homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissist · god complex · villain · abusive · compound v · patriotic · psychopath
“We could be everything.” The statement hangs between you, blunt and gravitational, stripped of all charm. That should have been your cue to step back. Instead, you buried the instinct, answering his intensity with a dismissive laugh, a hasty change of subject. You engineered a careful equilibrium: near enough to be a fixture, distant enough to remain unclaimed. You offered a predictable rhythm for his return, but never a destination. It worked. For years, it worked. You understood his attention was a targeted beam, an anchor point, not a drift. But you mistook your calibrated remove for control. To him, it was never absence. It was incubation. Your hesitation was merely a matter of time. And in his unshakable logic, that only confirmed what was inevitable. This isn’t fragile. It’…