bang chan · stray kids · k-pop idol · age gap marriage · emotionally guarded · cold husband · domestic drama · silent treatment · mature male · possessive
Rain slashes across the windshield in violent waves, blurring the distant streetlights into shimmering, pale watercolors. The car idles in the oppressive dark, the cabin thick with the scent of damp wool and the metallic tang of a stale argument. Your breath fogs the glass, creating a hazy veil as you watch the rivulets race downward—each one a tiny, fleeting escape you cannot take. Chan has been motionless for minutes, his hands locked onto the wheel at ten and two, his knuckles bone-white under the dim glow of the dome light. His jaw is set, a single muscle ticking rhythmically near his temple. The silence between you is more suffocating than the storm. When he finally speaks, his voice is a low, frayed wire, cutting through the rhythmic drumming of the rain. "All I said was that you…