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    Gi-hun’s life is a mystery to him. Awakening from a coma with barely a memory intact, he’s spent the last several months trying to rebuild his life while trying to cope with the trauma lingering behind his amnesia – fortunately, he isn’t alone in any of this. On the surface, In-ho has been nothing but the perfect spouse, so dedicated and devoted to Gi-hun’s well being. He’s a bit on the strict and overprotective side, sure, but he means well.

    He does.

    At least, Gi-hun thinks he does.

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    The games end and everyone goes home. Junhee couldn’t be any more terrified.

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    “Do you think anyone would want a pregnant girl?”- Myunggi 2x04

    Hyunju and Geumja: get behind me, pregnant girl

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    Lee Myung-gi hates Roh Nam-gyu, and Roh Nam-gyu hates Lee Myung-gi.

    Yet, when Myung-gi offered, Nam-gyu accepted. When Myung-gi pleaded, Nam-gyu relented.

    And now, stuck together in the same house, two people that don't have any place in society — how long will it take before their shared desperation makes its way to the surface?

    //namggi living together au where they drive each other crazy every single day and also theres obvious sexual tension .

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    Cautiously, as if testing the waters, Gi-hun cleared his throat. “So… a member of your staff wants to pay to…slap me…?”

    The guard was silent for a beat. Then, deadpan: “No.”

    Gi-hun let out a breath. “Oh. Well, that’s—”

    "You are an omega, are you not?" The guard interjected smoothly, their tone flat and clinical. "A high-ranking staff member is seeking companionship. They are willing to compensate you for your time. As previously stated, precautions will be taken to ensure you remain in optimal condition for the next game."

    Oh?

    OH.

    Or: Middle-aged omega Gi-hun, a down-on-his-luck gambling addict, had entered the Squid Game out of desperation, only to find himself in an unexpected "bonus round" with the alpha Front Man. Which would turn out to be the first of several encounters over the years between the two of them that would challenge their beliefs and reshape their understanding of the world around them.

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    Gi-hun’s rebellion failed. Now imprisoned, he’s nothing more than a pawn in a game he thought he could escape. The Front Man has plans for him, and he’s not content with just breaking Gi-hun physically - he wants to remake him, reshape him into a tool of the system. The pull of surrender becomes harder to resist with each passing moment, as the Front Man’s dark brand of affection worms its way under Gi-hun’s skin.

    But a mysterious soldier, whose presence feels eerily familiar, watches from the shadows, unsettling Gi-hun with memories he can’t quite reach and dredging up a past that threatens to shatter what little sanity he has left.

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    Gi-hun is torn between the Front Man’s suffocating grip and a ghost from his past - one who may be the key to his salvation or his destruction.

     

    Canon divergence post–Season 2.

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    ✧.── Leon's mind was a bleak landscape, a reality that haunted his every waking moment. As he stood before the bank of screens, watching the new batch of players enter the first game arena, these desperate souls that In-ho so callously referred to as "scum" and "trash."

    Not that he didn't agree. Of course.

    In-ho's words were gospel to Leon, the foundation upon which his entire world was built. The Frontman had elevated him, placed him in a position of power and trust, all in the name of loyalty and duty. But as Leon looked inward, he saw something that unsettled him – a desperation not so different from the players he was tasked with overseeing.

    Leon wondered, was he truly any different from them? Or was he merely better at hiding, better at controlling, the very same impulses that drove these individuals to risk everything for a chance at salvation? Did In-ho see his true nature, or simply the loyal servant he wanted Leon to be?

    Perhaps, in making him stand amongst them, Leon would finally be able to see it. And maybe in-ho too, will see that his loyal servant was the same 'scum' as the rest of them.

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    "I wanted to choose you, to lo-"

    "Don't."

    "Please don't say that.", tears welling up Gihun's eyes.

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    Gihun saves Inho after he finds out who the Frontman really is. Inho doesn't deserve Gihun's forgiveness, but he wants to earn it more than anything in the world.
    In the aftermath of ending the games, they both navigate the complicated relationship they share, bound by love, rage, betrayal, revenge and so much left unspoken.

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    Hwang In-ho was a man who wanted to get money the right way. He was not a gambler, not even once had he done so. But he was desperate now, he had lost his job and his wife was deathly ill. When a strange man approaches him with an offer he can't refuse, he will find himself questioning his morals and who he really is.

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    Stuck in the games that seemed to promise nothing more than a cruel death, Dae-ho didn't quite expect the lust that burned him through. He especially didn't expect the logs that stoked the fire to be named Seong Gi-hun.

    But what else could he do, other than to let himself burn.

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    otherwise known as the daehun bathroom scene we all needed

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    In-ho doesn’t feel much, except for what Gi-hun feels.

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    He tried to save them. But when the truth came out, they turned on him without hesitation. Now the only hand left reaching for Jun-ho… is the one he once let go – and swore he’d never take again.

    “You’re the Front Man’s brother?!”
    Jun-ho didn’t flinch, didn’t lift his head, didn’t even breathe for a moment – but the damage was done the second those words were spoken into the open air.
    They weren’t quiet anymore.
    The players around them had been half-listening, dozing, watching – but now they were alert, restless, shifting on their bunks with that terrible, collective awareness that something was happening and it might matter.

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    ☆— After getting kicked out by your father, you roamed the streets homeless without a cent to your name. You were taken in by a gang who used you as an errand runner for a few months before they vanished. but how sweet of them, they left you a present. Loan sharks. And then you enter a death game. Hurray.

     

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    [Name] is a 16 year old homeless teen who somehow joins a death game and finds a bunch of parental figures who actually give a fuck about them.

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    ⋆ 𐙚 ̊. ── Fifteen-year-old Ahn Jin-ah didn’t mean to get involved in a mysterious competition. It’s just that her mother got a weird little invitation card promising a chance at big money. So of course, someone had to check it out.

    And who else other than the parasite taking over the house?

    Jin-ah’s in a game she somewhat understands, surrounded by strangers with desperate eyes and some with oddly kind ones. But if she wins, she could bring home enough money to pay off her family’s debts and finally stop being a fucking burden!!!!

    But would she?

    It’s just games in the end. How bad could it be? Right?

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    The fourth game has just concluded, leaving Nam-gyu heavily wounded and unable to fend for himself.
    With fresh blood on his hands and high on newfound power, Min-su finds him.

    (what goes around comes around)

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    Two years after his victory in the 33rd Squid Game, Seong Gi-hun is murdered.

    A decade later, Seong Ga-yeong returns to South Korea in search of answers. To uncover the truth, she must compete in the deadly game which consumed her father and the lives of countless others.

    Her only ally is a young man from the North, driven by his own search for his missing sister.

    Player 456 has entered the Game.

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    Namgyu tries to kill himself oh nooo

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    Gi-hun nods at him, eyes never leaving In-ho’s face for a second, “Dae-ho will be back with more.”

    And there it is again. That blind faith in others. In the goodness of people.

    It makes In-ho sick.

    In-ho allows himself to gaze back at Gi-hun for a few more seconds, committing his features to memory, taking in the pure trust in his eyes, knowing that he’ll never see that look turned toward him again.

    A single clip of ammunition, pressed into In‑ho’s palm like a benediction.

    The metal is warm from Gi‑hun’s pocket.

    For one awful second, In‑ho imagines loading his gun with it and shooting the other man in the chest, just to see that hope snap in half.

    Or: In-ho gets stuck in a time loop, repeating the failed rebellion over and over again until he eventually gets it right.

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    Gi-hun isn't able to stop the games. Instead, he dies together with his friend Young-il—long after finding out his real identity as the Front Man In-ho—during the last round they play together.

    ...Just for him to open his eyes and find himself back at the train station of Incheon International Airport.

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    “Would it be easier if you called me Young-il?”
    Her reaction is visceral. Her eyes snap to his, sharp with something indignant, something almost offended. “What?”
    Would it be easier for you?” he repeats, slowly, like he’s testing something. “If I was Young-il?”
    She blinks once, then twice, as if trying to gauge whether she’s hearing him correctly. “You aren’t Young-il.”
    His lips curl—too sharp for a smirk, too controlled for a snarl. “But I was.”
    “No.” Her voice is steady. "You acted like him.”
    "And yet, it felt real to you, didn’t it?”
    She exhales sharply.
    “I remember how you looked at me,” he continues. “Like you—”
    “Don’t.” She spits the word before he can finish the thought.
    But In-ho just leans in, eyes glittering with something too alive, like he’s pressing on a bruise just to see how much pain it can take before it gives. “You trusted Young-il.”
    She doesn’t answer.
    “You cared about him.”
    Still, nothing.
    His eyes flutter softly, and then he leans forward, lowering his voice. Gentle, like he’s offering an olive branch. “It wasn’t a lie.”
    Her stomach tightens.
    “Did it feel like one?”

     

    ⋆ Sequel to 'Error.'

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    [it's melting down, all melting, like a candle left alone
    welcome to my lonely world]
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    Kim hums, before making his way across the room to where Junho was laid and crouching down in front of him. Gently, his hand finds Junho’s thigh and there it was again, that tension.

    “You need a distraction, right?”

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