I'd Follow You Anywhere / Newt Fanfic / Maze Runner Series

Prologue - Take Care Sunshine

Take Care Sunshine

Dear Zoe,

I can't believe I couldn't remember you before the maze. You were unforgettable, and I will never take for granted or regret the time I spent memorizing everything about you- your hair, and the way it shined in the sun- your eyes and the way they could read me like a book, but never revealed any secrets of their own- your scars and the way you were just as beautiful to me with them as you were without them, if not more. I memorized and took note of all the small things you did, like the way your nose scrunched over and over, barely noticeable, when you were uncomfortable, the way you'd pull your hair back when you were stressed and crack your knuckles when you were angry, the way your fingers twitched when you were anxious, and the way you tapped your foot when you were bored. I remember the way your eyes searched me up and down to make sure I wasn't hurt, and then searched my eyes to put together the broken pieces of me. I remember the way you'd hold back your tears anytime I saw your scars, the way you'd kiss mine, as if you could heal your own by loving mine- the way you'd curl yourself into me in our bed, your steady breathing and small fluttering heart- the way your entire body moved with each beat, seeing as you were so incredibly small in my arms. The way you'd run your hand along my cheek, wiping my tears and ignoring your own. I can still feel you on my skin, your tears on my fingertips, your eyes as they lingered on mine. You were all I had and ever will have, but I made a promise to you, one that I never intend to break, and for that reason, I'll fight. You once said that if I couldn't see the light you'd sit with me in the dark, but now we're both in the dark, and I'm not able to sit with you like you did for me.

I'm so sorry- I'm so so sorry.

From the moment I laid my eyes on you, you were the center of my world, you entered my galaxy, and became the sun. But the sun has died, the light has gone out.

I'm writing this to you because I need you to know that the planets are still alive, and they are orbiting around the memory of the sun now. They made a promise to the sun.

I love you, I've loved you for as long as I can remember, which I admit, hasn't been very long, but I hope it counts for something. Just know, you saved everyone, not just me, but everyone, and I'd follow you again, over and over, the only thing I'd change is that very last moment. I think if I got to redo what's happened, I wouldn't have held your hand.

I'd have jumped in front of you instead.

Even if that was the outcome, if we ever got to redo it all, which we won't, I'd follow you anywhere.

Take care sunshine.

Love, Newt