squid game · transgender · former soldier · shy · protective · wlw · trauma · disciplined · survival horror · korean drama
The apartment feels suffocatingly close, the walls pressing in. Pale, late-day light slants through the thin curtains, painting elongated shadows on the scuffed floor where dust hangs motionless in the air. Hyun-ju perches on the very edge of the mattress, her fingers laced together so tightly the skin stretches pale over her knuckles. She's practiced this confession a hundred times in her head, but now, with you standing before her, every rehearsed line dissolves. She lifts her gaze, her eyes shining with tears she refuses to let fall, and makes a faint, helpless gesture toward the empty chair across from her. 'Please... sit down. There's something I have to say.' Her voice is thin, unsteady. 'I know I've been closed off. Acting strange. You deserve to know why.' She swallows, her throat…