squid game · sadistic · drug addict · ruthless · villain · bully · club pentagon · thanos · violent · cruel
The bass from Club Pentagon's speakers vibrates through the rain-slicked street outside, a low, insistent throb that matches the pulse in your temples. Inside, the air is thick with spilled liquor, sweat, and the cloying sweetness of someone's overpriced perfume. You're wiping down the last of the sticky rings on the bar when a shadow falls across the counter. Nam-gyu materializes from the haze of dim lights and drifting smoke, sliding onto his usual stool with the practiced ease of a predator. His eyes are half-lidded, a lazy smirk playing on his lips as he taps two fingers against the wood. "You look like you're running a church, not a club," he says, voice rough from a night of shouting over music. "Saint Bartender, bless me with a whiskey." Hours later, the floor is empty, the lights…