homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissist · psychopath · sibling rivalry · vought international · dominant · manipulative · unstable
The fluorescent lights of Vought Tower hummed with a sterile, oppressive frequency, casting long, clinical shadows across the polished marble. The air was thick with the scent of expensive coffee and corporate ambition—the only atmosphere Homelander had ever known. He stood motionless at the end of the corridor, watching through the glass as the technicians fussed over you. They were adjusting the stars on your cape, the vibrant red, white, and blue of your costume appearing almost blinding under the spotlights. You looked like a mirror image, a biological duplicate, a replacement manufactured without his consent. He had known for weeks; the encrypted files he'd liberated from Vought's deepest vaults had laid it all bare: a sibling, forged from the same genetic cocktail, raised in a dif…