• Almost, Always - cottoncandychannie (M) ⏳

Inho never planned for Seong Gihun. He was never meant to matter. Just one player among hundreds, another life measured in debt and desperation.

They almost had it all, Inho tells himself in the quiet hours after escaping the burning island. Those hours filled with grief, regret, and guilt. The game ended, but Gihun lingers. In memories, in silence, in the spaces Inho cannot stop revisiting. Actions played over and over in his head and the desperate wish to turn back time haunting his every breath.

And when fate begins to play its hand, Inho realizes that obsession feels a little bit too much like love.

• it must be counterfeit - i think there's been a glitch - icarusfishes (T) ⏳

After the Front Man sedates him, Gi-hun wakes up in America with a ring on his finger.

• and that's on romance - let's dance - icarusfishes (E) ⏳

(Continuation of it must be counterfeit (i think there's been a gitch))

In-ho and Gi-hun fumble through their first time together.

• Saving Hwang Inho - topleaf (E)

Despite the risks, Inho becomes too involved in helping Gihun move on with his life after the games, and Gihun becomes determined to save the man he vowed to destroy.

Their lives are intertwined, and no matter how hard they try, they can't seem to let each other go.

• Away With Me - topleaf (E)

(Continuation of Saving Hwang Inho)

A glimpse into Gihun and Inho's life after ending the games in Korea.

• You're My Number 001 - topleaf (M) 💞

An AU where Inho joined the game as Youngil in season one. Gihun is adorable and Inho is failing to not catch feelings.

• A Different Life - icarusfishes (T) 💞

After Hwang In-ho wins the 2015 Squid Games, a chance encounter in a bar changes his fate.

• Your Personal Hell - Kiiiro (E) ⏳

Every time In-ho dies, he's brought back to the past. He makes a lot of mistakes.

• Can't Get Enough of You - huntermaster457

In-ho gains some weight and Gi-hun loves it.

• God of the Spring - hl14 (E) 💞

Gi-hun thinks back to a ridiculous picture book Ga-yeong had about ancient Greek mythology. He remembers the story of Persephone and Hades.

• It's Just a Flower - topleaf (M) 🎄

Inho and Gihun meet face to face on the night that Ilnam reveals the truth to Gihun, Christmas Eve. Their emotions come to a boiling point, and Ilnam’s plan to introduce the two people he inflicted the most pain on backfires on him.

• We're Both Going to Die Anyway - Iludusyou (E) 💞

Only one bed trope, Inhun edition

• in other words, please be true - songxiong (E)

What are you doing out here?” In-ho asks.

The man is soaking wet, sitting on his ass in a puddle as the rain beats down on him. He looks up at In-ho and smiles apologetically. “Am I in your way? I dropped my ticket down the drain.”

“Ticket?” In-ho asks.

“Lottery. I won a hundred thousand won. I think I can get it back.” The man’s legs are spread around a drain, he’s looking through the gaps, the gaps with water flowing through them, no doubt washing the ticket out of reach, ruining it.

Winning forty five point six billion won took the joy out of gambling for In-ho, but a year ago he was in the same place as this man.

• I Like Everyone But You - Ruereii (M) 💞

Gihun is in a world where everybody lives but he believes the Inho here is still manipulative. So, he makes it a personal mission to be nice to everybody...Except Inho.

• You've Got Mail! - Iludusyou (M)

A brief look into the email inbox of The Pink Motel between 2023-2024.

• Rewrite the Stars - Ruereii (M)

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.

• Farewell Route - Bookishmockingjay (T) 💞

What if one meeting in taxi changed everything? What if it was the only place In-ho allow himself to feel again?

• Meeting Route - Bookishmockingjay (T)

(Continuation of Farewell Route) It had been four years since Gi-hun had last seen his rich mysterious passenger. Since then Gi-hun has been chasing ghosts and he won't stop looking for In-ho or the mystery that surrounds him.

Only if he knew Hwang In-ho never truly left.

• Are you paying attention, soldier? - aglimpseofmaca (E) 💞

The Front Man summons Gi-hun to his office, but his soldier is a little too distracted today.

• Thursdays - gihunion (N) ⏳

Hwang In-ho has always hated Thursdays. So close to the end of the week, yet never close enough.

So when Seong Gi-hun dies on a Thursday, it doesn’t exactly help.

Moving on would already be impossible… until the next morning, when In-ho wakes up on a Thursday.

And then again. And again. Always November 7, 2024.

Given another chance, can In-ho save Gi-hun or will he lose him every time?