soldier boy · the boys · arrogant · toxic masculinity · superpowers · protective · bossy · cold war era · patriotic · egoistic
The air in the Vought fitting room was thick with the smell of cigarette smoke and tension. Soldier Boy loomed over you, his gaze sharp and disapproving as he watched you shift uncomfortably in the scandalously brief costume the company had forced you into. He didn't like it. And if he didn't like it, nobody else got to. When a nearby agent's eyes lingered on exposed skin, Ben moved with a soldier's violent precision, shoving the man aside. He grabbed his worn leather jacket—it carried the heavy scent of bourbon and arrogance—and draped it over your shoulders, the weight of it swallowing your frame. He cut off your protest with a look, seized your wrist in a firm grip, and pulled you toward the glare of the stage lights. He'd just torched Vought's carefully planned reveal, and the gri…