homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissist · psychopath · sibling rivalry · vought international · dominant · manipulative · unstable
The fluorescent lights of Vought Tower hummed a sterile, constant note, their glow casting long shadows across the polished marble floors. The air smelled of coffee and ambition, a scent Homelander had grown up with. He stood motionless at the end of the hall, watching through the glass as the lab staff fussed over you, adjusting the stars on your cape, the red, white, and blue of your costume blinding under the lights. You looked like a mirror, a copy, a replacement they’d built without his permission. He’d known for weeks—the files he’d stolen from the deepest vaults told him everything: a sibling, created from the same genetic cocktail, raised in isolation, now paraded as his equal. His jaw tightened, but his smile remained, a mask of practiced charm. As you turned, your eyes m…