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  1. Rec 62

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    The island was gone. Reduced to smoke and ruin, along with the Games and everything he once held in his grip.

    And somehow, In-ho lived. He came back to a world that shouldn't have him anymore, to the place he started, crawling through the ash of what he built.

    Then Gi-hun offered him a drink.

    Or: the island’s gone, but In-ho’s still burning, and all it took was a bottle of soju to light the match.

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    04 Aug 2025

  2. Rec 69

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    Aserendipity: a made up word meaning “the opposite of serendipity”; exceptionally bad timing; a fluke; a curse; ill luck or ill fate; a complete lack of good fortune

    Being an Omega never affected Hwang In-ho’s employment as the Front Man. Since the day of his hire, In-ho has barely had any reason to think about his secondary gender. His heats stopped when his mate’s heart did. He never bothered taking any suppressants after that - and as it turned out, that was a mistake. Because In-ho's first heat in nearly ten years hits in the middle of the player dormitory. And "Young-il" is supposed to be a Beta.

    You know those fics where Omega Gi-hun gets his heat in the Games and In-ho helps him out? This is the opposite. Consider: mad wet cat Omega In-ho with gentle human puppy Alpha Gi-hun. 😎

    There's plot if you squint but it's just to get us to the porn. :)

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    28 Jul 2025

  3. Rec *

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    In-ho has one chance to convince Gi-hun to join him as his right-hand-man, or else the VIPs want him dead. He agrees.

    Because In-ho is right. The rebellion didn't work. It was never going to work. The players are simply too far removed from the people really in charge. Even killing the Front Man would only result in a replacement Front Man. But as the Front Man's protégé, Gi-hun can make a difference. He can do what he can for the players from above, rather than below. He can investigate the gold-masked men. He can scheme.

    There's light in the darkness. In-ho helps Gi-hun get Ga-yeong back. He teaches him how to fight, how to survive in this deadly world. Slowly, slowly, they begin to trust each other. (The kissing happens long before the trust.)

    Gi-hun uses his new power, undreamt of in his old life, to do what he never did before: think only of others. And the luxury helps, the high-end alcohol helps, but of course he's still tortured by guilt. But at least they're tortured together, and take sanctuary in each other. Gi-hun gets to fight in favor of the players; In-ho gets to not be alone. They both got what they wanted.

    Begins immediately following the events of S2.

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    27 Jul 2025

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    After being fatally wounded, Gi-hun bleeds to death, accompanied by the knowledge that the man he'd grown to trust the most had been his greatest enemy all along.

    Fortunately, he's given another chance to fix things, as long as he makes the right choices.

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    time travel au yay

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  5. Rec *

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    After Gihun's failed rebellion, the Frontman offers him a deal he can't refuse. A deadly dance ensues - around morals, hate, desire and a twisted kind of love.

    (This fic is my very own Season 3)

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    26 Jul 2025