Stray Kids Angst Works
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Felix raises a brow, “what’s their surname?”
Minho’s brain short-circuits before he realizes that Han is a comparatively common surname. He fidgets with his fingers, before interlocking them and replying, “Han.”
The room is silent, before Jisung suddenly starts listing out names, “Han Suho, Han Huiwon, Han Minyoung, and I think there’s two more.”
“Three including you,” Changbin adds and Minho sputters.
“Mhm, so six people. Lino, who is it?” Jisung asks again.
Chan had returned from his daze and asked, “Tell us one thing about them and we’ll drop the question.”
Jeongin and Seungmin whine, but Chan shuts them with his that’s enough stare.
Minho licks his lower lip. “Well, I suppose they’re the death of me.”
“...”
“What kind of lovesick cliche are those words?” Hyunjin asks and Minho scowls at him. “You got off with someone you met, shut up.”
Within all the stupid rants, somehow only him, Felix, and Jisung are quiet.
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- Part 1 of Stray Kids Angst Works
- Part 3 of M i n s u n g
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The photoshoot continued.
And Minho knew he was fucked when he almost walked in on Jeongin hugging Hyunjin and muttering.
“Something’s wrong with Minho.”
Minho groaned to himself, looking at the ground.
“What do you mean?”
“Hyung, he has bruises. I don’t know. He said it was makeup, but the expressions he made when I pressed down… it isn’t makeup.”
“... we’ll have to tell Chan.”
“Mhm..”
Now, Minho bit his inner cheek and pushed his legs to walk him away.
It was odd. Suddenly his closest members—his family seemed to be against him.
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- Part 2 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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Minho wears full sleeves. Or oversized clothes. Disliking short sleeves but not complaining much. After all, it wasn’t his arms that he wanted to cover.
He had always presented himself that way—while auditioning for Hybe, then for JYP. It was the same clothes, and he wore the style constantly. No one really questioned him by the frequency, but he should’ve understood that that would change.
Living with seven boys that liked to know each other through and through had never made it easy for him to hide his small ticks. Especially with how much they engaged in skinship.
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- Part 3 of Stray Kids Angst Works
- Part 1 of Long Sleeves
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I Got You, It's Going To Be Okay; You're Going To Be Okay. by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
13 Jul 2022
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There were good things and bad things.
That’s how the world usually worked, everything had a backside.
Yin and Yang—per se.
So simple yet it came down to trivial things.
Such as the remarks that were meant to be a compliment but always had a pinch of salt in them. They were the things that impacted most.
Or; Minho usually wasn’t one to look at comments... until he was.
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- Part 4 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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"I wish they'd stop treating me so specially. It hurts a little to see how much they're disregarding themselves."
That had pushed Minho into his decision of acting normal. He didn't particularly talk that much to Hyunjin, critiqued some mistakes here and there, gave him shoulder squeezes of affirmation, but…
He wanted to touch Hyunjin fully.
Wanted to make sure the younger was there. That there was nothing that'd take him away from Minho. From the band.
But alas, that'd make it worse for Hyunjin.
Minho had tried his best to avoid making it awkward for the younger. Shying away from all the messages he wanted to send.—oh. Hwang Hyunjin. You asshole. Obviously, I miss you.
—yah, when are you coming?
—hey. Do you wanna call?
He wrote them out and deleted them, replacing them with apathetic, teasing messages. He wasn't sure of what Hyunjin wanted to hear.
Or; Minho misinterprets, and the issues follow.
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- Part 5 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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“You’re so fucking weak,” he whispered under his breath, eyes threatening to spill with tears. However, he exhaled through his mouth and walked over to the bathroom, closing the door and immediately sinking to the ground.
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- Part 6 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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I Want You To Know But I Don't Want To Tell You by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
11 Sep 2022
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Chan is an athletic person. He has a high workout plan which involves hitting the gym at least four times a week, and hell, it was exhausting. Along with dance and other activities, the whole regime was supposed to make him practically melt into sleep when he reached his bed. It used to. But somewhere along the line, he began taking walks at night.
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[or; Bang Chan is suffering, the others notice, but he doesn't ask for help until they realize they need to step in]
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- Part 7 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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“I think I’m sick, hyung,” Minho whispered—Chan walked ahead, and gently rubbed Minho’s knuckles, going over the boxing scars as he did. “I don’t know what’s going on.”
“Try telling me.”
Minho exhaled sharply, taking a few moments to articulate what he wanted to say mentally. “It’s like… I feel so unenthusiastic about everything? I don’t know what’s happening—my metabolism has died and I don’t feel the taste of food in my mouth anymore. I—I’m trying not to exaggerate but everything feels so slow and agonizing. I can’t sleep and I can’t stay awake. I feel so… disassociated.”
[Or: relapse is a part of recovery, but not something that is necessary]
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- Part 8 of Stray Kids Angst Works
- Part 2 of Long Sleeves
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Minho picked at the scabs on his wounds, taking a soft breath before allowing himself to step foot into uncharted territories. "How did you die, Hyunjin?"
"Pretty sure there's something that says ghosts aren't supposed to tell humans that."
Minho sat straight. "But you aren't a superstition or a ghost. You're just… You."
The music paused and Hyunjin glanced back at Minho giving him a look that the shorter man could just not decipher. It was that of being marooned, almost but found at once. "Funny," he resumed pressing the keys. "What was your blessing, Minho?"
Minho shrugged, and resumed his picking, wincing when he picked hard enough to cause the wound to have a bead of blood collect at its corner. He didn't want to admit to it just yet, about the blessings he had lost.
The piano almost became a background sound, present but he couldn't quite land a lick on it. "A few."
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- Part 9 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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Like Wilting Petals of Perpetual White Tulips (I'll Whisper Forgiveness On The Ground You Walk); by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
11 Sep 2023
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Minho sighed, biting his lower lip. “He never told you?”
“No,” Changbin shook his head. “The only thing that had occurred was him being exuberant.”
“Which has just gone. He’s… he seems just gone,” Chan said slowly, eyes finally meeting Minho’s.
What Minho had had with Hyunjin was complicated, to say the least. Their relationship had blossomed from a drunken accident when Hyunjin confessed that he never had gotten a chance to have a kiss with a guy. Minho, on his third beer, had offered to fill the spot for Hyunjin to try, resulting in probably their most memorable kiss. Sour breathed and experimental, a clock set for doom.
They hadn't put a label on it, and occasionally came up to each other to learn, to know. They shared the same hunger, the same fire to the flame that buzzed underneath their skin at every contact. Minho had and was Hyunjin's first and vice versa.
"We… We were close," Minho mumbled.
[Or: Recovery is like playing a game of Jenga, building up and breaking, building up and breaking, until it's better.]
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- Part 3 of Long Sleeves
- Part 10 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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Chan let out a soft sigh when Felix explained the situation in the van. Changbin simply claimed that it was inevitable while Hyunjin and Jisung were busy sending heart eyes to Minho. The maknaes held a fond look. Minho would not say it, but it was always underlined in his actions, the sweetness to a tart. They loved him, just as much as he loved then.
> 7 times Minho loves the members in his own ways, and the 7 times they love him back.
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- Part 11 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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The Star, The Sun, and The Moon (All Lie In The Same Line) by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
26 Nov 2025
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“Then what about you two?” Jisung asked. “I mean, I know the part where you became friends online… I’ve been present in calls, yeah.”
“Well,” Felix opened his mouth, thumbing the faux rips in Minho’s jean’s. “We met on a random server.”
“Yeah,” Hyunjin supplied.
“Eventually the activity of the server died down and this man had to create a separate group for us and we thus became close.” Minho patted Hyunjin's arm with his elbow.
There it was, the crick in Chan’s eyebrow. As if he suspected something was out of place.
Or, where Hyunjin, Minho, and Felix meet on an online support chat on Twitter.
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- Part 11 of poly danceracha
- Part 12 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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You Say That You're Fine (But You Laugh When You Lie) by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
30 May 2024
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The scent of rusted metal, the drag of the strings, the ache on his thumb where the skin had been chipped off by a single mistake when he'd misangled the plectrum. He opened his eyes to see the scene in front of him again—the same venue—the same equipment—the same guitar. Jisung could barely make out much of the current happenings. His fingers were attuned with the guitar that they simply played with a mind of their own. This was his last show.
Music flowed through him like blood in his arteries and creativity flowed through his veins back to his heart - on the outside, he had the perfect life - the dream internship and university selection. But did he deserve any of it?
(Yeah. Yeah, he did. The neighbors of his new apartment, seven musicians who'd just lost their guitarist were compelled to prove that to him.)
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- Part 13 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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"The Blood On My Teeth Begins To Taste Like A Poem, Like Religion, Like The Way You Look At Me." by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
14 Jul 2024
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Although, it seemed that the universe had different plans. Just near the empty seat next to him, came the figure of another boy, who pulled the chair back so he could sit down. “Hyunjin-ah,” the volunteer called, walking over with a gentle smile. “This is Lee Minho. He's almost two years older than you—well, it seems like he'll be joining us from now on. Would you mind showing him what we do?”
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Hyunjin wondered if things always had a reason for coming into existence, he was an artist after all, most of the strokes of paint and ink were done by purpose, even mistakes could be given a purpose—Minho supposed things just fell into a line whether or not they were thought after—after all, what were stories if not the thoughts of a person that just so happened to align?
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- Part 14 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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“It doesn’t seem exceptionally normal for one to dine with the thing it kills,” Jisung said suddenly. “Y’know, it’s abnormal for two predators.”
Minho shrugged. “Well, it’s not like I can kill here. Neither can you.”
“Fair enough,” Felix hummed, placing the empty glass vessel on the counter. Minho glanced at his lips—stained red. Somehow the color didn’t bother him this time—maybe it was the prior knowledge that it wasn’t blood.
“How do you know my name?” Minho asked, resting his face on his palm, his elbow stretching onto the counter.
“You run famous both ways, love,” Felix replied as Jisung sipped his drink. “Hold exceptional looks too.”
Wherein Vampire Hunter!!Minho comes in contact with vampires!!skz and happens to slowly start loosening his morals.
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- Part 15 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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Sicut Nix Me Digitum (Like Snow On My Fingertip) by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
12 Dec 2024
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The bus suddenly lurched to stop and Seungmin frowned as he glanced outside the window. No one really got up here—at least no one had over the past months.
He eyed the door as it hissed open and the person awaiting at the stand got in. If the world was a pile of rusted coins, the man that entered would be the only polished kind. He didn't shine, no, neither did he smile as he scanned his card and made his way into the bus—but he simply had this… aura to him that promised that he wasn't contaminated like the rest of them.
Clad in full gym pants and a white windbreaker zipped to his neck, he trotted over and then paused right at the entrance of Seungmin's seat, eying Seungmin's bag wordlessly.
[The bus was empty, save for the two rows occupied on the left.]
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5 times Seungmin falls for Minho and the 1 time he realizes he has always had Minho.
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- Part 16 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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"It feels like I haven't seen you in so long, Min… "
"Because hyung never comes to the dorm at a normal time," Minho countered. Chan was right, he had been withdrawing from the band more and more recently and barely talked to them unless it was something superficial.
"Fine, fine, let's restart," Chan smiled, his dimples giving away that the smile was more fond than teasing. "How was your day?"
Sitting in one corner wondering why I was given the body I have and why I can't seem to get anything done with how much my stomach hurts with cramps. Apparently even with testosterone, menstruation cycles occur arbitrarily. Do you have any clue how it feels, Channie hyung?
Minho rolled his eyes and gave Chan a small smile. "Boring," he said. "Vocal practice and the new choreographer gave me some introductory dance steps, that's all. What about you?"
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- Part 17 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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“Chan-ssi, why are you even bothered about the money? I’m the one paying,” Leeknow said simply, his thumb dragging down on the screen.
Chan’s body moved before he could think. He pressed both his hands on either armrest of the couch Leeknow sat on, and then used one hand to force the other man to look up at him. “Is wastage of money a joke to you?”
“You’ve indirectly called yourself useless,” Leeknow said simply, and for the first time Chan wished he could see Leeknow’s mouth shape to say those words.
“Probably am,” Chan shrugged. “I never knew why I’ve stuck around for so long either. So why spend on someone useless?”
Leeknow’s eyes twitched again, except this time it wasn’t in amusement. “I’ve heard tales of CB97 being quite brutal with sexual offenders, abusers, rapists, and other dirty people. Never thought he would think so lowly of himself.”
Chan's grip faltered on Leeknow’s jaw.
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Leeknow’s eyebrows raised behind his fringes. “Just so you know, Chan-ssi. I don’t keep useless things around me. And definitely don’t bother to refine or spend on them.”
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- Part 18 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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Two Voids Don't Make Light (But You Can Always Fill Them With Stars) by glaucous_seas
Fandoms: Stray Kids (Band)
08 Apr 2025
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"Do you still think we shouldn't have come here?" Minho asked quietly, sitting beside Seungmin with his hand over the younger's. Around them everyone seemed to be asleep, but Minho had his doubts for Chan, who seemed suspiciously still with his head on Minho's lap.
At his words, Seungmin gazed into Minho's eyes with the same fervor he had when he suggested that they leave for The Void. He turned his hand and intertwined his fingers with Minho's. "No," he said softly as his lips curled upwards into one of his fond little smiles. "I'd do it a million times."
[Minho and Seungmin run away from their once home towards uncharted territory with their hands empty, only to end up getting more than they'd bargained.]
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- Part 19 of Stray Kids Angst Works
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“Something like what?”
“Something like…” Jisung pushed his sleeves up. His skin prickled instantly, though not from cold. “Like tying someone. Lightly. Just the wrists. In front. Nothing serious.”
Minho blinked, skeptical surprise flickering across his features. But he didn’t speak until Jisung looked up and met his gaze. When Jisung’s dark eyes didn’t waver, Minho exhaled slowly.
“You want to practice bondage… on me?”
Jisung nodded, face still unreadable but flushed at the edges.
“I’ve been reading things. Watching,” he added quickly, “instructional stuff. Safe stuff. And I think I need to try it with someone. And I trust you.”
That last part seemed to land the hardest. Minho leaned back, rubbing the back of his neck. “Well shit,” he murmured, a ghost of amusement threading into the moment. “I’ve never been someone’s guinea pig before.”
“You don’t have to—”
“No, Jisung-ah,” Minho cut in gently, suddenly with all clarity. “It’s okay. I’m not uncomfortable. Just… surprised. You don’t usually ask for things like this.”
Jisung’s breath left him with a laugh that trembled like spun glass. “That’s ‘cause I don’t usually want things like this.”
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- Part 6 of M i n s u n g
- Part 20 of Stray Kids Angst Works