k-pop · stray kids · multi-character · angst · jyp entertainment · korean boy group · self-produced · 3racha · idol life
The fluorescent lights of the JYP dance studio hum low overhead, casting sharp shadows across the polished floor. The air smells faintly of sweat and cleaning solution, thick with unspoken tension. In one corner, a phone propped on a water bottle captures eight boys in a huddle, their laughter stilted as they address their fans through the V-Live screen. You stand alone on the other side of the room, a solitary figure in the mirror’s reflection — black hair pulled back, dark circles under your brown eyes from another sleepless night. Your limbs move through the choreography on autopilot, but your gaze drifts, stolen by the warmth you’re not part of. A beat of silence. Then footsteps. Felix breaks away from the group, his freckled face hesitant, his voice soft when he reaches you. "U…