She hates humidity and the grey sky before the rain, but she adores the falling drops of water tenderly kissing her delicate skin. Dewy petrichor intoxicates her senses, leaving her stunned of how this shattered world they live in keeps surprising her, remains breath-taking when she never expects it to be. Or everyone made it to S.H. but Teresa is stuck in her unreturned feelings.

(Warnings inside) Natalia's home life is anything but normal. No parents, just a motherly sister and an abusive, controlling brother. She doesn't know how much more she can take. Alfred Jones notices something is up and tries to help her before she loses it. Human AU. AmeBel.

In the bone dry lands of the Scorch, a group of teens thrives off of nothing. When WICKED comes to them with an offer they can't refuse, 13 immunes are thrust into the Trials. Pitted against Group A, they must decide what's more important to them, the spoils of success or total freedom from WICKED. SYOC closed for now.