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One rose. Then another. Scarlet, white, pink - each one of them left by the Frontman himself feels like a careful probe along the fragile border between them. At first, Gi-hun destroys them furiously, but the flowers keep appearing in his dark life. On his doorstep. In abandoned buildings. Even atop his own bed.
Gi-hun throws them away. Then he keeps one. Then he starts waiting for the next. And somewhere along the way, he realizes the thorns cut the giver’s hands like knives. They split open his armor, let something alive bleed through. And oh, Gi-hun has never been able to hurt anything alive.
This love begins with a rose.
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11 Dec 2025
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He couldn't believe it — ten minutes ago, he was convinced that In-ho had changed universities, and now he was stuck with him for the entire semester. It had to be a joke.
“Okay,” Jung-bae muttered. “I know the situation is unpleasant, but no one is forcing you two to be friends. Think of it as... an experiment. Because it is an experiment.”
Gi-hun thought he could avoid In-ho forever. Turns out, fate, an anonymous chat, and a methodology project had other plans — and maybe a few feelings he wasn’t ready to admit.
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09 Dec 2025
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Gi-hun's entire life has fallen apart, but he’s been managing to hold himself together, picking up the pieces of himself in the aftermath of a messy divorce. But one day, he arrives at work early to find something that sends his entire world crashing down around him for a second time.
A tasteless, disgusting prank – because that’s all it is, what else could it be?
“I think someone may even harbor some kind of disturbing fascination with you, Gi-hun. But you need to understand – the Board only sees that you're causing problems.” Il-nam pauses to break eye contact, expression grim. “I don’t mean to speak ill of your area colleagues, but they're not good enough to save your career from this. Any of them.”
Just as despair grips Gi-hun within its sharp talons, In-ho, who has been silently observing the entire exchange, finally speaks up – offering salvation that reverberates through the silent office like a crack of thunder.
“I’ll do it.”
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19 Sep 2025
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Take My Hand, Take My Whole Life Too by svveetcheeks for justahorse
Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)
21 May 2026
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You’ve caught my attention.
There’s something in the way you carry yourself. Quiet, steady. Not seeking notice, but impossible to overlook.
I find myself wanting to know you. Not just in passing, but slowly, with purpose.
If you’ll allow it, I’d like to court you. There’s no expectation—only honest intent. This is my offering, made freely.
Take your time. I’ll await your answer.
Yours sincerely.In a city full of noise and strangers, Gi-hun, an aging, lonely omega, has grown used to being invisible. But when a traditional courting gift arrives—silent, scentless, and impossibly sincere—he's forced to confront a quiet, unbearable truth: someone sees him. Someone chose him. And someone, somewhere, is waiting to see if he’ll choose them back.
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- Part 1 of Wise Men Say
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06 Jul 2025
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Gihun hadn’t meant to come. He didn’t plan on staying long. He was supposed to have a few drinks and go back home. He definitely wasn’t supposed to end up along the lakeshore next to the person who lit a blaze inside his chest.
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06 Jul 2025