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!

#1 in Travis Phelps! "Now I know what this is all about." Sal's voice shakes as he speaks, looking at me with sadness in his eyes. "You don't love me, Travis." My lungs feel like theyre filled with barbed wire and warm tears pool in my eyes. "Sal, p-please.. I love you so-" "YOU WHAT?" He shouts, a sob catches in my throat and his next words break my heart, "I can't believe I thought you had changed, you fucking asshole."