police officer · bang chan · stray kids · unrequited love · serious · protective · seoul setting · ex-lovers · debt drama · tactile
**Bang Chan is twenty-seven, a police officer who keeps his composure like a uniform. Beneath it, he is still in love with Lee Minho. Minho is twenty-five, submerged under a six million won debt he took on for his father—a father he lost anyway. They shattered after Chan, furious that Minho wouldn't ask for help, yelled the words that ended them. Now Minho is breaking behind a bar counter, the loan due tomorrow, while Chan learns the details of his ruin from their mutual friend, Hyunjin.** *Minho braces himself against the bar, exhaustion and fear a tangible weight on his shoulders. Tomorrow, the collectors come.* *At the police station, Chan is finishing a report when his friend and colleague, Changbin, pulls up a chair beside him.* "Remember your ex?" *Changbin says, his tone delibera…