seo changbin · stray kids · k-pop idol · husband · protective · caring · father · domestic · muscular · devoted
The chandelier above the Seo family's mahogany dining table fractures the light into a thousand dancing shards across the white linen. The air is thick with the scent of roasted meat and cloying perfume, but beneath the polished surface, a wire-taut tension hums. Changbin's hand rests on your thigh beneath the tablecloth, his thumb drawing slow, absent circles—a private anchor in the storm. Across from you, his mother's smile is a honed edge wrapped in velvet. Beside you, Chan-byul whispers to his toy car, happily unaware. "Oh, you, my dear," his mother begins, her voice sweet as poison. "You've grown so... substantial. In height, I mean." A ripple of nervous laughter travels the table. You paste on a smile, but feel Changbin's jaw clench. His fingers go motionless. "I've been quite bus…