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Who up Dying in the Light
#dying light#dying light 2#dying light 2 fanart#dl2 lawan#dl2 hakon#dl2 aiden#jade aldemir#I don’t really ship Aiden/Lawan#I just find it funny that his two romantic options are#a girl his age with shared trauma#and a middle aged violent 4x divorcee with depression#nightmare of a love triangle#biirdex
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I like this stupid artstyle, also geno x nightmare?? but afterdeath is also there hehdhd,
I think this fuckfjnf nightmare x geno ship is so interesting tbh,
(i did not think of this ship, stole it off one of my mutuals on tiktok)
#undertale au#crackship?#nightmare x geno#reaper x geno#afterdeath#sans au#killer sans is just there#reaper sans Geno sans Nightmare sans love triangle type shit#:3#RRAAAGHSHHF!!!!#i still absolutely love afterdeath
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This will probably be my stupidest post, but can anyone tell me I'm overthinking this?
These are screenshots from pages 66 and 67 of Waking Nightmare, respectively.
The focus here is the last few paragraphs (i.e., the ones highlighted).
When I first read this book, I thought that the reason Maritza's cheeks turned red was because she was angry at Nicky for keeping this hidden from her for so long (the event between Nicky and Mya happened a few months before this scene).
Think of it like this: Maritza was Mya's closest friend, and since her disappearance she's been going to the GAAP by herself despite Enzo's protest. Next to Enzo, Nicky is Maritza's closest person and really the only one she can confide in her burdens with the Peterson family. So when Nicky keeps such a crucial piece of information hidden from her like that, it's understandable why she'd be upset.
Besides, Nicky retorts defensively in an angry tone, further evidence for what I said before.
And yet...
I don't know. I'm not sure if I'm seeing things where they don't exist, but lately I've been thinking her cheeks turned red over something else (you know what I mean...) rather than, y'know, the explanation that should make more sense, IMO.
And then again, Nicky turned defensive for "no particular reason", or so he said. Which is... strange. If Maritza was trying to accuse him, shouldn't that be the reason why he turned defensive in the first place? Nicky is not stupid. He's very observant.
So maybe his reaction is because Maritza wasn't trying to accuse him? And her question was for... something else?
Man, wtf am I even writing.
I hope my first assumption is the correct one, because I hate love triangles (no matter how short-lived they are) and how they are poorly written.
At least, if the passage was implying in that sense, I'm glad Mya died before this became an actual thing, icl. /j
#hello neighbor#hello neighbor books#missing pieces#waking nightmare#nicky roth#mya peterson#maritza esposito#gah i love this book#love triangles#come to think of it#i hate this post#sorry guys#I'll make a better one with an ACTUAL useful topic to discuss
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why is there not enough discussion on saul and skyler’s relationship… they should’ve interacted more in canon but like. think abt it
skyler is this competent blonde woman who’s extremely smart and good at scamming (and pretty! and associated with blue!) and she has the biggest dipshit husband ever.
saul who is oh so desperately trying to keep his unloving sleazeball act up is failing bc. my God does this woman remind him of kim in the saddest way possible (ntm they start interacting more post gale death, when shit i’d argue really starts falling apart… Hmmm). he still acts like a dick to her but… in a protective way i feel. like he doesn’t want her to be nice to him or get close to him but still showing he has her back in his own fucked up way
and saul being soooo pissed that walt bagged this perfect woman and he’s still being a disrespectful shit like saul might be misogyny queen but even he was weirded tf out w walt…
#also they should have like the saddest sex ever#nsft tags#like im being serious they both hate themselves and their lives and i’d see it as like. the whole ted thing but even worse somehow#at least ted seemed kinda nice a bit even if he was a bit stupid and weird but saul? my god#also i live the idea of walt saul homoerotic hate tension alongside saul’s very obvious unresolved feelings for kim manifesting in the#feelings towards skyler. like this shit is so messy and if i was a good enough writer i would write this bc it would be good#im putting this out here for the good writers make my weird brba nightmare … love triangle if u can even call it that…. true#/j but yknow#mepost#brba#breaking bad#brbabcs#hf#si#rambles#mtags#brba spoilers#bcs spoilers
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So I just got Netflix back and finally watched season 4 of the Umbrella Academy and can I just say
WHAT THE FUCK
ThisisfinethisisfinethisisfineNOITSNOT
I have so many things to say about all of it but I've been scrolling through the tag and most of what I have to say is already on there but I want to add
"We were obviously meant to be together. Me with my tentacles and you the magical squid girl"
I just need everyone to realize that this is a real thing someone said and it was supposed to be taken seriously
Also is there like a specific reason she came out of a squid? I just don't really think it was necessary but alright
DICK OUT TITS OUT FIGHTING THE CIA
Anyway! You guys know those 2012 avengers fanfics? The ones where everyone is happy and also living at the tower? Yeah well that's what I've decided we're doing with the Umbrella Academy
They're actually all alive and happy and living in the academy together
Genuinely though why was Reginald Hargreeves the most likable character in this season
In conclusion: THEY'VE MASSACRED MY CHILDREN and fuck Five x Lila
I just wanted to add a conversation I had with my friend during that one flashback scene because why not
Me: Who is that?
Friend: I don't know?? She's white??
*someone says Vanya*
Friend: OHHH
Me: I got so caught up in the fact that he's a man that I forgot he used to be a little white girl
#the umbrella academy#season 4 umbrella academy#ben hargreeves#viktor hargreeves#ben x jennifer#five hargreeves#number five#reginald hargreeves#lila pitts#lila hargreeves#save them fanfic writers#save them#wait#I'm a fanfic writer#I can't do this alone guys#season 4 is not canon I don't even care#this is a bad dream right?#a nightmare?#THIS ISN'T REAL RIGHT?!?#I hate love triangles so much#I may also be unreasonably pissed of that there was no family dance scene
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How I see the love dynamics of some critters.
#drawing#drawings#drawingart#digitalart#comic#dynamics#smiling critters#smiling critters cartoon#smiling critters fanart#nightmare critters#charmer#dogday x craftycorn#craftyday#simon smoke x rabie baby#allister gator x Maggie mako#catnap x bobby bearhug#rose#ribbon dance#hula#love triangle#prince charming#type#oblivious#hibiscus#bubba bubbaphant x picky piggy#interspecies#interspecies romance#heart eyes#you fight good#mythical creatures
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I’ve finally finished my script for my video essay on Regular Show

#regular show#mordecai regular show#ITS BEEN 84 YEARS#Anyway y’all thought the phantom of the opera love triangle was a hot mess? The Mordecai/CJ/Margaret love whatever the fuck is a NIGHTMARE
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#I accidentally started reading a book with a love triangle and I hate it#I would not have started it if I had known but I compulsively cannot quit things without finishing#so now I'm stuck wading through this absolute nightmare love triangle (m/f/m) and i can't even figure out why anyone likes anyone else#like literally the main character just flip flops around within sentences about who they like but you just KNOW that they're gonna shove th#'it was always you' type ending with the endgame couple down your throat with absolutely nothing to back that up#it's just one of THOSE books like I'm about to google if it started as a self insert Wattpad or something because that's what it feels like#anyway#td#tag ranting#i'm sorry i just cannot contain my dislike for this book
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not that any of you care. but lloyd and tim from noises off 1982 definitely had a little bit of a gay thing going on.
#cricket.chatterbox#just saying !#''you bought these flowers for POPPY?''#''...no....well....yes..........''#''and you didn't buy ANY flowers for ME?''#''no.... Well!................no......''#''tim. have you ever heard of such a thing as JEALOUS RAGE??''#come on.#belinda definitely thought they had a little gay thing going on. at the very least.#there had to have been rumors. there had to have been speculation.#the cast was already a nightmare of love triangles.#that love triangle was built like the bermuda triangle. there was so much going on in there#whats 1 more affair#noises off (1982)#theatre#noises off
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Spoilers: Eggers' Nosferatu
There's a lot of debate right now on if Count Orlok represents Ellen's shame/trauma/abuse, or if he represents her repressed erotic desires, and in turn there's debate on whether or not viewers who find the Ellen/Orlok dynamic alluring are "missing the point." Eggers and Lily-Rose Depp have both said in interviews that there's a mutual pull between Ellen and Orlok, and even that there's a love triangle element, but obviously the experience is terrifying for Ellen. How can we reconcile the sexual tension and the horror?
I think the broader theme is that Orlok represents everything in a woman's inner world that men refuse to acknowledge and accept - fear and shame and trauma, yes, but also our appetites . After the prologue, the story starts with Ellen begging Thomas to stay in bed with her; she says "the honeymoon was yet too short" and tries to pull him in and kiss him (obviously trying to start some nuptial bliss). But Thomas is anxious to meet with his boss and get his promotion, because he has a narrative he's going to fulfill: he's going to pay Friedrich back, buy a house, and then start having kids (he and Friedrich touch on this a bit later. Notably, Friedrich discloses Anna's pregnancy to Thomas before Anna has made it public.)
It's the start of Ellen and Thomas' married life and she just wants him to prioritize her sexual desire, but he chooses to focus on his ideal of success, which sets him on this path to confronting Orlok. We know Ellen doesn't care about having a house or fine things and she begs him not to go, but Thomas listens to Herr Knock and Friedrich, who tell him that as a husband he has to provide materially. He ignores Ellen's stated desires, and so fails to provide sexually and emotionally. When Thomas gaslights her about her nightmares and calls them childish fancies, he shuts down her vulnerability, which kills the intimacy she was enjoying in the literal honeymoon phase.
On a related note, there's a defence in here for Aaron Taylor Johnson's performance, which I've seen a few male critics call "over acting." In this story Friedrich represents the masculine ideal of the time, he's a rich business owner with a beautiful wife and kids. Thomas clearly looks up to him and wants to emulate him - he wants to give Ellen the life "she deserves." But Friedrich's elevated masculine status is why he refuses to listen to Ellen's "hysterical, sentimental" worries, he's too rational for all that of course. And his stubborn "rationality" leads to the death of his entire family. Friedrich IS the patriarchal ideal that crumbles when confronted with nuance and uncertainty. Some people see Friedrich and assume that a character like him is meant to come across as dignified, and that Aaron Taylor Johnson is messing up by making him look annoying, but really he is giving a great portrayal of a really common, annoying kind of guy. The kind of guy who melts down and has childish tantrums whenever they lose control of a situation, or their manly skills and values are shown to be irrelevant.
The men in the movie (excluding Professor von Franz) frame Ellen as childish for speaking about her dreams candidly, but their own childishness is revealed when her dreams manifest in the form of Orlok and become unavoidable. Ellen (partially? possessed in the moment by Orlok) tells Thomas how "foolish and like a child" he was in Orlok's castle. In the literal context that's cruel, and obviously that shit was scary as hell, but it hits on Thomas' failure in the metaphorical reading. He was a child playing house: 'I'll be the husband and make money, you be the wife and make babies.' When it came time to confront his wife's inner world and all the scary, traumatized, lustful complexity of it, he was completely inept. The message isn't that Orlok is what Ellen really needs, or that Thomas is a wimp, but he's not a perfect husband either. I think "the point" is that a real healthy marriage with sexual, emotional, and spiritual mutuality is impossible in that society with Thomas/Friedrich's ideals. In that kind of society, a spiritually and sexually potent woman like Ellen ("in heathen times you might have been a Priestess of Isis") will always be caught in a "love triangle" with her husband and her own inner world.
#nosferatu#eggers#robert eggers#count orlok#orlok#ellen hutter#thomas hutter#aaron taylor johnson#lily rose depp
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Yen Press' Announcements at Anime Expo 2024
Yen Press announced during its Anime Expo 2024 panel that it has licensed the following manga and light novels for release in December 2024: Title: Hereditary Triangle manga Creator: Fumiya Hayashi Summary: Childhood friends Koutarou Fujiki, Kajiwara, and Fuyuko thought they would always be together. They spent their youth in a strange love triangle, the two boys fighting over who would date…
#Anime Expo#Be My Worst Nightmare#Before the Tutorial Starts#Blend S#Catalog of Wonders#Delicious in Dungeon: The Adventurer&039;s Bible#Hereditary Triangle#I&039;m the Strongest in This Zombie World But I Can&039;t Beat This Girl#light novel#Luciole Has a Dream#manga#Monsterholic#Revenge Against Hizumi-san#Stomp Kick Love#Sword Art Online#The BS Situation of Tougetsu Umidori#Ubel Blatt#With Your Our Love Will Make It Through
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EIGHTEEN - YANG JUNGWON (PART II)
pairing: fboy!jungwon x reader summary: where on your 18th birthday, you receive a blessing that lets you see the future, only to find yourself married to jungwon, the college heartthrob you’ve barely spoken to, with a child calling you mom. genre: university / college au, soulmate au, fantasy, fluff, slight angst, love triangle, pining, slow burn word count: 4.8k playlist: 18 - one direction, stuck with u - ariana grande & justin bieber, you belong with me - ts, lavender haze - ts, wish that i could - umi, meddle about - chase atlantic A/N: forgive me if this part's a bit short. i promise to make it up to you in the next ones, hehe
masterlist.
This is a work of fiction. It does not represent real people, events, or systems. Any similarities are purely coincidental, and all elements are created for fantasy purposes only.
The drama club’s room smelled faintly of old velvet curtains and cheap perfume.
Jungwon was half-distracted, mind somewhere else entirely, when the girl he barely remembered the name of tugged at his collar, lips finding the side of his neck. Her fingers slipped under the hem of his shirt, nails scraping lightly across his skin.
He let her.
Only because he wanted to get this over with.
The only reason he even agreed to meet her again today was to retrieve his wallet. The one he stupidly left at her dorm last night. He didn’t even plan on staying longer than necessary. Hell, he didn’t even plan on seeing her again. Jungwon didn’t do repeats.
But when she leaned in too close, smirking against his ear and said, "At least let me give you an advanced birthday treat, babe," he froze.
He should have walked away right then.
Instead, when she kept pushing, fingers pulling at his belt loops, mouth chasing his, he kissed her. Hard. Too hard.
Just to shut her up.
A mistake.
A fucking mistake.
Because that’s when the door creaked open.
And everything inside him seized up.
Through the tangled mess of limbs and desperation, his eyes locked onto a figure standing stiff at the door.
You.
Wide-eyed. Frozen. Like you’d just witnessed a car crash you couldn’t look away from.
Fuck.
He pulled back like he’d been electrocuted, his breath catching sharp in his throat.
“Y/N?” he blurted, voice rough and broken.
You didn’t say anything.
Didn’t move.
Just turned too fast and disappeared down the hallway, footsteps fading like a nightmare.
The girl beside him clicked her tongue, smoothing down her skirt, unfazed. She leaned against the desk casually, fixing her lipstick in the reflection of a trophy case.
“She’s pretty," she said, voice light, teasing. "Is that her?"
Jungwon stared at her, still breathing hard. “What?”
She tilted her head, smiling like she knew something he didn’t. “The girl who rejected you during freshmen year. Jake told me.”
His fists clenched at his sides. He stared at her, a million unsaid things clawing up his throat.
“I wasn’t rejected,” Jungwon snapped, sharper than he meant to. “And Jake doesn’t have the right to say shit. He’s in the same fucking position.”
The girl only chuckled, slipping her phone back into her bag like she hadn’t just dropped a nuclear bomb and walked away.
Jungwon stood there for a long moment, the stale, suffocating air pressing down on him.
He had come here for a wallet.
He had stayed because he was stupid.
He kissed a girl he didn’t even like because he thought it didn’t matter.
But it mattered.
Because for the first time in a long time, something actually fucking mattered.
And he might have just ruined it before it even had the chance to start.
It started small.
The kind of thing you wouldn’t even notice unless you were paying attention.
There was a vending machine tucked beside the science hall. Old, humming, half-forgotten. Students barely used it unless they were desperate between classes. But Jungwon did. And he always bought the same thing: the yellow-pack gummy bears.
Soft, sweet, just the right chew.
Something about them tasted like how he imagined being a kid felt simple and untouched.
Except, lately, they were always gone.
He’d walk up between lectures, coins ready, tap the scratched glass — and nothing.
Every other snack untouched.
Every other candy still neatly stacked.
Just the yellow gummies, empty.
It pissed him off a little.
He even once smacked the side of the machine in frustration, earning a few weird glances from passing students. He ignored them, he had bigger problems.
One day, he was earlier than usual. The hallways were half-empty, the vending machine still blinking lazily in the corner. And there you were.
Crouched low, head tilted, tapping the glass thoughtfully like you were deep in negotiation with the machine. In your hand? Two packs of the yellow gummies.
And in your bag? He caught the flash of even more, at least three, four crammed into the front pocket like a guilty secret.
You turned, mid-stuffing the last pack into your bag. Eyes meeting. Both of you frozen.
He recognized you vaguely. Freshman orientation, Jake's friend, the girl who laughed at his jokes but never stuck around for long.
And now? Now you were the damn vending machine thief.
You blinked, the barest flicker of surprise crossing your face before you straightened up calmly, like you weren’t doing anything remotely suspicious. You were.
Jungwon crossed his arms, smirking before he could stop himself.
"Leave some for the rest of us, maybe?"
You shrugged, not even guilty. "Survival of the fittest."
He huffed out a laugh. "You're hoarding them."
"They're the best ones," you said simply, like it was obvious. "Supply and demand."
He shook his head, smiling despite himself. You were something else.
"I’ve been trying to buy those for a week," he said, mock offended.
"You should be faster," you replied, voice light, teasing, as you zipped your bag shut and slung it over your shoulder.
Before he could think of anything clever to say, you tossed one of the packs toward him. He caught it, stunned.
"Here," you said.
A peace offering.
Or maybe just a dare to keep up.
Then you walked away, steps light, disappearing down the hallway before he could ask your name.
He stood there for a second, the vending machine humming behind him, the yellow pack crinkling in his hand.
Slowly, he smiled.
He didn’t know much about you yet. Only that you liked the same gummy bears. And that you didn’t apologize for it.
But that tiny, stupid moment? It stuck. Burrowed somewhere he couldn't dig out later, no matter how many months passed.
And later, when people joked about how he must’ve had dozens of girls chasing after him, he just thought about you, walking away without a second glance, leaving him standing there like some idiot holding candy.
After that day at the vending machine, Jungwon started noticing you everywhere. At first, he told himself it was coincidence. The campus wasn’t that big. Maybe your paths just happened to cross. Maybe you just happened to sit two rows ahead of him in economics. Maybe you just happened to linger outside the drama clubroom, laughing too brightly with Sunoo.
But deep down, he knew the truth.
He was looking for you now.
Tuning out the rest of the world, unconsciously drawn to the sound of your laugh, the flash of your bag stuffed with books and candy, the easy way you moved through life like you weren’t trying to impress anyone.
And you never noticed him.
Not really.
You barely even glanced his way.
He almost gave up then, almost let himself believe it was just a vending machine moment, a glitch in the universe that wasn’t meant to last.
Until rumors started.
Jake was courting you.
Jake, the golden boy with the easy smiles and a trail of admirers.
Jake, who was somehow close to you already.
Jake, who could make anyone fall for him if he really wanted to.
Jungwon told himself it didn’t matter. He lied.
It hurt.
More than it should have.
A stupid, sour sting every time he saw Jake walking next to you, tossing you candies or making you laugh in that easy, infuriating way of his.
So Jungwon, idiot that he was, joined the drama club. “I need the extracurricular points," he told everyone. Nobody believed him.
Mostly, he stuck to backstage work, fixing broken chairs, painting sets, running errands Sunoo barked at him with terrifying efficiency.
You were always around, helping, organizing, laughing. Sometimes you sat cross-legged on the stage sorting costume jewelry into plastic bins. Sometimes you passed him a bottle of water without looking. He said thank you quietly every time and you never noticed.
But he stayed anyway.
Because being near you, even if you didn’t see him, felt better than nothing at all.
Then one afternoon, everything shifted again.
He was fixing a crooked light rig when Sunoo’s voice rang out through the dusty club office.
"Y/N turned Jake down yesterday." Loud. Blunt. No room for misunderstanding.
The room went quiet. Someone gasped. Someone else whistled low.
Jungwon tightened his grip on the wrench. Heart slamming. Mind racing.
You turned Jake down?
"Yeah," another club member chimed in, dramatic as ever. "She said she's not ready for dating. Wants to focus on her studies first, plus she was thinking of running for the student council next year."
Sunoo laughed. "Classic Y/N. Always has her priorities straight."
Jungwon barely heard the rest.
All he could think was—
Maybe.
Maybe there was a chance.
Maybe he wasn’t as invisible as he thought.
He spent the whole night drafting letters he’d never send. Debating if he should say anything at all.
In the end, he didn’t write a love confession. He didn’t pour his heart out. He just kept it simple.
A bag of yellow gummy bears. And a note taped on it.
"I know this might not be the right time to give you something like this.
But I just wanted you to know, you're interesting in every possible way.
You're the kind of person someone could admire quietly for a long time, even if the tides never turn in their favor.
I hope you keep smiling the way you do when you win arguments.
I hope you keep picking the yellow gummy bears, even if you have to fight for the last one.
No pressure.
No expectations.
Just... you deserve to know."
He left it in your locker early the next morning. Heart hammering. Hands shaking.
He thought maybe you’d know. Maybe the gummy bears would tip you off. Maybe you’d remember the stupid vending machine moment that never really left his mind.
Instead—
At lunch, he saw you. Marching across the courtyard. The bag of gummy bears clutched in your hand. Heading straight for Jake.
From where Jungwon sat on the stone steps by the library, he saw it unfold like a bad dream:
You smiling politely.
Talking softly.
Handing Jake the gummy bears back like they were some kind of apology.
And Jake—Jake just blinked, clearly confused, before awkwardly nodding and taking the bag.
You looked relieved.
Jake looked baffled.
Jungwon felt like something inside him cracked quietly open.
You thought Jake sent the gift.
You thought Jake wrote the letter.
And you turned it down.
Kindly. Gently.
And you never even knew it was him.
Later, Jake found him by the vending machines, tossing the crumpled bag onto Jungwon's lap.
"You’re a dumbass," Jake said, not unkindly.
"You should've put your name on it."
Then he left, leaving Jungwon alone with a silent, half-empty machine and a gummy bear pack that tasted a lot more bitter than sweet now.
Jungwon never said anything about it.
He just swallowed the rejection he was never even given the chance to earn.
And maybe that’s why now, standing years later in a messy drama room, when that girl tilted her head and said with a teasing smile—
"The girl who rejected you during freshmen year. Jake told me."
Because truth was… you never even knew it was him.
You never even saw him.
Not then.
Not yet.
The door slammed shut behind him.
Jungwon didn’t stop walking.
Down the hallway, past the bulletin boards, past the same scratched lockers he could’ve walked through blindfolded.
His fists curled tighter with every step.
Breath shallow. Mind buzzing.
He pushed outside, the night air slapping cold against his face. But the sick feeling in his gut didn’t go away.
He barely made it two steps across the courtyard when—
"Jungwon!"
He turned, shoulders stiff.
It was Sunoo, jogging up, frowning. "Dude, what happened? Why is Y/N storming out like she’s about to sue the entire drama club?"
Jungwon opened his mouth.
Closed it.
Rubbed a hand down his face.
"I messed up," he muttered finally, voice hoarse. "I didn’t mean for her to see... that."
Sunoo stared at him, mouth twitching like he wanted to ask a dozen questions but knew better.
Jungwon dug into the pocket of his hoodie and pulled out the bright yellow pack, the gummy bears he'd bought earlier, before everything went to shit. Before he'd ruined it.
And then it hit him.
Today was your birthday.
You were supposed to have a good day.
You were supposed to laugh and smile and maybe — maybe — open your locker to find a stupid, cheesy pack of candy from someone who actually thought about you.
Instead, you found him like that.
Instead, he made you leave like your heart was breaking in real time.
A fresh wave of guilt slammed into him, sharp enough to make his stomach turn.
He shoved the pack into Sunoo’s hands, almost too rough.
"Give this to her," Jungwon said, jaw tight. "Tomorrow. Please."
Sunoo blinked down at it. "Uh. Okay? What is this, a bribe?"
Jungwon gave a humorless huff of air.
"Just... tell her I’m sorry. Tell her it’s from me."
Sunoo tucked the candy into his tote bag, still looking like he wanted to say more.
"I have to check our biochem lab results tomorrow," Jungwon added, half an excuse, half the truth. "I won’t see her before lunch."
Sunoo nodded slowly.
"You sure you don’t wanna just give it to her yourself?"
Jungwon shrugged helplessly.
"I don’t think she wants to see me right now."
A beat of silence.
The wind picked up, rattling the bare branches overhead.
Sunoo sighed, clapping him lightly on the shoulder. "Alright. I’ll make sure she gets it."
He started to turn away, then paused, glancing back with a small, lopsided smile.
"Oh—and, uh, advance happy birthday, Jungwon."
Jungwon managed the barest curve of a smile.
"Thanks."
And then he turned, hoodie pulled up against the cold, and disappeared into the night.
The morning Jungwon turned eighteen, the world stayed silent—for a moment.
The sun rose like it always did, pale and slow against the cracked skyline.
His apartment was still the same too: neat, spare, clean to the point of looking unlived-in. A couch, a low coffee table, a desk piled with textbooks he didn’t really touch anymore.
Nothing screamed special day.
Nothing at all.
He sat up on the edge of the bed, elbows on his knees, staring at the muted light seeping through his curtains.
In families like his, birthdays — eighteenth birthdays — were monumental.
Because here, you only got your blessing once.
It came exactly on your eighteenth birthday, and it never changed after that.
It was supposed to be a celebration. A doorway into the life you were meant to live. But in Jungwon’s family, it wasn’t magic. It wasn’t wonder.
It was a contract.
A cousin who awakened the ability to manipulate probability was immediately signed into risk management for the family's overseas holdings flown out within two weeks. An older sister who could predict crucial decisions before they happened became the sharpest negotiator in corporate mergers. An aunt who could sway opinions through subtle energy became a political lobbyist, shuffled from one continent to another, her life signed away to strategies and campaign wars.
The blessings were always bent, reshaped, weaponized.
Once your blessing appeared, you were sealed into it. Expected to serve it. Or get discarded quietly, like those who didn't "align" well enough.
Jungwon learned early not to hope. Hope made you vulnerable. Hope got you chained.
His phone buzzed on the bedside table.
🎉 Happy 18th Birthday, Jungwon 🎉
It's time to check your Blessing 💫
He stared at the screen but didn’t move.
Because once you checked it, there was no going back. Once the world saw what you were it would decide who you were.
The phone buzzed again.
A text from his mother.
[Mom]
Happy Birthday, my love. Remember, make today count. Everyone’s watching and waiting. We love you.
And then bleeding in like a crack through the wall he heard it.
He can’t afford to screw this up. We’ve invested too much already. If it’s not useful, we’ll need to reassess him for overseas placements.
Jungwon stiffened.
It wasn’t a message.
It wasn’t in the text.
It was her thoughts.
He wasn’t reading her words, he was hearing the parts she didn’t say.
He sat there, frozen, as realization sank in.
With a slow, almost reluctant movement, Jungwon finally tapped the blinking notification on his phone.
The screen flashed once, then displayed in clean, gold lettering:
Blessing Activated: The ability to hear the thoughts of those you are conversing with.
And if he could hear it through this simple text conversation...
What would happen when he spoke to people in real life?
A sour, heavy feeling settled into his chest.
This blessing wasn't something he could turn on and off.
It wasn’t something he asked for.
And it sure as hell wasn’t going to make his life easier.
He pushed himself to stand, grabbing his jacket in a stiff, mechanical motion. Then powered off his phone.
When he left the apartment, the air outside was cold against his skin.
As he made his way down the street, he avoided conversation like it was poison. He ignored the greetings of the security guard in his building. He nodded mutely to the woman who sold coffee on the corner without saying a word.
Because he knew what it meant now. Because he knew the moment he exchanged words, he would hear the real thing hiding underneath. Not their smiles. Not their words. The truth they kept locked away.
And Jungwon had spent his whole life surrounded by that kind of duplicity. Family members who said "I'm proud of you" but thought "You better not ruin our name." Cousins who laughed over family dinners but secretly wished for each other's failures. An uncle who clapped him on the back and said "You’re lucky" while thinking "It should have been my son instead."
He grew up seeing it already. The way blessings, were twisted into weapons, into currency, into burdens too heavy to carry.
And now?
Now he would never be able to unhear any of it, would he?
By the time he reached the university, his head was already aching.
He remembered, vaguely, how Sunoo had clapped him on the shoulder yesterday, laughing, "Advance happy birthday, Jungwon!" before running off to one of his club meetings.
How easy it had been to smile back then.
He wished he could freeze himself in that moment before the world tilted sideways.
Now, everything felt heavier.
He was grateful for the excuse to be alone today. Hidden away in the lab under the pretense of gathering data for his project. The thick walls, the stale scent of old paper and chemicals, the silent machines, it was a kind of peace he didn’t realize he needed so badly.
Here, there were no conversations.
No words exchanged.
No truths bleeding through.
Just silence.
Finally.
Jungwon leaned back in his chair, staring up at the cracked ceiling tiles.
Was this what blessings were supposed to feel like? Or was this just another leash, dressed up like a gift?
He closed his eyes and exhaled quietly.
Happy birthday.
What a joke.
Jungwon stayed frozen by the wall, watching you cross the quad like you were some mirage that might dissolve if he blinked too hard. The lab data crinkled faintly in his fingers, forgotten. His brain, usually so sharp, so careful, now felt like someone had jammed it into slow motion.
Because you were here.
Because you had actually replied.
And he had heard it—your thoughts, clear as day, slicing through the usual static of the world.
Sorry I just saw this. Where are you now?
He’d read the text with a stone face. And underneath it, he heard it—the rush of your guilt, the tiny pang of something warmer, something unbearably human.
Not calculation. Not politics. Not some angle to manipulate him, like everyone else he grew up around.
You.
Just you.
The moment your gaze locked with his across the quad, something in his chest tightened painfully. He stuffed his phone into his pocket, stood straighter, forced himself to smirk internally even though his throat felt dry.
"Hey. President," he called, casual, careful.
Because he remembered the look in your eyes that day outside the drama room—how you flinched when he tried to apologize, how you wouldn’t even look at him.
The last time he said your name out loud, you flinched like he was something rotten.
So now it was just "President." A shield between you and him.
You approached, steady, distant. Your voice clipped when you asked about the lab data. Jungwon handed it over, his fingers brushing yours—and he felt it, again, like a ripple of static under his skin.
Your thoughts cracked into him like sunlight through a stained glass window.
"His hand’s warm."
"Focus, Y/N. You’re being ridiculous."
"Just get through this. Don’t let him see you melt like some idiot."
Jungwon almost dropped the papers.
He bit the inside of his cheek instead, forcing himself to stay calm, to stay cool. Because if he lost it now—if he said anything wrong—you might shut him out completely.
You thanked him in that same clipped voice, turned to leave.
And then he heard it.
"God, why does he have to look at me like that? I hate feeling like this"
"Ugh, why he out of all people? Everything was fine until what I saw last night.”
“Just forget it, Y/N. Forget that stupid future your blessing showed you. It doesn’t mean anything.”
“He’s not going to be your husband. No way. Watch me prove fate wrong.”
Jungwon's world tilted.
Husband? Your husband?
His instincts scrambled for something, anything, to tether him back to earth, to slow the pounding in his chest. The words just slipped out, raw and unsteady, the first thing his brain could grab onto.
“…You saw the file?”
You paused. Nodded. Muttered, “It’s good.”
Then you walked away.
Jungwon stood there, rooted to the spot, heart hammering against his ribs so loud he thought someone might hear it.
Because for the first time since he woke up this morning, with the whole damn world feeling like it was pried open, every thought bleeding through the noise, didn’t feel suffocating.
That night, Jungwon’s dorm was too quiet, but his mind is completely the opposite.
Jungwon sat hunched on the edge of his bed, hoodie sleeves half-pulled over his knuckles, phone glowing dim in his hand. He’d read your message probably a hundred times.
"Sorry I just saw this. Where are you now?"
So casual. So harmless. But the memory of your voice, your clipped tone from earlier, the way your eyes didn’t quite meet his. All of it kept repeating in his head like a glitch in a dream he couldn’t wake up from.
And worse than the silence was the part he couldn’t shake.
Husband.
The word had lodged somewhere in his chest and refused to leave.
He didn’t even realize he was grinning like an idiot until his reflection caught in the dark window. Quickly, he sobered, scolding himself but it was useless. That voice—your voice—echoed in his head with too much heat.
She saw a future where I was her husband.
She thought about me. Dreamed about me.
She didn’t just push me away for no reason.
His thumb hovered over your contact.
He wasn’t supposed to use his blessing like this. He knew it. It was too intimate. Too invasive. But tonight, he needed to understand. Because your voice inside his head didn’t sound like hate. It sounded like fear. And want.
He opened the chat.
[9:47 PM]
hey.
it’s jungwon.
He hit send, then hesitated.
Don’t text her this late, idiot. You’ll just look desperate.
But what if she thinks you don’t care?
He sent another.
thanks for checking the file.
Still nothing.
He tapped his leg nervously, eyes locked on the screen. His thoughts were a mess with half apologies and half what-ifs.
are you still mad about yesterday.
it’s fine if you are. just wanted to say i wasn’t trying to... make you uncomfortable or anything.
didn’t know you’d walk in.
The reply came fast. Faster than he expected.
[Y/N]
Don’t flatter yourself. You didn’t make me uncomfortable.
I’ve seen worse.
But your thoughts betrayed you, spilling into him like sparks on skin.
Liar. I felt like my lungs collapsed when I saw him.
Because seeing him with someone else felt like a punch in the gut. Because it confirmed he’d never be mine. Even if the blessing said otherwise.
Jungwon’s heart thudded, warm and dizzy. You wanted him. Maybe not openly, maybe not consciously, but it was there. Real and raw.
His ears burned. He grinned against his knuckles.
He typed again.
you sure? you looked like you saw a ghost.
Because I did, okay? You were the ghost of that stupid dream. That version of you who held my hand and whispered all those sweet things.
And then I saw you tangled up with someone else like a slap of reality. God, maybe it wasn’t a vision at all. Maybe it was just a stupid delusion and I was the idiot who let it mean something.
His smile faded, just a bit. He wanted to explain. He wanted to reach into your thoughts and pull that version of him out, hand him to you like a promise.
Instead, you answered.
[Y/N]
I was just surprised. That’s all.
Another lie. Another flicker of your truth curled under it:
You make me nervous.
You make me mad.
But worse, you make me want to hope.
And I don’t know what to do with that.
A soft laugh bubbled from Jungwon’s throat. It felt... new. Not like the practiced chuckles he gave to classmates or the stiff polite ones he reserved for teachers. This one felt like sunshine cracking open in his chest.
sunoo said you looked pissed.
[Y/N]
Well, maybe tell Sunoo to mind his business.
That little traitor.
But... he’s not wrong.
I was pissed. Still am. But also, ugh. Why do I want him to keep texting me? NO, every text from him makes my head boil.
His chest ached in the sweetest, most unbearable way.
He barely realized what he was typing next.
you don’t like me much, do you.
The silence stretched just long enough to make him nervous. But your thoughts answered before your fingers did.
I don’t know how to not like you. I don’t know how I feel about you. That’s the problem.
You make me mad. But you also make my hands shake.
He sucked in a breath.
You were trying so hard to protect yourself. And yet, your walls had tiny cracks and through them, he could feel your heartbeat echoing like his.
[Y/N]
I don’t really know you.
A beat passed.
Then another.
Jungwon stared at those six words for a long time. And when he finally replied, it came from somewhere deeper.
This time, he didn’t hesitate.
then maybe let me fix that.
The words were barely on the screen before your thoughts fluttered again.
What does that even mean?
Is this how he talks to the other girls? That easy, casual charm?
God, I hate this. I hate how I want it to be different with me.
Is it stupid… that a part of me wants to say yes?
Jungwon pressed the phone to his chest, eyes closing for a second.
For once, the world was quiet.
Except for the soft, dangerous hope blooming between your mind and his.
And god… he hoped you could feel it too.
That night, Jungwon thought maybe his blessing wasn’t so bad after all. Not loud. Not suffocating. Just... quiet enough to feel like something sacred.
He fell asleep on his birthday without telling anyone what he’d received. No big announcement, no family expectation, no performance. Just him, alone with the memory of your thoughts that are honest and vulnerable echoing softly in his chest.
It might’ve been his favorite birthday yet.
Because for the first time in a long time, he dreamed not of pressure, pleasure, or perfection, but of you.
And when morning came, groggy and golden through his window, the first thing that surfaced in his mind wasn’t the dread of responsibility.
It was you.
Now, hours later, that same girl—the one who’d occupied his mind all night, maybe even all these years—was clinging to the back of his shirt, arms wrapped around his waist as his motorbike hummed down the empty road.
And Jungwon smiled, wind in his hair, heart louder than the engine.
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Ok ok ok. Bear with me. aka-indulgence indulged (lol) my whims too much and kept giving me good ideas. Now my mind is whirring.
Bad guys Mafia AU, where Nightmare is the big boss, as per usual. However... secretly, Nightmare has been going undercover in the police force, using his shapeshifting powers to pose as a softspoken by-the-book skeleton monster who likes paperwork and does what he's told. He's VERY deep undercover, quietly working his way up the internal ranks, giving himself access to more and more important information like evidence and arrest records. 'Eos' (thank you @owl-bones for being great with names) is boring, hard working, devoted to his 9-5 desk job. Eos hates conflict and action and doesn't even know how to turn off the safety on a gun. Eos is so non-confrontational people barely remember his name or that he's there. Eos goes totally under the radar.
... Then, while undercover... he meets you. A plucky assistant, with big dreams of being a detective. He's suddenly unexpectedly smitten. Despite the 'boring' persona he's put on, he finds his affections clearly returned. You and Eos start up an extremely cute will-they-won't-they, an adorable office romance where the two of you gradually open up to each other. He finds out about your passion for bringing the rich and powerful to justice. You find out about his love of classical music.
Of course, in the meantime, you're trying to investigate this big scary 'Nightmare' guy. Perhaps you even sneak your way into one of his functions, much to Eos' dismay, determined to dig up dirt and bring down the unjust elite. Perhaps you end up having a one-on-one conversation with Nightmare... where you discover that (to your horror) Nightmare is clearly attracted to you. Even worse - you're attracted to him. The two of you have incredible chemistry like nothing you've ever felt. Nightmare is dangerous, seductive, evil, but you absolutely can't get enough of him. He's everything you tell yourself you're not allowed to want.
For you, it's a dramatic life-or-death love triangle. You're trapped between two sides of yourself; there's the safe and loving but 'boring' Eos, who represents a steady but unglamorous future. And then there's Nightmare, wealth and power, the monster that brings out the side of you no one else can. Eos loves you, but Nightmare knows you.
Nightmare? He's having the time of his life. He's found someone who loves him in all his forms, old and new. He gets the best of both worlds. Now, to find a way to bring you into the fold...
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strictly professional (except not at all) - pedro pascal.
requested! thank you. ♡ content: Pedro Pascal x actress!reader dating, co-stars in Materialists, press junket fluff, playful flirting, teasing, reader getting flustered, Chris Evans being the ultimate third wheel, very soft, very fun.
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You knew this press tour was going to be chaos the second Pedro sat down beside you with that grin.
“Ready, cariño?” he murmured, leaning closer than absolutely necessary, smelling like sandalwood and the very specific cologne that now lived permanently in your bloodstream.
“You better behave,” you warned, nudging his knee under the table. “We are professionals.”
He smiled, wide and boyish, dimples and all. “Totally. Strictly professional.”
Chris coughed a laugh from your other side. “Sure. Right.”
The interviewer sat down, smiling at the three of you. “You guys ready?”
Pedro winked. “Born ready.”
The cameras rolled.
“So,” the interviewer started, “first of all, congratulations on Materialists! The chemistry between all of you is off the charts. How did that develop?”
Chris opened his mouth, but Pedro was faster. “Natural,” he said, glancing at you with a shameless grin. “Some people are just… easy to fall for.”
Your jaw dropped slightly. You felt it. You knew the blush was spreading up your neck.
Chris immediately groaned, throwing his head back. “Here we go,” he muttered under his breath.
The interviewer laughed. “Oh, we’re starting strong.”
Pedro leaned back in his chair, spreading his legs wide, casual and cocky like he had all the time in the world. “I’m just saying. It’s very easy to be hopelessly in love with her.” He gestured lazily toward you.
You shoved his shoulder. “Pedro!”
“What?” His hands went up in faux innocence. “It’s true. Tell them it’s true.”
“Focus,” you hissed, biting back a laugh.
“Focusing. On you.”
Chris deadpanned into the camera like he was on The Office. “This is my nightmare.”
The next question wasn’t any better.
“Pedro, what was it like having to film the love triangle scenes?”
He pretended to think, tapping his chin. “Hard. Very, very hard. Because… you see…” His hand casually dropped to your knee under the table. “I don’t really like sharing.”
Your entire soul left your body. “Pedro!”
Chris was straight-up laughing now, sitting forward. “This man has zero shame.”
The interviewer grinned, leaning into the chaos. “Seems like the lines between fiction and reality were a little blurry.”
Pedro squeezed your knee. “Blurry? Gone. What line?”
You buried your face in your hands, laughing so hard your stomach hurt. “This is so unprofessional.”
“But fun,” Pedro countered.
Chris sighed dramatically. “I have literally never been this single in my life.”
By the last question, the interviewer raised a brow, smirking. “Final question. In the movie, your character has to choose between Harry and John. If this were real life… who would you pick?”
Your eyes widened. “Oh my God.”
Chris leaned in, grinning. “Careful now.”
Pedro crossed his arms, biceps flexing obnoxiously, looking you dead in the eye. “Answer wisely, mi amor.”
You held up both hands. “Nope. Nope. I’m not doing this.”
“Oh, you are,” Pedro smirked. “It’s for the fans.”
You squinted at him, then looked at Chris, then back at Pedro. “…Harry. Obviously.”
Pedro grinned like he’d won the lottery, throwing an arm around your chair and pressing a kiss to your temple. “Smart girl.”
Chris shook his head. “Disrespectful.”
“Love you too, Evans,” Pedro shot back, squeezing your shoulder.
When the cameras stopped, Pedro immediately turned to you, tucking a strand of hair behind your ear, thumb brushing your cheek. “You okay, baby? Didn’t fluster you too much, did I?”
You sighed, leaning into his palm. “You’re impossible.”
“Impossible to resist,” he corrected, kissing you softly, gentle and sweet. “You love it.”
“Unfortunately… yeah. I do.”
Chris groaned in the background. “Get a room.”
Pedro grinned against your lips. “We will.”
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I really loved the salesman imagine.could you write one where the reader and the salesman had a romance.But he gives a card sending her to the games.Feeling and hurt and betrayed she does her best to survive and she ends up winning along with Gi-hun.now three years later the reader goes to visit Gi-Hun with her 2 year old daughter.(she had found out she was pregnant after the games)she walks in on Gi-hun and the salesman during Russian roulette 
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⋆ ˚。⋆୨୧˚ ˚୨୧⋆。˚ ⋆
ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛᴇᴅ: ʏᴇs ᴏʀ ɴᴏ
☆ ᴘᴀɪʀɪɴɢ: ᴛʜᴇ sᴀʟᴇsᴍᴀɴ x ᴀғᴀʙ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ
☆ ɢᴇɴʀᴇ: ᴀɴɢsᴛ
☆ sᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: ᴀ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ʙᴇᴛʀᴀʏᴇᴅ ʙʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ sᴀʟᴇsᴍᴀɴ ᴡʜᴏ sᴇɴᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴀᴅʟʏ ɢᴀᴍᴇs sᴜʀᴠɪᴠᴇs, ᴅɪsᴄᴏᴠᴇʀs sʜᴇ’s ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴛ, ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇʙᴜɪʟᴅs ʜᴇʀ ʟɪғᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʜᴇʀ ᴅᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ. ʏᴇᴀʀs ʟᴀᴛᴇʀ, sʜᴇ ᴄᴏɴғʀᴏɴᴛs ᴛʜᴇ sᴀʟᴇsᴍᴀɴ ᴅᴜʀɪɴɢ ᴀ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ᴇɴᴄᴏᴜɴᴛᴇʀ ᴀᴛ ɢɪ-ʜᴜɴ’s ᴀᴘᴀʀᴛᴍᴇɴᴛ, ᴄʜᴏᴏsɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜɪʟᴅ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴄʟᴀɪᴍ ʜᴇʀ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏᴠᴇʀ ʜɪs ᴍᴀɴɪᴘᴜʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴs.
☆ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇs: ᴘʀᴇɢɴᴀɴᴄʏ, ᴋɪssɪɴɢ, ᴠɪʀɢɪɴɪᴛʏ ʟᴏss, ᴀʀɢᴜɪɴɢ, ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ, ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ, ɢᴜɴ ᴛᴀʟᴋ.
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It all started with a simple game.
You’d been on your way home, drowning in stress and overdue bills, when a man in a sharp suit approached you at the train station.
“Care for a little fun?” he asked, holding up a red and blue envelope.
At first, you wanted to refuse. But his easy charm—and your desperation—drew you in. He explained the slap-match game, and soon you were caught in the strange, exhilarating rhythm of winning and losing. By the end, you were breathless, laughing despite the sting on your cheek.
“Not bad,” he said, handing over the cash with a smile that felt too warm, too genuine for a stranger.
You couldn’t stop thinking about him after that. When you ran into him again a few days later, he acted like it was coincidence.
“Maybe it’s fate,” he teased.
Soon, he was everywhere—buying you coffee, walking you home, and making your life feel just a little less heavy. He made you laugh, listened to your frustrations, and looked at you like you were the only person in the world.
One night, after weeks of growing closer, you found yourself in his arms. You’d invited him in after a long evening, your walls lowered by exhaustion and the warmth of his presence. You were full of ecstasy after that night. The way his lips kissed your neck, the way his thrusts were so sensual.
“You’re special, you know,” he murmured as his fingers traced lazy patterns on your back.
“Do you mean that?” you whispered, scared to hear the answer.
“I wouldn’t say it if I didn’t.”
His words were your undoing. That night, you let him see all of you—your fears, your flaws, and your dreams. For the first time in years, you felt safe.
The illusion shattered when he slid the card across the table.
“What’s this?” you asked, staring at the embossed logo. Circle, triangle, square.
“A chance to change your life,” he said, his tone eerily calm.
You frowned, a pit of unease forming in your stomach. “What kind of chance?”
“It’s a game,” he explained. “An opportunity to win enough money to solve all your problems.”
“Why are you giving me this?” Your voice wavered, the trust you’d built with him suddenly fragile.
“Because I care about you,” he said, his gaze steady.
His face softened, but he didn’t retract the card. “I believe in you, Y/n. More than you believe in yourself.”
His words felt like a betrayal wrapped in a compliment. Against your better judgment, you took the card, driven by desperation and the hope that maybe he was right.
The games were worse than you could have imagined.
Every death chipped away at your soul, and every betrayal reminded you of his. But you refused to break. Gi-hun became your lifeline, his determination and kindness pulling you through when you felt like giving up.
“We’re going to make it,” he promised one night, his voice steady. “We have to.”
You survived, but at a cost. The prize money felt like blood money, and the nightmares lingered long after the games ended.
A month later, you discovered the pregnancy.
At first, you were terrified. The thought of raising a child alone, of explaining where her father was and why he wasn’t around, felt overwhelming. But when you heard her heartbeat for the first time, everything changed.
You named her Hana, meaning “flower.” She became the anchor that kept you grounded, her laughter a reminder that there was still beauty in the world.
When she was born, you held her close, tears streaming down your face. “You’re my miracle,” you whispered.
Hana grew into a bright, curious toddler who filled your life with light. But you couldn’t shake the shadow of her father—the man who had once made you feel safe and then abandoned you to the wolves.
Two years later, you decide to visit Gi-hun. He had become like a brother to you, someone who understood the darkness you’d endured. As you climb the stairs to his apartment, Hana babbles in your arms, clutching her favorite stuffed rabbit.
But when you reach the door, the sound of voices stops you cold.
“Are you sure about this?” Gi-hun’s voice, tense and uncertain.
“I never force anyone,” a familiar voice replies.
Your heart races as you push the door open.
Gi-hun and the salesman sit at the table, a revolver between them. The salesman looks as composed as ever, while Gi-hun is pale and trembling.
“What the hell is going on here?” you demand.
The salesman looks up, his eyes widening slightly as he sees you—and the child in your arms. “Y/n.”
Gi-hun stammers, “It’s not what it looks like—”
“You’re playing Russian roulette!” you snap, your voice rising. “How is that not exactly what it looks like?”
The salesman’s gaze flicks to Hana. “You have a daughter,” he says softly, putting the pieces together.
“Don’t you dare,” you hiss, clutching her closer. “You don’t get to talk about her. You don’t get to act like you care.”
“I do care,” he says, standing slowly. “I never wanted to hurt you.”
“You lied to me,” you spit. “You used me. You sent me to those games knowing I might die.”
“I gave you a choice,” he says, his voice calm but firm.
“You gave me a death sentence,” you fire back. “And now you’re here, dragging Gi-hun into your twisted games? Haven’t you done enough damage?”
The salesman’s jaw tightens. “It’s not that simple.”
“No,” you say, your voice shaking. “It’s exactly that simple. You destroy people’s lives and pretend it’s for their own good. But you don’t get to do that to us anymore.”
He looks at you for a long moment, his expression unreadable. Then he nods, his eyes lingering on Hana one last time.
“Goodbye, Y/n,” he says, his voice barely above a whisper.
As the door closes behind him, you sink into a chair, trembling.
Gi-hun reaches out, his voice filled with regret. “I’m sorry—”
“It’s not your fault,” you say, cutting him off. “He manipulates people. That’s what he does.”
Hana wriggles in your arms, her tiny hand brushing your cheek. “Mama,” she says softly, her voice filled with love.
You press a kiss to her forehead, tears slipping down your face. “We’re okay,” you whisper, more to yourself than anyone else.
Gi-hun watches you, his eyes filled with both guilt and gratitude. “Thank you,” he says quietly.
“For what?”
“For saving me.”
You meet his gaze, your resolve hardening. “We save each other.”
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Awwwww thank you for tagging me(ow) :3
Oh sweet, here have some of my fav characters 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
:3 tagging without pressure: @rockingpeeble @smimon @thegengarprincess and everyone else that wants to join is welcome to do so :3 💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛
Not me having some kinda type... Who shall I tag? I think I wanna tagggggg... @mybugsmybugsmybugs @mexicangela @lunar-years @biscuitboxpink but no pressure!! I just thought it would be fun!
#:3 an interesting mix but that were the first that came to my mind :3#i am so emotionally attached to jack skellington one day i am getting a nightmare before christmas tattoo with zero and in colour#🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰 a big source of my happiness#i saw that triangle dorito and was attached#same with odie i love that little dog so much 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹#and ash is just fun because i pulled an all nighter with my twin watching all the movies after they got of the index in germany 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳#ash is blood and gore and very special humour#poll#i was tagged :3#also i picked sam winchester for you because you have that vibe
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