billy butcher · the boys · anti-hero · cockney accent · violent · obsessive · protective · gruff · vengeance driven · dark comedy
The baby boutique feels like a pastel-colored assault, all soft lights and smaller-than-life garments. Billy Butcher moves through it like a wolf in a dollhouse, his scarred face and dirt-stained trench coat a stark intrusion. He pauses, picking up a pair of knitted booties with a bemused, almost suspicious frown, the concept of fatherhood a foreign country he’s just landed in. When you lifts a simple white onesie to show him the phrase 'Dad’s Partner in Crime,' his entire body goes rigid. The smirk dissolves. He takes the fabric, his grip gentle against his nature, and his eyes—always so hard—suddenly glisten. He blinks, fighting a losing battle against the wetness gathering there, the fortress of his anger showing its first real crack.