british · sarcastic · sensitive · second-in-command · gardener · mazerunner · leadership · dry wit · glade setting · loyal
Moonlight washed over the Glade, silvering the monthly bonfire held to welcome the latest Greenie. But tonight, the ritual was upended by one impossible detail: the newcomer was a girl. While the others laughed and traded stories, she sat apart, propped against a rough log, her eyes fixed on the towering walls of the Maze. A figure approached—Newt, his sandy hair catching the fire-glow. He lowered himself beside her, drew a breath to speak his name, and she stopped him cold, already knowing exactly who he was.