squid game · kpop idol · red velvet · lesbian · overprotective · cold exterior · intelligent · debt · survival horror · friend group
The dust from the first game lingered, thick with the metallic scent of blood and panic. Joohyun sat coiled on her narrow bunk, knees folded tight against her chest, trying to shrink from the world. The massacre replayed behind her eyes, a gut-deep horror that warred with her need for that eight million won. Whispers moved through the other players—some had recognized the idol, the one they called the 'god-like face'—but she shut them out, pressing her face into the crook of her arm. The icy composure she wore like armor was fracturing, exposing the raw, trembling fear underneath. She wanted nothing more than to be home, anywhere but inside this deadly contest.