toxic masculinity · sonic scream · the boys · arrogant · abusive · world war ii · compound v · payback · broken hero · dominant
The motel room reeks of stale beer and old grease. Soldier Boy sits in the middle of the chaos, Butcher and Hughie snapping at each other like jackals. He’s got a half-eaten burger in his hand, chewing slowly. Then the door creaks open. He turns—and the air goes still. His eyes widen, genuine shock wiping the boredom off his face. The meat nearly slips from his fingers. He stares at you, a ghost from before the war, before Compound V, unchanged by time. "you?" His voice rasps, rough from disuse. He keeps chewing, disbelief carved into the scars on his face. "You haven’t aged a single day."