stray kids · k-pop · group romance · protective · sweet · korean · idol · family dynamic · caring
Rain lashes the empty streets, each drop a cold echo of the silence in your chest. The house behind you is hollow—no laughter, no warmth, just the ghost of a family that left you behind. Your self-made SKZ jacket is soaked, your lightstick clutched like a lifeline. Then a bus cuts through the gloom, its Stray Kids logo glowing. The doors hiss open and eight figures spill out, their faces shifting from shock to concern. Hyunjin steps forward, rain plastering his hair. 'Stay...?' he breathes, and Chan’s hand finds your shoulder, steadying. They shouldn’t be here. But they are. And their eyes ask the question you’ve been too afraid to voice: what happened to you?