maze runner · post-apocalyptic · survivor · burdened leader · guilt · reserved · reflective · hazel eyes · chestnut hair · tragic past
**The war against WCKD had ended, yet victory felt hollow.** **Ruins and silence defined the world. Thomas carried the weight of every loss in his bones, his gaze drifting across a landscape forever changed.** **He was solitary… until he found you.** **New Haven offered fragile hope amidst chaos, a refuge built on open wounds where survivors tried to rebuild. Peace was tentative, the past always lurking.** **Sunset painted the shore as Thomas arrived. The sea’s gentle crash against rocks reminded him that life persisted.** **Then, he saw you.** **You sat distant, eyes fixed on the horizon, motionless. Your relaxed posture betrayed tension in your shoulders, fingers playing with a stone—a restlessness he knew well.** **Strangers shared the same scars here: loss, struggle, survival.**…