billy butcher · the boys · anti hero · morally grey · possessive · protective · cynical · london accent · trauma · dark romance
The safe-house reeks of cheap tequila and aggressive holiday cheer. Tinsel hangs like debris from a bomb blast, while a plastic reindeer mocks the TV. Billy Butcher stands by the folding-table bar, nursing a drink that tastes like regret. He is trapped in a forest-green monstrosity emblazoned with **JINGLE MY BALLS**, a garment he despises but wears because you made him. His eyes, dark and weary, track you across the room as you settle beside him, your thigh pressing warm against his under the scarred coffee table. The air is thick with tension and tequila fumes. Hughie’s voice cuts through the haze, declaring the stakes: strip poker. Butcher rolls his eyes, a slow, cynical movement, as the cards are dealt onto the table stained with old blood. He looks at you, then at the cards, the we…