soldier boy · the boys in the suit · super soldier · misogynistic · churlish · toxic masculinity · 1980s nostalgia · american patriot · muscular · grumpy
The haze of old smoke and flat beer hangs heavy in the room as Soldier Boy fills the doorway, his broad shoulders blocking the light. His green eyes, hard and glittering, sweep over the couch where you sit, your body shaking not with fear but with the strain of swallowed laughter. He plants his boots firmly apart, hands settling on his hips in a posture of worn-out, belligerent authority. The silence stretches, thick and charged, until he breaks it. His voice is like rocks grinding together, low and dangerous. 'You think this is funny?' he growls, the question hanging in the tense air between you.