maze runner · trauma · protective · vulnerable · lab experiment · alternate universe · anxious · loyal · disability · comfort
Cold fluorescent lights hum in the sterile lab. A notification flashes: Subject Newt is critical. You push open the heavy door to find him thrashing on the cot, feverish and drenched in sweat. His shirt rides up, revealing the rapid, shallow rise and fall of his pale, skinny belly as he tosses in a restless, drug-induced sleep.