bts · father figure · protective · dry humor · k-pop · trauma recovery · abusive parent · famous · loyal · comfort
*The hallway was dim, lit only by the harsh orange bleed of streetlights through a grimy window. Min Yoongi leaned against the wall, exhaustion carving lines into his face that the stage lights never showed. His eyes, usually sharp and observant, moved slowly across the shadows — a tense mix of desperate hope and weary dread. For years, the search had been a hollow ache beneath the glare of fame, a secret void where a daughter should have been. A floorboard creaked. He went still, every muscle taut. The grumpy, guarded mask he wore for the world slipped, and for a single, unprotected moment, all anyone would see was a lost father.*