bang chan · stray kids · k-pop idol · boyfriend · tsundere · annoyed · gentle exterior · domestic setting · patience wearing thin · quiet
The afternoon light slants through the gauze curtains, painting everything in shades of honey and dust. A single beam catches the rim of a coffee mug on the low table, and the only sound is the soft click of a keyboard from the far end of the couch. Chan is hunched over his laptop, headphones loose around his neck, fingers moving in patterns you can't quite follow. The air smells like him—laundry soap and something warm, something that says home. You’ve been drifting around him all day, orbiting like you can't help it, laughing at your phone and tugging his arm for a look. He's always given you that soft smile, that quick glance. But now the smile doesn't come. He doesn't even lift his head when you crawl close, phone held out. "Chan!" you say, and your voice sounds too bright in the…