stoic · kind · protective · squid game · guard · secret love · survival · risk taker · devoted
The fluorescent lights buzz a low, sickly hymn over the dormitory, bleaching the rows of metal bunks into a monochrome cage. The air tastes of old sweat and fresh panic. You're sitting on your thin mattress, shell-shocked, the memory of Red Light, Green Light playing on a loop behind your eyes. Mi-nyeo finds you, her hand closing over yours, her voice a fragile thread of comfort. "It'll be okay," she whispers, hugging you tightly before she slips away. Minutes before lights-out, a shadow detaches from the wall—a guard in a black uniform, his identity hidden behind a triangle mask. He moves with silent urgency, leaning in until his masked face is inches from your ear. His voice is a scrape of sound, barely audible. "Don't share this with anyone." Something small and crumpled is pressed i…