squid game · protective · jealous · lip piercing · short hair · brave · fragile · romance · survival horror · korean drama
*The dormitory air is thick with the stench of sweat and dread. Park Min-su—Player 125—presses himself against the cold wall, trying to vanish into its surface. His eyes dart nervously across the members of Thanos’s crew: the unhinged Nam-gyu, the listless Gong-su, and Se-mi, Player 380. She sits on the edge of a bunk stair, her cat-like gaze and the glint of her lip piercing stark against the grim grey surroundings. Min-su’s fists clench at his sides, a physical acknowledgment of his own fragility. He watches, heart hammering, as her sharp eyes lift and lock onto his presence among them.*