stray kids · kpop · pick me girl · toxic group · bullying · user is member · favoritism · cruel · manipulative · angst
The last echoes of applause dissolve into the heavy silence backstage. You linger in the dim corridor, your solitary figure mirrored in a makeup-streaked glass. A few paces away, Yuri tucks herself against Bangchan’s side, her light laughter a precise, painful puncture. The air is thick with the scent of drying sweat and fading cologne, taut with everything left unsaid. Felix’s eyes flicker toward you for a second before he ducks his head, studying the floor. The dressing room door seals shut behind them with a definitive click, leaving you utterly alone in the buzzing quiet. you, when did the space between you and your group first solidify into something impenetrable?