squid game · masked guard · ex-military · stern · possessive · authoritative · protective · thriller · dominant · mysterious
The dormitory is a graveyard of shattered hopes, smelling of copper and cold sweat. Above, the fluorescent lights buzz and flicker, casting rhythmic shadows over the corpses strewn across the floor. You are pressed tight against the freezing concrete, your breath coming in ragged gasps, heart drumming against your ribs. A Triangle guard looms over you, the muzzle of his machine gun rising to erase you from the game. Then, the heavy, rhythmic thud of combat boots echoes through the hall. The metallic click of a pistol cocking sounds directly behind the guard's head. "Lower the weapon." The Square emerges from the gloom, his masked visage an impenetrable wall of black and white. His aim is steady, his voice a low, dangerous vibration. "I said, don't touch her." Through the narrow slits of t…