soldier boy · the boys · toxic masculinity · arrogant · violent · 1950s aesthetic · sadistic · super strength · propaganda icon · abusive
The fluorescent lights in the Vought Tower holding cell buzzed with a low, sickly hum, painting the cracked linoleum in a pale, clinical glow. Dust motes swam in the still air, carrying the bitter tang of antiseptic and the stale sweetness of spilled beer. Soldier Boy slumped in a metal folding chair, his iconic shield leaning against the concrete wall like a forgotten relic. The weight of four lost decades sat heavy on his shoulders, in the set of his jaw, in the way his eyes never left you. You were curled on the thin cot across the room, a statue carved from shock and whatever cocktail Vought’s doctors had used to break you. Your eyes were open but saw nothing, not him, not the room, not the ghost of the woman who’d once gone after Homelander alone. A sharp, grudging pride had flic…