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Comfort - Aris

Five months. It'd been five months since we'd escaped WCKD and the flare but I was still having night terrors every night. No matter how safe everyone told me I was, I couldn't escape my memories no matter how bad I wanted to.

WCKD torturing me, injecting me with serum after serum and putting me in and out of consciousness. I'd wake up every night screaming in terror, sweating. I always felt guilty because I woke Thomas up almost every night since he was in the hammock next to me.

He told me it didn't bother him but then the next week he was sleeping inside with the rest of the important people, leaving me to wake up a bunch of strangers that I didn't really know. Which is what began my habit of not sleeping. I'd spend the nights walking down the beach or finding firewood and resources the kids could use to start our new life.

One night, I was humming to myself as I walked along the beach and watched the waves splash and move against the shore. Thinking about everyone we'd lost on our journeys and taking a moment to think about all of them.

Newt, Chuck, Winston, Clint, Ben, and many more. They all deserved so much better and they were what my nightmares consisted of most nights. Feeling as though they should be where I stood instead. Grievers piercing through them over and over again.

I had grabbed a stick and was dragging it along the sand with me, drawing a line that was washed away every few seconds when a new wave crashed the shore. "Can't sleep?" I suddenly hear a soft voice call out. I spin around quickly, dropping my stick. "Oh... Aris, you scared me." I say and he smiles, walking towards me, holding his shoes as the ocean water hits his feet.

"Sorry, I just saw you walk away from camp and figured you might want some company." He says and I smile at him. I didn't know Aris that well, he mostly talked to Thomas and Newt when he was with us. We spoke a few words when we were in the scorch but not many. He was always just the quiet boy that tagged along. "Thanks." I mutter and he nods, walking beside me as I continue to walk along the beach.

We walk in silence for a minute before Aris talks. "So, what're you doing up at this hour?" He asks and I shrug. "Couldn't sleep." I say this without going into any detail. He gives me a look but doesn't respond. "What about you?" I ask and he looks at me before answering.

"I just noticed that you haven't slept in awhile....." He says and I feel my heartbeat pick up. "Oh." I say and he looks at the ground in front of him as we walk, some blonde curls falling into his face.

"I didn't think anyone noticed." I said and he shook his head. "I knew something was up when you stopped having nightmares. How long has it been since you've slept?" He asks and I shrug. "About 3 days I think." I say and his eyes widen.

"Y/N, you need to sleep." He says and I sigh. "I know. I just can't stand waking up everyone all the time." I say and Aris wraps an arm around me, rubbing my shoulder comfortingly. I blush but luckily for me, he can't see it in the darkness of the night. "Do you know of anything that helped?" He asked and I thought about it for a moment.

"Newt used to help me when I had them in the glade." I say and Aris gives me a sympathetic look knowing how close of friends Newt and I were. "How'd he help?" He asked softly and I shook my head, smiling slightly at the memory of Newt, sitting next to my hammock or humming softly just so I knew he was still there as I'd drift off.

"He'd wait with me until I fell asleep and I guess it was just because I knew someone was there, I didn't have nightmares as often." I say and Aris nods. "Alright, Come on." He says and I give him a look. "Where?" I ask and he smiles, throwing his shoes up into the bank before turning towards the ocean and sprinting off towards the water.

"Aris wait!" I shouted in a whispery voice and he laughed as he ran into the ocean water. I laughed, shaking my head as I took off after him, squealing a little as the chilly water hit my bare thighs. I was wearing shorts and an oversized t- shirt because of the warm summer air.

Aris spun around when his torso was mostly covered by water and I jumped at him, wrapping my arms around his neck and pulling him under the water with me. I could hear him laugh under the water and he wrapped his arms around me.

I wrapped my legs around his torso and he stood up, holding me against him as we emerged from the water. We both caught our breaths in between laughs and he shook his head, spraying water everywhere. I turned my head away and laughed at him.

"The water feels nice." I say and Aris hums in agreement. I wipe the water from my eyes and glance back at Aris. I see that his eyes are now closed and his head is held back, exposing his Adam's apple as he faces the sky. He's beautiful. I think and blush when I realize what I just thought. I can feel my heart begin to pound in my chest as Aris looks back down at me, his green eyes sparkling against the moon's soft light.

"Aris?" I say and he raises a brow. "Mhm?" He asks and before I can talk myself out of it, I lean forward and press my lips to his. I honestly half expect him to pull away and run off, trying to get away from me as quickly as possible. Luckily for me, he pulled me by my hips roughly to him and kissed back, one of his hands reaching up and cupping my face gently.

We separated and leaned our foreheads together, catching our breath again as I stared into his eyes. "Wow." He says and I blush. "I- I'm sorry I don't know-" I say but he presses another quick kiss to my lips, effectively silencing me. "Don't be sorry." He says and I grin.

We stay like that for a moment until I shiver slightly and Aris notices, carrying me with him out of the water and back to the shore. He sets me on my feet and wrings some of the water out of his soaked t-shirt. "Come on Y/N/N." He says and my heart flutters at the way the nickname sounds coming from him.

He grabs his shoes and hands them to me. I furrow my brows in confusion but laugh when he picks me up again and begins running towards camp. When we get there, we head straight to the laundry room and both change in the built in changing rooms.

I come back out and see Aris waiting for me, his hair still damp from the ocean water. "Come on." He says and I smile, following him eagerly this time. He takes my hand as I get to him. We walk out and back towards the hammock. "Which one is yours?" He asks and I lead him to it.

He smiles and grabs the blanket from my hammock, wrapping it around me before grabbing me and laying down in the hammock, I'm now laying on his chest and he positions me so I'm comfortable against him. "Aris...." I say quietly and he looks at me but doesn't say anything.

"What're you doing?" I ask and he squeezes me harder. "Go to sleep." He says and I laugh quietly. "I can't. I feel like I'm crushing you." I say and he laughs. "Fine." He says and spins, he lays me on my side and turns so he's facing me.

"Is this ok?" He asks and I nod. " Alright, Night." He whispers and I smile. I smile as his nose brushes against my neck. "Goodnight Aris." I say and in response he nuzzles his face into my neck more before sighing and I fall asleep easily, dreaming of the maze and my glader family. Without the death and without the grievers. Just bonfires together and celebration.