𝒉𝒂𝒏-𝒃𝒚𝒆𝒐𝒍 has always been the black sheep. while her eldest sister rose to prominence as a successful ceo, byeol dropped out of university and chose a life her family could never accept. art was the only thing that felt like hers, it gave her a voice, but it never gave her a living. to keep up appearances, she juggles odd side jobs-until one of those jobs ties her to a loan shark. when the truth finally reaches her parent's doorstep, she's cast out, left to scrape together a living in a cramped, crumbling apartment. then comes hwang jun-ho. the cop who always seems to find her in the wrong place at the wrong time-catching her at work on multiple occasions. each time, he warns her-reminding her how close she is to arrest, how thin the line is between freedom and jail. and yet, he never follows through. pity, curiosity, maybe something neither of them can admit-it all lingers in the space between them. their encounters become a push and pull, a connection built on mistrust and a strange kind of understanding neither expected. when byeol is offered a chance to erase her debt and begin again, she takes it-only to be pulled into a deadly game where survival is the only currency. forced into brutal choices and confronted by a familiar face within its walls, byeol begins to question whether the life she's fighting for is worth the price it demands. MATURE CONTENT AHEAD. hwang jun-ho x oc.

ᴍᴀᴅᴇ ɪᴛ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴀʟɪᴠᴇ, ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴛʜɪɴᴋ ɪ ʟᴏꜱᴛ ɪᴛ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴡᴀꜱ ꜰɪɴᴇ, ꜱᴀɪᴅ ɪᴛ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏꜰꜰɪɴ. ha-eun hasn't had an easy time lately. within a few days her life completely collapsed. as it turns out, the only solution will be to join "harmless games" which, as it turns out, will not be what they seem. although staying there won't have to be so terrible and only thanks to player 388. ꜱQᴜɪᴅ ɢᴀᴍᴇꜱ 2/3 ᴋᴀɴɢ ᴅᴀᴇ-ʜᴏ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ

❝ 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞'𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙖 𝙗𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪​ ❞ 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊 𝐇𝐀-𝐘𝐎𝐎𝐍 did what she thought to be the right thing, mutually separating from her boyfriend 𝐊𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐀𝐄-𝐇𝐎 as they both had enough stress going on in their individual lives. For a long time, she struggled financially. When a mysterious man offers her the chance to play a series of games to clear her debt, she dials the phone number on the back of a business card in an act of desperation. What she doesn't know? The last person she expects to see is playing those games with her. 𝘒𝘈𝘕𝘎 𝘋𝘈𝘌-𝘏𝘖 𝘹 𝘖𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘓 𝘍𝘌𝘔𝘈𝘓𝘌 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘌𝘙 squid game s2-s3.