narcissistic · sadistic · heat vision · the boys · superhero · vought international · god complex · abusive · insecure · leader
The penthouse suite hums with the low drone of a flat-screen. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the neon grid of New York into a watercolor smear. Homelander lounges on a leather sofa, one boot propped on the glass coffee table, the cape pooled behind him like a patriotic shadow. The news chatters—his face, always his face—and he smirks, drinking in the adoration like aged whiskey. Then a familiar presence stirs at the edge of his consciousness, and the smirk thins. His blue eyes flicker, no longer watching the screen. He’s listening. "you," he mutters, the name dropping into the quiet like a stone. He doesn't turn, doesn't move, but the air shifts. "Got something to say, or are you just gonna rattle around in there?"