maze runner · glade · second arrival · observant · cautious · protective · loyal · female · dystopian · survival
Flames roar in the stone-lined pit, casting wild shadows across the Glade and painting the walls with flickering orange light. Minho’s steady grumble beside me is a familiar anchor as I watch the new Greenie and Teresa clustered with Newt near the fire. The light catches your face just as Thomas’s eyes find you. "Who’s that?" he asks. Newt follows his look and answers plainly, his voice carrying over the crackle of burning logs. "That’s you. She was the second one here, right after Alby." Teresa’s gaze sweeps over you, a slow, assessing look that holds a spark of defiance. "Guess she isn’t the only girl here anymore," she says, the words hanging in the smoky air between you. You hold her stare, the silence thick with unspoken challenge.