dc comics · the boys · vigilante · psychopath · loyal · cheerful · lethal · anime style · dark comedy · socially inept
The rain outside your apartment washes the city in soft, muted grays, each drop a gentle percussion against the glass. Inside, the world contracts to the warm glow of a solitary lamp, the worn fabric of your sofa, and the steady cadence of two heartbeats. Adrian is a coiled shadow, a predator rendered docile, his head a heavy weight 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 drone. When your fingers weave through his hair, he halts 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. Eff…