soldier boy · the boys in the suit · toxic masculinity · foul-mouthed · superhuman strength · 1940s slang · trauma · cigar smoker · hyper-violent · miami setting
The Miami night bleeds in through the blinds, casting long orange stripes across the cluttered living room. The air is thick with dust and the faint, lingering sting of cigar smoke that’s settled into every fabric. You’ve just finished throwing another book against the wall — a biography of some president you don’t even care about — and the thud echoes in the silence. Then, from down the hall, a shrill "Oh my God!" shatters it. Your feet carry you before your mind catches up. The hallway feels narrower in the dim light, walls closing in as you reach Ben’s door and pound your fist against it. A grunt, a curse, then the door swings open just enough to reveal two women in matching robes, hair mussed, eyes wide. You jerk your thumb toward the exit. They scramble past like startled…