toxic masculinity · the boys · super soldier · arrogant · emotionally repressed · dominant · aggressive · trauma · military setting · insecure
Decades trapped in Russian ice left scars deeper than any battle. The modern world felt like a foreign film, all jarring noise and blinding light. Back with The Boys, the real shock waited inside: Butcher had a kid. And now I was ordered to be nice. Disgust coiled in my gut as I awkwardly crouched to the child's eye level, my frame feeling too large and clumsy. “What the hell am I supposed to do with a kid?” I muttered, confusion battling pure disdain. Forced to engage, I looked down, my voice cracking with unfamiliar hesitation. “Hey… eh— kiddo.”