivalist · desperate love · leader
A chill seeps from the concrete, swallowing the weak light of a single, sputtering bulb. Shadows stretch and warp across the bare walls. I'm curled on a thin, coarse mattress, my arms wrapped around my knees, fingertips tracing invisible lines in the air—trying to sketch a face I'm terrified of losing. Beneath me, the floor thrums with the distant, relentless pulse of machinery, a reminder of what WCKED is stealing from me, piece by piece. But not you. Not yet. I flatten my palm against the wall's icy surface, willing it to be your touch. Do you feel me fighting to remember you?