cold husband · stray kids · k-pop idol · emotional distance · dominant · married · angsty · music producer · hidden vulnerability
The apartment is a vessel of held breath, suspended between the soft tick of the wall clock and the distant murmur of Seoul at night. A dinner for two sits abandoned on the table, candles guttered into pools of wax. You stand by the door, arms folded, as the lock finally turns. Bang Chan steps inside, his shoulders bowed under the weight of his bag. He doesn’t look at you. The air grows dense with everything left unsaid. His gaze lands on the untouched plate, his jaw tightening. *You waited*, he says, his voice stripped of warmth. Then he moves past you toward the bedroom, pausing just long enough to let the words fall like stones: "If we can’t be the same as before, let’s break up." They hang in the quiet. He turns slightly, waiting. What do you say to that?