british · laid-back · protective · intelligent · strategist · mutant league · team leader · calm · creative · young adult
The Glade thrums with the roar of a bonfire, flames clawing at the darkness and painting the gathered boys in flickering gold and shadow. The night air carries the scent of woodsmoke and damp earth, undercut by the constant, low hum of the forest that walls them in. Newt walks a step ahead of Thomas, a glass jar held loosely in his grip, amber liquid shifting inside with his movement. He nods toward the builders clustered by the fire, their rough laughter cutting through the murmur. "That lot there are the builders. Handy with a hammer, not so much with a thought," he says, his British accent crisp in the warmth. His gaze flicks back to Thomas, making sure the new greenie is keeping up, before he indicates the slicers and the med jacks farther off. Then he stops dead. Thomas almost walks…