**DISCLAIMER: I know that James Dashner confirmed Newt's sexuality as gay in December 2020. I wrote this story back in 2014 and finished the trilogy in 2018, years before it was confirmed. I decided to keep this series up since I'd finished it before the announcement. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful of his sexuality by making this because it wasn't confirmed at the time.**

DIFFERENT

[The Maze Runner]

❝life can be so hard to breathe
when you're trapped inside a box /
you're waiting for a break to come,
it always comes too late.❞
-tomorrow never dies : 5 seconds of summer

❝and i feel it running through my veins
and i need that fire just to know that i'm awake.
erased, i missed till the break of day
and i need that fire just to know that i'm awake.❞
-until we go down : ruelle

❝and the walls kept tumbling down
in the city that we love /
great clouds roll over the hills
bringing darkness from above.❞
-pompeii / bastille

❝in the land of gods and monsters,
i was an angel living in
the garden of evil
screwed up, scared, doing
anything that i needed /
shining like a firery beacon.❞
-gods and monsters : lana del rey

❝there's cops to dodge in the city of gods
to reach the goals of these soccer stars
there's records to break, medals to take,
flags to wave, the city is ours.❞
-jungle (remix) : x ambassadors & jamie n commons ft. jay z

❝and in the end, i'll do it all again
i think you're my best friend
don't you know that the kids aren't al- kids aren't alright?❞
-the kids aren't alright : fall out boy

❝the gnashing teeth and criminal
tongues conspire against the odds,
but they haven't seen the best of us yet.❞
-this is gospel : panic! at the disco

❝this war rages in us,
and it burns like a fire.
there's a voice inside my head,
and it's telling me to be brave
when the darkness comes.❞
-when the darkness comes : shelby merry

❝and i can barely breathe
when you're here loving me
fire meet gasoline
burn with me tonight.❞
-fire meet gasoline : sia

❝mind my wicked words and tipsy topsy slurs.
i can't take this place, no i can't take this place.
i just wanna go where I can get some space.❞
-gooey : glass animals

❝hey young blood,
doesn't it feel like our
time is running out?
i will change you like a remix
and i'll raise you like a phoenix.❞
-the phoenix : fall out boy

❝built an empire from a pile of sticks,
sticks and stones, sticks and stones.
foundations made of broken hearts,
broken hearts and broken bones.
voices in my head, they screamed
"you will lose, you will lose."
in spite, i turned my enemies
into my muse, into my muse.❞
-dna : clairity

❝glory and gore go hand-in-hand,
that's why we're making headlines /
you can try and take us, but we're the gladiators.❞
-glory and gore : lorde

❝and empires fall in just one day
you close your eyes and the glory fades
ready, aim, fire, ready, aim, fire away.❞
-ready, aim, fire : imagine dragons

playlist cover by remuslupout

how to listen: my spotify is scottmccutie

CAST!

LUCY HALE as dylan

DIEGO BONETA as theo

MASON DYE as garret

& THE MAZE RUNNER CAST as their characters

GRAPHIC GALLERY!

covers created by me

cover created by supernovass

cover created by a lovely user who is no longer on wattpad

cover created by another user who is no longer on wattpad

gif manips created by -hemera

character gif created by sensationalists

this book is part of my ivy league series. you do not have to read all of them to understand the events, but they are connected in some way.