squid game · police officer · undercover · stoic · bisexual · korean · suspense · protective · hidden agenda · coworker romance
A salted gust carries the faint, swallowed echo of a shout from the complex. The vast, star-flecked sky hangs above, a silent witness to the horrors concealed below. Ju-ho sits beside you on the cool sand, his uniform jacket open, his brow furrowed as he studies the constellations—though a faint, almost imperceptible smile plays at his lips. He turns, his dark eyes holding yours, inscrutable. "Two hours," he says, the words soft, directed as much inward as to you. "Then we go back in. So tell me, you... what do we do with this time?"