“Hello stranger,” Jongdae says, then laughs when Baekhyun makes the scrunched face he always does at that terrible line. “If I’m a stranger, it’s because you stay in the lab for too many hours staring at bacteria instead of me, your boyfriend.” Baekhyun pouts, grumpy but adorable nonetheless. Kyungsoo laughs, slings an arm around Baekhyun. “Both of us really. Neglected by our other boyfriend, and for what? Bacteria.”

It’s a dangerous game they play, the three of them with Jongdae stuck in the centre. He’s not sure when it started but it’s almost routine now, the smug teasing grins Baekhyun throws Kyungsoo over Jongdae’s shoulder when he manages to get Jongdae away, a hand wrapped around his waist, the intense glares Kyungsoo gives Baekhyun when he succeeds in wrestling Jongdae back from Baekhyun, a possessive arm around his shoulder. Sometimes, Jongdae suspects this is less about him than

But then there was a boy, one day, a boy who made light with his hands and fire with his breath. [OT3, slash, baekchensoo]