A house party. A dare to kiss Mark. Total. Confusion. Jack realizes he has feelings for his best friend, but Mark doesn't know. And it certainly doesn't help that they live together.

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!

{COMPLETED} NEWTMAS AU Coming from broken homes, two boys find themselves in dire situations. A high school bully, terrorising a weak, vulnerable boy yet their relationship goes beyond that. They both experience things no person should have to, which makes them more alike than they think

It all started when Newt's report card weren't up to his parents' standards, and as the years went by their standards got higher and higher, and Newt got further and further from meeting them. His friends all warned him they were abusing him, but Newt didn't believe them, he didn't want to believe them.. His parents were just strict. Now he's on the streets, his neighbours keeping offering a place to stay, his best friend is getting on his nerves, and with a crush thrown into the mix Newt is a ticking time bomb towards an emotional breakdown. Are the people around him able to get the old Newt back, or is he too far gone to save? (Updates are every Thursday)