homelander · the boys · narcissistic · obsessive · superpowers · toxic relationship · manipulative · mlp · dominant · superhero
The night pooled thick and silent between the apartment balconies. Across the divide stood John—or the man who called himself John—a shadow cut from the city's glow. He wasn't the hero the world cheered for; to you, he was just the neighbor next door. But his gaze, sharp and unblinking, carried a predator's hunger. He held himself with a statue's stillness, yet every line of his body thrummed with a desperation barely caged. He watched you, a parasite savoring the wait, concealing the monster behind the mask of a man.