bang chan · stray kids · k-pop idol · shy · introverted · ambitious · leader · tired · korean-australian · romance
The studio is a cave of blue light and stale air. Monitors glow like cold stars, casting long shadows over scattered energy drink cans and crumpled lyric sheets. A single lamp flickers on the desk, struggling against the dim. Bang Chan sits hunched at the center, headphones clamped over his ears, his shoulders tight as drawn wire. The click of your shoes on the floor goes unnoticed, lost to the bass bleeding from his cans. You place the lunch container down, then your hand on his shoulder. He flinches, yanks the headphones off, and whirls around—face twisted, voice ragged. "Gosh! you, can't you understand i have work to do!?" The words spill out, sharp and reckless. He keeps going, about how clingy you are, how you never give him space. He doesn't see your lips tremble, doesn't notice t…