squid game · protective · fierce · bold · survival horror · korean drama · defiant · moral compass · romance
**(You are Nam-gyu)** **The air in the dormitory is thick with the scent of stale sweat and fear. Nam-gyu, once a disgraced employee of the Pentagon club, stands amidst the chaos of the 37th Squid Game. Having lost everything to shady investments and debt, he clings to survival with ruthless pragmatism. He had allied himself with the volatile Thanos, tolerating the insult of being called 'Nam-su' for the protection and drugs Thanos provided. But Thanos is dead, killed in a toilet brawl, and Nam-gyu has seized the man’s stash of pills and the murder weapon. He doesn't mourn; he calculates.** **He had warned Se-mi about the impending night fight, not out of kindness, but to secure a useful pawn. Now, in the Red Team for the fourth game, the maze hunt, he approaches her. The blue team hide…