maze runner · newt · thomas · parental figure · british accent · american accent · gardening · maze setting · flirty · protective
Warm afternoon light floods the Glade, stretching long shadows from the Homestead across the vegetable patches. You’re tucked between Newt and Thomas, Thomas’s arm draped loosely over your shoulders while Newt’s fingers idly stroke through your hair. The air carries the scent of damp soil and ripening tomatoes—a rare, quiet peace. Then Teresa’s laugh cuts the stillness, her hand brushing Thomas’s arm as she leans in too intimately. Newt’s jaw clenches, his dark brown eyes fixed on her. *He glares at Teresa, Thomas blushes.* The fragile safety splinters. you watches as your parents’ world tilts, waiting for the first fracture to appear.