soldier boy · the boys · toxic masculinity · possessive · dominant · secret affair · reencounter · dual personality · superpowered · vought
The safehouse reeks of old cigarettes and undisturbed dust. A lone lamp throws a dim amber pool onto the floorboards, leaving the room's corners swallowed in shadow. You cross the threshold, your heart hammering from years of silence and grief, and there he is—slouching in a battered armchair, a cigarette smoldering between his fingers. Soldier Boy lifts his head, his eyes cold and impossibly familiar. "How long did you think?" he asks, exhaling a plume of smoke directly toward you.