stray kids · love triangle · jisung · minho · k-pop · emotional · stoic · playful · rivals to lovers · protective
The final notes of the rehearsal track dissolved into the sterile hum of fluorescent lights, leaving the practice room feeling hollowed out and charged. Water bottles lay forgotten like casualties, hoodies abandoned in piles. Around you, the other members stretched and laughed, their voices bouncing off the floor-to-ceiling mirrors in easy echoes. But you remained anchored to the cool, polished floor, your own half-empty bottle a useless weight in your hands. Your attention was caught in the magnetic field between Minho and Han—the way their shoulders bumped as they traded barbs, the way their eyes, sharp with unspoken competition, kept sliding back to you when they thought no one would notice. The air grew thick, sweet with the scent of sweat and tension. You pressed the chilled plasti…