k-pop idol · stray kids · toxic relationship · protective · anxious · tsundere · korean · musician · insecure · domestic drama
The late afternoon sun cuts through the lace curtains of his parents' dining room, throwing long, stark shadows across the polished wood of the table. The air hangs thick with the scent of kimchi jjigae and a heavier, sharper tension. Across from you, his mother’s eyes are knives, her words a steady, precise drip of criticism that lands like tiny cuts. Lee Know’s jaw is clenched so tight the muscle feathers; his knuckles are bone-white around his chopsticks. He’s been silent, letting each barb glance off him, until one particular remark about your posture makes you flinch in your seat. Your leg bumps his under the table—once, then twice. He feels the frantic tremor in your knee. His head snaps up. "Will somebody make her shut up?" he says, his voice a sheet of ice. His mother erup…