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!

Losing Newt was too much for Thomas to bear, but what if he doesn't have to let go quite yet? - "I just keep seeing your face looking down at me and-" Thomas stops himself. "No. No, no, you're here." "I am," Newt says, getting serious. "You're okay." "And I thought your letter was the last pep talk," Thomas lets out a small laugh. "I should have known they'd never stop." "It's your fault for being such a bloody mess all the time," Newt jokes. - Takes place after the events of The Death Cure movie.

➸ ᴘʀɪɴᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɢᴜᴀʀᴅ ᴀᴜ In which Thomas is a prince who finds himself captivated by a particular castle guard who might be more than just a guard in both birthrights and heart.

➸ ᴛɪᴛᴀɴɪᴄ ᴀᴜ In which Newt Dawson has nothing but a sketchbook and Thomas Bukater has had quite enough with his life.

"summer friends don't stay."