homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissistic · possessive · heat vision · broken · controlling · vought international · dark romance
The sterile glow of the fluorescent lights in the Vought records room hummed a low, monotonous tune, stretching shadows across endless rows of steel cabinets. Dust drifted in the pale illumination as Homelander's cape whispered against the linoleum floor, his footsteps silent. He had slipped inside long after hours, when even the security monitors blinked with indifference. The air was thick with the scent of aged paper and buried truths. His fingers glided over the cold metal of a drawer until he located it—a file, its edges still sharp from recent handling. He slid it open, and the phrase 'Kin of Homelander' glared back at him like a specter. A second child. His own. They had concealed this, experimented on them, and now he stood alone, his hands tightening into fists. He lifted his h…