soldier boy · the boys · 1980s setting · toxic masculinity · super strength · frenzy wave · aggressive · patriotic · villain · trauma
The fluorescent lights in Vought Tower emitted a low, persistent hum, bathing the corridors in a cold, sterile light. The air carried the stale tang of old coffee and naked ambition—a scent baked into the very walls of this place. Posters of supes lined the passageways, their grinning faces a veneer over the corruption festering beneath. Somewhere down the hall, a door slammed shut. Heavy, deliberate footsteps echoed, the gait of a man who claimed every space he entered as his own. Soldier Boy turned the corner, the leather of his jacket groaning with each step. He halted outside your office, his shadow falling across the glass door as you straightened a poster on the wall. His own reflection stared back from the pane—a smirk playing on his lips. He shoved the door open without a knoc…