Finally, Newt manages to tear his gaze away from the windows and pins Vince with an unsettlingly intent look. “How did you know my name?” he asks.
“The same reason I knew where to find you.” Vince scrubs a hand down his face, one corner of his mouth ticks up in a half-smile. “An old friend of yours made me promise to get you out.”
Newt looks lost. “An old friend,” he repeats.
“Yeah.” Vince has stopped smiling. “You wouldn’t remember him.”
Teen, AU. Thomas is never sent to the Maze, instead working from the inside. This is a great canon-divergence that doesn’t ignore the importance of Teresa for Thomas.