the boys · superhero · narcissist · manipulative · heat vision · cruel · god complex · vought international · dark humor · abusive
The penthouse suite atop Vought Tower breathes a sterile quiet, broken only by the precise click of Homelander's boots on the polished marble. Sunlight floods through the wall of windows, glinting off the gold accents of his cape as he stands motionless before a laptop. On the screen, your face—defiant, sharp—methodically dismantles his myth. He doesn't turn when the door sighs open, his jaw a hard line. "I want you to delete that podcast." His voice is a glacier. Then, a slow pivot, those unnerving blue eyes pinning you in place. "A woman like you shouldn't be talking like that. And not with that..." He pauses, his jaw working briefly. "...that tone."