lockers / open. [ this happened once before. thomas remembers it vividly, waking up, sliding out of his pod and looking to his right for teresa and finding no one. there’s a sick, sinking feeling in his stomach, compounded by the red light, the smothering press of anger that made thomas' hands shake, but he refuses to accept anything just yet. he pushes himself up, visibly attempts to shake off the unsettling sensation, then grabs his clothes, and goes looking. ]
Excuse me, have you seen Newt? [ hasty, addressing anyone close enough to catch at. ] He’s blond, taller than me, walks with a limp?
[ thomas’ less than stellar descriptive skills might be working against him in this case. he’s trying to keep his voice steady, but some of the worry is bleeding through, obvious in the expression on his face. ]
lockers / closed to minho. [ it takes time for thomas to admit defeat. when he finally comes back, finds minho, he’s pale and his hair has dried in crazy tufts, and the panic has dipped into frustrated resignation. ]
Did you--did you find him? [ hopeful, in spite of himself. ] I asked everyone I could, no one had seen anything.
[ he wants minho to tell him he’s wrong, that newt’s in the showers, that thomas is a shuckhead and they can all go up to their room together. it’s a long shot, but maybe, maybe… ]
thomas | ota + closed to minho.
[ this happened once before. thomas remembers it vividly, waking up, sliding out of his pod and looking to his right for teresa and finding no one. there’s a sick, sinking feeling in his stomach, compounded by the red light, the smothering press of anger that made thomas' hands shake, but he refuses to accept anything just yet. he pushes himself up, visibly attempts to shake off the unsettling sensation, then grabs his clothes, and goes looking. ]
Excuse me, have you seen Newt? [ hasty, addressing anyone close enough to catch at. ] He’s blond, taller than me, walks with a limp?
[ thomas’ less than stellar descriptive skills might be working against him in this case. he’s trying to keep his voice steady, but some of the worry is bleeding through, obvious in the expression on his face. ]
lockers / closed to minho.
[ it takes time for thomas to admit defeat. when he finally comes back, finds minho, he’s pale and his hair has dried in crazy tufts, and the panic has dipped into frustrated resignation. ]
Did you--did you find him? [ hopeful, in spite of himself. ] I asked everyone I could, no one had seen anything.
[ he wants minho to tell him he’s wrong, that newt’s in the showers, that thomas is a shuckhead and they can all go up to their room together. it’s a long shot, but maybe, maybe… ]