#tmr farming

[ozlices]

spent all day playing 1.6 & are just accepting some things will be a mystery until the wiki is updated lol the wiki mods deserve awards they rly carry our unknowing asses like no other

[realcatstealer]

i’ve been playing minecraft with my brother again on our old xbox ans we’re trying to acc beat the game

[lunaetis]

i thought my luck with relics in h.sr was bad, but apparently wuwa's echoes HATE ME MORE.

[phagodyke]

I was saving farming the unaltered banished knight armour as one of my very last things for this run bc its an easily accessible grind (no long run to another location, u can get his attention directly from a crenel where the site of grace is) but also not a mindless one (fun fight n requires u to actually pay attention instead of being a 1shottable enemy n supposedly has a very low droprate so u gotta be efficient) but I opened the game today and deadass got it on my first fucking attempt. bruh

[hydrodragons]

testing my underbuilt bronya out for blade (which is where im gonna use her mostly) and im having fun already i can't wait for her to be fully built 🥹

[duoduotian]

just got like 2k points and found out event ends on 9/11 don't worry i am going to get MC's pfp AND alkaid at once since i'm awake for like who knows how many hours bc of my night shift

[tomsmother]

Oh no we actually had a wonderful night... the dad left pretty early and the dude was dancing to punk tunes and the woman and I were having discussions abt my gay as fuxk hookups. First thing is I come in and the woman tells me she's been missing me (cause I've been away for a week) and i say this isnt just a job to me, like were talking with wet eyes RIGHT? (AND shes talking way more freely than normal so i ask where the man is and hes showering) And as the night progresses, she asked me how i felt about her sexuality!! Like she straight up asked if I thought she was queer!! And I told her ya I had always thought she was, but I sometimes hope women are queer and then I look for confirmation. So that was kinda me telling her I hope she is queer (I wonder If she caught that)?? And like if I'm not a little into her why would I hope she's queer??

Ok so they're trying to end the night and she and I have a fucking deep hug like like i feel her back muscles under my hands right?? And the dude is in another room so we hold each other for a while. Like a long while???. Like long enough to think bout how good it feels and for me to consider kissing her right ?? So then I pull away and then i go to kiss her forehead and I kiss her right eye and I play it off... And then she pulls away and kisses MY cheek. Then the man comes out of the bedroom and were chil just hugging hard and then I hug him and I leave??

Ok so I'll tell you guys she and I hugged 2 times like real tight ok? First hug was good but I was still sitting. So I stand up and insist on another hug. And she's gripping me hard, right and I feel her back muscles along her spine. And God damn we held each other for a while. Then my dude boss comes into the room so I hug him and thank him too. ???

[lowkeyrobin]

Hello! I was wondering if you could please do newt (platonic/familial) with a younger sibling who makes/mends close and personality wise is similar to Luz from TOH? Thank you! :D

yesyesyesyesyesywsyes omg please keep the maze runner requests coming I'm very very fixated atm kdk how to function, PLEASE SPAM ME W TMR REQS RJNENE ; anyways thank you for requesting, hope you enjoy!! ; post writing robin here, I tried with the personality like Luz but I struggled for some reason so I'm so sorry about that LMAO

NEWT ; clothing maker/mender

summary ; you make and mend clothing around the Glade, and Newt is somehow always there to help

warnings ; language, Newt is still a runner so pre-injury era

genre ; platonic fluff

word count ; 1.1k

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The day you came up in the box, you were frightened and felt like you didn't fit in with the other kids of the Glade. You were socially awkward and didn't know how to talk to people, although being a people pleaser.

Talking was just hard for you, but luckily, Newt understood. He tucked you under his wing and tried to help you fit in with the others, but to no avail. Nothing was sticking out to you, it wasn't like jobs were supposed to be enjoyable but you truly couldn't fit in anywhere. The fifteen year old boy with dirty blonde hair was there for you, though, reassuring you that actually becoming a Glader, even after remembering your name, took time.

Becoming a Runner was off the table at day one, you had zero stamina and could barely run for shit, let alone your life, you and Newt, and Alby, Minho, and the other Runners quickly agreed upon that. Being a Builder was quickly eliminated as well, because you didn't want to deal with obnoxious assholes like Gally, Hank, and Alec all day long. Plus, you knew nothing about "structural integrity" or whatever the hell they were talking about anyways, wood to hammer to nail was all you saw.

You quickly gained a friendship with Winston after a month or two in the Glade, but no way in Hell were you joining the Slicers either. You'd gain an emotional attachment to the animals much too quickly to then watch them die, the emotional despair would be a bit much at the moment. Bagger was also off the charts, leaving Med-Jack and Track-Hoe on the table for you.

Newt wasn't going to let you become a Slopper, considering you weren't bad at helping people nor farming, you just had to find your thing that you'd be comfortable doing. So, you settled on Track-Hoe as they needed more help in the gardens and you wouldn't mind getting your hands dirty, with dirt, that is. No blood.

You found, or maybe relearned, your nick for sewing one morning as you needed to repair your shirt, and ran straight to Newt with your new talent. After seeing it himself, Newt quickly bounced to Alby's side to ask if you could make mending and making clothes your job. You hadn't had any luck finding a job out of the many in the Glade, clearly, so this might've been your luck turning.

The next coming days were slow. Thankfully, Alby approved your idea of a new job, considering you and Newt wouldn't stop pestering him about it, and it'd be a great convenience to have you around for something as necessary as clothing. The builders graciously built you a little hut next to the Homestead to give you your own little place to go and work, instead of working around the Glade and potentially dirty-ing the clothes you fixed and made.

The hut consisted of a table, a loom, a hanging rack for finished projects, and a little chest system organized by all the threads, needles, etcetera. Alas, Newt was the one to help you with your new job on days when he wasn't running out in the maze. Minho switched him out with Ben or George on those days as per his request, as to help you learn how to talk to and understand the Gladers, whom you didn't understand too well yet.

But, by the time the next Greenie, Henry, arrived, you were right on track. You modeled and measured and patched and sewed your days away, finding peace in the seemingly boring activity. And by this time, Newt had become your brother figure and your best friend, considering how much he understood and supported you and helped you get some great opportunities around the Glade. And now, you were the Keeper of the Seamers, the only worker, but still the Keeper.

After a long day of running in the maze with Minho, Newt jogs to your expansion of the Homestead, desiring your help.

"Hey, Shank" He warmly smiles, closing the door made of sticks behind him. "How's your day been?"

You shrug in response. "Slow. Need me to fix anything for you?"

He awkwardly smiles and nods, looking down at his knees. His cargo pants are ripped, and the skin beneath painted a light red in comparison to his pale complexion, rug burns covering his kneecaps.

"Tripped and fell out in the maze" He explains, "Just don't want them falling apart because it kinda trailed 'round to the back" He says, tracing the little rips around his knees.

You nod. "I mean, the best solution would be keeping them like that or turning them into shorts for hot days. But I know the maze is cold and stuff, so, your call. I don't wanna ruin your running pants but I can always scrounge up new ones, and the next Greenie will be up in two days so it wouldn't be that long of a wait-"

"I'll just keep them ripped" He lightly smiles, cutting your rant off.

He knew damn well to not let you spiral over something so little, so he developed the radar to sniff out when you were about to rant about small things for an hour out of panic. He pats your shoulder before sitting down next to you, looking over at the rack of finished clothing you'd patched up and finished making.

"Oh, were you able to finish that shirt you were making for yourself?" He asks, running a hand through his hair.

Lord, he needed a haircut, although the best method of that was knives, which made it all choppy and blunt. Hopefully, WCKD would send up some cutting shears or something soon. All of your hair needed a cut desperately.

You nod, setting your needle and thread down to go grab it. You pull it off the rack and hold it to your chest. A simple, thin, off white, long sleeved shirt rests against your torso as you cheesily smile at him.

"Looks good"

"Thanks" You put the shirt back on the rack, deciding to put it back in the Homestead near your hammock later.

Newt was usually very supportive and went out of his way to show appreciation and reassurance for you, though making it casual to actually feel real for you. Once he found out that he needed to speak with you like that after reassuring that you'd live without rain, he learned the lesson.

Before you can speak again, Ben runs in, looking for your help.

"Y/n, I ripped up the sleeve of my shirt, can you fix it?" He asks, holding the grey-blue shirt up for you to see

"Yeah, sure, leave it on that table" You reply, pointing at the table in front of you.

"Thanks, you're the best!" He says, setting the shirt on the table before leaving.

Newt looks up at you and smiles, "You're getting used to talking to people, I see"

You nod, catching his infectious smile.

"Welcome to the Glade, Y/n/n"

[ginaluvr]

rating the changes between tmr book and movie

anyone who read the books first knows that the movie trilogy ended up telling a completely different story. i've been a big fan of the books forever so i thought i'd rate the significant changes made in the first one since it's generally the same plot. scale is 0-5 with 5 being good change.

the gladers initially not remembering their names: 3/5. maybe it was done to raise the stakes and make it more disorienting.

there are no real buildings in the glade: 1/5. this implies they had to start completely from scratch when they first arrived, which makes the maze seem like a test of survival rather than willpower and psychology.

leading on from that... the maze is actually outdoors: 0/5. you're telling me they had rain and lots of greenery in an outdoor structure in a desert climate? and the gladers had no real shelter provided? it also makes the test of their determination less powerful, because in the books, the maze was an indoor structure. the fact that they could technically climb the walls and see the outside world in the movies removes some of hopelessness and frustration for me.

ben is a runner: 4/5. makes sense! especially since we never learned how he got stung as a builder in the books.

the gladers are allowed to have a bit of fun: 5/5. i love the bonfire scene. i think it's a realistic change that a bunch of teenage boys would want to let loose every now and then.

they were there 3 years instead of 2: 4/5. i mean, sure.

no one has ever seen a griever before and survived: 0/5. makes no sense at all because the gladers are aware of the changing as a process! if no one has ever survived encountering a griever, where did they get this precedent from? how did they recognise that ben was stung? perhaps this info was just newt being dramatic since it comes from his dialogue.

they don't have grief serum until teresa arrives: 1/5. again, doesn't make sense. the changing being a process they're familiar with which brings back memories after they get the serum is entirely destroyed in the movie. this is the catalyst for a lot of the events in the book and it loses all its function.

several of the characters are different in personality: varies. thomas is more typically 'cool' in the movie and less curious and, to put it bluntly, less annoying. i don't like this change much, his constant curiosity and eagerness to learn and discover was a huge part of who he was in the books (if you know mbti, all i have to say is he was an INTP in the books and an ISTP in the movies). then we have minho, who was way less brash, hot headed, and reckless in the movies (he was also made into an ISTP while he was an ESTP in the books). i think alby is a bit different. i like both portrayals of alby, but i think he seemed nicer and more chill in the movie, probably just because the actor was very charismatic. this works because he can easily be charismatic as a leader. but him also being a stressed out kid with too much responsibility in the books, leading to him lashing out more and being less calm and collected, makes sense! gally is a bit nicer, actually rational at times, in the movie. he's also not, like, pathetic and embarrassingly petty. these are all traits in the book which emphasise the fact that he's a scared kid, so this also isn't my favorite change ever.

thomas gets memories back in his dreams: 1/5. unnecessary and completely removes the high stakes of him having no recollection of his involvement with WICKED.

minho doesn't find a dead griever: 3/5. at least they still accounted for why alby had to go into the maze. i still wish they did it.

alby was alone in the glade for a whole month: 1/5. it is not logical that someone would be able to run a whole farm and build shelter all alone at 15 years old without any help. it also doesn't make sense that he wouldn't have gotten killed in the maze on accident.

teresa doesn't come up one day after thomas: 2/5. i guess it doesn't really matter, but this is just one element of the timeline being quite different that wasn't necessary to change.

minho helps thomas save alby in the maze: 0/5. this is thomas's first big act of heroism and the thing that makes minho respect him. they should've kept thomas doing it alone.

the grievers are completely different: 2/5. i understand that this is probably a design issue for the movie, but the book concept of the grievers is better.

the maze is completely different: 1/5. i don't like the movie maze... why is it a circle. the idea of the 8 square sections that are repeating and consistent makes the maze so much more frustrating and bewildering! also that part in the movie where the walls start to fall and the floors come up... why. there's also no code hidden in the walls, which was a very cool element.

no cliff/griever hole: 2/5. not terrible because this would be hard to show on screen. but the fact that instead, in the movie, there is just a visible section that the runners never found before is a bit unrealistic.

gally never went through the changing: 0/5. gally's hatred for thomas in the movie is baseless, while in the book it's clearly about suspicion and fear. he's an understandable antagonist in the book.

thomas and teresa don't have telepathy: 3/5. would've been hard to portray on screen. takes away from the depth of their connection, however.

the gladers give up too easily: 0/5. this one bothers me! when all the other runners in the movie randomly quit their jobs. the whole point in the books is that they'd never do that.

thomas is looked to as a leader: 0/5. when he starts giving orders in the movie and leads the charge into the maze.... ughhh. again i think they tried to make him a more cool and admirable protagonist, but i think a big part of the books is that thomas never saw himself as particularly special, or a leader. he couldn't have done anything he did without minho's, newt's, alby's, teresa's etc skill, authority, support. they were a team and a family. instead, in the movie, they start to follow him without question when he was barely there five days.

the grievers don't only kill 1 glader per night: 2/5. adds tension but also takes away from the fact that the maze again wasn't a test of survival.

alby's and chuck's deaths were essentially swapped: 0/5. i really dislike this change. they took away the fact that alby's fear changed him, and that his last act was both selfless and scared. in the movie he just died on accident. then i think chuck actually chose to sacrifice himself in the movie, when in the books he was forced to as a variable by WICKED. this absolutely takes away from the utter pointlessness of chuck's death, and it's also ooc for a scared 12 year old to choose to die when he so badly wanted to escape.

thomas had no real reason to sting himself: 0/5. he already had memories coming back in dreams and they already believed they had found an escape in the maze. he literally had no reason to go through the changing in the movie and it's a bit overdramatic for no reason.

people take gally seriously as a leader: 2/5. this only happened because alby got killed off early in the movie.

this is one of my least favorite changes so i saved it for last. nalby erasure: 0/5. the movies definitely take away that alby was newt's best friend and the person he cared for and protected most. likewise, in the books, thomas's favorite and most prioritised glader (along with teresa) was actually always minho. although thominho wasn't erased as much in the movies, the fact that those two pairings were the strongest bonds we ever got between the boys in the books isn't really there in the movies. i think the movies allowed people to forget that newt being canonly gay actually means alby is his most likely love interest!

[j-eryewrites]

Hellooo, will you continue writing for A Sinner's Redemption

I am! Don't you worry. Now that my health has improved and my university is out for the summer, I finally have the time and motivation to write again. Just to prove my words, here is a snippet from the next chapter (which I hope will be finished tmr)

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Piper bit her lip, and her eyes fell on Ellie's sleeping figure. "All I've ever…Have you ever thought you were cursed?" Joel shook his head. "I think I'm cursed. Actually, I know I am," Piper scoffed.

"Cursed?" Joel questioned.

"To kill." Piper pulled her arm away from Ellie and stared at her shaking hands. In the light of the fire they only grew more red; A dark red that seemed to seep underneath her skin. She shuddered. "It's all I was used for in the QZ. It's all I've known." She couldn't bare to look at her hands any longer, instead resorted shoving them under her legs. "I'm cursed to kill when all I want is to save…but I can't." her voice caught in her throat. "I can only save Ellie. She's all that matters. So, as long as I can do that, I'll be fine."

"Kid," Joel paused. "Piper." The sound of her name drew her attention. "You are more than a sister. You can want something for yourself that is outside of Ellie."

Piper scoffed. "Says you. You've been on and on about Tommy. What about you then? What is your dream outside of Tommy?"

"I-" Joel began to refute Piper's words, but something stopped him. She was right. He'd started this whole thing for Tommy: picked up the girls, lost Tess, danced with death, saw the impossible, and all for someone who could be dead. Piper and him were one in the same. As long as their family was safe and happy, so would they be. But as Joel really pondered her question, the dream of the farm came back into mind. The farm with the quiet sheep, the peaceful life. Except now this dream had room for more, yet Joel wasn't sure if there was room for his girls in the first place.  

"It's getting late," Joel remarked, standing up again to patrol. This time, Piper didn't refuse sleep. Instead, she let the silence close in on her as the warmth of the fire cascaded over her body. The only sign of life was the slow rise and fall of her chest, the rhythm to which Joel stepped as he guarded his girls from the looming horrors of the night.

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[lunaetis]

no writing from me today bc i spent the whole evening farming for my boy & now he's perfect. sleep time for the pupper HJKHLKHKL. more date starters tmr ! pupper loves youuu ! hope everyone is having a good day / night on your end !

[justwearthegoddamncardigan]

Invisible string

Thomas x fem!reader

Starts pre-tmr and continues through basically the entire plot (movieverse) *but I did take a quick note from the books in how Thomas and Teresa are the Elites of Group A, and Rachel and Aris are the Elites of Group B

Notes: self indulgent songfic, switching povs, constant time skips, super long (4.8k)

Summary (important): soulmate au where you get flashes of what your sm is experiencing from one of their senses. Side note: you get more visions as you get closer to your sm

Warnings: canon typical violence, language (Glader slang and normal swearing)

[ Green was the colour of the grass ]

Thomas leans back, watching the screens with a small frown as Teresa types something out on a keyboard beside him.

You were sent into the Maze that month, and Thomas has mainly been monitoring you as he usually does with the newest Greenie. He prefers to keep an eye on them and see how they're settling in.

Suddenly, he feels a tug in his chest and his vision whites out. As he blinks, he sees a large grass plain. Tall walls come into focus too, as well as little farming areas.

As quickly as the vision comes on, it fades away, and he's in the monitoring room once again.

"Thomas!" Teresa taps his shoulder repeatedly, a concerned look on her face. "What's wrong?"

Thomas gives himself a shake and takes a breath. "I think... I think I just had a soulmate vision."

"What?" she gasps, incredulous. "What was it?"

"It was with sight; I saw grass... Bright green grass. It was the Glade," he tells her, shell-shocked as he gestures to the screens.

"Oh my god," she whispers. "Your soulmate is in there."

"Holy shit," breathes Thomas, spinning towards the screens.

He moves quickly, hands shaking as he pulls up the full list of Gladers. Subjects A1-A21 are in the Maze right now.

"Is it Y/n?" Teresa asks, eyes wide. You're the only girl in the Maze right now, so she automatically picks you out.

"Well I-" Thomas fumbles for the words. "I actually, um... it doesn't really make a difference for me. The fact that she's the only girl, I mean. I- I'm bi."

"Ohh," Teresa's confused expression clears she understands.

"Yeah..." Thomas runs a hand through his hair, biting his lip as he flicks a worried glance at Teresa.

"Well, that makes it harder for you then," she flops down in a chair, casually scrolling through the list of all boys’ names, except for yours.

Thomas exhales in relief, sending Teresa a small smile, which she returns, squeezing his arm in comfort.

"Did you see a specific part of the Glade? Maybe we can refine the possibilities," she says, finger twisting a piece of hair as she thinks.

"No, I mainly just saw the grass."

"Well that rules out Minho I guess." Teresa points to a screen showing Minho running through the Maze.

"Pity," Thomas responds without thinking.

Teresa snorts, "Yeah, it is."

"Oh, I did see the gardens. Maybe it's one of the Track-hoes, or Gardeners," Thomas suggests.

"Hmmm, but anyone could see the gardens. Look, Gally's building something right there, and Frypan's out grabbing ingredients."

Teresa laughs as Thomas wrinkles his nose at the mention of Gally.

"I mean, hey. You're still luckier than the rest of us," says Teresa, expression wistful.

These days most people just assume that their soulmate is dead; it's unlikely that your perfect person would just happen to be in one of the few safe places in the world.

At one of their meetings with the Group B Elites, Rachel had mentioned hearing terrifying Crank noises in a soulmate vision once years ago, and never heard anything from her soulmate again.

Privately Thomas thought she was lucky to have gotten hearing only, rather than sight or touch given the circumstances.

"I don't know... we'll see," Thomas replies worriedly. "The Maze isn't exactly safe either."

⭒----⭒

[ You ate at my favourite spot for dinner ]

Months later, both Thomas and Teresa have been brought up into the Maze. Unbeknownst to you, the Box had contained your soulmate that month.

But, you've never had a soulmate vision, and to be honest you don't really think about it at all.

You're simply impressed at the new Greenie, admiring his guts as he relentlessly pesters Minho, dead set on becoming a Runner.

You're not a Runner yourself, but most of your friends are in that group, like Minho, Ben, and Newt.

When Newt brings Thomas to your group for dinner, you immediately connect with him. You didn't get to talk to him on his first night, so you're pleasantly surprised to find that he's fun and easy to talk to.

One day, you're in the Runners' hut chatting with Minho. Runners have different schedules to the rest of the Glade, and usually end up eating late lunches since their morning runs finish a little later.

As such, you try to schedule your own work with Minho or Ben's runs, so they don't have to eat alone. Most of the Glade is eating lunch right now, while you wait for Minho to finish adding to the map of the Maze.

Suddenly, you feel a tug in your chest and your vision whites out. Even as you try to blink and clear your vision, you don't see anything. You get a weird feeling and start to... taste Frypan's stew? You're confused as you can sense the distinct flavour of the stew, but feel nothing in your mouth.

The taste then disappears and colour bleeds back in as your vision returns.

"Y/n! Hello? Earth to Y/n!" Minho is waving his hand in front of your face. "What the shuck..."

You come back to yourself with a jolt and a gasp.

"Mother- What the hell was that? I thought you were having a seizure or something!" exclaims Minho.

"It was a soulmate vision," you say shakily.

"Oh shuck. What was it?"

"What was what?" It's Ben, coming in from his shower.

"Y/n had a soulmate vision!"

"Shucking- keep it down!" you hiss.

"Well, what did you see?" asks Ben.

"I didn't see anything, it was a taste one," you tell them.

"Gross." Minho scrunches up his face.

"It was Frypan's stew."

"Hold on... OH," Ben realises.

"What?" says Minho.

"It was Frypan's stew," you repeat. "Which means my soulmate is here, in the Glade."

"Holy... shuck."

"It could be anyone though," you look out the window to where almost the entire Glade is just finishing lunch right now.

"Don't worry, we'll find them," promises Ben.

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[ Bad was the blood of the song in the cab ]

You turn in a circle, staring partly in wonder and partly in horror at the destroyed city around you.

You and the remaining survivors have split up and are scavenging for supplies in the crumbled buildings, which provide shade in the sun of the Scorch.

"Hey Y/n, Thomas, check this out." Minho shifts a piece of debris aside to reveal a dented safe, with the door partially smashed in. He opens it and the three of you peer in curiously.

"It's just jewellery," sighs Minho.

"Just jewellery?" you and Thomas say in unison. He grins at you as he sticks a hand in to pull out a necklace.

"Look at all those diamonds!" he exclaims.

"And check out this gold," you add, lifting out some large earrings.

"Like crows, the both of you," says Minho, rolling his eyes and moving to look at other things.

"Here," says Thomas, holding out a dainty gold ring with a small emerald resting on it.

You take it with a smile and slide it onto your finger. "Thanks."

"Now, you pick something for me."

You grin as you carefully sort through the contents of the safe.

"Well, this looks perfect," you say, holding up a massive elaborate brooch, studded with diamonds and sapphires and rubies as you struggle to maintain a straight face.

"Ah, lovely," he snorts as you toss the brooch back in the safe.

You dig around and find a ring similar to yours, but with intricate engravings instead of a stone.

"Must've been some rich people living 'round here," he comments. "Oh hey, thanks." He takes the ring from you.

"Woah." You walk over to where Minho is, leaving Thomas with the safe.

"What is it?" you ask when you reach him.

Minho gestures to a case of guns. The glass is smashed in, and the wall the case is mounted on has mostly disintegrated, but the guns are intact.

"Hey, guys, I'm going over to see what Newt's got." You hear Thomas' call from the other room.

"Okay!" you call back, continuing to sort through the weapons with Minho.

"Hey they have knives too," he says excitedly.

Suddenly, you feel a familiar tug in your chest and your vision whites out. You hear a song playing, and you focus on the sound.

'Cause baby, now we got bad blood You know it used to be mad love So take a look what you've done 'Cause baby, now we got bad blood (hey!)

As your other senses return you feel Minho's hand on your shoulder.

"Y/n! What happened? Did you have another soulmate vision?"

"I- yeah." You'd assumed your soulmate was dead after the bloodbath that happened when you escaped the Maze. But apparently they’re still alive, and the options are narrowed down to the small group you’ve got.

“Minho! Y/n! Get over here!” Thomas’ excited call rings out from the other room.

“What was it this time?” whispers Minho as you walk to the others.

“Hearing vision, it was a song,” you reply quietly.

“Check it out!” exclaims Frypan as the two of you enter. “We found a record player.”

You step closer to observe the album cover. “Does it work?” you ask, already knowing the answer.

“Yep, play it again Fry,” says Thomas.

When it plays, you hear the same song from earlier, confirming your thoughts. Your soulmate is right here.

“Pretty cool, huh?” comments Aris.

“Yeah…” says Minho distractedly, looking at you with a worried expression.

He catches up to you later, and the two of you walk at the back of the group, out of earshot of the others.

“So,” he starts. “Aris, Thomas, Frypan, or Newt.”

You nod. “But I don’t think Newt even…” you gesture vaguely. “Girls, you know? It’s one of the first three,” you say.

“Isn’t there some kind of special feeling? You seriously can’t tell even when it’s narrowed down to three people?” asks Minho.

Honestly, you’ve thought it’s Thomas for a while. It’s just- none of your visions have been absolutely focused on one person, and you’re a little worried that maybe you just have a crush on Thomas, and your real soulmate actually isn’t him. You can’t imagine how much that would hurt both Thomas and the real soulmate.

You can already see it; confessing your feelings for Thomas, having an awkward rejection, and then having Frypan or Aris walk up to you, deeply hurt by the fact that their soulmate liked someone else even when they were right there.

It’s just best not to touch the issue right now.

You can still discuss it with your friend, though.

“I mean, I’ve kinda liked Thomas for a bit,” you admit to Minho.

“Yeah? I could totally see that happening,” he says.

“Really?”

“ ‘course. Even back in the Glade, you guys were always… I don’t know. There was something happening between the two of you. Always whispering and giggling to each other. You looked like dumb shanks when you did that, by the way.”

You roll your eyes fondly.

Minho was right; there was always just… something, with Thomas.

At the start, it was just intrigue, which is normal with the arrival of a new Greenie. Then it became admiration for how determined he was to become a Runner. After that, it became a close, friendly bond, which has now evolved into you developing a crush. Great.

Oh, and you might be soulmates.

“You know, he used to change his lunch breaks for you too, Y/n,” says Minho.

“What do you mean?” you ask.

“I mean, I know you were always moving things around so you could have lunch with Ben and I, and we were all just friends.

“But Thomas would do the same for you, and only for you. Hell, he’d always ask for afternoon runs. Do you know how bad those are, especially after lunch? But no, he’d prefer to get a stitch during every run, rather than to miss lunch with you.”

“Oh, that’s… sweet of him,” you say, ducking your head to hide your smile.

Minho rolls his eyes. “Stupid shanks, the both of you. I bet he’s having a soulmate vision of this conversation now, and you’re just both too scared to bring it up to each other.”

“I’m not scared!” you insist.

“Oh yeah? Then go talk to him,” challenges Minho, jerking his chin ahead at Thomas’ back.

“He’s- he’s got a lot on his plate at the moment,” you say. “We all do.”

“And,” you continue, “I want to be completely sure before I go and ask about it.”

“Sure,” replies Minho.

⭒----⭒

[ Cold was the steel of my axe to grind ]

Thomas has been having soulmate visions, there’s no doubt there.

It’s always the same. Tug in his chest, vision goes white.

So far, he’s heard the snoring of Gladers at night, and smelled the soap and stagnant water from the showers (that one had been hard to place; he had to think about the faint scent for hours until he realised what it was).

But, all of his visions have been super vague. In the Glade, he had no clue who they were, and now he doesn’t even know if they’re alive, cause he hasn’t had a vision since escaping.

Right now though, he’s mainly focused on keeping his friends alive. They’ve just found the Right Arm, and he goes to check on Teresa.

She’s been acting weird all day, and is now just standing ominously on a cliff side, so he wants to make sure everything’s alright.

His stomach drops out when he realises what she’s done, and soon hell is raining down as WCKD arrives and starts shooting.

“Where’s Y/n?” he shouts as Newt and Minho gather behind Vince to join in the fight.

“I don’t know!” Minho shouts back over the gunfire and screaming. “Last I saw her she was going back to check the medical tent.”

“Shit,” says Thomas. Said medical tent is now on fire, so she must’ve gotten out. She definitely got out, he tells himself.

They start to lose the fight, and WCKD officers start tying up members of the Right Arm, including Aris and Sonya.

Thomas knows he’s lost when Janson shoots Mary.

Fuck it. Thomas isn’t letting anymore good fighters be taken by WCKD.

And, he sure as hell isn’t going back himself; he’ll die before he does. And it might come to that.

“Stand back!” he yells, waving a control with the bomb trigger on it. “Get away!”

“Let ‘em all go!” he demands, the control held aloft like a weapon.

His feels his friends move to stand behind him in solidarity. They’re all going out together. He falters for a second as he wonders where you are.

“Don’t do this,” pleads Teresa. He ignores her.

“We’re with you.”

“Do it Thomas.”

“We’re ready.”

At his friends’ support, Thomas squeezes his eyes closed and touches the trigger.

“Thomas, I don’t think you want to do that.” It’s Janson.

A WCKD officer steps aside to reveal the Ratman himself, holding a knife to your neck.

Thomas feels a tug in his chest, and his vision whites out. His first thought is not now, until he feels cold metal and a slight pressure on his throat.

It’s a quick vision, and he comes back to himself after just a few seconds, but it’s long enough that he ends up staring at you, a devastated expression fixed on his face.

It’s okay, you mouth at him. But you don’t know what he’s just realised.

Thomas’ finger stills above the button. He can’t do it, not with you right there about to be killed or captured.

Before he can think, a huge car crashes through WCKD’s forces, Jorge at the wheel.

Thomas and his friends kick into motion, moving out of the way of Jorge’s truck, and Thomas turns quickly to watch you spin away from the WCKD guard, stealing their knife and running off.

He grabs you and runs, but the whole group is helpless when Minho is shot.

“Get her out!” orders Janson, directing WCKD guards to protect Ava.

Before you know it, WCKD decides to leave with what they’ve got, and they fly away on their Bergs with prisoners in tow.

Thomas stands frozen in the desolate area. He looks away as silent tears roll down your face at the loss of Minho.

“Pack up what we’ve got,” says Vince in what can almost pass as an unshaken tone.

By sunrise, Thomas has decided: he needs to rescue Minho.

He gives his speech, and soon he’s got a bunch of allies on his side.

His heart skips as he meets your eyes, and despite everything that just went down he’s still reeling from the realisation that it’s you. You’re his soulmate.

“Nice speech,” you say, approaching him with an encouraging smile.

Thomas doesn’t reply, and instead pulls you into a hug. You make a soft surprised noise, but lean into him. He’s breathing shakily as he presses a kiss to your temple and rests his forehead on yours, eyes closed.

“Thomas, what-” Thomas ignores your confused words and tightens his arms around you.

After pulling away, he swipes tears from his face with the back of his hand, before leaning into you again, this time bending so his head rests on your shoulder.

He leans back again, gently touching your cheek with his hand. He watches your eyes shine, the colour brightened by the sunrise glow. Your hand comes up to loosely hold his wrist.

“Okay.” His voice is scratchy when he finally steps back.

“Are you alright?” you hold onto his hand, brow furrowed in concern.

“Yeah, sorry.” He runs a hand through his hair and gives you a casual grin, like nothing happened.

⭒----⭒

“Newt.”

You’ve travelled for a while now, and the group has stopped to set up camp for the night.

“Yeah, what’s up?” You pull Newt aside to talk.

“Is Thomas okay? He was acting weird this morning.”

Newt sighs. “I mean, I don’t think any of us are alright really. I haven’t heard anything from Thomas specifically.”

“Okay.” You comb a hand through your hair, frowning. “Never mind, it’s alright.”

“You sure?”

“Yep, don’t worry.”

⭒----⭒

[ Cuttin' me open, then healin' me fine ]

“Just leave me.”

“No, keep moving,” you snap, terrified at the hopeless way your friend speaks. There’s no way you’re abandoning him.

You wince, gritting your teeth as your shoulder jostles against the wall.

That fucker Janson had shot you in the arm as you jumped from the building.

“Minho, you can go. Run and get the serum.” It’s Thomas.

“He’s right,” says Gally. “I can cover.”

“Y/n, go with them.”

“Are you kidding? There’s no way I’m leaving you.”

“Y/n, we don’t have time for this.” Thomas scrubs a hand down his face. “You’re losing too much blood.”

You groan, knowing he’s right. “Fine.” You stand abruptly and start moving in the other direction, but then you stop and turn.

You run back and throw your good arm around Thomas. “Be careful,” you whisper.

He nods, and you turn your attention to Newt. “Hey, stay with us okay? I need to see you at the end of this. Promise me we’ll see each other again.”

Newt’s eyes take a moment to focus on you. “I promise.”

You, Gally, and Minho start off towards the Berg where Brenda has the cure.

You move as quickly as you can, with one hand crossed over your body and protecting your shoulder.

You’re almost there when you skid to a stop abruptly, feeling a tugging sensation in your chest. “Wait, Min-” your vision whites out.

You try to focus each of your senses, but you can’t hear or see anything. Smell and taste aren’t happening either.

You’re starting to get confused when suddenly you feel a blinding pain in your chest, near your heart. You try to scream, but there's no sound.

You come out of the vision panting and shaking, and Minho's panicked shouts and Gally's concerned hovering return in a rush.

"I- I'm okay," you say, steadying your wavering voice.

Minho crouches in front of you as you melt to the floor, your legs giving out.

"Vision?" he asks.

You nod, eyes unfocused as you think. Where would the pain have come from?

Then you remember. Newt had a knife. Shit.

You stumble to your feet, grabbing onto Gally's arm for support.

"Thomas- I need... I've got to get back to Thomas," you say, still reeling from the vision.

You blink fast and shake yourself to clear your head. "First aid kit, over there. Help me get it," you tell Gally.

"Shucking... okay, fine."

When he returns, you grab bandages out and thrust them towards Minho. "Quick, Thomas is running out of time. Help me do it."

After a moment's hesitation, Minho wraps your wound tightly, temporarily stopping the bleeding.

"Okay, you two run and get the cure. I'm going back to help Thomas."

Your tone leaves no room for debate, and you turn and run back to where Thomas was last.

You steel yourself for the fight as you run. As Teresa's voice comes over the announcement system, you use her as an energy source to draw from. The rage at her betrayal propels you, and your pace increases.

You find them in an empty station, a gun forgotten on the floor and a knife clutched in Newt's fist.

"Thomas!" you shout, running in.

Between the two of you, you manage to hold off a Cranked-out Newt. You work together to get the knife away, and duck away when he lashes out.

"Thomas! Y/n!" you can hear Minho yelling from nearby.

"Over here!"

Brenda sprints in with the cure. "Help me hold him down."

You each grab one of Newt's flailing limbs until Brenda can inject the cure, and sigh in relief as the black veins start to recede.

"The cure is only temporary," says Thomas, straight to the point.

You meet his eyes. "We have to go to Teresa."

You turn to the others; Minho, Brenda, Gally, and Frypan. "You guys help Newt get out. Get to the Berg. We'll bring the cure."

You see Thomas hesitate in the corner of your eye as he opens his mouth to object to you coming with him.

You stare him down until he tosses his hands in the air. "Fine," he huffs.

When you get back to WCKD, you watch Janson kill Ava Paige.

Then Thomas watches you kill Janson with a swift, clean bullet to the heart.

When the Ratman falls, Thomas looks at you in surprise for just a second, then follows you as you stalk towards the elevators.

You find Teresa and give her a sample of Thomas' blood.

You hold your gun up again when she doesn't start making the cure at first.

When she's synthesised 10 vials of the cure, you walk out with Thomas. “Let’s get out of here.”

He doesn't even look back at Teresa, and neither do you.

⭒----⭒

"How'd you know to come back for me earlier?" asks Thomas once you've gotten on the Berg. “...you knew I was injured.”

You stay silent for a bit, gently cleaning his stab wound with a washcloth.

He lifts his hand, wrapping his fingers around your wrist. "Y/n," he prompts quietly.

You pull your hand away, dropping the washcloth.

You give him a look.

You know he knows the answer. He knows you had a soulmate vision, just like you eventually realised that his weird behaviour that night when WCKD attacked the Right Arm was due to his own visions.

You both know you're soulmates. And you both know the other knows it too.

He reaches out and runs his fingers through your hair, before lowering his hand to cup your cheek.

You flick yours eyes up to his before pulling back slowly, returning to your medical kit and tending to his wound.

"Y/n," he whispers again.

"Not now," you say softly, giving his hand a gentle squeeze and hoping he gets what you mean.

Now isn't the time to address being soulmates. It's not the place for anything even remotely romance-related. You just- you need to get out. Get away from WCKD, before you can move on to... this.

He nods, eyes full of understanding.

You sit in peaceful silence, simple enjoying each others' company until Minho barges in and insists you come out to see the view.

You lace your fingers with Thomas' as you look out over the Safe Haven, a gorgeous coastal village stretching out below you.

It feels like a home.

⭒----⭒

”Oi! Let’s get going, Vince said meet at sundown.” Newt bangs on your hut door front be outside.

“The sun isn’t even fully set yet!” You yell back. “You go first, we’ll meet you there.”

“Slinthead,” you mutter.

Thomas snorts from his position on your bed, leisurely stretched out and lying on his back with his head near the foot of the bed.

You bend to pick up the fallen cards from the game you were just playing. As you organise them, your gaze wanders towards Thomas.

He tilts his head back over the bed so he’s looking at you upside down. That can’t be good for his neck, you think.

“What?” he grins at you as he flops back over.

“Nothing,” you say, turning away with a smile.

He gets of the bed and walks up to where you’re standing by the door. “Are we going…?”

You consider him for a moment, looking up at his face. Then you rise slightly up on your toes and press a kiss on his lips.

You pull back to see his reaction.

He blinks a few times. Then his face breaks into a wide grin. “I wasn’t ready that time, we have to go again.”

You lean up and give him another quick kiss on the lips before pulling away again.

He gives you an unimpressed look. “Y/n…” you laugh at his whine and kiss him for real this time.

You wrap your arms around his neck as he tugs you in by the waist, sealing his lips against yours.

Your movements are sloppy and inexperienced, and you giggle into his mouth as your noses get in the way.

You can feel him smiling against your lips too, and you tilt your head to help fit together better.

You both start to pick it up a bit more, and you gasp softly as his tongue probes experimentally at the seam of your lips.

He leans away, an apology already in motion, but you pull him back and try dipping your own tongue in.

You move unintentionally and end up with your back against the door.

There’s a thump noise when your back hits the door, and you hear footsteps stall outside.

“Hey, guys are you coming to the meeting?” It’s Gally.

“Shuck, man do you think they’re doing it?” Minho’s voice sounds a little further away.

Thomas leans on the door with you, groaning in embarrassment.

“Fuck I think Thomas just moaned,” says Minho.

“Move, move. Leaving now.” You hear Gally ushering Minho away.

As their footsteps recede, you and Thomas stare at each other for a few seconds.

Then you collapse into laughter on the floor, doubling over when you see Thomas’ face.

“Okay. Okay. Shuck. Are we presentable?” you ask, pulling yourself together.

“Shuck no, your lips are so red.” His embarrassed smile turns into a smirk, and you roll your eyes.

“Whatever, let’s just go. It’s not like everyone doesn’t already know,”

While everyone does know, you do get hell a lot of teasing comments and amused glances that night.

⭒----⭒

[ Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies ]

There’s a familiar tugging sensation in your chest, followed by your vision whiting out.

“Hey, you picked a good day dude the sunset looks shuckin’ gorgeous.”

“Wait, shuck. Minho where’s the goddamn food.”

“I don’t know! Ask Frypan.”

“Newt, a little help here?”

“No way man, you got yourself into this. Besides, it doesn’t even matter; she’s gonna love it no matter what.”

“Yeah, but I want it to be perfect.”

You duck your head, smiling as you come out of the vision.

There have been many strolls on the beach and make out sessions (you’re both getting really good). But, this is your first actual date with Thomas.

The sky is starting to fracture into pieces of blue and purple. “Brenda! Help me get ready for my date,” you call.

“You know I’m just gonna make fun of Thomas and judge your clothing choices, right?”

“Yes.”

“Perfect. Let’s go.”

Wow. This fic had no business being as long as it ended up. Anyway

Something I noticed is that I’ve been pretty sympathetic to Teresa I my writing, or at least in aitd. But not here! 👏👏 Not really a big thing just something I found.

Thank you for reading 😊

Requests are open!

[phagodyke]

okayyy I need to force myself to finally play a videogame again tmr before the last of my mind crumbles away entirely so I'm outsourcing the choice to avoid decision paralysis stopping me.. beautiful ppl of the internet cast ur votes now

for context:

elden ring I only have 2 achievements left, both endings so I need to do ng+ and then ng+2. but I'm just farming to get all weapons etc atm before I Actually Start ng+ and also to get used to/balance the build I've designed for my other oc before I lock her in for ng+ (won't be able to redesign/respec again until I defeat rennala) so it's mainly My Fixation carrying me but also once I 100% it I'm gonna get myself shadow of the erdtree......

new game would probably be ummm. idk actually I have so many on steam I havent touched yet maybe don't vote for this one bc it'll give me more decision paralysis 😥 unless u have a specific suggestion for which one. wait no dont tell me or I'll get demand avoidant and not do it sorry...... 💀 well I'll leave it as an option anyway

rdr2 is 66% off 😳 and also my roomie has just started it too so we could do multiplayer at some point maybe.... hmmm

[tomsmother]

Pre drinking a lil to go to an expectedly awkward farewell dinner with my ex-bosses/landlords/friends.... and now the dudes dad is coming which tbh makes it even weirder? We used to be close and had lots of fun drinking together (maybe too much fun to be Appropriate btw bosses and employee but ... hey! I liked it) and now I don't know what has been said behind closed doors, but they're both so awkward with me now and barely drink and don't say too much and it's like fucking crickets when we hang?? I wanna know

[arson-09]

stardew valley update tmr and that means new farm. I think im gonna go Tamlin/ballad of tamlin themes and hozier👀👀

[etherealspacejelly]

ok gn!!! tell me how your thing went tmr

ILL TELL YOU RN

so i went to his office and i was like heyyy bestie how are you and he was like all good how was your summer did you go anywhere fun and i was like meh just london

so then we talked about my dissertation and how to get soil samples and he emailed this guy to ask if he has any ant nests on his farm but when he was writing the email he used she/her pronouns for me and i was like. um excuse me. i use he/him pronouns please. and he was like oh of course and changed it to they??? and i was like ok dude yeah i use he/they pronouns so thats fine but thats not what i fucking said is it??? if i DID use he/him pronouns you've just misgendered me again. but whatever at least he changed it and didnt give me shit for it

so yeah i just need to like. go to the peak district and get soil samples and rock samples and then go to the lab and do lab shit ig.

which is fun but also scary