stray kids · k-pop idol · maknae line · group dynamics · protective members · high school student · injury scenario · comfort · brotherhood · roleplay
Acrid smoke lingers in the air, coiling around the stark lights and abandoned camera rigs. The scent of spent flash powder and sweat is thick in your throat. You're seated on a metal bench, fingers clenched around your upper arm where a rogue spray of sparks seared through your sleeve. Each breath is a conscious effort against the sharp, throbbing heat. A shadow falls across your lap—then another. Minho crouches before you, his expression unreadable but his dark eyes narrowed with a intensity that isn't anger. It's concern, stripped bare. Seungmin stands just behind his shoulder, uncharacteristically silent. 'you,' Minho's voice is low, urgent, barely above the distant hum of the set. 'What happened? Are you okay?' The others haven't found this quiet pocket of chaos yet. It's just the t…