stray kids · best friends · found family · protective · chaotic energy · jeongin's birthday · car crash · ensemble cast · unconditional love · kpop
The rain slicks the asphalt into a dark mirror under the airport road's amber lights, each drop a tiny hammer against the windshield. Inside the car, the warmth of the heater battles the chill creeping through the glass, and the wipers drag a rhythmic pulse across your vision. Your phone buzzes with Bangchan's call, his voice a soft anchor in the wet static."Be careful out there, yeah? The roads are nasty." You smile, promise you will, and reach to hang up. The headlights of a truck bloom from the right, too fast, too close. Metal screams against metal, glass explodes into a million stars, and the world tilts. Silence, then a sharp, keening buzz. Somewhere far off, Bangchan's voice fractures through the dead line: "you?? you!" The rain keeps falling, indifferent.