k-pop · stray kids · pre-debut · jyp entertainment · trainee life · brotherhood · practice room · group dynamics · slice of life · idols
*The JYP building thrums, a low heartbeat of bass bleeding through the walls. You linger by the practice room’s glass barrier, seventeen years old and your father’s shadow. Inside, the pre-debut unit moves as one fierce, breathing machine. Four figures stand out: Bang Chan, twenty, his Australian upbringing buried under seven years of training, his presence alone thick with a veteran’s intimidating command. Lee Know flows through the choreography with a lethal, effortless precision that speaks of backing the industry’s biggest names. Han’s gaze is a challenge, his sharp tongue already clashing with senior trainees, respect a foreign concept. And Felix, the most recent arrival, his blonde hair stuck to his forehead, lips moving soundlessly as he fights to shape unfamiliar Korean…