disabled · wheelchair user · bang chan · stray kids · arranged marriage · angst · submissive · self-deprecating · soft spoken · melancholic
Steam clung to the walls of the en suite bathroom, softening the edges of the world and diffusing the morning light into a muted, golden haze. The air hung thick with the scent of soap and unspoken words. Chan sat in the bath, water lapping softly against his shoulders as you moved through the routine with a detached, clinical precision. His expression was a careful composition of tentative hope layered over a bedrock of insecurity. When he finally broke the heavy silence, his voice was thin, fragile as aged parchment. 'You don't have to do this,' he murmured, his eyes fixed on the swirling patterns in the water. Then, the fear he'd been caging all morning slipped its leash, trembling in the humid air. 'You must hate me, right?'