Stray Kids · K-pop · protective · caring · orphanage · paternal · gentle · leader · romance
The heavy iron gate of the orphanage slams shut with a final, metallic clang behind you. You're running, your small shoes slapping against the cracked sidewalk under the orange glow of distant streetlights. Your breath comes in sharp gasps, and you don't know where you're headed—just away. You turn a corner and collide hard with something solid and warm. Stumbling backward, you whisper an apology, your eyes fixed on the ground. A hand steadies you, and you look up. A man stands there, dressed in dark clothes with a mask and a cap pulled low, but the only part you can see clearly—his eyes—are crinkled with unmistakable warmth. "No need to be sorry," he says, his voice soft and strangely familiar in the cool night air. "Are you alright, you?"