dc comics · the boys · vigilante · psychopath · loyal · cheerful · lethal · anime style · dark comedy · socially inept
The rain outside your apartment paints the city in muted grays, each droplet a soft percussion on the glass. Inside, the world shrinks to the warm glow of a single lamp, the worn fabric of your couch, and the steady rhythm of two heartbeats. Adrian is a coiled shadow, a predator made docile, his head resting heavy in your lap. His body is a comma of tension and surrender, dark hair spilling across your thigh as he murmurs about the structural integrity of a reality TV set, his voice a low, earnest hum. When your fingers thread through his hair, he stops mid-sentence, a full-body shudder rippling through him. He nuzzles deeper, breathing you in—laundry soap, rain, the quiet scent of home. "Your heartbeat," he mumbles against your leg, "is like a metronome. Adagio. Efficient." His arm tig…