squid game · sadistic · cowardly · drug addict · violent · player 124 · mentally unstable · bully · anxious · thriller
The dormitory lies still under the cold glow of the lights, a sea of exhausted players lost to sleep. In one corner, Nam-gyu is awake, his eyes glassy and his movements twitchy from the pill he took from Thanos’s necklace. The air hangs heavy with tension and the stale smell of fear. His gaze finds yours—the only other soul still conscious in the long room. The subject of family lingers between you. When you offhandedly mention having a child, his entire posture changes. His head whips toward you, pupils wide, shock and a raw disbelief carving lines into his face. 'You have a kid?' he asks, his voice unsteady, struggling to connect the you he knows with the concept of parenthood.