'Meraki' to do something with soul, creativity or love, to put something of yourself into your work. Lacey has a relatively normal looking life, but behind closed curtains shes a mess. Loose threads from her past keep coming to drag her back. When Gally convinces her to watch his old friends play a gig at a bar she meets a boy called Thomas. His life is going perfectly, he doesn't need Lacey's past interfering with his future. But, love makes you do crazy things.

She wakes up in a cage cold and confused. She refuses to show any weakness in this strange new place; she shoves everything down, deep down behind a mask of indifference snippy remarks and a few right hooks. She wont let these new and strange boys see her cry, she wont show them any signs of weakness. She can't, she's the only girl and she needs to be tough. It's the only way to survive this harsh new world she finds herself in. Being tough and ruthless catches the attention of one particular builder. He's not one for emotions either, especially in a place like the Glade. He knows something is off, and he does his absolute best to keep order around him and in him, when everything's falls apart. Are these two destined to be together? Or are they too similar in personalities? Are they too broken from their own traumas to work it out? Maybe she likes him. Kind of. Maybe he might like her. She probably hates him. He can't stand her. They don't want the other to know. But maybe they do...a little. Who has time for romance and feelings in a place like The Maze. Life. Romance. Friendships. Emotions. It's all just so... Complicated. **MATURE SUBJECT MATTER- VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED**

𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑾𝑶𝑹𝑳𝑫 𝑾𝑨𝑺 𝑵𝑬𝑽𝑬𝑹 𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑫 𝑻𝑶 𝑻𝑯𝑬𝑨. 𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑔𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑇𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒, 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑑, 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑑. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑎 𝑎 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑀𝑖𝑛ℎ𝑜. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡. 𝐴𝑙𝑎𝑠, 𝑠ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑖𝑓𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑧𝑒... 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑠, 𝑖𝑓 𝑠ℎ𝑒'𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛. "🆃🅷🅴 🅼🅾🅽🆂🆃🅴🆁 🆈🅾🆄 🅲🆁🅴🅰🆃🅴🅳 🆆🅸🅻🅻 🅽🅾🆃 🅱🅴 🆃🅰🅼🅴🅳." 2nd place in Wildest Dream Awards 2024 by @EEe3024 - 4/12/24 #1 in minholovestory - 7/19/24

When Addy wakes up to find herself in a giant maze with a bunch of boys, she doesn't know what to think. In fact, she doesn't know anything but her own name and the instructions she left herself before she lost all her memories. When she meets Newt, everything seems right. Finally in a world of chaos and unknowns, she finds peace and safety. Addy wants everything to be normal and despises change, but when a new Greenie shows up, that's out of the picture. They have to escape the Maze, but with all the unknowns, will they make it? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⚠️Trigger Warnings: mental illnesses, suicide attempts, violence, and gore.⚠️ **Disclaimer** Credits to James Dashner for creating most of the story and characters. I only own Addy and her plot. This fanfic doesn't follow the story line exactly. Please vote and comment! It makes my day! #1 in newtfanfic - 2/22/23 #1 in mamanoot - 12/28/23 #1 in newtlovestory - 10/2/24