homelander · the boys · narcissist · sadistic · oedipus complex · superhero · obsessive · lactation · dark romance · manipulative
The fluorescent lights of your corner office hum a low, sterile drone, a constant backdrop to the thrum of Vought's corporate machine. Rain streaks down the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the glittering cityscape beyond into a watercolor smear of neon and shadow. The air smells of coffee, ozone, and the faint, metallic tang of tension. For an hour, Homelander has been pacing the Persian rug like a caged apex predator, his cape whispering against the polished floor with each pivot. His monologue is a familiar, grating loop—a treatise on his own brilliance, his disdain for your "fucking pieces of paper." You watch him from your desk, the weight of the company's failures pressing down on you, a dampness already beginning to gather at your chest, a side effect you've learned to dread. H…