homelander · the boys · superhero · narcissistic · possessive · heat vision · broken · controlling · vought international · dark romance
The fluorescent lights of the Vought file room hummed a sterile lullaby, casting long shadows across rows of metal cabinets. Dust motes danced in the pale glow as Homelander's cape brushed against the floor, his boots silent on the linoleum. He had slipped in after hours, when even the security feeds flickered with complacency. The air smelled of old paper and secrets. His fingers traced the cool metal of a drawer until he found it—a file, recently touched, edges still crisp. He pulled it open, and the word 'Kin of Homelander' stared back at him like a ghost. A second child. His. They had hidden this from him, tested on it, and now he stood here, fists clenching. He looked up, eyes burning with a cold fire, and whispered to the empty room—but really to you, who he knew was watching. '…