For seventeen year old Newt, the number ten is everything. Ten steps. Ten times you must snap your fingers. Ten nods of your head. Ten. When he's put in a mental institution for his extreme OCD, depression and anxiety, he meets some unlikely friends. And possibly the boy he's been looking for his whole life. But can he trust him? (also on AO3 under ava_kay) WARNING: content may be TRIGGERING for some (deals with various mental illnesses) most characters from The Maze Runner by James Dashner, I do not own them. p.s.- if newt says anything that seems ignorant towards mental illnesses, please know I'm trying to portray a teenager who doesn't understand yet, and that he eventually will understand!

❝ i'm not like them but i can pretend ❞ [dallas winston x oc] creds to @alicnstae for cover templates

𝐍𝐄𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐇𝐄 - a medicine for sorrow. It is a place, person, or thing, which can aid in forgetting your pain and suffering. With two brothers, she has always lived in the same house. And always, they had the same neighbors. The same boy with whom she'd hang out everyday, from making sand castles to drawing in kindergarten to making the first-day-of-high-school-pictures to graduating. And to kisses.

a sister who's actions are untamed, and a brother who's feelings are untamed. With complete different personalities, yet an awesome bond, the siblings join a summer camp. She plans to fix her problems, he plans to make friends. But while she's able to forget about her problems because of a certain boy, he's not able to just be friends with a certain boy. Minho x fem!oc & Newt x male!oc Maze Runner AU More info inside! ⌗mazewriterrr

Zoe Hannover, a sixteen year-old girl who works as a secretary for Dr. Ava Paige. "W.C.K.D is good." She's been told. But why does she have a reason to doubt that? "Subject A19? come with me," The guard says. Zoe is put in the maze with 27 boys. Follow along the Maze Runner Movie storyline the perspective of Zoe and Newt and maybe a few others. (Okay I know this sucked but I am horrid at writing book descriptions.) Started: June 1 2023 finished: June 28, 2023 Rated: 15+

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 ᵐᵃᶻᵉʷʳⁱᵗᵉʳʳʳ She gets sent into a maze with no memories. Nothing. No explanations to why she's the only girl. No clue why she feels a strange, psychological connection with someone. Nothing at all, but her own name... Joan. 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐗 𝐎𝐂 𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐘 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄!!

𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐙𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍-𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. ᵐᵃᶻᵉʷʳⁱᵗᵉʳʳʳ When flickering a light on a mirrorball, it shines. When no lights flicker on it, it doesn't shine. It's still there, but as long as it doesn't shine, no one pays attention to it. And as long as no one pays attention to it, no one will shine a light on it. But there's always one person who pays attention. 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 (𝐀𝐔) 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐱 𝐎𝐂 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

[COMPLETED] Minho promised himself he'd never fall for her. Yet, here he was, tripping over his own feet. The keeper of the runners had always liked Y/N. She was a medjack, and the best one at that. It seemed that just about everyday, he was in for a visit due to small accidents in the maze. But, as time progresses, and with Thomas' arrival, things begin to change around the Glade. With Ben's death, no one is eager to get out into the maze aside from Thomas. Though, through a little convincing, Alby manages to persuade the Glades only girl to step foot in the maze despite Minho's protest. All characters, world/setting and other parts of story related to The Maze Runner belong to James Dashner.