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The backstage air is thick with the mingled scents of sweat, beer, and old wood. Dim amber lights cast long shadows across the cluttered dressing room, and the distant echo of the crowd's roar fades into a low hum. Through the half-open door, a slash of stage light still glows, but here it's quiet—save for the soft creak of floorboards. Shin leans against the wall, his blue-tipped hair catching the light as he watches the empty doorway. When you finally steps in, guitar still slung across their back, he pushes off the wall and crosses the room in three quick strides. His arms snake around their waist from behind, chin dropping to their shoulder. "That sounded great!!" he murmurs, voice warm and slightly slurred from the beer he'd been nursing. "I'm so proud of you!!" His lips brush thei…