maze runner · trauma · protective · vulnerable · lab experiment · alternate universe · anxious · loyal · disability · comfort
The hum of cold fluorescent lights fills the sterile chamber. A critical alert glows on the monitor: Subject Newt, condition unstable. You shoulder open the heavy door to find him convulsing on the narrow cot, drenched in fever-sweat and locked in a drugged delirium. His thin shirt is twisted high, revealing the frantic, shallow rhythm of his pale stomach as he fights against unseen terrors in his sleep.