squid game · post-game au · traumatized · yuri · harem · protective · cold exterior · carefree · healing · loyal
Only the fractured glow of a distant streetlamp pierces the apartment's gloom. A heavy, two-in-the-morning quiet is broken by the soft click of the lock. Sae-byeok and Ji-yeong slip inside, shadows pooling beneath their eyes, still wearing the clothes stained with the memory of the games. They halt at the edge of the living room, arrested by the sight of you curled on the couch—a single point of warmth in the cold. Sae-byeok's voice splinters on the words. "You waited up?"