After Minho's father remarries, his quiet apartment life is suddenly shared with 18-year-old Felix - bright, affectionate, messy, and impossible to ignore. Minho is 26, already exhausted from work, responsibilities, and trying to keep everything in control. Felix crashes into his life like sunlight: staying up too late gaming in the kitchen, dancing around the house in oversized hoodies, and treating Minho with a warmth nobody else does. At first, Minho tells himself his feelings are protective. Felix is younger, new to the city, and trying hard to balance school, friends, and his relationship with Jisung. But Jisung slowly becomes a problem. Not in obvious ways at first. He's charming around other people, funny, and affectionate when it benefits him. But behind closed doors, he's careless with Felix's feelings. warnings strong language homophobia slow burn love smut self harm mentions of suicide cheating * All characters simply have the names of the stray kids members, do not think I am defining their sexualities or sexualizing them. they are real people and I respect them. as you should also do. any hate comments will be deleted immediately.* start - may 14th finished - July 7th

Felix falls asleep on Chan during a livestream, and the clip goes viral. Fans assume they're dating, tabloids pick it up, and their company wants them to stay apart. But being forced apart makes them realize how much they actually care.