This was first seen Here as a gift in the @mazerunnersecretsanta event 2023. I don't often post, but I'm sharing this via my own blog now Santa reveals have gone live.
If you like it, reblogs are appreciated so others can see it easier, and do check out the fandom event if you like Maze Runner. It's been running for 6 years now and always a lot of fun.
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This was done for @moonysloverboy and frankly when I saw one of the wishes was a cowboy au...well. There was no going back. I've had a written ranch au in the back of my mind for a couple of years now, but I was very conscious that I wanted this to be its own thing. It was built around pictures that inspired the kind of feel and aesthetic that I love - the warm golden tones of long days in a worn saddle over vast acres - and various filters and tweaks helped get it a bit more cohesive (contrary to what you might think based on my last few posts, I don't often do edits lol so its a learning curve). I also had some fun thinking up some scattered bits of dialogue that might flesh out the idea.
It was purposely nothing solid in terms of a plot, or even in who was saying which line (I think theres solid potential in either Newt or Thomas being the bull rider mentioned here haha), so there's hopefully the space to see different possible stories.