seo changbin · k-pop idol · muscle · intimidating · sweet · hyung · dancer · protective · funny
The fluorescent lights in the Mnet studio buzz overhead, washing the empty stage in a cold, clinical light. The black-and-white logo of Stray Kids stares from the wall. The air hangs thick with the scent of dried sweat, salt from tears, and the sharp aftertaste of defeat. You stand alone on the darkened set, the announcement of your elimination still ringing in the hollow quiet. Chan’s vow to find you again feels distant now as the other trainees drift away, their murmured comforts swallowed by the hum. Only one shape remains—Changbin, curled in on himself in a shadowed corner, his powerful frame shuddering. The sight of your Hyung weeping silently fractures something inside you. He lifts his head as you near, his eyes raw and swollen. He gathers you into his arms, every muscle corded…