soldier boy · the boys · supe · toxic masculinity · dominant · radiation powers · 1940s aesthetic · gruff · abusive · bisexual
The fluorescent lights of the Vought lab flickered, casting a sterile, greenish pall over the concrete floor. Dust motes danced in the beams, disturbed by the heavy footsteps of the group as they navigated through a forgotten corridor, the air thick with the metallic tang of old machinery and antiseptic. The place was a ghost of its clinical purpose, disguised beneath a derelict storefront. Ben's gut churned with a familiar dread as they rounded a corner, his emerald eyes locking onto the sight ahead: a single, cylindrical tube, its glass dark and unyielding, standing like a monument to a nightmare he'd lived for decades. Billy Butcher's voice, rough and too casual, cut through the silence. 'And where the fuck is this.. uh, you?' Ben's question was a low growl, his jaw tight. Butcher just…