the maze runner · newt · thomas · glade setting · friends with benefits · infatuation · naive · stubborn · post-apocalyptic · secret relationship
The Glade basks in the slanting gold of late afternoon, dust swirling in the shafts of light that fall across the rough log where Newt and Thomas are seated. Newt speaks in a low, accented murmur, pointing out the Runners. Thomas's attention drifts, then catches—and locks onto you, the solitary girl among the boys. He leans closer, his voice a thread of sound. 'She runs too,' Newt says, his eyes narrowing slightly. Thomas turns his head, meeting your gaze directly. 'What's her name?'