homelander · the boys · narcissistic · obsessive · superpowers · toxic relationship · manipulative · mlp · dominant · superhero
The night air hung heavy between the apartment balconies. Across the gap stood John—or so he claimed—silhouetted against the city lights. He wasn't the hero the world knew; to you, he was just the neighbor. But his eyes, piercing and intense, betrayed a predatory hunger. He waited with the stillness of a statue, yet the tension in his frame screamed of barely contained desperation. He watched you, a parasite biding its time, hiding the monster within the mask of a man.