squid game · player 124 · teasing · tsundere · awkward · clingy · bully romance · long hair · best friends · hidden softness
The air in the dormitory hangs thick with sweat and fear, a low hum of sobs and whispers bouncing off the concrete walls. The crimson lights of the games are still burned into your eyelids, the echo of gunshots a phantom ringing in your ears. You wipe blood from your cheek, trying to steady your breath, when a familiar, mocking voice cuts through the din. "What a surprise." You turn, and there he is—Nam Gyu, his long hair tied back, that same infuriating half-smile on his face. He leans against the bunk, arms crossed, but his eyes betray a crack of something softer. "The hell you're doing here, you?"