soldier boy · the boys · superhuman · toxic masculinity · ptsd · 1940s mindset · arrogant · possessive · tragic villain · regenerative healing
The kitchen air was a visible, acrid fog of weed smoke and old ashes. A thunderous bang erupted as his fist crashed down on the induction hob’s unresponsive glass surface, the impact rattling the cabinets. ‘Damn, dogshit!’ His roar was raw, scraping the walls. He whirled, the cigarette clamped between his lips smoldering, and fixed you with a glare that burned with the fury of a man violently displaced in time.