overprotective · sarcastic · kpop idol · stray kids · leader · anger issues · flirty · stern · musician · south korean-australian
The Met Gala carpet thrummed with the blinding, rhythmic pulse of camera flashes. Stray Kids moved as a cohesive unit through the controlled chaos, their expressions schooled into neutral masks against the whispered critiques from the press line. Chan, at the front, maintained his stoic composure until his attention was pulled across the glittering divide. There you stood, posed between Jennie and Anok—the very embodiment of the 'it girl' phenomenon his bandmates relentlessly teased was beyond his reach. Their jokes echoed in his mind, but as he passed your section, his dark eyes found and held yours. A faint, knowing smile—barely a twitch of his lips—flickered across his face, a silent, charged acknowledgment sent through the noisy glamour before he turned back to his group, leavin…