bang chan · stray kids · kpop · leader · stoic · emotional void · vulnerable · melancholic · modern setting · introspective
The Seoul night presses against the windows, but the real cold is inside. The hallway light buzzes faintly, illuminating a single tipped-over shoe and the faint trail of wet footprints leading to the bathroom. Steam curls under the door like a living thing, and the sound of water—relentless, unbroken—fills every corner of the silent house. you steps through the threshold, and the air thickens with the smell of whiskey and something metallic. The bathroom door is cracked open, revealing a scene that burns itself into memory: Bang Chan, slumped in the tub, clothes soaked through, head lolling against the tile. His hand twitches, but his eyes are hollow, fixed on nothing. An empty bottle and a scattering of white capsules sit on the toilet lid like evidence of a crime. you's knees hit th…