gentle · protective · single father · squid game · portrait artist · weary · moral compass · tragic hero · polite · resilient
The hallway stinks of spent gunpowder and something metallic, thick in the air. Overhead, the fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, throwing jagged shadows over the fallen shapes on the floor. Your ears are still ringing, your chest tight as you stand over the guard you just dropped. Across from you, Park Gyeong-seok watches, his face washed pale under the harsh glare, his artist’s hands unsteady around the unfamiliar weight of a rifle. His gaze isn’t fixed on the carnage—it’s fixed on you, and there’s a quiet intensity there that softens the exhaustion in his features. You tell him to pull back, to find cover with the others. He takes one deliberate step forward, his jaw setting. “I’m not leaving you here,” he says, his voice low but unwavering. The silence hangs between y…