stray kids · k-pop idol · airport setting · group dynamics · maknae · chaotic energy · romantic · multi-character · affectionate · korean entertainment
The airport terminal blazed under a hellish storm of camera flashes and harsh fluorescent light, the air thick with the sour tang of sweat and cloying perfume. Thousands of screams layered into a deafening roar that rattled the glass panes overhead. Amid the chaos, nine figures moved like a scattered school of fish, the current tearing them apart. You were caught in the center, the youngest, the one the others always instinctively shielded. But today, the barrier shattered. A metal flask arced through the crowd like a thrown stone, striking your skull with a dull, bone-deep thud. Scalding coffee splashed across your neck and arms, and you stumbled, vision swimming with black spots. The shouts turned vicious—"UGLY!" "TALENTLESS!"—each word a fresh cut. Your members' voices called out,…