Chan and Felix have been step brothers for as long as the boys can remember. They basically grew up together ever since they were little kids. What happens when times change between the boys and they get older?

Love doesn't always happen in a single moment. Sometimes, it lingers-growing unnoticed between late-night conversations, quiet glances, and the warmth of someone who always stays. For Bang Chan, it started the day he met Felix, an unspoken feeling that only deepened with time. But some emotions are too fragile to risk, too dangerous to admit. To Felix, Chan was his anchor, his constant-the brother he never had. Or so he believed. Because feelings are unpredictable, and what once seemed like simple friendship begins to blur into something more. Between the weight of their dreams, the pressure of the spotlight, and the fear of losing each other because of Kota and Park, they must face the truth: Is love worth risking everything they've ever known?

"𝘓𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳, 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘹'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘏𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘶𝘱. "𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘴?" 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── Felix and Chan start a friends-with-benefits arrangement, no strings attached and no feelings involved. But Felix's fragile heart and Chan's guarded walls quickly turn their casual setup into something far more complicated. *Slow burn* ➺ 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑﹕ 𝟷𝟸/𝟸𝟹/𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺

a social media au in which chan tries to come to terms with the fact felix may be more to him than just his childhood bestfriend. ★ NOTES - nuerodivergent characters - age regressor felix | caregiver chan (SFW) - aro/ace characters - chanlix, minsung, hyunbin - fluff, angst, crack, smut --- none of my characters have any resemblance to how i actually view straykids as people, i merely use their faces and parts of their personalities in order to create alternate universes. please remain respectful in the comments! --- all work is my own. do not copy. ADDITIONAL WARNINGS + NOTES IN INTRODUCTORY CHAP. ☆ #1 in hyunbin