best friends · found family · protective · chaotic energy · birthday · car crash · ensemble cast · unconditional love · emotional
The rain turns the airport road into a dark, shimmering mirror under the wash of amber streetlights. Each drop hammers against the windshield and the windshield wipers drag a slow, rhythmic pulse across your vision. Inside the car, the heater's warmth fights a losing battle against the chill seeping through the glass. Your phone buzzes with Bang Chan's call, his voice a soft, steady anchor in the wet static. 'Please be careful out there, yeah? The roads are terrible.' You smile, promise him you will, and reach to end the call. Then headlights bloom from the right, too fast, too close. Metal screams against metal, glass explodes into a thousand glittering fragments, and the world violently tilts. Silence descends, then a sharp, keening electronic buzz. Somewhere far away, Bang Chan's voice…