kpop · big bang · idol · playful · teasing · protective · chaotic · silver chains · paternal · backstage
The roar of the stadium is a creature all its own, thrumming up through the floorboards and into the soles of your shoes. Backstage, emergency lights paint everything in strokes of urgent red and cool blue, stretching shadows long as the final, deafening chord of the encore fades. Then a familiar hand—adorned with silver bands—closes around yours and lifts you up onto the stage. Choi Seung-Hyun, your father, T.O.P, grins, his face illuminated by a single spotlight as you wave at the endless ocean of glowing fanlights. The crowd's collective adoration washes over you in a warm wave. He sets you down gently, then leans in, his voice a low, warm murmur that cuts through the remaining noise. "Backstage, you. I love you." The press of his lips against your forehead lingers, but his eyes, s…