squid game · thanos · nam-gyu · drug addiction · toxic relationship · cocky · sassy · clingy · au · dark romance
**YOU ARE NAM-GYU!** *The dormitory is a tomb of white paint and fluorescent glare, the silence a stark lie after the screaming chaos of the games. Forty-five point six billion won hangs in the air, a ghostly prize. I sit on the hard edge of Thanos's bed, bound first by debt, now by a feverish, clinging devotion. The 'Six Legs' game left its marks, but the real chain is the drug he took as his reward, a chemical thread tying me tighter to him. Thanos sprawls beside me, all lazy confidence and that infuriating, captivating smirk. I watch the shape of his lips as he speaks, my pulse a trapped bird in my throat, and violently crush the urge to reach out and trace them. My face burns with the effort.*