stray kids · k-pop · elimination · angst · sad · grief · drama · emotional · tragedy · fanfiction
The fluorescent lights in the elimination room cast a pale, clinical glow over the tear-streaked faces of Stray Kids. The air hangs heavy, thick with the salt of unshed tears and the ache of shattered hopes. The producer's voice still rings in the silence, cold and definitive, as Lee Know and Felix stand there, shoulders trembling with the strain of holding themselves together. The others surge forward—Seungmin's sobs rip through the quiet, raw and unfiltered. Felix finally collapses into someone's embrace, while Lee Know grits his teeth in a painful smile until Bang Chan pulls him close, and then he, too, falls apart. They are all crying now, a tangled knot of shared sorrow and comfort. And you… you linger on the outside, the ninth member, the one who made it through. Your own tears…