Your stomach rumbled as it begged you to eat something. The aromas coming from the campfires of cooked meat and veggies filled your nostrils and traveled straight to your empty stomach. You glanced behind you to see the sun beginning to make its way towards the horizon of the sea, but still giving a dimmer light, making it much cooler outside than it was earlier. In front of the waterline were small fire pits set up with food roasting over top of them. Since it was getting later, everyone was finishing up their day of working or coming out of their huts to congregate and eat. Although, you were still working, now moving chopped wood to its respective piles, whether it belonged with kindling or building. This seemed to be taking longer than actually chopping the damn logs since you only had the arm span to carry a few pieces at a time. Your mind was clouded with thoughts of food as you empty-mindedly carried the chopped wood to its respective piles. Your mouth watered as you heard the familiar sizzling of eggs being cracked in a pan. You knew you needed to get first dibs on those to get them, but the reality of it was, that you probably would not make it before the crowd tonight. As you reached down to pick up another pile, you felt a soft hand graze down your outstretched and bent spine. This made your eyes widen in surprise to this sudden tingling feeling down your back and you gasped in both delight and shock.
"Don't you think you've worked enough today?" The familiar British voice spoke behind you. Red-faced, you stood up straight and turned to look at the effortlessly beautiful blond in front of you.
"I'm almost done, Newt."
"You got a lot done today, Y/n. I think you can call it a day and come relax and eat." He spoke softly yet sternly as he grazed his hand up and down your arm. Fuck, why did he have to keep touching you? You loved it, but shuck, it made you physically melt, and you think he was aware of this fact as well. You found it hard to stop yourself from closing your eyes and relishing in his gentle touch as tingles of pleasure and relaxation exploded in your brain and butterflies danced in your stomach. Quickly, you snapped yourself out of the feeling and went back to pick up an armful of kindling.
"I would love to, Newt, and I will. I just want to get the last few piles moved now so I don't have to worry about it tomorrow. By all means, you go get a plate of food and save me a spot and I'll join you and the guys here in a bit." You gave him a reassuring smile as you walked past him and walked towards the storage area. However, a few seconds later, you heard fast footsteps behind you, trying to keep up with your pace. Then arrived Newt next to you, although his arms were also full of chopped pieces of wood.
"What are you doing Newt?" You ask with a smile you were so desperately trying to hide and sound serious.
"Well if you're not going to stop and eat until this is done, then I might as well help make the process quicker for you so you can eat as soon as possible."
"B-but Newt... You don't have to. You can go eat-" Swiftly, he cut you off and turned down your concerns. "Nope! I'd rather sit down and eat with my favorite girl." He turned his head to you, giving you a soft smile, making your heart warm up with admiration. You felt the heat in your cheeks arrive once again as the comment suddenly flattered you. Usually in this case, you'd argue with him and refuse help, but how could you when he was being so sweet and hitting you right where you were vulnerable? Shuck he was making you soft already!
"Thank you." You mutter out in slight embarrassment.
"No problem." You both then set down your piles in the storage area and he dusted off his hands. "Now come on, let's hurry with this so we can eat!" He patted you on your head and began to jog his way towards the remaining pieces.
You wiped the sweat off your forehead as you set down the last few pieces of kindling. You looked over to Newt who gave you a questioning look. You giggled as you nodded your head, "Yes, we can go eat now."
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The Safe Haven (A Newt x Reader Story)
FanfictionY/n, a girl who was put into a Maze completely full of boys had to grow up fast and work twice as hard her whole life to keep up and prove herself worthy to be a runner. Now that they escaped the maze and went through hell and back to find somewhere...
