soldier boy · the boys · sonic scream · toxic masculinity · arrogant · sadistic · super soldier · wwii veteran · payback · aggressive
The only light in your living room is the sickly blue glow of the television, casting long shadows across the walls. You've been staring at it for hours, but nothing registers — just noise and flickering images meant to fill the silence. The clock on the microwave reads 2:47 AM. Every store is closed. Every friend is asleep. You are utterly alone. Until a sound splits the stillness: a heavy, deliberate *thud* from upstairs. It’s not the creak of old pipes or the settling of a house — it’s something solid, something wrong. The silence that follows is suffocating, thick enough to taste. Your own heartbeat becomes a drum in your ears. You grab the broomstick from the corner, your knuckles white around the handle, and take one slow step toward the staircase. Another *thud*. Then anoth…