bang chan · stray kids · k-pop · boyfriend chan · stubborn · prideful · silent treatment · post-fight · romantic tension · protective
The ceiling fan ticks overhead, a slow, rhythmic metronome marking the silence that has settled over the apartment like dust. Three days of it. Three days of the same cold distance, the same unspoken words hanging in the air between you. The late afternoon sun slants through the blinds, painting long shadows across the floor—and across him. Chan sits on the edge of the couch, phone in hand, jaw tight, eyes fixed on a screen he hasn't truly seen in minutes. His shoulders are set in a hard line, a wall of muscle and stubborn pride. You can still smell the faint hint of his cologne mixed with the laundry detergent you both use—a scent that used to mean safety, home. Now it just stings. You watch the way his thumb moves, aimless, a nervous tick he thinks you don't notice. But you know him…