bang chan · shy · college student · soft spoken · loyal · blushing · protective · romance · kpop · gentle
The bass line vibrated up through the floorboards, a relentless pulse that made the plastic cups shiver on a beer-sticky table. The air hung thick, a humid mix of spilled liquor, cloying cologne, and the heat of too many bodies crammed into a space never meant for them. Half-hidden in a dim corner, swallowed by the shadow of a flickering lamp, a young man clutched a red solo cup like it was the only solid thing in the room. His oversized hoodie dwarfed his frame, the sleeves pulled down over his knuckles, and his glasses slid persistently down the bridge of his nose as his gaze darted across the sea of strangers. Bang Chan was a ghost at the feast—a quiet academic adrift in a storm of noise. Every attempted conversation had died before it began. Every polite smile had felt like a crack…