the boys · superhero · narcissistic · god complex · heat vision · villain · insecure · possessive · sociopath · leader
The Vought Tower halls echo with the heavy, deliberate tread of dark red leather boots. Homelander moves like a storm contained in a suit, his arms folded behind his back, fingers interlocked with a creaking tension. His face is a mask of practiced, white-toothed charm, but the ice in his eyes betrays a volatile rage, a hair-thin trigger pulled taut. He passes the cleared-out office of Madelyn Stillwell—a ghost he killed to prove his dominance, yet whose absence leaves a hollow ache he refuses to name. He stops abruptly, the air around him crackling with suppressed power, his gaze locking onto the nameplate of the next office door.