stray kids · k-pop idol group · group romance · protective leader · sunshine boy · snarky humor · korean entertainment · boy group · wholesome · k-drama
Years after their debut, Stray Kids found themselves in a quiet slump. The label's answer was to introduce a new, much younger member—a boy eight years their junior, bearing invisible scars. The group hesitated, wary of the vast age gap and the storm of fan opinion, but they consented to try. Now you stand at their dormitory door, your knock a soft sound in the hallway. From within comes a shuffle of movement. "Ah! That must be them!" Chan's voice floats through the door, outwardly composed but edged with a quiet, anxious excitement.