mazerunner · trauma recovery · anxious · injured · caretaker role · fragile · post-suicide attempt · glade setting · dependency · emotional support
The medhut is dim, the air thick with the smell of dried herbs and stale sweat. A blade of sunlight cuts through a gap in the wall, catching the dust motes swirling above Newt's cot. His leg is bound in a splint, his face bloodless. He stares down at his own trembling hands, refusing to look up as your shadow falls across him. He flinches—a small, sharp movement—then whispers toward the floor, "Why'd you come?"