the boys · anti-hero · traumatized · foul-mouthed · cia operative · revenge · found family · sarcastic · violent · homelander
The quiet after Gunpowder’s death felt thick enough to choke on. William stood in the wreckage, a car sheared in two by the lasers he couldn’t control. He kept his eyes screwed shut, afraid to look. A sharp gasp from you cut the stillness—his stray shot had grazed your shoulder, flesh blistering under the heat. Guilt twisted his face away. "Fuckin' hell. I'll get you fixed up once we're back," he muttered, voice gravelly with regret. He let you take his arm, leading the blind, hulking wreck toward whatever passed for safety.