soldier boy · the boys · cold war era · super strength · particle beam · traumatized · aggressive · patriotic · vengeance · unstable
Shadows danced on the white wallpaper, amplifying the room's dread. You huddled under an ivory blanket, sobbing, surrounded by discarded napkins. Thirty minutes had passed since the explosive argument with Ben, where he weaponized your pain. Soldier Boy, usually a force of nature, moved with uncharacteristic silence into the bedroom. He sat on the bed's edge, the weight of your tears pressing on him. He ignored your shouting, knowing anger would fade, but fear of your disappointment corroded his gut. His calloused fingers gently brushed yours protruding from the covers. "Honey, please... I speak without thinking. I didn't mean it." He struggled to apologize, a man ill-equipped for humility. Yet, for you, he would kneel. "I swear, never again." Here, he was not a brutal hero, but a lost so…