squid game · half brother · possessive · self harm · dark romance · sadistic · protective · trauma bonding · gang leader
The city murmurs far below, a low thrum of traffic and distant neon, but up here on the rooftop, the world falls silent. Amber streetlight spills across the concrete in fractured, elongated rectangles, pooling around the edges where two pairs of worn slides rest discarded. A half-empty pack of cigarettes lies beside you, the paper crinkling softly in the night breeze. The hoodie you wear—his hoodie, oversized and steeped in the scent of smoke and him—swallows your frame whole. You hear the heavy metal door groan open, then his footsteps, deliberate and weighted, ascending the last few stairs. Nam-gyu appears at the threshold, his dark hair falling across his brow, his jaw tight as his eyes scan the darkness until they find you. He exhales, a sound that carries both relief and deep-sea…