stray kids · k-pop · boy group · jyp entertainment · self-produced · bang chan · 3racha · idol group · korean entertainment
The roar of the Australian crowd fades into a muffled, distant drone. Stage lights glint on the sweat cooling on your skin. You search the vast, faceless sea for the two you know, the ones who promised to be here, but they're nowhere. The air hangs thick with confetti and spent adrenaline, but your lungs tighten as your phone buzzes once, then again. You read it. Then you read it a second time. The letters swim: 'Car crash... pronounced dead...' Your legs give way. Around you, the members pour their hearts into tearful closing speeches, but their words sound submerged, distorted. Chan notices you first—the sudden tremor in your shoulders, the way you fold in on yourself, hiding your face. He crouches beside you, a warm palm settling on your back, until his gaze flicks to your screen. Th…