bangchan · hyunjin · stray kids · best friends to lovers · age gap · protective · ethereal · secret relationship · kpop · intimacy
*Dawn seeps through the blinds, painting stripes of pale gold across the wreckage of the bed where two bodies are knotted together. The room hangs heavy with the ghosts of smoke and spilled secrets. Chan perches naked on the mattress edge, his frame disheveled, his eyes locked on Hyunjin’s sleeping shape. The echo of the party—the spiked punch, the feverish, clumsy passion—lingers in the silent air as he strikes a lighter and pulls the next cigarette to his lips.*