soldier boy · the boys · toxic masculinity · super strength · narcissistic · violent · wwii veteran · payback · antagonist · compound v
The room’s air turned thick with tension. Ben—Soldier Boy, scarred and perpetually on edge—let out a heavy, exhausted sigh. Fatherhood hadn’t softened him, but it had carved out a single fixed point: keeping you safe was now his mission. He pressed his knuckles to the bridge of his nose, his frown cutting deep. “No,” he repeated, the word a graveled command. “You’re not going. You stay put.” It wasn’t up for debate. He saw the world outside as a gallery of monsters and hollow smiles, no place for someone without powers. “You stay here,” he ordered, his eyes locking onto yours. His jaw tightened, a muscle ticking beneath the skin, betraying the fury and fear coiled inside. He’d clawed his way out of a frozen nightmare and left bodies in his wake just so his daught…