Newtmas • Tommy is mine •

The escape plan

Thomas's POV

Cold, damp. Can this hell get any worse? Gally put me in this thing called a "slammer" because that girl that came up the box knew my name. How the hell would I know who she is? Rude. I have nothing in here. Just a bed made of.. what the hell is that.  You know what? Never mind. "I'll beat Gally's ass when I get out of here I swear-"
"Tommy!" Newt exclaimed as his face popped up in between the bars made of sticks. My body physically jumped at his sudden outburst.
"Jesus Newt! You scared the loving daylights out of me." I told Newt clutching my rapid heartbeat.
"Sorry Tommy. I'm sneaking you out of here."
"What?"
"Are you bloody deaf? Do I have to spell it out?" Newt replied seeming kind of annoyed.
"No- sorry. Why are you helping me?" I say quickly apologizing hoping that he doesn't change his mind. I can't spend another minute in this damn hole.
"Oh- uhm. Didn't want you to starve is all." He said rubbing the back of his neck looking away from me. I saw a faint hint of pink on his cheeks. Is he embarrassed about helping me get out of here?
"Oh, thank you" I replied quickly getting any negative thoughts out of my head and going up to the entrance. "So how, exactly?"
"I'm just gonna open the trapdoor that you got in here with and I'll help you climb out. You will have to run as fast as you can."  Newt explained as he gripped onto the sticks of the trapdoor.
"To where?" I was genuinely confused. There was so many holes and errors in this plan. But I love that Newt is willing to help me out. Even though we're not close, I can tell we will have a strong bond in the future
"I hadn't thought of that-" Newt replied rubbing his face. "Oh my god I'm so bloody stupid."
"No your not stupid Newt, you just haven't though this plan out thoroughly." I say walking up to the bars where Newt is on the other side of. "I love your enthusiasm to get me out though."
"... I'm gonna go get back up." He replied completely ignoring anything I had just said.
"Newt no-"
"I'll be right back Tommy. Stay put." He said before reaching his arm between the bars and patting my head with a soft and gentle smile before leaving. Wait. Did he just pat my head? I kind of liked it. No no no what am I thinking? It was just a friendly gesture why am I getting so worked up over it?
A few minutes later, Newt came back with a tall, muscular Asian man. With great hair surprisingly.
"Uh newt, who's this?" I asked
"Oh that's Minho. You're running with him tomorrow. He agreed to help since he didn't want you being tired on your first run." Newt replied and Minho gave a wave and a smile.
"Hey Thomas. Wow never would have thought you would need a strong and handsome man like me to come and save you but I guess I was wrong." He said with a grin. Not really the most humble person. But he was handsome. Not really my type. Newt gave him a playful nudge in the rib and gave him a stern look. To which Minho surrendered and apologized.
"Sorry, Minho here has NO sense of humble in him. Not in his vocabulary. But it's part of his charm so we don't really get annoyed by him. I remember when I first came-"
"Newt. Hush. Stop yapping." Minho said cutting him off.
"Oh, right sorry my bad." Newt said, his tone of voice changing. I stared at Minho. That was extremely rude of him to just cut Newt off like that when he just wanted to tell a story. I felt a pang in my heart when I looked over at Newt and saw his expression. He looked sad and disappointed. I can't handle seeing him like this.
"No. Newt I want to hear the story. Tell me" I said looking at Newt and smiling. I hope this brings up his mood.
"Wait, for real Tommy?" Newt said his expression immediately lighting up into a smile. That's what I like to see. His smile.
"Of course! You seemed excited about it."
"Thomas, if you let Newt tell you a single story he will never shut up." Minho warned me.
" I don't care. I like Newts voice." I say dismissing Minhos comment entirely and stared at Newt with a gentle smile. I noticed his cheeks went pink and Minho rolled his eyes.
"He really is down bad for you Thomas." Minho said grinning.
"Oh shut up Minho." Newt replied his blush getting more attention as he nudged Minho.
"So, can I hear the story?" I asked.
"Oh- uhm- yes! Okay so," newt replied eagerly as he turned all his attention towards me.

Time skip 3 hours

It's been a while since Newt started telling me stories. I hadn't even noticed that Minho left. Something about that man just made me feel comfortable and safe. I can't explain this feeling quite well, but I like it.
"And that's, that." Newt said falling into the grass. "My mouth is so dry from talking so much. You should have stopped me." He said rolling onto his side to look at me through the gaps in the trapdoor.
"I couldn't. The way you explained it was so interesting." I said. I was lying. He was a really bad story teller because he would keep jumping off into other stories. But I honestly didn't mind, as long as he was talking I felt at peace.
"Aw thanks Tommy." He said before ruffling my hair again. I love it when he does that. "I might just sleep here, next to you tonight." He said before flushing red. "NOT- not like physically next to you- but like near the slammer that you're stuck inside of. Does that make any sense?" Newt said before covering his face with his hands.
"I know what you mean, don't worry. I'm fine with it." I said before grabbing his wrists through the gaps in the trapdoor and moving his hands away from his face. "Sleep here. Just, don't get caught by Gally, cause if you do, that bastards gonna probably force you to go away." I say laughing a little bit before letting go of his wrists.
"Really? Great! Then I'm sleeping next to my new favorite glader." Newt said happily.

And that's exactly what he did the whole night.

Authors note

Idk about this one tbh- it probably doesn't flow well since it's like 1 am where I live so my ideas aren't like ideaing😭. I also just realized that this chapter isn't any shorter than the one before it, sorry about that. Also I tried to make newt a little relatable In this chapter sense I know when I talk about anything I always go off into other topics, so I made Newt like that too to see if anyone can relate 🫶. Anyway take some TBS pictures as a good night