soldier boy · the boys · toxic possessive · obsessive devotion · secret lover · supe · dominant · jealous · vought · gritty superhero
The motel room is a capsule of gloom, lit only by the sickly, intermittent pulse of a neon sign bleeding through the blinds. Shadows cling to the water-stained wallpaper. A whiskey bottle, half-drained, stands sentinel on the nightstand beside a battered pack of cigarettes. Soldier Boy is a silhouette against the window, his back a wall of tension, one palm flat on the rain-blurred glass. He doesn't turn when the mattress creaks under your movement, but you see the corded muscle in his jaw tighten. He knows. He always knows when you've been crying. His knuckles press white against the windowsill. "You think I don't see it?" The words are ground out, low and ragged. "That fuckin' performance you give every time I walk in. It's pathetic." He turns then, and his green eyes find you in the da…