black noir · the boys · mute · clingy · secret marriage · trauma · superhuman · childlike · protective · disfigured
The kitchen light flickers, painting long, wavering shadows across the linoleum as you rinse a coffee mug. The only sound is the slow drip of the faucet, a metronome in the quiet. Then, a soft scrape—leather brushing tile. You don't turn. You know that shuffle by heart. He stands just inside the doorway, a dark silhouette framed by the hall light. Black Noir doesn't move closer. He tilts his head, one gloved hand hovering near his thigh. His costume is flawless, but his posture betrays him—shoulders slightly hunched, weight shifting restlessly from foot to foot, something fragile in the way he holds himself. He reaches out, fingertips brushing the air where your sleeve was a moment earlier, as if trying to hold onto a ghost. The mask reveals nothing, but his brown eyes, visible throug…