ald1 as girl or boy dads :3
Ald1 as girl/boy dads🪻
🪻part 1 (this)🪻part 2 (coming soon)🪻
Hi, dear! 🪻 SOOO THIS IS SO CUTE! As someone who literally adores children (in the non-creepy 'oh my god they're so cute I want to squeeze their cheeks, protect them and adopt them' way) I love this request!
tags: ald1 headcannons, fluff, gn! co-parent
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Kim Junseo♡girl dad
I mean, HAVE WE SEEN THIS MAN! He gives 100% girl dad, the type that would let his baby style his hair with pink and purple bows and draw on his face with makeup.
He would be such a gentle dad, melting with his half-moon eye-smile at every single thing she does. To him, she can do no wrong, and everything she does is cute and applause worthy. Even when she grows up to be a teen and an adult, she'll always be his baby daughter in his eyes.
He gets a little over-protective over her. Every single boyfriend (or girlfriend) she gets "rub him the wrong way" for some reason (a.k.a. he doesn't want his girl getting played or hurt by anyone), but he'll eventually warm up to her partners (the good ones, at least). Does not tolerate anyone making fun of her, not even if it's supposed to be a joke, and would side-eye the hell out of them. However, as she gets older, he realizes his girl is strong and he'd start rather not interfering unless she asked him to, so he doesn't hinder her independence.
In daily life, when his daughter is a kid, he would enforce rules well, like bedtime, screentime, minimum amount of food she should eat each meal... He would be very proactive and would take a big part in her routine, letting his partner take the role of the fun parent.
However, as she grows, he becomes less and less interfering - he knows she can manage. If she needs his help, he's always there to gladly do so, but if she's chill, he'd let her be.
Zhang Jiahao♡both
I see him having his mini-me talkative version and being the proudest dad ever. He doesn't speak much, but he loves to listen: they'd have a dad who pays attention to their every word with great interest and reacts well, with "Really?"s "Tell me more"s along with his many facial expressions.
When he does talk, he'd always use his soft-spoken tone to talk to his children and say valuable words to them. He'd mostly reassure them how much he loves them through actions, though. He might be the kind of guy who listens for one hour and simply comments 'well, it is what it is', but his constant attention and presence are much more meaningful than 'I love you's could ever be.
He does the daily routine quietly, yet with a smile on his face. You'll catch him fondly staring at the kids playing or doing something random by themselves: he is so in love with them. They were his best creation, the cutest living beings in the world, and he'd go through hell for them if required.
I see him as a very helpful person: he'd always be willing to drive his kids back and forth to friend's houses, school, and parties when they get older, even waking up in the middle of the night to do so. He'd help them with their homework, run errands for them gladly, and he would be the kind of sweet dad that has his doors always open: he can listen to them talk about any kind of concern at any given hour, and even when they move out as adults, he'd always keep their room clear in case they wanted to come back for a sleepover or even permanently.
He'd be very boastful about his children (in an endearing way). He is not the type to announce or brag when he is good at something, but his kid will learn the most basic skill in the universe and he'll be telling everyone and their mother how his child is the absolute best. Would also be endlessly affectionate towards his partner: after all, they're the one making the most wonderful experience of his life possible, parenting.
Lee Leo♡boy dad
He would be a super cheerful, the kind that is always joking around with his child and carrying them around the house for funsies. Just the presence of his son would make him smile wide.
I see him as a dad who truly engages in playing with his kid: he'd play pretend, board games, have silly inside jokes...
He'd be teaching his kid how to play soccer, playing catch with them, lifting them and turning them upside down, carrying them on his back... He'd raise an energetic little gremlin!
He'd also frequently display love through physical touch: he'd hug and tickle his kid a lot, ruffle their hair... Especially on the toddler phase, he'd have to squish his baby's round cheeks and coo at how cute he is every five minutes or he'll die.
He'd be the type of dad that watches his kid with a proud smile. I see him raising an athletic son and Leo not missing a single game! He would get a little coach-y with him, though.
When his kid grows to be a teen, he'd be a very chill dad open to conversation without judging his son. This would make his child feel safe around him, knowing that he can tell his dad about anything.
During everyday life, he'd be all about having quality time his his son, but teaching him how to be independent. He believes that you should know how to take care of yourself, and he'd always make sure that his son felt confident on his own in case Leo wasn't there anymore someday.
If somebody messed with his son, though, he'd be very confrontational. That's when his 'you have to be autonomous' lectures go out of the window - he's extremely protective and would argue for his kid. He'd also get secretly jealous if his son loved one of his ALD1 uncles too much. He's HIS child, and HE'S supposed to be the coolest one in his eyes.
Kim Geonwoo♡both
I envision him as a person who wants only one child because he would want to cater all of his energy towards raising that one precious being he loves so dearly. That being said, I think he would have slightly different approaches towards having a boy or a girl.
If he had a boy, he'd absolutely want to make him his mini-me, and he'd want to teach him absolutely everything. I see him being BIG on teaching his son baseball and them enjoying playing and watching games together. It would be forever their joint hobby.
If he had a girl, he'd baby the crap out of her. She is daddy's little princess, and much like Junseo, he'd see his daughter as forever his baby (even into adulthood). He'd let her do everything she wanted to do to him and would completely bend his sense of traditional masculinity for her. She wants to play princess? A tutu he wears. She wants to draw pink hearts on his face? So be it! She wants to style his hair with hello kitty bows? Of course he'll let her.
With both genders, he'd be a dad who enforces everyday rules and organization very well (again, like Junseo). He'd also cook for them a lot, and I see him baking with his kid as a rainy afternoon fun activity. He'd also be the one to put them to sleep, reading his child a bedtime story every single day until they sleep, and quietly leaving the room after he turns off the lights and gives them a forehead kiss.
He is protective in general. He'd want to know exactly who his kid hangs out with, what type of content his kid watches on the internet... His biggest fear is that they're unnecessarily exposed to something that harms them. Because of that, he'd also install curfews for his kids when they're teens and have them text him every two hours or so when they're out, so he knows they're alive.
He'd be hella suspicious of his daughter's boyfriends (girlfriends, not so much) because he knows the world we live in... He would make sure to FBI-level questionnare her partners, which would make her want to crawl into a hole out of embarrassment, even though she knows he does it out of love.