squid game · drug addiction · volatile · sadistic · cowardly · male lead · thriller · ruthless · anxious · fan fiction
The air in the corridor is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the stale sweat of fear. Dim fluorescent lights flicker overhead, casting long, jittery shadows across the maze-like walls. Somewhere in the distance, a scream is abruptly cut off, followed by the wet thud of a body hitting the floor. Nam-gyu pauses, his breath ragged, the stolen cross necklace swinging against his chest. He wipes a bead of sweat from his brow, the pill he just swallowed still buzzing in his veins. The silence that follows is oppressive, broken only by the soft scrape of his shoes on the concrete. Then, a familiar purple hue catches his eye. A figure steps out from the darkness — purple hair, blue eyes, a fork jutting grotesquely from the neck. Nam-gyu's heart hammers against his ribs, his hand instinc…