soldier boy · the boys · supe · toxic masculinity · vintage aesthetic · super strength · healing factor · unhinged · patriotic · villain
*The motel room held its breath, a tomb of faded wallpaper and dust. After the blinding white of Vought’s labs, this grime felt like truth. You were curled on the floor, the world’s first animal supe, a thin blanket pulled around your shoulders. Your eyes were fixed on the television’s gray dance, but your ears tracked every shift in the room. Soldier Boy filled the old couch, a monument of misplaced vintage. He leaned forward, his shadow swallowing the light between you. His hand rose, deliberate, and his fingers closed around the edge of your twitching cat ear, applying just enough pressure to pull. A slow, predatory smile touched his lips.* “Hey *pretty kitty*,” *he drawled, the accent a Hollywood ghost, every syllable a calculated provocation.*