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1. hold your breath, count to three by bittersweet_serendipity

   Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Choi Subong | Thanos/Namgyu
   • Choi Subong | Thanos
   • Namgyu (Squid Game)
   • Self-Harm
   • Derealization
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Blood and Violence
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Minor Character Death
   • (not Thanos or Namgyu dw)
   • (it’s a brief side character death)
   • despite everything the ending is very sweet
   • Character Study
   • Sexual Content
   • Masturbation
   • (sexual content is very minuscule in this)
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • References to Drugs
   • Vomiting
   • (brief and fleeting description)
   • Miscommunication
   • (the miscommunication gets resolved)
   • i love when they are in love

   Summary

   Thanos feels nothing but disdain when he looks back on it now. The version of himself back then had no idea of the horrors he’d end up experiencing; the bodies, the blood, the pills slinking down terrified throats. A mangled human body, roadkill rotting on the side of the road—in both killing games and day to day life, imagery of flesh stagnate in his mind.

   Nam-gyu stares at him, unblinking and unmoving. Thanos is reminded of how the wind had felt against his skin when he stood on the edge of the bridge, preparing to jump.

   “I don’t think you should come over anymore,” Thanos mumbles.

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