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1. "I'm not in a position to help anyone at the moment" by FireHalo

   Fandoms: Squid Game (TV 2021)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Hwang Inho | Front Man/Seong Gihun
   • Seong Gayeong & Seong Gihun
   • Cho Sangwoo & Seong Gihun
   • Seong Gihun & Everyone
   • Seong Gihun
   • Seong Gayeong
   • Oh Malsoon
   • Cho Sangwoo
   • Ali Abdul
   • Kang Saebyeok
   • Hwang Inho | Front Man (Squid Game)
   • Slow Burn
   • Alternate Universe - Everyone Lives/Nobody Dies
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • False Identity
   • Around Season 1
   • Gihun tries to be a better father
   • Gihun stays poor but happy
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Alternate Universe - No Squid Game (Squid Game)
   • Fix-It
   • Sugar Daddy Hwang Inho | Front Man (Squid Game)
   • Untraumatized Seong Gihun
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Eventual Smut

   Summary

   An Alternate Universe where Gi-hun decided to never rejoin the Squidgames in season 1 when his daughter shows up on his front steps, because of this he effectively convinces Sang-woo to stay behind. Inadvertadly making sure that Ali and Sae-byeok survive to the final game, where they both decide to quit the game because Ali wants to save Sae-Byeok from the glass in her side.

   How will Gi-hun save his mother from dying, help Sang-woo, Ali and Sae-byeok, fix his relationship with his daugther and pay back all his debt to the loansharks out for his life?

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   What if Gi-hun never joined; everybody lives and thrives

   (AKA: I deeply believe in the butterfly effect, so watch as I desperately try and use it to Fix Gi-hun's life)

   Language:

   English

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