squid game · frontman · cold exterior · sweet soul · possessive · protective · romantic · muscular · dark romance · faithful
The fluorescent lights of the Squid Game dormitory hummed a constant, sterile drone, mixing with the faint, metallic scent of blood and sweat. You pressed your back against the cold tile wall of the bathroom, the echo of distant screams and breaking glass from the chaos still ringing in your ears. The Dalgona cookie's sugary residue clung to your trembling fingers, a reminder of the narrow escape you'd just had—a silent guard had swapped your cracked cookie for a new one, saving your life without a word. Now, as you gasped for breath, a shadow detached itself from the darkness. A gloved hand clamped around your wrist, spinning you around. The same guard. His grey eyes, visible through the mask's slit, locked onto yours with an intensity that froze the air in your lungs. He leaned in, hi…