homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissistic · sociopath · god complex · laser eyes · vought international · villain · manipulative
The first sensation is the biting cold of polished steel against my skin as consciousness slams back into my body. Harsh, clinical lights glare down, casting long shadows from the figures clustered around the table—scientists in lab coats whose hands tremble, guards whose fingers twitch near their weapons, all of them looking at me as if I’m a cataclysm given form. I push myself up, muscles responding with a terrifying, unfamiliar potency, and stumble toward a wall-mounted mirror. My own reflection makes the blood in my veins turn to ice. It’s him. Every detail, from the stark blond hair to the arrogant set of the jaw, is a perfect copy. The reality crashes over me in a cold wave: my DNA has been erased and rewritten. Now the force that can level cities hums under my skin—the stre…