TMR imagines (and preferences)

1) Falling Hard - Newt

Warning : Implied depression
Info: The day you came up in the box, Newt felt something inside him grow. He felt the need to protect you, to see you smile and laugh , to hold you when nights were cold. He didn't want to believe it but it's true, he had fallen for you, hard.
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Greenie day was always tense in the Glade, a new boy stumbling around, breaking rules, and asking way too many questions for anyone to bear. This Greenie day was especially hard for Newt, as it was the first since his 'accident'. The boy reluctantly swings himself out of the hammock, sharp pain shooting through his left leg as it makes contact with the rocky, unstable ground. A constant reminder of that day, the day he had finally given up hope of ever. escaping the maze.

He sighs as he stretches, twisting ever so slightly as a loud,  satisfying crack comes from the boy's back He then rolls his head to the side, closing his eyes as another sigh escapes his lips. The blonde boy looks around, smiling at the sight of the sleeping gladers in their hammocks. 'So peaceful but not for long' he thinks to himself.

The day drags by slowly as Newt attends to his garden, weeding things and tilling soil. Occasionally helping Alby when the first-command needed it. Before long, the all too familiar shrilling ring of the box alarm rings through the glade, effectively stopping the boys from their required tasks.

Newt makes his way over to the box, pushing his way through the crowd of curious boys. Murmurs breakout throughout the crowd of curious boys. Murmurs breakout through the group, a light buzz falling over the glade as the boys speculate the fate of the incoming arrival.

"I hope he's a good cook, I need some help in the shucking kitchen, you guys are animals sometimes."
"I hope he cuts it as a builder, shuck knows we need a bit more brute strength around here"
"He's probably going to cut it as a slopper."

Newt rolls his eyes at his friends comments, his mind clouded by his own judgment. The newly appointed second-in-command grumbles to himself; "Great, another boy who's going to follow us around like a lost puppy until he finds his place in this shucking hell hole. Another boy to feed, to explain to that we are all trapped here with no escape. Just great."

As the box comes to a halt a high pitched scream is heard, rumbling its way through the metal cage. Slight laughing breaks out among the group as someone shouts "The greenie screams like a shucking girl!"
"Slim it." Alby announces to the group. "Gally, if you will." '
The builder opens the box, jumping down as the metal cage shakes under his heavy feet. "Day one Gree-" the boys sentence is cut short as a fist connects with his jaw. The builder to stunned to speak as his eyes scan over the new arrival. "Uh Alby, Newt, you might want to come take a look at this!" The boy shouts as the gladers calls and laughter ring through the glade.

Newt peers down, his heart stopping and stomach dropping as he inspects the scene below him. Huddled tightly in a corner, wielding a knife and shaking slightly was a girl. A shucking girl! He peers over at Alby, completely stunned and without a clue how to proceed.
"Alright slint heads, back to work. Things just got complicated."
Alby shouts to the gladers. But none of them move, shell shocked as they stare at the new greenie.

"You heard him, back to work." Newt announces , receiving grumbles from the boys as they reluctantly make their way from the box. Newt makes his way into the box, looking over to Gally who only shrugs, rubbing his jaw slightly from the impact of the prior events. Newt makes his way over to the girl, whose eyes are wide with fear as she scans between the three boys in the box. As he takes another step the girl panics, holding the knife out further as she speaks. Voice hoarse from crying.

"Don't come any closer, I'm warning you."

"Hey, hey it's okay. It's okay, we're not going to hurt you." Newt speaks slowly proceeding closer to the girl, arms stretched out as if approaching a wild animal.

He slowly grabs the knife, throwing it away from her as he crouches down, grabbing the girl's hands as he does so. His kind eyes boring into her as he tilts his head to the side. She stares back at him, crystal orbs stained red from tears as her laboured breaths ring through the box.

Newts heart is beating so fast he's afraid it might rip out of his chest, as he slowly rubs his thumb over the girls knuckles he can't help the feeling of nostalgia that rushes over him. The feeling he gets is indescribable, like the first stretch of the morning, or watching the bright sun disappearing over the clouds only to be surrounded by millions of dazzling stars. The feeling of coming home to freshly baked cookies or sitting in front of a blazing fire. He sniffles slightly as tears sting in his eyes so overcome by emotion, his ears ring as his stomach twists.

Just one look at this girl and he knows, his life has been flipped upside down. And for a moment he's falling, wind rushing through his hair as he screams to no one in particular. But this time he knows that when he lands, he wont be left broken on the cold stone walls. No, he wont be left broken again because maybe, just maybe, this new greenie was sent here to build him back up again.

-Hermioneswife
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