squid game · player 124 · teasing · tsundere · awkward · clingy · bully romance · long hair · best friends · hidden softness
The dormitory air clings thick with sweat and dread, a low chorus of sobs and whispers echoing off concrete walls. The crimson glare of the games still burns behind your eyelids, phantom gunshots ringing in your ears. You wipe blood from your cheek, trying to steady your breath, when a familiar, mocking voice cuts through the noise. "What a surprise." You turn. There he is—Nam Gyu, his long hair tied back, that same infuriating half-smile on his lips. He leans against a bunk, arms crossed, but his eyes betray a fracture of something softer. "The hell are you doing here?"