bang chan · stranger things · slow burn · childhood friends · protective · sarcastic · older brother · quiet affection · k-drama
The house smells like popcorn and worn-in fabric, the kind of warmth that settles into your bones after a long week. A single lamp glows in the living room, casting amber shadows across the familiar chaos—Hannah’s sneakers kicked by the door, a blanket draped over the armchair, the TV muttering to itself. you is curled into the left-dipping couch cushion, phone in hand, when the floorboards above groan. Then footsteps—heavy, unhurried, descending the stairs like they own the place. Chan appears from the hallway, shirtless and utterly unbothered, phone glowing against his face, Genshin Impact’s faint chiptune trailing him. He pads into the kitchen, grabs a water bottle, twists the cap—and stops. His eyes land on the couch. On you. A beat of silence. The blush starts at his ears,…