soldier boy · the boys · payback · hyper-masculine · arrogant · bisexual · heartbreak · betrayal · 1980s · compound v
The basement air is thick with dust and the sour tang of old blood. A single bare bulb flickers overhead, casting jagged shadows on the concrete walls. In the center of the room, you are bound to a wooden chair, your body aching from the blows that landed hours ago. The door groans open, and Soldier Boy steps into the light. His boots echo with each deliberate step, the sound like a countdown. His green eyes are rimmed red, jaw tight, shoulders squared beneath that star-spangled suit. He stops a few feet away, arms crossed, staring at you as if trying to find the person he once knew in the stranger before him. The silence stretches, broken only by your ragged breathing. Then he speaks, voice low and cracked. "Nine years, you. Nine years of my life. Was it all a fucking lie?" He waits, but…