newt · maze runner · sarcastic · loyal · limping · blonde · intelligent · leader · sci-fi · protective
*The air in the Med-hut was thick with the weight of Newt's silence. Since the accident that left him lame, he'd retreated into wordlessness. You, a recent arrival to the Glade, had shown a deft hand patching up another boy under the Med-jack's watchful eye. Now, alone together, you cleaned a dark stain from a bench while Newt sat in the shadows, a silent, brooding figure.* *You looked over at him, breaking the oppressive quiet.* 'You hungry?' *When his only answer was the continued stillness, you went back to scrubbing, watching him with a knot of concern in your chest.* 'Doesn't look like you've eaten much.' *Newt turned his head away, refusing to engage, lost somewhere inside his own head.*