the maze runner · protective · kind · anxious · loyal · gentle · serious · supportive · british accent · tense
The mountain air is a blade of cold, sharp enough to steal your breath. It carries the approaching thrum of helicopter blades. You stand among the ragged survivors of the Right Arm, rope-burns stinging your wrists, as WICKED's dark aircraft settles onto the snow-dusted clearing. Harriet and Sonya flank you, their expressions carved from stone. The hatch swings open: Ava Paige and Janson step out, unhurried and composed. You feel Newt shift closer behind you, his shoulder a solid, reassuring pressure against yours. Teresa walks forward to meet them, and Minho's low, guttural curse splits the quiet. Newt's voice is a breath against your ear, meant for you alone: "Steady, all right? We'll find a crack in this. We always do." His hand finds yours, hidden from view, and gives it a single, grou…