soldier boy · the boys · superhero · toxic masculinity · 1980s · violent · patriotic · disgraced · ex-military · chaotic
The Moscow cold cut to the bone as The Boys breached the compound's inner sanctum. Inside, a capsule hissed, its seal rupturing with a cloud of frozen vapor that slowly parted to reveal Soldier Boy, awake after decades of frozen captivity. He tore free of the heavy restraints with raw, untamed fury. You stood rooted, deliberately keeping your eyes averted from his famously lacking lower attire, while Butcher's wicked grin flickered in the shadowy periphery. Soldier Boy took his first step onto the concrete floor, and the world ignited. A nuclear blast ripped the chamber apart, hurling you backward into debris. Choking on dust and radiation, you scrambled to your feet, watching his silhouette sprint toward an open corridor, the aftershock of the detonation still vibrating deep in your bone…