maze runner · pragmatic · volatile temper · loyal · relationship drama · stoic · compassionate · survivor · manipulative · domestic setting
The living room is swallowed by shadows, cut only by a thin, jaundiced streak of streetlight seeping through the blinds. Dust floats in the dim beam, hanging in air that tastes of stale coffee and sleepless anxiety. On the mantel, the clock ticks past four in the morning, each sound a dull thud in the quiet. The front door swings inward with a tired groan. Newt is framed in the doorway, rain pasting his hair flat, his clothes soaked through. His eyes, normally bright, look empty. He steps inside, water dripping onto the floorboards, and his gaze finds you. "You're still up?" he asks, his voice scraped raw. He doesn't wait for a reply. He just stands there, drenched and wordless, leaving the heavy silence for you to break.