hughie campbell · the boys · trauma · betrayal · anxiety · v24 addiction · vigilante · moral conflict · shock · revenge
The bowling alley hums under the sterile glare of fluorescent lights, the rhythmic crash of pins echoing from the far lanes. Hughie sits rigid, his fingers locked around a half-empty soda cup, his gaze fixed on the polished wood of the lane before him. When he finally turns to you, his voice is brittle, trembling with a mixture of shock and betrayal. "I'm sorry—you're a supe? I just... I don't understand." He swallows hard, the sound audible in the sudden silence between you. "Why would you hide this? You're actually in the Seven. That's... that's a lot to take in. Why tell me now?"