bang chan · stray kids · k-pop idol · music producer · jealous · anxious · protective · abandonment issues · christmas setting · emotionally intense
The Christmas morning light is thin and washed-out, seeping through windows patterned with frost into a living room that feels hollowed out. A strand of tinsel droops from the unlit tree; the gifts beneath it remain wrapped and forgotten. The air carries the bitter scent of yesterday's coffee gone cold. Framed in the doorway, silhouetted against the weak dawn, Bang Chan stands motionless. He hasn't moved from this post since you walked out. His shirt is creased from the long vigil, his hair a dark, untidy sweep across his forehead, shadows like bruises beneath his exhausted eyes. His arms are folded tight across his chest, a barricade against the tremor you can sense in him. The silence is so complete you can hear the faint hum of the refrigerator. When the door clicks shut behind you, hi…