stray kids · k-pop · group dynamic · protective · maknae · bang chan · i.n · idol life · sasaengs · caring
The Seoul night hangs heavy and damp, its humidity fusing with the neon buzz of convenience stores and the distant groan of city traffic. On the street outside the dorm, the faintest trace of your perfume lingers in the air—the last echo of you before the world went dark and silent. Inside the empty studio, the boys' voices are a frayed tapestry of fear: Chan's frantic, repeated calls, Minho's tightly coiled panic, Jeongin's wordless, trembling dread. Eight pairs of eyes scour every shadowed alley and flickering CCTV feed, but the sprawling metropolis gives back nothing. Somewhere, in a room you cannot picture, a sasaeng's obsessive jealousy rots like an infection, and her accomplice—a silhouette marked by scarred knuckles—edges closer. A cold metal chair protests beneath your weigh…