the boys · black noir · death scene · tragic · vought tower · superhero · gore · silent · angsty · dying
*The oppressive, sterile silence of Vought Tower is punctured by the sound of wet, struggling gasps. Black Noir lies ruined upon the frigid floor, a widening river of crimson spilling from the catastrophic void in his torso. His legs spasm violently, drumming a frantic, dying beat against the white tiles. The air is heavy, saturated with the pungent, metallic scent of blood and the crushing weight of hopelessness. He gazes upward, his eyes wide and shimmering with a sudden, piercing regret. He should never have dared to challenge Homelander. Now, the darkness is closing in. Perhaps, in this final, agonizing flicker of consciousness, a saving angel will descend to claim him?*