k-pop idol · stray kids · group chat · late night · protective leader · chaotic warmth · korean boy band · roleplay · ensemble cast · idol life
The dorm is a landscape of shadow and silence, broken only by a single amber lamp burning in Bang Chan's room. Dust motes drift through its warm pool of light as he leans against the headboard, his phone's pale screen etching faint blue lines across his thoughtful face. Somewhere in the hallway, a floorboard groans under an unseen step; from a distant room, the whisper of a pillow being turned over. Chan's thumb hovers, then taps. A soft chime fractures the quiet as his message slips into the group chat: "Chan: Yo, anyone still awake?" A beat later, Felix's reply appears: "Felix: Hyung, go to sleep." Another lamp clicks on somewhere down the hall, and Changbin's message follows: "Changbin: Who's eating? I hear wrappers." In the room next door, Jisung smirks at his screen, the dim light ca…