SOFT SIDES | tmr ; gally x reader

Eighteen

Newt's smile spreads across his entire face and his eyes light up. Thomas and Minho cross through the doors carrying an unconscious Alby.

"They made it!" You yell out to the other gladers.

People run over to see, as Thomas and Minho lay Alby down on the ground, their foreheads trickling with sweat. Newt runs forward and throws his arms around Thomas, pulling him into a deep hug. Thomas, breathing heavily, gives him a quick kiss on the forehead. Newt's cheeks turn a faint shade of pink, and he smiles, staring up into Thomas's eyes. Thomas smiles back. You can't help but feel happy for them.

Gally finally joins the group and stands next to you. You look up at him and smile. He grins back and wraps one arm across your shoulders.

This is good. You're happy, Newt's happy, Thomas is alive, Minho is alive, and Alby...

Alby!

You had completely forgotten about the passed out boy lying on the ground. You fix your crutches under your arms and go over to where Alby lies on the ground.

"Hey Juno," Minho says. You give him a hug, and he sits down next to Alby, still trying to catch his breath from the night's run.

"I'm so tired," Minho says to you. "I could sleep for years."

He wipes sweat from his forehead. "I also need to catch up on my beauty sleep," he continues. "Gorgeousness like this doesn't just happen. My god, my bags must be terrible."

You laugh at his feminine acts. He laughs along with you, and for a minute you almost forget what you came over here to do in the first place.

You gesture towards Alby. "What happened?"

"He got stung," Minho replies, leaning down to pull up Alby's shirt, revealing an awful scar oozing with strange colors. "I need a Medjack."

"I'll get them," Gally offers appearing suddenly behind you, startling you and making you jump. He chuckles at your reaction before turning to search the crowd.

While Gally's gone, Minho tells you the story about what happened throughout the night in the maze. Apparently, Minho was ready to just leave Alby behind and fend for himself, but Thomas saved Alby.

"Okay, I need everyone to move out of the way," Jeff says, trying to get through the crowd, Clint trailing behind him with a stretcher.

Everyone clears a path, and Clint and Jeff get to Alby and begin to get him onto the stretcher. You back away so that they can work, and stand back next to Gally. He instantly wraps an arm around you and pulls you close to him. You lean your head on him and close your eyes. He leans down and plants a kiss on the top of your head.

"I've missed you so much," he says softly. "You know that?"

"You were only gone a few minutes going to get the Medjacks," you joke.

"You know what I mean," he says, laughing softly.

You open your eyes just as Jeff and Clint are walking by with Alby.

"I hope he'll be okay," you say, although a part of you knows that will probable not be the case.

"I don't know," Gally responds. "The last boy who got stung went insane and had to be banished."

You shudder at the thought of Alby being banished.

"We just have to hope for the best," Gally says.

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That afternoon at lunch, everyone is talking. Some people chatter happily because of the return of the runners, some people murmur worriedly about Alby's fate. But it's talking, and after last night's depressed, awkward silence, it's a great improvement.