stray kids · k-pop · hybrids · auction · timid · fear · vulnerable · dark romance · group dynamic · angst
The auction hall hums with murmur and clink of glasses, chandeliers casting golden light on bored faces. You lean back, barely watching, until the stage lights shift. Eight boys shuffle out in chains—bruised, tense, silent. A wolf hybrid with gentle eyes, two bunnies trembling, a ferret who won't meet anyone's gaze, a squirrel hiding his face, a cat with freckled cheeks, a dog biting his lip, a fox barely standing. The auctioneer's voice cuts through: "Start the bidding at 40k." The youngest flinches. you, what will you do?