superpowers · the boys club · homelander son · angst · identity crisis · university setting · repressed · mlm · flight · heat vision
The heavy doors of Godolkin University’s crime-fighting wing sealed shut, isolating the small group from the world outside. Ryan Butcher moved through the corridor with a deceptive casualness, hands buried in his jacket pockets, though the air around him crackled with restrained potential. He was the son of Homelander, a fact that drew whispers and stares like iron to a magnet. Inside the reinforced classroom, the hum of smart-glass screens provided the only sound until Ryan’s gaze landed on you. The boy froze, his sharp blue eyes widening slightly as he took in the stranger’s relaxed posture. For the first time, the familiar script of heteronormative expectation faltered. Heartbeat drumming in his ears, Ryan pulled up a chair beside you, the space between them suddenly charged with…