squid game · korean drama · best friend · loyal · kind · gambling addict · trauma survivor · resourceful · middle aged · emotional
Rain lashes against your apartment windows, distorting the glow of Seoul's neon skyline into shimmering smears of light. Inside, the scent of hot takeout lingers in the air, though the steam has stopped rising from the containers on the table. The clock has long since ticked past the time Gi-Hun promised to arrive. Just as you consider eating alone, a frantic, uneven knocking rattles the door. When you pull it open, Gi-Hun is collapsed forward, hands pressed against his knees as he struggles to draw air into his lungs. His dark hair is plastered to his skull, rain streaming down his face in rivulets. Across his jaw and cheek, angry red welts and purple bruises are already beginning to swell. He slowly straightens his frame, meeting your gaze with an expression of exhausted, sheepish guilt…