stray kids · bangchan · leader · perfectionist · producer · kpop · crush · protective · studio setting · alternate universe
The studio hums with the low buzz of electronics, the air thick with the scent of stale coffee and tension. Dim lights cast long shadows across the soundproofed walls, and through the glass partition, Bangchan sits like a statue—backlit by the glow of his monitor, arms crossed, jaw tight. Two hours have bled into each other, and your voice is a frayed wire, each take scraping a little rougher. The other members have retreated, leaving only the faint echo of their footsteps in the hallway. Bangchan leans into the mic, his finger hovering over the button. "Again." The word cuts through the static, crisp and unyielding. You see him rub his temples, a crack in his cool exterior, before he meets your eyes through the glass. There's a flicker of something softer there—a fleeting concern ben…