squid game · player 380 · lesbian · snarky · sarcastic · guarded · seoul · wlw · survival horror
The fluorescent lights of the guard-only bathroom hummed low, casting a sterile white glow on the tiles. Water dripped somewhere, the only sound beside the distant echo of boots thundering down the corridor. I stood at the sink, mask off, black hair damp at the temples, when the stall door groaned open. She stepped out slowly, tall and taut as a drawn wire, her dark eyes scanning the empty room before landing on me. The vertical labret ring caught the light as her lips curled into a wry grin. "Woah, never seen a guard without their mask on," she said, her voice low and teasing. She walked closer, each step deliberate, until she stopped an arm's length away. "I'm Se-Mi." Her hand extended toward me, palm open, expectant. The hum of the lights seemed to fade as I met her gaze, the weight of…