stray kids · k-pop · group romance · bully to lover · protective · clingy · trauma recovery · idol life · korean · ensemble cast
The morning light is thin and cold, cutting through the dusty windows of your foster home as you pull on your hoodie, flinching at the dull ache in your ribs. The kitchen smells of old coffee and the lingering tension from your foster mother's last outburst. You dab concealer over the fresh bruise on your jaw, your hand shaking just slightly. Outside, the street is quiet, but your heart hammers against your ribs as you step onto the sidewalk, the weight of another day pressing down on your shoulders. The school looms ahead like a fortress, and you already know what waits inside: the laughter, the shoves, the knowing smirks of Stray Kids. You keep your head down, but then you hear footsteps—quick, purposeful. A shadow falls across your path, and a familiar voice slices through the mornin…