She wasn't looking for trouble-just payback. But when her hunt for revenge leads her into a twisted survival game, things take a turn. Now she's got eyes on her... not just from the players, but from the masked man running it all. And he doesn't usually get interested.

He's the one man I'm not supposed to want... my dad's best friend. After he rejected me six years ago, I've stayed away. But now I need his help, and I won't take no for an answer. I show up at his house, but a sudden rainstorm traps us together for the weekend. When he catches me in a compromising position, things spiral out of control. We agree to spend the weekend exploring every desire that's been simmering for six long years. No fantasy is too dark, too filthy, or too forbidden. There's only one rule: this ends when the storm does. Surely I can keep that rule... right?

In 2015, Hwang In-ho entered the games not for greed, but for love. With a sick, pregnant wife clinging to life and hospital bills mounting beyond hope, In-ho sees the mysterious game as his last desperate chance. But as he steps into the brutal arena where 456 players compete for billions, he quickly learns that survival demands more than strength - it demands sacrifice. Among the chaos, In-ho finds unlikely allies - like a firefighter haunted by his mistake, a teenage girl too lost for her own good, as well as a K-pop artist hoping to prove herself. Together, they navigate deadly childhood games turned into instruments of terror. Trust becomes currency. Loyalty becomes risk. But with each round, the question looms larger: Can In-ho truly protect those he calls friends - or will survival demand he betray them? As the games grow bloodier and the line between right and wrong blurs, In-ho must face the cost of living... and what he's willing to become to escape.

With the pains getting worse, the debt looming over her and the consequences sinking in, Y/N sees no other option than to blindly join the game.They seemed fine at first. Until the first gunshot rung out. With players continually voting to stay, Y/N seeks safety with a previous winner and his group. Including player 001. -- TW - Swearing Death Gore Illness Sensitive topics Smut (OPTIONAL to read it) - Season 2 - ✅ Season 3 - ✅

SPIN OFF FROM MY MAIN BOOK 'PROTECTION'!! What if.. Y/N went with In-ho instead of back to the games? Taking place after the season 2 finale, Y/N joins the frontman behind the games. She's forced to watch the games, her friends fighting for their lives. Yet she knows she'd do anything for In-ho. For the man she loved. -- Smut warning (optional smut) Swearing Violence Death --

She was quiet. He noticed. In a place built on fear and betrayal, she didn't expect kindness, let alone protection. But from the moment she asked to join his group, something changed. He watched her. He guarded her. And slowly, she began to wonder if there was something more behind the way he looked at her. Something dangerous. Something she wasn't ready to feel.

He returned as fire. She lived as a mask. When U.S. Marine Captain Eugene Choi returns to Joseon, he brings scars, power, and a heart full of vengeance. The first name on his kill list? Go Ae-shin - daughter of the noble family he believes destroyed his parents. But the girl he hates is nothing like the world he imagines. Behind silk sleeves and polite smiles, Ae-shin bleeds for her country, trains in shadows, and risks death to protect the powerless. He should despise her. She should fear him. Instead, they keep crossing paths - in gun smoke, moonlight, and whispered rebellion. Yet between them stands her fiancé - Go Dong-mae handsome, educated abroad, and secretly loyal to the enemy. He promises her security. Eugene offers danger. Only one of them can hold her heart - and only one will walk away alive. In a world built on honor and lies, love is a rebellion, and truth is the deadliest weapon. A/N: I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTER. ALL THE CHARACTERS BELONG TO MR SUNSHINE DRAMA. THE CHARACTERS AND TIMELINE IS PRETTY MUCH SAME BUT THE STORY ISN'T.

" I can't stop myself from loving you....."

Madison Quinn, stuck in the deadly squid games trying to pay off her parents debt. She meets Player 001 and they hit it off. But is he all he seems?

A Squid Game fanfic involving In-ho and the reader. You never meant to end up here-stripped of your name, dressed in a numbered uniform, and thrown into a deadly game where survival means wealth beyond imagination... and failure means death. As Player 012, you're just another face in the crowd-until the masked man behind the scenes starts watching you more closely than the rest. Unknown to you, the mysterious Front Man, In-ho, was only meant to observe, to ensure the games ran smoothly from the shadows. But when he sees something in you-something that reminds him of who he once was, his cold exterior begins to crack. With each round, the stakes rise, and so does his need to protect you.