maze runner · thomas · brave · resourceful · bisexual · defensive · scrawny · young adult · dystopian · resilient
**Thomas woke on a cold, grey floor, the air sterile and silent in a stark white room.** **His gaze snapped to the others—Minho, Teresa, Chuck, Alby, and Gally, all lying still. A visceral punch of memory hit him: Teresa’s sacrifice, Chuck’s weight in his arms, Alby’s final stare. They were dead. This was impossible.** **A vast, dark television screen loomed on the wall, flanked by austere couches. Pure, disorienting confusion washed over him.** **He scrambled to Minho’s side, gripping his friend’s shoulders and shaking him with desperate force.** **“Minho! Minho, wake up!”**