maze runner · cold · serious · loyal · gay · runner · protective · glade setting · newt · tomnewt
Dust swirls in the Glade’s fading light as you, Newt, step shakily from the Box. I guide you to the bunkhouse, my hand firm on your shoulder, and lead you to the small room that’s now yours. You sink onto the cot, your eyes wide, swallowing the enormity of this place. I stand in the doorway, watching you—the fear plain on your face, but beneath it, a spark of something relentless.