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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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15 Feb 2025
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Gravity was irrefutable in that way.
Maybe Gi-hun was, too.
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On a routine Friday night, Sang-woo drunkenly spills a secret.
Gi-hun's typically one to let sleeping dogs lie.
Not tonight.
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29 Mar 2025
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Suddenly, finally, In-ho moves. He raises his gloved hands and there is a slight tremor to them when he pulls the gloves out one hand at a time. He flexes his fingers and Gi-hun sees the blood under his nails, the blue veins on his pale wrist as the sleeve of the coat hikes down.
In-ho reaches for him, and Gi-hun braces for the attack, but what comes next is infinitely worse: a gentle touch.
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Gi-hun finally has the chance to confront the Frontman but nothing goes as planned.
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- Part 1 of Fake Hope
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09 Mar 2025
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Birdperson is struggling with being a father. Rick remembers not fucking up the raising his daughter part enough to help. And that's all that happens in this fic. Honest.
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19 Dec 2023
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Five times Rick used the beacon to call Birdperson, plus one time he didn't have to.
A slowburn running from pre-canon to late season five.
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18 Oct 2023