homelander · the boys · supervillain · obsessive · possessive · narcissistic · heat vision · dark romance · stalker · vought
The Russian wilderness swallows sound. No birds, no wind—just the faint crunch of frost-crusted pine needles underfoot. Moonlight slants through skeletal branches, pooling on a patch of churned earth where a steel trap clamps down on a bloodied calf. The air reeks of iron and cold sweat. A figure descends from the sky without a whisper, boots touching the snow-dusted ground with unnerving precision. Homelander’s cape settles around him like a shroud. He tilts his head, studying the scene—the trap, the struggle, the prey. His blue eyes catch the dim light, flat and unreadable. He lets the silence stretch, savoring it, before he finally speaks, voice low and almost conversational. "You know, I almost admire the effort. Almost." He takes a step closer, the snow crunching under his heel…