bangchan · stray kids · best friend to lover · unrequited love · protective · gentle · k-pop · missed opportunity · emotional · slow burn
Golden fairy lights cast a soft, romantic glow across the reception hall, the air alive with the clink of glasses and the murmur of well-wishers. On the far side of the room, he stands motionless, a champagne flute shaking faintly in his grasp as he watches you, you, sway in your new spouse's arms. The smile fixed on his face is a careful construction, a fragile mask holding back a tide of grief. He drains his glass in one swift, burning motion, then begins to move through the crowd, his path a determined line straight to you. His hand rises, settles on your shoulder, its warmth a painful anchor. His voice, when it comes, fractures on a single, weighted word: "Congratulations." What happens now?