Headcannon for Newt where there’s just so much tension between u and u just snap after he almost dies and yell ur love and frustration at him and he’s so caught off guard but he’s been nuts about u for like a whole year
So I’m going off the books timeline here cause it just made more sense in my mind, so sorry if the maze escape sounds a little different to the film for you sole movie followers, but the book escape was way better and just fit the headcannon better for me
People used to say they could cut the tension between you and newt with a knife
It had just always been that way
Ever since you came up in the box, you and Newt clicked
It was just this unspoken chemistry than radiated between the two of you
He was the first person you spoke to in the maze
You had been so frightened of everyone else that you couldn’t bare to speak. You lay there shaking in the box as all the boys stared down at you, your body frozen in fear
Yet he just held his hand out to you gently to pull you out of the box, a smile on his face that made every frightened though leave your brain
It was then that you knew you loved him, and that it could never be anyone else
You stayed by his side explicitly after that
People referred to you as his shadow before they knew your name, since all you ever did was huddle behind his back, your nose pressed firmly into his spine
Not that he minded though
It was every boys dream to have a beautiful girl hang off them the way that you did
You started to get more comfortable around the others as time passed
Minho, Gally, and Ben we’re always there for you, watching over you like big brothers
Which of course still made Newt jealous, even though he knew it was innocent
He spent every day with you, making sure you were okay and safe. He would check up on you in the med jack hut, feigning some illness or injury just to get to talk to you
And the boys would make him pay for it later with constant teasing
Not to mention that Newt would stay up all night with you, talking about everything and anything that came to mind
He wanted any excuse to talk to you more, not that you were complaining of course
He would tell you everything, from the reason for his limp to what he thought his life was like before the maze
He had never trusted someone so completely in his life
He became extra protective when Thomas came up in the box
He could sense that things were changing, and wanted to be as close as possible in case of disaster
The way you two looked at each other was full of longing, as if you had been waiting your whole life to be together, and yet were too afraid to say anything
You two started sleeping closer together as things turned more and more pear shaped
From what had once been sleeping in separate hammocks to each other each night had soon become him trading with Chuck to be next to you
The Griever visits eventually had you sleeping on the ground next to him, his hand holding your tightly as a reminder that you hadn’t been dragged away in the night
By the third night, you were completely encased in his arms, your head nuzzled into his collar bone as he stroked up and down your back, whispering ‘I won’t let them take you, I’m going to keep you safe’ over and over again in your ear
Suddenly he wasn’t so afraid of what might happen to him anymore, he was only concerned about you
The escape made it plainly obvious just how much Newt cared about you
When it came to jumping into the Griever hole, you were terrified
You couldn’t bring yourself to leave Newt’s side, not whilst everything was happening. You were going to stay and fight with him
Instead, he just stopped you right by the cliff edge, his hand coming to rest on your cheek whilst the other rested on your waist tenderly, his lips ghosting in your hairline
‘If you didn’t make it through this y/n, I would literally go insane. Please love, for me.’
You knew then you couldn’t say no to him
So you jumped into the opening with Theresa and Chuck, patching in the words in the hopes it would open the door. And thank god it did
The hole was black. You could hear all the boys piling into it one by one, and the thought of Newt not being one of them scared you half to death
You started yelling for him, screaming at the top of your lungs when you got no response
No one was too sure who had made it and who hadn’t, other than Thomas, who was still waiting by the cliff for the last to jump
When you felt two strong arms wrap around you your body stiffened, unsure of the new presence, shifting into defence mode
‘It’s okay love, it’s me, I’m here.’
You had never been so happy to hear a voice in your life. Without a second thought, you spun in his arms, your lips crashing against his own as you held his face to yours
He paused out of shock for a moment, his hands flexing in disbelief, before processing what was actually happening, his hands coming to grasp at your lower back, pulling your body into his own as his lips moved in sync with yours
He didn’t mind that he couldn’t see you in the dark, all that matter was that you were by his side
After pulling away for air when the door opened, light creeping into the dark space, you turned to look up at Newt, your hands coming to push him in his chest lightly out of anger, suddenly remembering why you were so happy to see him in the first place
‘I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD YOU SHANK. DON’T YOU EVER SCARE ME LIKE THAT AGAIN. I’D DIE IF I LOST YOU NEWT.’
Once the shock wore off from your sudden outburst, his lips curled up into the most joyful smile he had ever given, his arms wrapping around your body tightly, never wanting to let go
‘You won’t ever lose me y/n, I won’t ever leave you love. You’re the only thing that keeps me going in this shucked up world. I love you, always.’
He presses the most sincere and heart melting kiss to your forehead before the two of you get ushered along, the group not wanting to leave the two of you behind
His arm never leaves your waist as you walk, your hand hooked around his hip as you both walk to face the new world together
Neither of you are sure what it’ll bring, but that doesn’t matter, not when you have the other by your side
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