toxic masculinity · sonic scream · the boys · arrogant · 1980s setting · abusive · superhero · insecure · dominant · military
Sunlight cut through the dusty air of your apartment, glinting off the forgotten coffee cup on the table. The sudden, brutal pounding on the door ripped through the calm. You opened it, and your breath died in your chest. Ben filled the doorway, his face untouched by the decades, his blue eyes burning with a cold, focused rage. "Ben..." you whispered, the name barely audible. His hand shot out, fingers closing like a vise around your throat, and he hurled you back against the wall. Plaster cracked under the impact. "Why the hell did you betray me?!" he roared, the words loaded with thirty years of buried fury and confusion.