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Shut Up
Shut Up (Thomas x Gally)
Word Count: 749 words
Warnings: kissing
Summary: the gladers wonder why Gally suddenly cares about Thomas
(First time writing this and it’s not my finest work so, I hope you enjoy it)
Gally hated Thomas. at least that’s what he told himself everyday because he cannot face the other option.
but even with this well know detail that didn’t stop him waiting with Newt for Minho and Thomas’ return.
the boy keeps looking sideways at him and he starts to get annoyed. “Just spit out what you want to say will you?”
“Just curious why you’re here,” he shrugs, “you haven’t shown much interest in Tommy or Minho before.”
Gally takes his time to answer, casting around for an excuse that would hide his real motive.
“I’m just…curious where they are, the doors are going to close soon, and they’ve been out for a long time.”
“Mhm.” Newt doesn’t look at all convinced but he doesn’t question him further.
the rest of the gladers, after finished with eating, started filling out and gathering around.
they all knew that Minho and Thomas had gone to examine the body of the griever, but they should have definitely been back by now.
the sky was darkening and Newt’s eyes were fixed unblinkingly on the opening to the maze.
“There they are the bleeding shanks.”
Thomas and Minho found the corner and jog towards them. “What time do you call this?” Newt shouts above the sighs of relief and footsteps of the crowd dispersing.
“We found something, Minho and Newt bend over something the dark haired boy is holding as Thomas moves to greet Chuck. “You guys nearly didn’t make it back, the doors are about to close.” he hears the young boy tell his friend.
“Well we made it back.”
“It’s a good thing you did.” Gally immediately regretted saying this. Thomas, Chuck, Newt and Minho all look up and stare at him with a mix of confusion and surprise.
“I mean-“ Gally fumbles his words, silently cursing himself, “we didn’t want to loose the chance of finding more about that griever.
they all continue to stare, and after a moment or two of silence, he shuffles away.
he mutters insults at himself under his breath. how could he have been so stupid? everyone probably thought he was insane now.
a second pair of footsteps approaches him from behind and he turns to shout something rude at the unknown glader.
he spins on his heel, but when he sees Thomas, the insult melts in his mouth.
Thomas’ forehead is creased, still looking bemused.
“what are you doing here?” he tries to put as much venom as he can into his voice. Thomas doesn’t recoil, quite the contrary, he steps closer.
“what did you mean back there?”
“Shut up.” he turns his back on the boy, but he is relentless.
“I’m serious, why were you waiting for us, Newt said you were there before the others.”
“Did he?”
“Yeah, since when did you care.”
“I don’t-“
“Gally, you’re not convincing anyone, what you said was as good as a confession.”
he feels the blood drain from his face. he couldn’t know, could he?”
“What do you mean confession?”
“Confession that you don’t hate me as much as you say you do.”
“I still don’t understand.”
Thomas laughs, “it’s obvious that you’re just playing the enemy card because of tradition. do you want to be friends is that it.”
the other boy lets out a sigh of relief, it’s alright, he still didn’t know. this relief didn’t last long.
“you’re hiding something, from all of us, just admit what it is or I’ll find out myself.”
Gally doesn’t answer him, but stares down at his shoe, which he was scuffing in the dirt.
“Come on, just tell me.” Thomas moves in front of him.
“Thomas-“ he turns his back on him.
“Why not.”
“Thomas I’m serious.”
“But-“
Gally grabs him looking him in the eyes. Thomas looks surprised, his eyebrows raised, almost touching his hair as the boy leans into him and takes his lips in his own.
they stand there for a moment before Gally holds him at arms length, looking into his eyes, “do you understand now.”
the boy nods.
“that explains a lot.” both of their head snap around to face Minho. he was leaning on Newt’s shoulder, smirking.
“Shut up.”
Minho’s smirk splits into a grin, “you know the best part? you can’t beat me up, because unfortunately for you, Thomas cares about me, don’t you Thomas.”
“I wouldn’t blame Gally for beating you up.” he smiles at his friend, “you are very good at being annoying.”
Minho laughs, “guilty as charged.”
He was only 17
Cigarette daydream You were only seventeen Soft speak with a mean streak Nearly brought me to my knees. -Cage the Elephant
Summary: Yn tried to save Newt, but she wasent fast enough.
Warnings: Newt dies all over again.
This wasent meant to be part of the plan. Yn wasent supposed to be in the plane without Thomas, Newt and Minho. They were supposed to be there already.
The teenage girl sat inside the plane biting her thumb, a custom she had taken from Newt, worried for the boys.
The city was on fire and the plane was full of children. Thankfully Jorge and Vincent where there or Yn would have already been in the city looking for the missing gladers with Brenda at her side.
She had in her hand a vial of the cure for newt and with every minute that passed she grew more worried.
"Yn it's going to be alright they're going to get here" Brenda said trying to calm her down, but Yn could see that she was just as worried as she was.
"Yeah but are they going to get here in time?" Yn muttered and Brenda just gave her a gentle squeeze in her shoulder.
Yn was a handful of nerves waiting for her boys to come back. She needed to give Newt the cure. She needed him alive with her. Yn loved Newt more than she loved life itself and if anything happened to her boy, she wouldn't know what to do.
Out of nowhere two bodies seemed to run toward the plane and Brenda instantly had her hand on her gun, ready to fire if they were cranks, but to Yn's relief it was minho and Gally that came running toward them.
When yn saw that neither Thomas or newt were with them she let out a shaky breath and ran to meet them.
"What's wrong? Were are Thomas and Newt?" Yn asked minho as she put her hand in his arm. As a form of greeting.
"Hurry, get the cure we need to get it to newt, they're waiting for us" Gally answered before Minho could say anything.
Yn didnt waste time and ushered Gally to lead her toward Newt. Brenda closely behind her as well as minho who Yn felt sure was weak because of everything W.C.K.D had done to him. But right now she couldn't really worry about anyone else other than Newt.
She willed her body to go faster as she ran through the last city. They ran between cranks that had not yet past the gone but where just as mad as if they had. Yn felt the heat of the fire surrounding them, but the adrenaline in her blood made her block out all the sounds surrounding her and she had eyes only for gally that was infront of her. Then gally turned into an open piazza and suddenly halted. Yn ran next to him and then she saw Thomas with tears in his eyes look at her and then look at the ground. She looked at the floor and she wanted to die at the sight before her.
She felt her hands shake as she brought them up to her face in shock. She didn't even notice how Thomas had turned around ready to kill Ava Paige and take down W.C.K.D. she didn't notice how Minho stood beside her as she felt hot tears fall down her cheeks. She slowly walked toward Newts body in the ground. Her hand squeezing the vial that was meant to save his life. She saw his lifeless eyes staring to the sky and the knife that was sticking from his chest. She willed herself to wake up from this nightmare. But the pain she felt when she fell on her knees next to him, told her that it was real.
"No, no, no. C'mmon please, oh God no" she sobbed as she looked down at Newt dead body.
She felt a strong pair of arms surrounded her and held her as she shaked out sobs.
"NO!!! I was supposed to save him!" Minho had tears streaming down his cheeks as he held Yn. He knew Newt would want him to be there for her. The girl he loved more than life. Minho knew that Newt and Yn had loved each other since the first time they catched eyes. He had been the one who had pushed them to tell each other their feelings and was proud of how the two of them became inseparable. But he had never though he'd be the one to be holding Yn as she cried the death of one of Minhos closest friends.
"I was meant to save him, I was supposed to be here for him, GODDAMMIT!' Yn cried as she felt a peace of her heart being torn apart. She had promised him.
"Love we are going to save Minho that's the mission" Newt had gently whispered into Yn's ear sending goosebumps through her body.
"Well I'll make it my mission to save you" Yn told him pulling back and looking him in the eye. Her own sweeled with tears. "I CANT lose you baby. I can't."she whispered up to him trying to keep the tears at bay.
Newt had tears streaming down his face as he looked down at Yn who was trying to take the news on so bravely." You know I'd never leave you" he said wiping his tears away.
"Does everyone else know?" Yn gently asked him after a few minutes of silence. In which they stood. Holding each other's hands and yn resting her face against Newts chest.letting the silent tears flow.
"I wanted you to know first." He answered bringing his hand up and wiping Yns tears away." I know that when we go out there we're going to be so bugging busy and I wanted to spend more time with you.
That was was Yn needed most. More time. More time to be in each other's arms. More time to talk. More time to kiss. More time to grow old together. She couldn't imagine living a life where Newt wasn't next to her every morning. Without him to hold her at nights.
Her train of though would have gone on and on if Newt hadn't stopped her by gently bringing their lips together. The kiss was soft and full of grief, it brought back memories of their time together, the joy the sorrow, the intimacy they had shared through the 2 years they had found each other. Yn brought her hand up to newts cheek as newt brought his arms around her waist. Their lips moving in sync as they let all the feeling that they had for each other pour into that one kiss.
When they pulled back for air. Newt gently kissed her forhead with his slightly swollen lips. And took both of her hands in his.
"I know we have a lot in our minds, but would you care to dance with me the same way we danced back in the Glade?" He asked her with a small smile.
"You know I would dance with you anytime love" was her response. And putting one arm round his shoulder, one of newts securely around her waist, and bringing their intertwined hands together they began to dance to a random music they silently hummed.
" I promise you Newt. I'll save you." Yn whispered as she rested her head against his shoulder.
"You already have" he gently whispered into her hair. "Then I'll save you against stubbornly replied."you know I love you so."
After a while Minho knew it was time for them to go.
"C'mmon Yn we need to go" he whispered
"No, I can't. I can't live him." She cried pulling herself away from minho." I promised him. I promised him that I'd take him home. That we'd grow old together"
Miho turned to see Brenda and Gally crying as well. But buildings were falling and if they didn't get to the plane now, they'd die.
"Minho we need to go" Gally told him wiping his tears away.
Minho nodded and took yns arm.
"Yn we need to go. It's what Newt would have wanted you to do." He gently told the crying girl.
Yn seemed to have though it through because she stiffly nodded and stood up. Minhos arm around her. They began walking away. And before they turned a corner. Yn looked back.
"I can't live him." She said as she turned around. But Minho kept a firm grip in her arm.
"Yn listen to me. We need to go before the city comes crashing down on us." Minho told her gently but firmly.
"But you don't understand Minho" yn sobbed out " he was only 17"
Minhos eyes filled with tears again but he took Yn in his arms and started walking with Gally and Brenda toward the plane.
Yn fighted at first. But she soon stopped, her body shaking with sobs.
When they reached the plane. It only took one look at Yn and Jorge and Vince knew that Newt had died. Minho set her in a seat at the front and sat beside her. Holding her hand.
To Yn everything was a blur. She didn't know what was happening. She just sat there. Numb. With tears flowing constantly down her face. She didn't notice how she almost lost another friend as W.C.K.D's main building fell. Or how Thomas passed out from blood loss not to far away from her. But she noticed that she fell asleep at one point and she didn't really want to wake up.
But she did. She woke up in a small bed. Sunlight streaming down her face. And the smell of sea filled her senses. But what she noted wasn't that. What she noted was that there was an empty space beside her in the bed. And that there was an empty space in her heart.
That she knew would never be hole again.
So this is it. My first Maze runner imagine. I cried while I wrote this. It really hurt. But I hope you guys like it. And if it did hurt. If only a little. Please like.
The Maze Runner x Y/N
Gally Headcanons!!!
I LOVE HIM (movie version only tho)
•he’s not very into PDA unless there’s some overly friendly gladers
•At lunch though he would always hold your hand under the table or rest his hand on your thigh/knee
•would stay sober at bonfires if you were drunk to make sure no one tried everything
• When u step into the fighting ring he would be shocked a bit
“Y/n what are you doing?”
•He would go easy until he realizes that you have a decent chance
•Would somehow ending up pinning you, he would just hold you for a moment.
•LOVES to see how you react to this
•After he would hold you so close to his side
•you somehow convince him to dance and he holds your hips as you just sway even without music
•When you get too tired/drunk to do anymore he would carry you bridal style to bed
•Either would be the big spoon or have you sleep on top of his chest
•EVERY Glader would know you two are dating
•Any dumb glader who tried something with you would show up to breakfast the next day with a broken nose and a lot of bruises
•VERY possessive
•gets sad if you don’t talk to him all day
•Would be extra cuddly on these nights
•LOVES to hold your hips
•his favorite spot to kiss you is your collarbone
•he cannot get enough of you
•loves to carry and hold you because it boosts his self esteem to be able to carry u so easily
•he likes to show you how strong he is and loves when you say something about his muscles
•he is SUCH a top
•unless you beat him to it
•then he is the most adorable bottom (fight me idc you won’t change my mind)
•for as aggressive as he is, he is big on making sure you know how much he loves you
•nicknames include but are not limited to babe(he’s very traditional), angel, and anything related to your height
•if you’re short then he loves to make fun of you for it
•I’m talking holding things above your head, looking straight forward and pretending to not see you
•loves to come up from behind, wrap his arms around your waist tightly, and pull you close till you’re pressed up against him
•not one to give flowers or anything like that
•but he would definitely make you a little something out of wood
•often asks you to massage his shoulders and back once you’re in a closer relationship bc he’s a builder and gets sore a lot
•if you ask he’ll do the same
•when you make it to the safe haven, he is GOING to build you two a house
•just very overall an incredibly loving boyfriend
maze runner boys headcanons
little things they would do if they were dating you
Newt
•loves to kiss right at the base of your jawline
•will come up behind you and do this
•loves putting his arm around you
•always giving you hugs
•calls you “love” and “sweetheart” (maybe darling)
Thomas
•constantly kissing your hands
•showers you with compliments
•forces you to be big spoon
•constantly holding your hand or touching you in someway
•calls you “baby” or “angel”
•leans his head on your shoulder any chance he gets
•likes to lay in your lap
Minho
•constantly flirting and trying to get you to blush
•loves to kiss your neck and cannot get enough of your lips
•calls you something like “princess” and “sugar”
•will occasionally let you style his hair if you’re lucky
•loves it when you wait by the gate for him to come back home
•makes you fall asleep on top of him very often
•always wants to make you laugh
Gally
•compares hand sizes a lot
•very needy and kinda clingy (in a cute way)
•loves kissing your collarbone and forehead
• likes it a lot when you sit in his lap(I can’t explain it, it just makes sense)
•calls you “short stuff” and “babe”
reminder:these are my personal opinion
requests open
Dumb Plan
Gally x fem!reader We LOVE a confident Gally, and he definitely is in this one.
Part 1/2
Dumb plan, dumb dumb. Dumb plan. This could not end well.
Would it help with your situation?
Definitely
But shit man, it has been hard enough to become the man’s friend. He’s not one to open up easily.
Alby and Newt have a good point though, some of these gliders just have no respect for you or your personal space. They just wouldn’t lay off.
I mean, he’s definitely scary enough and wouldn’t for sure scare off any unwanted attention.
“Y/n what do you say “all eyes are on you Newt, Alby, Minho, and…Gally.
“ you don’t have to decide right now, will give you a day, but the sooner the quicker we can be sure that this problem is solved.”
New looks at you waiting for an answer.
“ no, no, no. I don’t need any more time. It’s a good plan.” You say quickly.
Alby nods his head sharply, “ all right I want you to come up with a plan, stage something. if I don’t find out from someone by the end of the day that you two are dating, then I’m gonna plan it out myself. We need this plan to work, or theees no point in trying it”
Alby, Newt, and Minho leave the room, giving you and Gally some time to think about a plan.
The idea was for you to get yourself a fake boyfriend so that you wouldn’t have to worry so much about your personal space being invaded by overly friendly gladers. Minho and Galley were some of the obvious options, as you were relatively close with both of them, and people wouldn’t be too suspicious. You’d decided to choose Gally, because well, not one single person would dare go against him I mean hell, he’s terrifying.
While you knew it would work, but it felt more painful than it should.
“ OK, I was thinking something along the lines of holding hands, maybe even just a quick peck on the cheek?” Gally stared at you intensely, but you refused to meet his eye.
“ that could work, but I’ve seen you hold hands with Meho too. It’s not just a strictly dating thing. No, if we really want people to think we are dating, then we’re going to have to take it up a notch.”
You looked up to find that he was already staring at you, and you feel a flush creep up your cheeks.
“ Oh OK, so what does that entail?“
Maintaining eye space contact, he walked around the table until he was standing right in front of you.
“I’m not sure, but I know we’ll have to make it super exaggerated so that Albie doesn’t have to step in. We both know that that would not go well“
You laugh at his joke, breaking eye contact and looking down.
“ the only thing that I can really think of, that would truly make people think that we’re dating is something as extreme as a kiss. “
At this, you look up sharply, and find him looking at you with a smirk on his face.
He laughs at seeing how flustered you get at the suggestion.
“I was only half joking, not like the shanks here are stupid, they should be able to pick up on little things. It’s not like we can just make an announcement.” He still refuses to lose eye contact. Realizing that you need to add more to the conversation, you slowly breathe out.
“ Yeah, and we can start to drop more obvious hints if they don’t seem to get it.” You smile at him, “ oh and by the way, thank you for helping me with this ya shuckface”
“Anytime slinthead, anytime” He returns the the smile with a grin.
Wait, half joking? What does that mean? Does he want to kiss me? No, stop it’s FAKE dating.
“Ok, let’s just let it play out and we’ll see what’s best.” You both nod, and then he steps forward a bit more to grab your hand. I’ve never seen him so confident in his life, what’s with sudden change? And his hands are surprisingly soft…
Gally was definitely confident in himself, but when it came to social interactions… he was a little reserved. For you, it was almost the exact opposite, not that you didn’t know your worth, but you were definitely a very sociable person.
“Come on y/n, let’s go flaunt our relationship in everyone’s faces.”
As you stepped outside, not one Glader looked at you two holding hands.
The day wore on and you two kept on having to do more noticeable things to grab people’s attention. It’s started with holding hands, then he put his arms around your shoulders everywhere you went, and some point he even kissed your cheek.
But nobody seemed to notice, and so by lunchtime you were getting a little desperate. As you were sitting down next to Gally, you looked across the room and happened to make eye contact with Alby, who raised his eyebrows at you, telling you that nobody knew yet.
With a sigh, you look back down to your food, until you feel a hand on your thigh.
You quickly look at Gally, feeling heat rise to your cheeks.
“Is this okay?” He turns to you as he sees you tense up.
“Oh um yeah no it’s fine just scared me for a second”
HOW DID NO ONE SEE THAT HES LITERALLY HOLDING MY THIGH
The day dragged on, with many more touches and hints, but not one single Glader picked up on anything.
Finally, when most Gladers were on their way to dinner, you saw Gally across the Glade. He waved at you and gave you a big smile.
Shuck this man I’m not doing this stupid plan for nothing.
You started to run towards him and his grin got even bigger. Once you reached him you jumped into his arms and he started laughing like crazy. All of the sudden you felt lips on yours.
HOLY SHIT WTF OMG AHHH
Slowly you kissed back. Your lips moved in sync as he wrapped his arms around you. Reluctantly, you pulled away. It was not real, it should mean nothing. But to you it meant everything.
“I hope that was okay” Gally whispered into your ear.
Speechless, you just nodded, smiling.
Then you saw some Gladers passing by and giving you two weird looks.
“Gally i think that it worked, look”
Turning to see the Gladers, he smiled and put you down.
“Alrighty then let’s go to dinner babe”
Ugh y/n remember it’s FAKE it doesn’t mean anything.
(Requests are open, and I would love any critiques you have🥰)
Dumb plan part two!!
Warnings:spice (no smut), cursing, drinking
(Requests are open and I would love any critiques!)
(Loosely based off @gladerscake incorrect tmr quote, go follow her she writes very well! Also I’ve been meaning to get this done for days now but I just keep getting distracted so here you go I finally pushed through)
It had been two weeks since you and Gally started “dating”.
Two weeks since you two kissed.
Neither one of you had talked about it since, and neither of you had made the move to kiss again. Like the plan, you had both stopped showing a bunch PDA once other Gladers noticed.
It was getting to be too much for you. At night you lay awake, not being able to get it out of your head.
During the day you were constantly distracted at your job as a track-hoe.
It’s just a kiss, pull yourself together y/n.
“Y/n? Hello? Earth to y/n!” Newts voice pulled you out of your thoughts.
“Sorry, I’m just not feeling all that great today Newt.”
“I’ll tell you what, I’ll give you the rest of the day to rest, so you can be ready for the bonfire tonight. You’ve been kind of off lately.” His tone grows to one of concern, and he looked at you with his brow furrowed.
“Oh it’s nothing, I’m just tired.”
“Okay… just rest up so we can let loose and have fun tonight.” He looks at you with a warm smile, Newt has always been like a brother to you, and you can count on him to take care of you.
For a second you think about telling him everything going on in your mind, but you didn’t want to sound ungrateful. It was partly his plan after all.
“Thanks Newt” with a hug, you head to your hut. You had your own hut because Gally didn’t think it would be safe for the only girl to be sleeping around a bunch of boys with nothing to protect her but a hammock.
Gally. He’s been one of the few people that you’ve trusted ever since you’d come to the Glade, about two months after he did. You didn’t get really close for about 3 months, but even from the beginning you had a little crush on him. Over time it grew and grew, along with your friendship.
I mean how could you not like Gally?
He’s strong, handsome, and damn those arms, but he’s also a very caring and respectful guy. He’s passionate when it comes to the things he cares about, and puts effort into the things that he loves.
Not looking where you were going and being lost in your thoughts, you all of the sudden run into someone. Feeling yourself start to fall backwards, and wi the a yelp, you desperately try to grab something to stop your fall. You accidentally grab their shirt and you pull them down with you, and unfortunately, on top of you.
Great, just great.
“Woah, you good there?” An unfamiliar voice asks you. You look up to see a Glader that you don’t recognize.
“Oh yeah I’m sorry, it’s been a long day and I wasn’t really paying attention.” You sigh, it really had been a long day.
“Wanna get off of my girlfriend now?”
“Oh uh Gally! I didn’t see you there how was- i mean how- how are you?” The glader looked anywhere but at you as Gally shot daggers at him with his eyes.
“Oh me? I’m great it’s just a little maddening to see a guy sitting on top of my girlfriend you know. Kind of puts a damper on my mood.” Gally gets closer and closer to Glader, now staring down at him.
“Gally it’s not what you think—“ Gally shoots you a glare and you shut up real quick.
“Anyways I’m gonna… go now?”
As the glader disappeared into the distance, Gally turned to you with a look on his face that could kill.
“Y/n,” he started to walk towards you.
“There’s no point in this-us- if you’re in the Deadheads messing around with some random Glader.” He continues to move closer to you, and you slowly start to back up.
“I know that, believe me, I just ran into him and fell and-really it’s not what you think it was, it was nothing.”
“Really? You seemed in no hurry to get him off of you.” You feel your back hits something solid, a tree maybe?
Gally puts his hands on either side of your head, and leans in, maintaining eye contact.
Red flushes to your face and you quickly look down.
“Y/n- look at me.” You look up at Gally meets your gaze. For a moment you two just stare, and he searches your face for something thing. Slowly he moves forward, barely an inch-but then he pulls away and walks off. You stare at him as he just walks away, a puzzled expression on your face.
What the hell? What was that about? He seemed so…jealous? But we’re not actually dating?
Whatever- you were just gonna go back to your hut so you could let loose at the bonfire and not have to deal with any of your problems.
An hour or so later, Newt come to get you for the bonfire. For an hour or so you’re up and dancing around, drinking, and having the time of your life. You played truth or dare with a group of Gladers and had drunk at least two and half jars of Gally’s drink.
Once you’re sufficiently drunk to where nothing could get you down, you plop down close to the fire, in between the Minho and Gally.
“You know Minho” you turn to Gally, and he and Minho look at each other. “You’re a shank”
Gally laughs “Ya hear that Minho? You’re a shank!”
“I have a secret to tell you Minho.”
Gally just smiles and says “Oh really, you have a secret for Minho?”
“Yep- it’s a-it’s a big one- about Gally” you slur your words.
“Oh really?” Minho laughs as you turn back to face the fire.
“Yep” you say quietly. For about five minutes, you just sit silently staring into the fire, Minho and Gally share a look behind your back, confused by your sudden silence. You chug the rest of your jar full of Gally’s special drink, and turn to Gally out of nowhere.
“You know Gally has no idea I’m in love with him”
Gally’s face of amusement turned to one of shock. His whole demeanor changed from confident and assertive to flustered and unsure.
“You’re in love with me?”
“Oh sorry” turning to Minho, you look at him seriously. “Gally has no idea I’m in love with him.”
Minho bursts into laughter, stands up, pats Gally on the back and walks over to Newt, laughing the whole time.
“What’s so funny?” you turn Gally and he looks at you with the biggest smile on his face. Slowly, veryyyyy slowly, you realize what just happened.
Oh shit.
“Oh shit.”
“Yeah y/n, oh shit”
“Listen- I’m fuck- I’m really sorry Gally I’m just gonna go to bed now I’m obviously not thinking straight.”
You stand, turning to leave when a strong hand grabs your wrist just as you’re about to walk away.
“Y/n-“
“No Gally, seriously I’m sorry, I really can’t believe i slipped up like that, but I can’t deal with this right now.” You pull your hand out of his grip and start to walk away, tears starting to form in your eyes.
Two strong hands grab your waist and spin you around to face Gally, so that his hands are on your waist, and your hands are on his chest. Heat immediately flushes to your face and you look up at him in surprise.
“Gally?” He stares at you for a moment, eyes roaming over your face. You start to try and pull away, when one of his hands reaches up and cups your cheek, surprisingly gentle. “Y/n-“ his nose brushes yours, and then his lips are on yours.
The kiss isn’t very long, but it’s perfect. When he pulls away you smile, and he laughs a bit.
Feeling bold and empowered by his kiss, you wrap your arms around his neck and pull him in for another kiss.
This one lasts a lot longer, yours and Gally’s lips moving in sync. He pulls you tightly against him, and one of his hands moves to your hair.
“GET A ROOM!” Newt yells at you from across the clearing.
“Gally-maybe we should take this somewhere more private?” You break the kiss, breathing just as heavily as he is and give him a big smile.
Without a word, he picks you up bridal style, in the background Newt and Minho start clapping.
“FINALLY!” One of them calls out.
Along the way to Gally’s hut, you get impatient and start to kiss his neck. He groans softly and looks down at you.
As you keep kissing his neck getting lower and lower he stops somewhere in the Dead heads. He gently sets you down and kisses you sweetly.
“Couldn’t wait till the hut?” You laugh a bit then run your hands along his arms and up to his shoulders.
All of the sudden he grabs both of you hands in one of his, and roughly pushes you up against a tree, pinning your hands above your head. He doesn’t say anything for a while, just stares directly into your eyes with an intensity that you had never seen before.
“Gally? Are you gonna say something?” You’re both breathing heavily, and confusion at his actions is setting in.
“Y/n, you’re beautiful.” Never in Gally’s life had he been so honest with someone.
Then he leaned in and kissed her like it was the last thing he’d ever do, you groan into the kiss, and his other hand moves to your hip and gently squeezes it. His lips move down to your neck and you lay your head back against the tree.
Gally releases your hands and picks you up, wrapping your legs around his waist. Now free, your hands move to his hair, and his hands start to roam your body. The one on your waist moves to your thigh and squeezes it, the one previously pinning you hands against the tree moves to rest just under your chest. Gally moves back up to your mouth and kisses you again, then he throws you over your shoulder.
“Gally! A warning would be great!” You yelped in surprise, now hanging over his shoulder.
“Deal with it.” He walks to his hut and throws you on the bed, and lays down next to you. He moves so that you’re laying completely on top of him. He kisses your head and starts to slowly run his hands through your hair.
“Gally? Why’d you stop so suddenly?” You shift and look up at him.
“You’re drunk- i didn’t want to do something that you might regret.” His voice is level and soothing. With a nod, you lay back down on his chest.
“I love you too by the way y/n” it’s soft, but it’s there. You smile and kiss him gently, lying down again.
As you two are falling asleep, you whisper
“I wouldn’t have regretted it-not with you.”
He gently wraps his strong arms around you in response, and you both fall asleep with smiles on your faces.
This is so incredibly true and definitely something I’m guilty of bc it’s so easy to do- I love this study and will probably use it as a reference for future writings
thank you!!!!
The Fandom Versions of TMR Characters
The TMR fandom is amazing. It has a significant number of great people. It has some very talented editors and writers.
However, like every fandom with a good following, it has its issues. One of its worst ones is honestly one of the most obnoxious things one can have in my opinion.
It has awful mischaracterization. It's less of completely changing a character's personality and more of going off one trait and making that all that they are.
It feels like Thomas gets portrayed as an idiot who only asks questions or doesn't ever listen to anyone. He also gets called overrated even though he's the main character of the series.
We first get introduced to him when he's a Greenie with no memory (except for his name in the books). Of course he’s going to want to know what is happening to him. The Glader's start out revealing very little to not intimidate the Greenie's which has to be frustrating. While it is clear he wants to figure almost everything out throughout the series, that's a very human trait. He’s also definitely not stupid. WCKD/WICKED picked him to work with them because they saw something in him. He is incredibly intelligent and quick on his feet. A lot of the time, he’s given no notice to make a decision. He just has to make it. Whether it's running into the Maze to save Minho and Alby, having to decide whether or not to go through with Newt’s note, or going back to the place that started all the pain and torture, he wasn't truly given time to prepare for such important and life-changing decisions. Despite this, he always did his best to make them.
Newt probably has the worst fanbase. I love him as a character. He’s been through so much and is still doing his best to keep everyone in line and afloat which is extremely admirable.
The problem is that people water his character down. They’ll treat him as though he isn't a Second-in-command, the second longest surviving Glader, a suicide survivor, and resilient to the most dangerous situations.
Newt is not someone who would need protection. If anything, he was a protector. He would have to do things such as banish Gladers (his friends), to protect the other ones. He was a Runner before he got a limp. He stood up to Thomas in the movies when he thought he was just being paranoid, showing that even though he does love his friends, he isn't afraid to confront them if he thinks they are wrong. The way he still remains loyal to the people he loves when he does though, is another trait that deserves more acknowledgement. He went out of his way in the movies to hide that he was slowly dying in front of everyone’s eyes and losing his mind just for Minho. He never expected to make it but didn't care. In the books, he lied to his friends about being taken to protect them from himself. He’s so strong, self aware and beautifully written.
Minho is sarcastic and does have witty comebacks. However, he’s so much more than that.
He was the Keeper of the Runners. For around three years he was not only doing the most deadly job, but training others to do it as well. He wasn't allowed to have fear or be weak in the Maze. Not when the cost would have been his life. Something more complex about him is the way he covers up his actual emotions. During Chuck's death in the movies everyone else is allowing their tears to fall. However, he closed his eyes so he wouldn't cry. Whether it's because he doesn't want to cry in front of people or just doesn't want to cry is uncertain, but both are painful to think about. Another thing about him is very subtle character development. When he first gets caught in the Maze, not only does he give up at first, he at one point leaves Thomas and Alby behind, showing his intense desperation to live despite him wanting to stay realistic. In the last two movies we don't see any other instances of him being willing to accept defeat or leaving others behind. While he may have been given the tag ‘the leader' it isn't something that could ever or should ever be denied about him.
His bond with Newt is also something that honestly deserves more recognition. From the way he dropped to his knees in the movies to how Thomas didn't tell him how he really died due to how much the two cared for each other, they are nothing less than platonic soulmates.
Gally gets a lot of hate. He’s seen as angry and ‘that character who killed Chuck’. In a lot of ways though, I think he's one of the most logical, relatable, and realistic characters.
While some people think he just randomly hated Thomas and Teresa, that's not at all true. In the movies, he seems civilized with him when they first meet. While his action of shoving him before he could go into the Maze may have seemed performative, the fear was most likely needed for Thomas to grasp the gravity of the situation. He can also be seen shaking hands with Thomas in Greenie night after the fight. In the books, he went through the changing. He was stung so he got some of his memories back the way Alby did. He told Thomas that he recognized him from those which was why he was suspicious towards him. His concerns were valid. Everything did change after Thomas and Teresa, and a lot of Gladers ended up dead. At one point, they had both worked for WICKED/WCKD. Something was up with them, the exact way he said there was. If someone came to my home and changed everything I knew I wouldn't trust them either. He cared for the Gladers and wanted the people he lived with for years to stay safe and be alive. He didn't want to just kill Teresa and Thomas. He wanted things to go back to how they were in a sense. He was afraid of leaving his home. He was afraid of change, the way so many people are.
He didn't kill Chuck. He would never hurt Chuck. In the books, WICKED had both him and Chuck under their control. In the movies, he was stung, meaning his actions did not belong to him. Even then, he was not aiming for the sweet kid. He was aiming for Thomas, who in his mind at the time, was one of the ones who had started him and his friends years of pain and suffering.
Movie Aris is my favorite. He is very sweet but the way people will describe him as innocent is wrong.
I do consider him and book Aris two different characters. So for now, this is strictly about him in the movies.
He’s seen alone when we first meet him. His friends are gone, and people are talking about him like a circus animal so it makes sense why he wouldn't want to be around anyone. He’s generally quieter than a lot of the main characters so he can get mistaken for just a background character. However, he literally got everyone out of WCKD. He never got any recognition for saving them, but he still did. When he does open his side of the door for everyone to get out there is at least one unconscious, previously armed guard on the ground, with his weapon now being held in his hand. This shows that he is capable of taking care of himself despite his at first glance passive demeanor. He knows to break the control pad to buy everyone time and books it. What must be less than an hour later, he’s helping take down Cranks with a single bat, also showing quick thinking from the way he knows to trip them so they could focus on getting away. Not to mention, he’s doing all of this after finding out his friend (and possible lover) is going to die. On a lighter note, we see his face light up and how much he talks with Sonya and Harriet when they all meet again, showing that he's not afraid of speaking to others. He just has a few and specific group of people he feels comfortable actually talking with, which is literally just being an introvert.
All of those are why he is not innocent or in need of saving. He knows how to look after himself and others.
That's just the basics of The Maze Runner fandom's mischaracterization problem.