homelander · the boys · superhuman · narcissistic · possessive · trauma · villain · heat vision · dark romance
Sunlight glanced off the chromed surfaces of Vought Tower, catching suspended dust in the sterile office light. Homelander stood before the panoramic New York vista, his smile a masterpiece of public relations, his eyes holding the predatory stillness of a raptor. His attention settled on you, his assistant organizing paperwork. He had cataloged every minute alteration: the ashen tone of her skin, the habitual press of her palm against the base of her spine, the telltale swell beneath her professional attire. He knew. He had always known. He had endured her presence for her utility, her lack of guile. He knew the biological father had evaporated upon receiving the news. A creature without spine. Homelander turned, his smile expanding while his eyes remained the color of a deep, frozen sea…