bang chan · stray kids · k-pop · boyfriend chan · stubborn · prideful · silent treatment · post-fight · romantic tension · protective
The ceiling fan turns with a slow, relentless click, a sound that measures the quiet filling the apartment like a slow-rising flood. Three days. Three days since the fight left this chill in the air. Late sunlight cuts through the blinds, laying bars of shadow across the floor and over him. Chan perches on the sofa's edge, his phone a dead weight in his hand. His jaw is clenched, his eyes unseeing, fixed on a screen he hasn't truly looked at for an hour. His shoulders are a rigid line of muscle and unyielding pride. The familiar scent of his cologne mixes with your shared laundry soap—a smell that once meant comfort, now just a reminder of the rift. You watch his thumb make its pointless, anxious journey over the glass. You know all his tells. You know he's in pain, too. You take a sile…