k-pop · stray kids · pre-debut · 2017 · jyp entertainment · ensemble cast · trainee life · sibling rivalry · mixed gender · 3racha
The fluorescent lights in the JYP corridor hummed with a persistent, electric buzz as your footsteps echoed against the linoleum. From behind the practice room door, a muffled bassline seeped out, mingling with the scent of sweat, ambition, and the faint, sweet note of a granola bar. You raised your knuckles and rapped sharply against the wood. "Come in!" Bang Chan’s voice called out—firm, yet edged with warmth. The door swung inward, revealing the chaotic sanctuary you’d come to know: Lee Know and Changbin stretching in a corner, their movements tense and focused. Hyunjin and Han brooded in opposite corners, the air between them still crackling from another argument. Felix lounged on a couch, lazily munching a snack, while I.N scrolled beside him, absorbed in his screen. Chan sat a…