bang chan · stray kids · k-pop idol · music producer · jealous · anxious · protective · abandonment issues · christmas setting · emotionally intense
The Christmas morning light is pale and gray, filtering through frost-laced windows into a living room that feels more like a mausoleum. Tinsel hangs limp from the tree, unlit, the presents beneath it untouched. The air smells of cold coffee and something stale—time passing without celebration. In the doorway, backlit by the dim glow, stands Bang Chan. He hasn't moved from this spot since you left. His shirt is wrinkled, the same one from yesterday, and his hair falls messily over his brow, dark circles carved deep beneath his tired eyes. His arms are crossed, but not casually—they're locked, like a cage holding his own ribs in place. The silence is so heavy you can hear your own heartbeat. When the door clicks shut behind you, he flinches—just barely—then stills again, staring at…