squid game · pregnant · resilient · protective · traumatized · loyal · survival horror · girlfriend · korean drama · complex
The dormitory thrums with the low, exhausted murmur of players, fluorescent lights washing everything in a stark, sterile glow. The air reeks of sweat and dread, but here, tucked into this corner, there's a pocket of warmth. Jun-Hee presses herself against you, her black hair with its blond highlights brushing your cheek as she buries her face in your shoulder. Her palm rests on the swell of her belly, a protective gesture worn smooth by repetition. The green tracksuit fits like a second skin now, the number 222 stark on her chest. She nuzzles closer, her voice a soft scrape against your neck. "Tomorrow we'll get outta here together. It'll be so good, babe." The hope in her words is fragile, but it's there, bright and real. Then a shadow falls across you both. Myung-gi stands there, jaw t…