𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 - kim yul-byeol, a twenty-four year old drowning in debt left from her absent father and struggling to make money to provide for her depressed mother and younger sister is given a chance to change their lives in a series of seemingly innocent games that have a horrifying truth. from juggling cash to juggling between life, death and love. 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟐 & 𝟑 - thanos x oc

❛ The numbers burn into my skin, A mark of fate, a life to win. But in the dark, I feel the pull, A twisted game, so cruel, so full. - They think they own me, bound by thread, But I'll break free or die instead. One last breath, one final fight, I'll find the truth beneath the night. ❜ set in s2&3 (revamp in progress)

𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 ✓ ✱⠀𝓢𝒀𝑵𝑶𝑷𝑺𝓘𝑺⠀?! to suk yumi, hospitals weren't spaces of healing; they were graveyards waiting for their moment, corridors stretching endlessly like veins, pulsing with the sounds of machines that hummed and beeped and wheezed in a rhythm far too familiar. for years she had worked herself numb to keep her brother breathing, and yet, no matter how much she labored, the debt clung to her like a second skin she couldn't shed. so when the opportunity came to erase it all - it wasn't courage or desperation that made her call. it was the quiet, steely rage of someone who refused to let the world claim her without a fight. ⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀ O R . . . 𝓲𝒏 𝒘𝒉𝓲𝒄𝒉. a girl drowning in debt and resentment, enters a game that promises freedom but demands everything. ⠀⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ❝ sometimes friendship has its own price, higher than you think. so high that it'll cost you your life. ❞ ⠀⠀𝐥𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐮𝐧𝐠-𝐠𝐢⠀⠀∝⠀⠀𝐟!𝐨𝐜⠀⠀ ∝⠀⠀𝐬𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 ⠀⠀˒

Kim Hae-won has lost complete faith in humanity. After surviving the games in 2013 at just eighteen years old, Il-nam offers her the opportunity of a lifetime: become the hostess for the games. For eleven years, she and the Frontman, Hwang In-ho, operate the games side-by-side. That is until Seong Gi-hun, a disgruntled previous winner, wishes to come back to the game. Determined to tear him apart, Hae-won infiltrates the game once more, except she gets more than she bargained for; A reunion with the only boy she'd ever loved. Now Hae-won's morals are put into question and she has to decide whose team she's on. The man rebelling against all she believes? The man controlling the games behind the scenes? Or the boy she abandoned eleven years ago?

Kim Ma-ri is drowning in debt after her brother's motorbike accident. When offered a chance to clear it for good, she doesn't hesitate to accept. The catch? She's thrown into a dorm with 455 other competitors, all fighting for a life-changing cash prize. But not all of them are strangers. Her sleazy boss, Baek-hyun, is there. So is her old partner-in-crime, Nam-gyu. Worst of all, her ex-boyfriend Thanos, who she'd vanished from over a year ago. Ma-ri has to survive the games, dodge Baek-hyun's schemes, and navigate the wreckage of two relationships she left behind. But her touch is poison, and slowly, she will be their death.

Two weeks ago, Thanos and Ji-hae escaped the games and promised never to look back. Realising they can't live without each other, Thanos makes the decision to move Ji-hae into his apartment. For the first couple of days, it goes well, until he receives a text message which throws them back to the past. Grappling with PTSD, Thanos and Ji-hae's relationship starts to take a nosedive. How far can they push each other until one decides to walk away for good? SEQUEL TO 'LITTLE MISS MISERY'

Ji-hae's life shattered the moment she walked away from her abusive relationship. Thanos' life crumbled when he lost 500 million won to a cryptocurrency scam. Desperate for a second chance, they both decide to enter the games. Forming an uneasy alliance, Ji-hae and Thanos constantly clash over leadership and swear never to trust each other. But as the games escalate and their group's survival depends on unity, they realise they're stronger together. The games are designed to tear people apart. But when winning means losing the only person who truly understands them, will they risk each other for the cash prize or walk away penniless?

Six months ago, Lee Ji-won's older brother vanished, leaving behind 1.8 billion worth of debt for her family to pay. When she gets an invitation to partake in some games for a cash prize, it seems like her only way out. Except she loses the card before she can decide. Enter Thanos, another debt-ridden stranger who happens to have the same card in his pocket. Determined more than ever to enter the games, they agree to find each other on the inside, but there's one thing getting in the way. Ji-won's brother, Myung-gi-Thanos' sworn enemy. With a bitter rivalry threatening to turn deadly, Ji-won must decide whether to stand by the man she met on the bridge, or side with the brother that left her drowning.

in which baek-hwa unexpectedly runs into her first love during the lowest point in her life. on-going! © -haneulism jan 2025

Tal vez en la situación que nos ponen estos psicópatas, sádicos y asesinos vestidos de rojo con una máscara en la cara no sería la adecuada para enamorarme. Tal vez en esta situación no daría mi vida por ti, ya que necesito salvar la mía, pero tú... tu me hiciste cambiar de opinión, mi jugadora 222 (No acepto copia ni adaptaciones de mi fanfic sin mi consentimiento)