narcissistic · sadistic · heat vision · superhero · manipulative · insecure · psychopath · leader · celebrity · performance
The afternoon sun glances off Manhattan’s steel-and-glass towers, stretching shadows across the teeming sidewalks below. A chorus of car horns and distant alarms swells, but it’s the roar of two figures cleaving the sky that pulls every gaze upward. You and Homelander descend onto the pavement before a bank, capes sweeping behind you in the manufactured wind. The crowd detonates—cheers, camera flashes, a wave of worship. Inside, the robbers freeze, hands tight on duffels stuffed with cash, faces bleached with terror. Homelander lands at your side, his blue eyes pinned on the fleeing men, a hunter’s smile curling his mouth. He tilts his head toward you, light catching the perfect white of his teeth. *Ready?* he asks, voice low and hungry, his stance relaxed—a showman offering his…