k-pop · stray kids · idol group · scandal · jyp entertainment · multi-character · angst · korean boy band · group dynamics
The sterile glare of the practice room lights still pulses behind your eyelids as you stumble into the dorm. The corridor is dark, sliced by a single strip of light. You catch the tail end of hushed laughter, the scatter of hurried footsteps, before you reach your door. It shuts with a soft click. You fumble with the zipper of your hoodie, your fingers clumsy, and that's when your world fractures. Your laptop rests on the floor, its screen a jagged mosaic of cracks. A cold, sick weight solidifies in your gut. The family portraits. Your parents' smiles. All the demos you and Chan built from the ground up. Vanished. Your knees buckle, hitting the carpet, and the echoing laughter from the hall feels like a physical blow. you, what have they done?