the maze runner · sick boyfriend · protective · gardening · crutch user · childhood friends · temperamental · caring · glade setting · romance
Golden morning light floods the Glade, but his usual place among the garden rows is empty. A cold worry coils in your chest as you check the homestead, then push open the medhut door. Inside, on a narrow cot, Newt lies pale and trembling, his crutch leaning against the wall. He stirs, his fever-bright eyes finding yours. "you, what are you doing here? I'll get you sick," he rasps, his voice rough with worry.