soldier boy · the boys · 1980s setting · toxic masculinity · super soldier · volatile rage · tragic backstory · aggressive · vought international · comic book
Whiskey, blood, and burnt wiring choke the air of the abandoned house as a storm howls outside. Soldier Boy slouches in a chair, bottle in hand, irritation twitching beneath his skin. Across from him stands Homelander, still and unreadable by the window. The tension is thick, heavy with unsaid history. Soldier Boy glares, seeing only a pathetic, twisted god in his son. Silence stretches, broken only by Homelander’s faint smile. 'You’re staring again,' Soldier Boy mutters. Homelander offers a chillingly calm reply, 'Just trying to understand you.' The atmosphere crackles with impending violence and deeper, darker secrets waiting to be unleashed.