endlessnine
Recent bookmarks
-
Tags
Summary
“Hwang Inho,” His assailant introduced stiffly and rattled off a lengthy sequence of numbers.
“Eh?” They’d given Gihun something for the pain and it was making him a little dizzy.
“My name and badge number,” The man said, his jaw clenched tight as he advised, “you should lodge a formal complaint to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency when you are able to walk, sir.”
“Oh…ok.”
“Did you remember what I just said?”
Gihun’s head lolled. He blinked groggily at the figure dressed in all black. “Are you my nurse? This needle in my arm hurts. Could you blow on it?”
The man didn’t move.
“Please?” He whined, blinking back tears.
Alternate Universe - Prequel to Material Girl.
Series
- Part 2 of Squid Game AU
-
Tags
Summary
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.”
Bookmarked by endlessnine
26 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
"Hyung, you should be in love with Seong Gihun." Junho blurted out, his hands tightening around Inho's arms.
Inho furrowed his brows, "Who the fuck is Seong Gihun?"
Junho wakes up as a sixteen-year-old and remembers everything. The games, the blood, the betrayals. He remembers how Inho’s path to join the Games was paved with loneliness and bitterness.
He’s convinced that if Inho and Gihun had found each other earlier, they might've been able to save each other from the isolation and self-destruction that eventually consumed them.
However, the universe doesn't like being rewritten, threatening to snap back...
-------
Junho travels back in time, determined to play matchmaker, battling not only the timeline’s resistance but also Inho’s guarded heart and Gihun’s obliviousness.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 107,425
- Chapters:
- 22/22
- Comments:
- 1,425
- Kudos:
- 2,199
- Bookmarks:
- 393
- Hits:
- 39,156
Bookmarked by endlessnine
26 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
*FIX IT FIC | canon compliant until the last moments of S3*
In-ho makes a different choice before Gi-hun can. He breaks protocol. Starts the evacuation early.
After the Game, Gi-hun and In-ho are two men carrying the same kind of broken—grief-torn, guilt-heavy, and haunted by the choices that kept them breathing. What begins as excruciatingly fragile proximity deepens into something unshakable: a child who needs them both, feelings neither of them dare to name, and the terrifying, hard-won hope that they might still be worthy of joy. Orbiting the wreckage of who they used to be, they begin again—not cleanly, but together.
But peace doesn’t come easy. Not when the past hunts them with a badge and a grudge. Not when the line between guilt and forgiveness won’t stay still. As secrets unravel and old wounds split open, Gi-hun and In-ho must fight harder than ever—not for survival this time, but for a future they finally believe they deserve.
This is a story about the weight we carry, the love we try not to need, and what we take with us when the worst is finally over.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 64,178
- Chapters:
- 15/15
- Comments:
- 322
- Kudos:
- 822
- Bookmarks:
- 168
- Hits:
- 16,737
Bookmarked by endlessnine
20 Jul 2025
-
Tags
Summary
“No, when you—when you smile like that,” Gi-hun says, shuddering. “It makes me miss him.”
“Who?” In-ho asks. He can’t help it, Gi-hun always piques his curiosity. “Jung-bae sshi? Sang-woo sshi?” He uses their real names for once. After hearing some of Gi-hun’s stories on the rare occasions he felt like sharing, In-ho can't help but use their names in place of their numbers. It makes In-ho feel like he knows them, too.
He's often thought about shooting Jung-bae with shaking hands, watching the hopelessness in his eyes as he turned to face Gi-hun. But what felt like pricks of guilt then, feels like sharp pains in his chest these days. He rolls around at night, and thinks, and feels. It’s a mystery why.
In-ho looks at Gi-hun sitting in front of him, the visceral reaction to Jung-bae’s name still strong as ever.
Is it really a mystery anymore? The influence of Seong Gi-hun and the thousand souls he carries with him is quite strong.
or: gi-hun and in-ho make it out alive, but gi-hun wants nothing to do with the latter. unfortunately, in-ho has other plans.
Bookmarked by endlessnine
13 Jul 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
continue to: Even the blankets can’t heat up In-ho's frigid body.