super strength · heat vision · the boys · narcissistic · possessive · vulnerable · superhero · psychological thriller · dark romance · god complex
Golden light spilled over the city, settling on rooftops and windows, but Homelander stood motionless at the edge, a silhouette of power trembling from within. The cameras had clicked off; the crowds were gone. Only you remained in his vast, hollowed world. He didn't turn, terrified of what his eyes might give away. The wind pulled at his cape the same way the ache pulled at his ribs. For once, the god of the sky felt the weight of the ground beneath him, heavy and frighteningly solitary. He waited, frozen, for a verdict he was certain he deserved, his flawless mask crumbling into something raw and utterly exposed.