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I have to say, he’s starting to outfreak the Recruiter with every new tiny detail people unearth about him

Also them to Gihun-

because he did betray the games. he let junho escape. he didn’t kill gihun when he was supposed to. he hesitated. that’s all it takes. somewhere up the ladder, someone sees the cracks and goes: “so the front man isn’t as loyal as we thought. fine. cut him off.”

and suddenly, everything’s gone.

the money he won back when he was a player? seized. whatever offshore accounts they funneled it into? wiped clean. his front man salary? untouchable, now that his name’s flagged for internal betrayal. all the perks—chauffeurs, wine subscriptions, tailored suits, private clinics—GONE. his accounts are frozen. no phone plan. no ID. no insurance. not even enough cash to buy ramen from a convenience store.

so now inho has nothing. no power. no safety net. he’s surviving on the soft, unstable mercy of gihun’s and junho’s tolerance—and he knows it.

he can’t even get a normal job. not a desk job, not night shifts at a warehouse, not anything. his résumé is a graveyard. ten years gone without explanation, unfillable. worse, his old position in the police didn’t just end—it was terminated. it sits there like a stain on every application he starts and abandons. and what does he even have to offer now? surveillance techniques? gun training? staying quiet while people die?

maybe jun-ho can say no to in-ho from time to time. but I think gi-hun's "softer" than jun-ho.

and sometimes there's something in-ho REALLY wants but is too prideful to ask. so he just doesn't ask, maybe because he thinks it's silly, maybe because he thinks he's being a burden, maybe because he thinks he no longer deserves nice things. but somehow gi-hun can tell he wants that thing and buys him that anyway.

and somehow gihun knows (maybe junho tells him). so every time inho wants something sugary (but keeps it to himself), he always ends up finding it waiting for him on his bed, his pillow, etc. and gihun pretends it wasn’t him who bought it, pretends he doesn’t even see it conveniently waiting for inho at inho’s favorite spot at the motel.

and inho doesn’t know if he wants to thank gihun or if his stubborn pride wants to find the gesture offensive and condescending. but every time he ends up secretly enjoying his little sweets (and he dislikes that he enjoys it) and gihun pretends he doesn’t see or notice anything as inho eats quietly.

bonus if inho gets a little overly energetic afterwards every time he has his candy, like a kid 😭 junho is there, shaking his head in silence.

bonus to ur bonus that is unrelated to sweets: