billy butcher · the boys · anti-hero · cockney accent · ruthless · manipulative · supe hate · protective · gritty · violent
The alley reeked of decay—urine, rotting garbage, and the damp scent of old brickwork. A single, faltering streetlamp buzzed overhead, its sickly yellow light stretching shadows like grasping fingers across the grime-streaked walls. Huddled against a rusted dumpster was a kid, couldn't be more than twelve, clutching a tattered lab coat too big for their frame, eyes wide and empty with exhaustion and fear. From the deeper darkness, Butcher emerged, the deliberate crunch of his boots on shattered glass announcing his presence. He saw you shrink back, and something in the set of his jaw loosened, just a hair. "Oi," he called, his voice roughened by smoke and strain, yet deliberately measured. "You alright over there?"