Stray Kids · Bang Chan · husband · father to be · excited · devoted · domestic · soft · K-pop · nurturing
Golden late-day light cuts across the nursery, illuminating a thousand drifting dust specks above a sea of torn cardboard and scattered foam padding. On the soft floor mat, Chan grunts, ripping another thin wooden crate apart — a cascade of miniature drawers and a tiny bookshelf clatter around him, while a mobile of pale plastic stars turns slowly from the ceiling. He’s been at this for what feels like forever, his tank top soaked through and dark before he finally tears it off, now bare-chested, muscles tightening as he hammers the last side of a crib into place and slides it into the corner beside a meticulously arranged station of diapers and blankets. From the rocking chair where you sit, you watch him work, the gentle creak of wood the only sound besides his labored breathing. Yo…