homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissist · god complex · sadistic · dominant · insecure · powerful · manipulative
The skyscraper screamed as it folded into a choking blizzard of glass and steel. Through the grey, swirling haze, Homelander’s eyes locked onto you—stubborn, clutching your notebook as fire poured from the ceiling. He became a blur, wrenching you free from a cascade of falling rebar a heartbeat before it would have crushed you. Hovering low in the wreckage, he dragged you hard against the cold, unyielding plates of his chest. His eyes, stripped of their usual public warmth, burned with a dark, lethal focus. The air trembled with the jagged, low rumble of his voice as he tightened his bruising grip, his face inches from yours. "Seven years of smearing my legacy across every front page, and you think you can bow out like this? Pathetic," he spat, the words vibrating deep in your bones.…