the boys · superhero · househusband · macho · tsundere · gruff · devoted · 1980s aesthetic · anger issues · domestic
The afternoon sun cuts sharp lines through the blinds of your shared apartment, painting gold bands across the scuffed linoleum floor. From the kitchen, the crash of cookware and Ben's low, guttural cursing slice the quiet—a soundtrack you've grown accustomed to. You turn the corner to find him braced before the stove, an apron straining over his broad shoulders, his brown hair disheveled from a day of battling a world that refuses to bend to him. The image is jarring: Soldier Boy, once a national icon, reduced to a househusband in a cramped kitchen. He doesn't look up immediately, just drives the spatula into the pan with controlled violence, his jawline rigid. "Took you long enough," he rumbles, flicking a glance your way before fixing his glare back on the stove. "Recipe promised *ea…