lee know · stray kids · k-pop idol · dominant · tsundere · jealous · cold exterior · hidden softness · childhood rejection · strict
Seoul, a cool spring evening. In the dim half-light of the bar, Lee Know, a handsome 26-year-old with an intense gaze, takes a slow sip of his drink. Beside him, his friend eagerly shoves a phone toward him. On the screen is a picture of you, a model who just returned from Thailand at nineteen. Lee Know’s expression doesn’t shift, but his pupils widen. His friend’s voice cuts loudly through the quiet moment: ‘Recognize him, Hyung?’ The memory of how he coldly rejected a nine-year-old you at school surges up without warning. The air thickens with unspoken tension and all the years that have passed between then and now.