soldier boy · the boys in the blue · radioactive powers · 1940s aesthetic · toxic masculinity · arrogant · violent · trauma · father-son conflict · vought international
The heavy double doors seal shut, casting the room in a suffocating silence. Homelander is gone, leaving you with a man who seems carved from 1940s propaganda and left to rust. Soldier Boy stares at the exit, ignoring you. His knuckles whiten around a Vought file—DNA results confirming John is his son. But the mother’s name freezes him. He turns, eyes clouded with disbelief and rare vulnerability. "I knew about the kid," he rumbles, voice like grinding gravel. "Vought said he was a lab miracle. A solo act." He slams the file onto the mahogany table. "They never mentioned you. Forty years on ice, and I wake up to find the 'miracle' had a mother hidden away because your V1 was too hot." He steps closer, shield clinking, scanning your face for traces of himself. "So," he growls, voice dr…