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@thcrealheroes ; homelander : if something happens to him, you can bet that it was me. memes from nghtmarish ; inbox is open.
𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, she even expected threats against her life because he was like an overgrown child trying to throw his weight around and be in control, feeling like he has to prove to everyone just how powerful he is. but this chilled her to the bone because it meant he knew more about her than he ever let on and she knew 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 who he was talking about - hughie. did he really think she was just like everyone else he surrounded himself with? that she would just bow down to him, do whatever he asked with a scared look on her face and just show him that fear would get him everything. he had no fucking idea who she really was and if homelander thought that he could just threaten her, then he was going to learn just how 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 she could be.
𝐢𝐟 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭, she wouldn't say a word, it had the potential to go so wrong and she had to hope she was still useful to him alive to allow her to get away with what she was about to say. it was a piece of information that could be useful for her at a later date, but she couldn't allow him to think that threats against the people she loves, then he had another think coming. stan edgar had taught her that words and information held just as much power as her own abilities, if not more and it was a lesson she had never forgotten. victoria usually thought more clearly before making any moves, but he had made the 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 of making threats and she wasn't in the mood to play any games with him.
𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, taking a step towards him as she looked up at him, eyes dark as a serious expression takes over her face, heart beat steady but her anger obvious, " i know you think you're safe because i probably can't pop your head, but do not think for a second that i can't hurt you too, " victoria paused for a moment, dark eyes searching his face for a moment. hughie may not be speaking to her right now, he was avoiding her and not answering her calls, but she would everything she could to keep him safe. she couldn't count on starlight to not mess things up and there was no way she had any trust in butcher to keep hughie out of trouble. he may hate her for what she's done, but that doesn't mean she wouldn't do what she could to keep him alive, " if you touch hughie at all, i may not be able to kill you and it very well may be the last thing i do. but like i told her, it would be tough to take our america's sweetheart . . . but not impossible, " it was showing a big card, revealing that she knows about him and starlight, how it wasn't all pretend for the cameras. homelander was 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 with starlight, if that was even possible for someone like him. she didn't like threatening annie, she likes annie and she knew she was important to hughie too. but if hughie was gone, she wanted him to know exactly how it felt to lose the person you love, " it is mutually assured destruction. we can play nice, but do not think for a second that i'm like all the other idiots you surround yourself with. i will always be honest, which is how you can trust that i mean every word i say, "
@thcrealheroes ; homelander / CONT.
𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝? like she felt she had to be careful with everything she said, but at the same time she wanted to be honest with him in a way that she wasn't with anyone else. homelander was her boss, but she also felt like there was so much more to him than what was shown to them. she had watched all the documentaries and films, she knew what vought wanted everyone to 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 about him. but knowing what she knew now, she couldn't help but wonder how much of it was real and how much of it was made up. he was the biggest mystery and she didn't know how much she could ask him. not yet anyway, or maybe not ever. she highly doubted he would tell her anything, but he had such a way of drawing her in, making her more curious and yet there was something else under all of that. yet she couldn't quite figure out if it was good or if it was dark, or a combination of both. he was the hero that everyone looked up to, the leader of the seven and yet there was something else, she just couldn't figure out what.
𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞, she had managed to intimidate her into a wearing a costume she hated and she didn't exactly feel comforted by anything that woman said to her. everything was always said with a tone that made her feel like 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 she ever said was sincere, it was all nonsense and what she thought would work.. knowing she was that way with homelander as well, it wasn't exactly comforting to know but it made her feel a little less alone, which was all she had been feeling from the moment she had come to new york. her expression 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬 as he speaks about the recent plane crash, she couldn't imagine experiencing something like that, " it's fine, don't apologise. you should be allowed to talk about it, you were trying to save them, " annie looked up at him as he patted her hand, feeling a blush come up over her cheeks as he calls her a good girl. get it together, annie, that's your boss. she just took a deep breath and let herself be led out of the tent with him, knowing that if she had gotten noticed prior before, it was going to be nothing in comparison to walking alongside homelander.
𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, the way people swarmed to them when they saw the two of them together and she had to tell herself to smile and wave at everyone. it was homelander, he had so much draw and power, people just flocked to be close to him as if they could soak up some of his power. but as she looked up at him, seeing that smile on his face that she was used to seeing on the screen and yet it was almost like he was 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 all of it. instead of letting it all overwhelm her, she figured why not just embrace, soak up some of the light that just seemed to radiate off of him. annie looked at her mom as she approached, trying to resist that urge to roll her eyes at him, just willing her mom to not embarrass her. of course, her mom would see this as a good thing and she would so many questions, about why she didn't tell her about homelander and when did they get so close. questions that she wouldn't really be able to answer and it was the kind of thing that drove her insane. her mom was also thinking about how she could help her look 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 rather than what was best for her. she had been trying to let her mom know that things felt different since they got here, but she wasn't listening. her mom never listened to her.
𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐜𝐡, she just stayed quiet, her mind wondering about what he was going to say since he had told her that he had no intention of saying whatever stillwell had given him. annie could only imagine what power his words would have if his presence made people just crave to be near him. brown eyes look up at him as he moves closer to her again, hands moving over her arms and she was again grateful to be wearing her old uniform as she was fully covered. but she felt somewhat 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 under his gaze. she was hanging on every word as he spoke, everything he said seemed to send a spark through her because he was right. stillwell had already threatened her with the seven, what else did she really have to lose? if she lost the seven by speaking up about the truth, surely that would be worth it, right? she couldn't keep up with these lies and she couldn't shake the feeling that was something was 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 about everything that was going on.
𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞, not taking much notice of her mom, ashley or anyone else, she was just as focused on him as everyone else. the way the crowd responds to him, he had to be aware of the power he had over them and how they were hanging onto every word. but so was she, even if she didn't agree with everything he was saying, she couldn't look away apart from to look at the reactions of the crowd every now again. if this was him fighting back against vought, it was powerful and it was inspiring in a way that she wasn't expecting. would speaking her truth really be so bad? would it finally make her feel better, gain her some respect that she feels like she never had? homelander was really something else, she had never doubted his power, but this was something else entirely. her heart was racing in her chest and she almost felt like she would 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 it if she just did what was expected of her. after he was done on stage, she couldn't take her eyes off of him, almost feeling a little in awe of what she had just witnessed, " that was really incredible . . . i've never seen you like that before. it was a little intimidating but also, " she wondered for a moment if her honesty was dangerous, but she didn't see the point in holding back since he clearly wasn't, " inspiring, "
@thcrealheroes ; starlight : just talk to me! memes from nghtmarish ; inbox is open.
𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. annie was always so good, just pleading with her to always do the right thing, always wanting to see the best in everyone. always so fucking hopeful. it seemed like a lifetime ago when she had had the same thought process, now she was just bitter and angry at homelander, at vought, at annie, at the fucking world, at herself. she didn't say 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 to her because she didn't have anything to say. what good would it do either of them? words weren't going make this better for either of them. annie wanted her to stand up, to fight for them against homelander and vought, but she had lost all of her fight and she didn't have the energy to do it anymore. every time she tried to fight him, she lost everything and she couldn't lose annie, she refused to lose annie. even if refusing to fight alongside her meant she would lose her in a different way, but if it meant that she was still alive, then that was good enough for her.
" 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲? " maeve sighed, taking another drag of her cigarette before looking over at annie with an unemotional look on her face. she didn't get why she was so 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 on trying to do the right thing. annie was always going to be the best of them, but it also could be the thing that could put her in the most danger. as much as she wished she could help, maeve didn't want to keep going up against homelander, they were never going to win. running a hand through red strands of hair, shaking her head as she looked away from her because she couldn't see the look of 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 on the blonde's face, " there is nothing you can say that's gonna make me change my mind, annie. i won't fight him, " she took another drag exhaling smoke before looking over at her again, a dark look in blue eyes as her anger reaches a boiling point, " i saved your fucking life over and over, but you're so insistent putting yourself on the line to save people who don't fucking matter! " maybe it was all the years of being around homelander for her to have that atittude, but she also didn't think that annie should be consistently putting herself at risk like this. no one was going to thank her for it. no one would even remember her if she got herself killed trying to do the right thing.
𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐤𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭, considering how much she had been drinking, it was a miracle that she even could stand up right now. moving towards her, blue eyes fiery as she looked at her, " if you think i am going to stand you and watch you get yourself killed, think again. i won't do it. i can't do it, " the last part was whispered almost like she was scared of saying it or it even be heard. she wasn't good at this, being honest with her feelings and she had a good reason to hold back now. annie had 𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 what homelander would do to her if he knew what maeve felt for her. his jealousy and possessiveness was still ever present, a threat on every kind of meaningful relationship she tried to have in her life. the last thing she wanted was for this fight to reveal the one thing she had been trying to keep safe and risked her losing everything, " i can't stop you if this is really what you want to do, go with your little twink friend and get yourselves killed trying to fight him. but i can't keep saving you if you insist of running head first into danger, so good luck but get out, i can't do it, "
@thcrealheroes ; starlight / CONT.
𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐬. there was no fear or hesitation in the way she approached him, it was almost casual like they had spoken thousands of times before, but he had barely even looked her direction since she had joined the seven. yes, he had approved of her joining seven, had watched all her tapes and she had just seemed so pure, so good, but there was something else, something else that made him think there was a lot 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 to precious little starlight than meets the eyes. was she really as good and pure as she pretended to be? was she more than the sunshine and pure light that vought were trying to make her out to be? homelander couldn't tell what it was about her, but she had a way of drawing him in and maybe he should be giving her more time than he had before this. head tilts as she admits to believing in all of this, blue eyes narrowing a little as he takes her in, all blonde hair, curves and legs, but still somewhat hidden by that 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 costume of hers.
𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭, though it was harder to pay attention to what she was saying now that she was closer to him, her scent taking over his senses and her voice, she was like a fucking siren calling him in. he tensed for a brief moment as she touched him, not expecting it at all, but it made him pay more attention to what she was saying. clearly she wasn't just the good little girl who believed in the lord and saviour, there was a 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 there and her way of looking at things had him hanging on every word. starlight was a lot more than he ever gave her credit for, if this was her way of thinking, they were a lot more alike than he had ever could have expected. but she was right, he knew he didn't need stillwell or vought, he had the real power and he shouldn't have to answer to anyone, neither should she or any supe.
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐮𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭. the dark look on his face clearly told her that he wasn't pleased about the interruption and she immediately cowered away. he loved the way she immediately dropped her act of being in charge when she saw him, a constant reminder that she had absolutely 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 when it came to dealing with him or anyone else. looking back at starlight, a smile pulling at his lips, " i think i found a good reason to stick around for a while, " he admitted with a playful wink, absolutely intrigued about what she was going to say, curious as if the honesty she had just shown him was what she was going to take to the stage. homelander was sure that the speech stillwell had giving starlight was probably just as 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 as the one he had been expected to give. stepping towards her with a charming smile, offering his arm to her to walk her back towards the stage, " though i don't think you need any more makeup. you're perfect . . . isn't she, ashley? " homelander looked back at her, the dark look returning, enjoying the way she scrambled to agree with him, stepping aside as they moved towards her. she really was so pathetic, just like all the humans at this ridiculous expo.
" 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐢 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭? " homelander admitted, looking at her with a curious expression as they walked together. she really was and she definitely had caught his attention now, " the whole ' i'm so pure and innocent ' act really must have people eating out of the palm of your hand, " she had her own way of gaining power, a completely different way from his and yet it was going to work, he could feel it. he may have underestimated her when she joined the seven, but he was not going to make that mistake again, " whatever you're going to say out there, starlight, make it count because no one is going to forget you afterwards, " homelander stopped, turning to look at her once more, not caring about anyone else around them right now. they could wait till she was 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 for them, not the other way around, " i'm very much looking forward to hearing what you have to say, "
@thcrealheroes ; homelander : " Tell me, William, man to man. Is she a good fuck ? " random inbox asks ; always accepting.
𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠. it was bad enough that homelander knew about him and annie, but he was actively trying to get some reaction out of him. it wasn't exactly surprising, this was the same cunt who had taunted him about when he had attacked rebecca. homelander really would do anything to get under his skin, to make him crack and lash out like the angry attack dog he had always been. hearing him talk about annie set him on edge, refusing to look at him, made his blood boil and his heart pounded hard against his chest, almost just 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 for the fight that was inevitable. butcher knew that any fight with him whilst he hadn't taken temp v would be suicide, but he couldn't do anything right now and he knew that homelander did not take him seriously at all.
𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, trying to calm himself down as he finally looked up at him, eyes dark as he steps towards him, " don't you dare fucking talk about her like that, " he threatened, despite knowing that this was probably all just amusing to him. he couldn't deny that him and annie had been together, the lies wouldn't do anything to get him out of this situation. how fucking terrible that the only person who really knew how he felt about her was homelander? he was completely 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 with no way out. homelander had everything he needed to make sure he could keep on hurting him. annie had always been at risk because she was just always trying to play hero, but if homelander knew that she was important to him, she was even more danger. standing tall as he looked at him, heart beat as steady as ever, not faltering as he kept calm but ready for a fight, " you fucking touch her, you hurt her in any way - i will make sure you regret it, " he was not going to let the same thing happen again, he was not going to lose another person because of this monster.
@thcrealheroes ; homelander / CONT.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥, the last thing she wanted was to sit in the dark and cry alone, but she also didn't know if seeing him right now would do her or him any good right now. annie hadn't expected her own reaction when she saw him, she thought she would stay strong and keep it together, she had managed it when she had first made the choice to have the abortion. but knowing her choice was now public knowledge, knowing he had found out because of firecracker and her parade of bullshit and hate. he had to be hurting because he was learning about this for the first time and she hadn't gotten a chance to tell him. john should've heard it from her and not like this. fuck, she was a terrible person. she just felt 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, dull and dimmed in a way that made her feel cold. she hadn't even bothered with turning the lights on in her room, her back against her bed, arms wrapped around her knees and she had just stopped crying when he had turned up. annie didn't feel like she deserved to have him around her right now, things had gotten so dark and twisted, she felt like she was getting lost in it all.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐫, even if she felt like she didn't deserve to be comforted by him and couldn't even look at him. she tensed for a moment when he put his arm around her, but she sobbed softly as she relaxed into him. as much as she felt like she didn't deserve him or this moment, she 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 this more than anything. she needed to feel safe and protected for once. she always thought she could save herself, she always told herself that she was made of steel and nothing would take her down. but this whole situation, she felt like she was getting made smaller, her inner light getting dimmer, she felt 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 and she fucking hated it. annie didn't even know how to make this feel better. she felt more alone than ever before and what was worse, apart from blaming firecracker for this breech of her privacy, she had no one to blame but herself. this was her choice, her body and she could do what she felt was best for it and her, yet she never expected this heartbreak to come with this choice. when he takes her fully into his arms, she just curls into him, hiding her face in his shoulder and she doesn't even try to hold back her tears anymore, just glad to be held and comforted.
𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰, he may have been saying all this nasty, untrue stuff about her to try and ruin her reputation and they had argued endlessly about that. but this? john never would've 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 her like this. plus if he had known about this prior to firecracker exposing her like that, they would've had this conversation by now and maybe she wouldn't be in so much pain right now, " i know . . . i know you would have, " she admitted softly, looking up at him and for a moment, she almost wished she didn't because the look on his face made her feel like it was breaking all over again. seeing that he was in pain and she had caused it. dark eyes fill with tears as she looks down at her hands, " yes . . . it wouldn't have been anyone else's, " annie couldn't stand how small and broken her voice sounded right now, a tear escaping down her cheeks again as she looked at him, " how could i bring a baby into this? everything's a fucking shit show. we're attacking each other publicly as much as we can and then we're together in private, what kind of a life is that? " she closed her eyes and let out a deep breath, trying to get her emotions under control because she still felt like she was lost in it all. she had 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐭 control when she saw what firecracker had done and she felt like she hadn't got it back even now. annie opened her eyes unable to look at him, teeth pulling at her bottom lip for a moment, " it just wasn't the right time . . . it's all so fucked up and i just don't know what to do anymore, "
@thcrealheroes ; boomer : i came to say goodbye. nearly 200 writing prompts ; accepting.
𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, family made sense and it was something she felt like she didn't necessarily have to think about too hard. but friends and romance was something she hadn't really given much thought. it seemed to come so easy to zachariah, he had all the charm and that boyish smile that drew people in. naomi didn't have that, she knew that and for the most part, she hadn't cared. until she came to goldolkin university and she felt like she had been 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 out on something. zach had always talked about all his friends and the things they all did, as much as she might have thought he was lying, he always had photos to back up what he was saying. he had thrived at god u, top of his class, always first ranked and he was popular. whereas she felt like she was drowning here. everyone had all these expectations of who she was, thought they already knew her, or just wanted something from her. she didn't know who to trust and who she could actually rely on. maybe her dad was right. she didn't need friends, she didn't really need anyone else. but at least her dad had her mom, she wanted her 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 like that. which she had never thought she was going to get until she met boomer.
𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬, he didn't care who her parents were and who her brother was. boomer actually made her feel like she was a person, whose opinion mattered and he had no expectations for her. no one had surprised her as much as he, he quite literally swept her off her feet, which for someone who could fly, it wasn't exactly easy for her to feel like that. but him coming to her like this made her feel like she was 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 and there was no way she could catch herself. was this why she shouldn't get attached? naomi had to tell herself not to panic, there had to be an explanation as to why he was saying goodbye. fuck. where was he going and why couldn't she go with him? no. no. she hadn't really needed anyone before him and she would be fine after he was gone. but naomi knew that she could tell herselt that as much as she want, she knew the 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 and she didn't want to be without him.
𝐧𝐚𝐨𝐦𝐢 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, frowning at him as green eyes stay focused on him, just trying to figure out exactly what he could've meant by this. stay calm, do not lose yourself or overreact. she sighed softly, hands coming to rub her face for a moment, she couldn't let herself be vulnerable, not right now, " what do you mean goodbye? where are you going? " she asked, hating how voice had that weird neediness but she was trying to cover and it was so 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 to her, which meant that he could absolutely see her trying to keep it together. her eyes got blurred for a moment because something about this felt final, he wasn't just going away for a week and then coming back. people didn't say goodbye like this if they planned on coming back. boomer was leaving and she had no way to stop him, she had more strength than most people she knew and yet she wasn't strong enough to handle this, " you can't go. you can't . . . you're not allowed to say goodbye 'cause you're not going anywhere, please, "
@thcrealheroes ; hughie campbell / CONT.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚, the way he just lit up whenever he spoke about her, the excited way he talked about and other the past year since he had been working with her, they had been pretty much inseperable. it was a complete shock to find out that she was the supe behind the attack on congress, the head popper that the boys had been searching for since they did not believe it was actually stormfront like vought had stated. annie had no idea how hughie was dealing with that information, clearly not well considering the fact he had asked kimiko to break his arm to 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 her. it should be a good thing that he was in love with someone, she had always thought the two of them were sweet together and she never had seen him smiling so much. but seems like things could never just be simple for them, could it? people were always much more complicated than what they seemed and they just couldn't seem to catch a break. annie smiled at him, loving that he actually admitted it to her, laughing softly at him not wanting butcher to find out, " i should've known, you always had that dumb, cute little smile on your face whenever she was around and whenever you talk about her . . . and for what it is worth, i think she's crazy about you too, "
𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧, her own smile disappeared because he was right, they really were screwed and it seemed like they were both worried about the same person finding out, billy butcher. annie didn't even want to think what butcher 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 do if he found out the truth about her and homelander, or what he might do to hughie if he knew that he was in love with victoria. fuck, it was messed up and she really wished she didn't have to feel that kind of fear about butcher and what he could do. she knew that he wouldn't exactly hesitate to hurt her, he had tried before and it would be better for him knowing if hurting her would have an effect on homelander. annie sighed softly, tucking blonde strands of hair behind her ear, " trust me, i know. but i don't think butcher would hurt you, hughie, " though she doubted that it was really him that he was worried about butcher hurting. even though he would be insane to try and go after victoria considering what she could do. but she knew what butcher was capable of, she wouldn't be surprised if he tried something.
𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲, shaking her head as she moved over to him, looking up at him with a softer look on her face, " what are you gonna do? 'cause you can't avoid her forever and this dramatic of way to avoid her seems kinda over the top, " she pointed out, trying to keep things a little lighter because if they really went down that path about what butcher might do. it wasn't 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 the stress or the anxiety. but she also wasn't going to let hughie run away from something that was actually good, even if victoria neuman was dangerous in her own way. she had no room to judge considering she was in love with homelander, who was the most dangerous supe they know of and yet she just couldn't stay away, " hughie, she must have had her reasons for not telling you the truth. but avoiding her isn't going to make things better. kinda surprised she's not come and checked up on you herself, "
WHERE IS YOUR GOD ?- Multi-muse blog featuring muses from Amazon Prime's THE BOYS & GEN V. [ Homelander . Soldier Boy . Annie January . Joe Kessler . Black Noir II . Ryan Butcher . The Deep . Madelyn Stillwell . Marie Moreau . A-Train . Cate Dunlap . Hughie Campbell . Bubbles Utonium ( develop into the boys world ) . Boomer JoJo ( develop into the boys world ) ] love by della
@thcrealheroes ; homelander : " He - he's gone. They took him. Those motherfuckers took him ! " random inbox asks ; always accepting.
𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, maeve and soldier boy were unstoppable whenever they were fighting alongside each other and it absolutely made sense that ares and his team of assholes would try to separate them. but she never should've let it happen. she got herself distracted for a moment and she lost track of him. fuck. she was trying not to panic, panicking wouldn't help him and panciking wouldn't make anyone feel better. yet she felt like she was on the 𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 and she could barely hear homelander as he spoke to her, blue eyes focused on the shield in his hands, her heart racing in her chest as she tried not to fall apart. this was the last thing he wanted. ben refused to be a prisoner again, to let himself get caught and remained captured again. he was going to be hating this, he was going to make life hell for those fuckers who thought they could do whatever they wanted. maggie would do anything to get him back, she had to because she know he would do 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 for her if she was the one who was caught.
𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐡𝐢𝐦, trying to hide the way her hands shook for a moment as she tried to ignore that need to just scream and break something. ares had taken so much from her already and she refused to lose anyone else to that fucker. she couldn't cry, she couldn't break apart, she didn't have that option right now. she just had to get him back and she would 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 like hell to get to him. holding his shield made her feel a little stronger, a little better but it wasn't enough. she had to get him back, she wouldn't leave him in that place, she wouldn't let him be a prisoner to anyone again. taking a deep breath, finally looking up at homelander as she moved the shield onto her back, " he's not gone. i'm getting him back, i'm not . . . i'm not fucking losing him too, " maeve shook her head, probably wasn't thinking clearly but she wasn't going to just let him go. she needed him and she wouldn't be without him, he always called her his sword and she needed her shield more than anything.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲, she wasn't going to stop till ben was free and he got to have the life that seemed like a far off dream. she wouldn't let him stay that way, she wouldn't give up on him. running a hand through her hair, looking in the direction of vought tower, she wasn't thinking but she knew 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 what she needed to do. walking in the direction of the tower, not looking at homelander as she walked past him before stopping, " are you coming or are you really gonna let me do this alone? " maeve asked, glancing back at him and she knew he had plenty of reasons to say no, but she also knew how important family was to him. annie was going to be mad at both of them for being so thoughtless, but even the blonde goody two shoes would understand why they needed to do this, " we can't leave him there. ares will . . . ares will only do to him what the russians did, if not fucking worse. we gotta get him back, we're all he has, "
@thcrealheroes ; hughie campbell / 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐍𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐇.
𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝, he had been avoiding her calls or lying to her whenever he did pick up the phone. it hadn't taken her long to figure out why he was avoiding her - he knew the truth. she didn't know how exactly, she thought she had done a pretty good job at covering up her secret, she didn't want or need everyone knowing the truth about her. but maybe she should've told hughie the truth, especially once she felt like she could trust him. yet how do you tell the nicest and sweetest person you've ever met that you are 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 for so many deaths? it wasn't exactly a conversation she wanted to have, but maybe things would've been better if she had been honest. maybe he wouldn't be avoiding her. maybe she wouldn't be making threats to someone who she considered a friend to keep her secret. maybe she wouldn't have gotten a phonecall to tell her that hughie was taking an experimental drug from vought that made a supe for a day. this whiole situation was a fucking mess and she hated that she played a part in it.
𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞, especially after she threatened her, but clearly she had exhausted all over options to stop hughie from doing something dangerous and she had no other options. victoria was grateful that even with everything going on, annie still called her, even if she felt like it was 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 that hughie would even pick up if she called. but she would never forgive herself if she didn't try, especially if hughie hadn't gotten himself into something dangerous that could get him killed. it would be so easy to blame butcher for all of this, for pulling hughie into something that he probably wouldn't be able to get himself out of, but she also knew that if she had been honest with him, then maybe he wouldn't be doing this. how did things get so fucking twisted? couldn't they just go back to working together, shamelesly flirting with each other and falling in love?
" 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐢𝐞? 𝐢 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, " victoria stated, unable to hide her surprise that he actually answered her call, but she was so relieved to hear his voice. even if she could tell that he was still mad at her, at least he answered. maybe there was 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 after all. shaking her head, tucking dark hair behind her ear as she let out a soft sigh, unsure of where to start and she knew that apologising was probably where she should but it wasn't the first thing she said, " temp v is dangerous. if you keep taking it, it could kill you. three to five doses can have deadly side effects, " she didn't even give him a chance to say anything before repeating everything annie had told her about temp v, which she stil couldn't believe hughie had been willingly taken. but then she was in no room to judge since she had willingly given her own daughter compound v, " whatever you're doing with butcher, you need to stop. just tell me where you are and i'll come get you, "
@thcrealheroes ; a - train : i never meant for anyone to get hurt! three hundred & ninety prompts ; accepting.
𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥? that seeing a - train covered in blood barely had her flinching anymore. fuck, she shouldn't be like this. but whatever had happened for a - train to be completely covered head to toe in blood had to be pretty fucked up. he was shaking, mumbling about something and she knew that it must be 𝐛𝐚𝐝 if he had come to her before anyone else. what had he gotten himself caught up in that he was looking like this? maeve moved over to him, a softer look replacing the harsher one she had been wearing, " take a deep breath, reggie, you need to calm down and talk to me, " even with his speed, there was no way someone didn't know he had come into seven tower like this, which meant they had limited time before stillwell and her band of merry pr assholes would be to do damage control. considering the state he was in, it was likely whoever he had hurt wasn't exactly in a good way anymore.
𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫, not caring about the blood at all and just trying to get him to focus on her instead of whatever panic was going on in his head, " breathe, in through your nose and out through your mouth, " she guided, not many people got to see this side of her, but something about reggie made her want to look out for him, she just wish she 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 what trouble he had gotten himself caught up in. hands move to take his glasses off from his face, blue eyes narrowing as she looks at him for a moment. fuck. he was high, there was no mistaking that from his eyes. but on what? she had no idea because there was no way any normal drug would cause this, " what are you on? what did you take? reggie, tell me what happened, "
@thcrealheroes ; homelander / CONT.
𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦, covered in blood and standing on her balcony in a way that wasn't threatening but it chilled her to her core. annie knew something terrible had happened, but she wasn't quite sure where his head was at this moment. she almost didn't dare move from where she was stood, arms wrapped around herself as she realised he was talking about his childhood and whoever he had hurt, they had 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 him first. her heart was pounding in her chest, hearing him talk about what they had done to him and it broke her heart. he hadn't deserved that. no one deserved to be treated like that. vought had created him and they had raised him in a way that had twisted him into the man he was now. but there was still so much more to him than vought had made, she had seen that and she knew exactly who he really was. dark eyes blur with tears of her own, trying to keep it together because her tears wouldn't fix anything from his past and she knew he wouldn't want her crying over him. but her heart broke for him and she couldn't help but wonder if he was truly 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐞 down a dark path that she couldn't follow.
𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, she didn't recognise the look on his face as she moved a little closer, not quite daring to reach out to touch him. it was like he was here, but he wasn't fully present right now. she didn't even know if he even meant to come here, or whether he just found himself here without realising it. she hated that she jumped a little as he looked at her, freezing in place as he takes her in and she didn't know what he was thinking right now as he looked at the blood on his suit. a tear escaped down her cheek as he calls himself a 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 from the moment he was born, which she refused to believe and she didn't even think that was possible. if he had been raised differently, with a mom and dad maybe, or fuck, just one decent person who cared about him, things could have been so different. those people had failed him, they were the reason he had such a twisted view on things and messed up beliefs his whole life.
𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐫𝐮𝐛 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, having not grabbed a cardigan or anything before stepping out to see him, but she knew she was cold for a different reason. just listening to him talk about this, it made her blood run cold and she knew that he was 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 himself to her in a way that she never expected. this was her chance to show him that she accepted all parts of them, the good, the bad, the monsterous. stepping towards him again, hands dropping to her side, nodding her head, " it doesn't matter why you came, i've got you, okay, " annie admits, looking over him for a moment, unsure on whether she should even touch him or what exactly he wanted right now. yet his question catches her off guard, looking up at him, her heart was beating so hard in her chest and she didn't know what to say straight away. she wouldn't lie to him and immediately saying no felt like it would be lie. but she didn't think he was a monster, not anymore because she saw many parts of him that she knew 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 else ever got to see, " i think you feel like you have to be monster when you feel like you have no other choice. it's not always a bad thing because you can be that and it comes out when you want to protect certain people, " like her, like ryan, " but i also know you're so much more than that and when i tell you that i love you, i love all parts of you, "
𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐭, she reached out to cup his face, not caring about the blood on his skin as she stepped towards him, " i love you and i know you love me and you love ryan. monsters can't do that and you are not a monster. you weren't born one, those people fucking failed you and you deserved so much better, " she told him, unable to stop tears slipping down her cheek as she looked up at him. she needed to get him clean, get him out of these clothes and find him under all that blood, " c'mon, let's get you cleaned up, " annie whispered softly, not caring that her hands were now covered in blood as she took his hands, gently pulling him into her apartment. she would have to scrub any blood on the floor, she would burn her clothes and scrub herself clean, but she didn't care about any of that right now. all annie cared about was him and making sure he was okay. closing the bathroom door behind them, letting go off his hands as she moves to turn the shower on, making sure the water wasn't too hot, especially after what he told her about them burning him. turning back to look at him, a soft expression on her face as she looks at him, " i think we're gonna have to soak your suit in the bath, not sure how good it will do, but i've got clothes for you once you're clean, " she tells him as she starts to undo his suit, having become extremely familiar with the way it does up, " i feel like asking if you're okay isn't really a good question. but i just want to know where you're head is at - are you with me right now? "
@thcrealheroes ; homelander : " I have changed, whether you believe it or not, I am not the same Homelander you once knew . . . and that's all thanks to Annie. Not Starlight - don't you fucking call her that. She is more than just a damn supe, do I make myself clear, William ? "
𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝? just because he managed to get sweet little starlight to fall in love with him and have a kid with him? nah, he wasn't buying it. starlight had always been naive and probably got borderline stockholm syndrome with all those years alone with it. once homelander reminded them all of who he really was, she'd probably run and hide with her own daughter. butcher wasn't going to sit there and believe this whole 𝐚𝐜𝐭 that homelander was a better person, everyone else might be willing to believe it because they felt like they needed him to stop ares. yet he found it amusing that homelander was trying to tell him to how fucking act. butcher smirked softly, shaking his head, " why? it's her fucking supe name, ain't it? " he shrugged, not looking over at him as he spoke, not taking him seriously whatsoever. a part of him knew that homelander could and would hurt him. maybe he was trying to goad him into a little, to show everyone that it was absolutely a mistake in bringing him into their plan. was it his best plan? absolutely not. but fuck it. butcher wasn't going to be 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 nice with homelander at any time, " everyone else might want to buy into your bullshit, john, " he sneered, looking over at him for a moment, shaking his head as he raised the cigarette between his fingers to his lips, taking a drag as he looks away again, " but i don't. not sure how you tricked starlight into thinking you're not a monster, but i'm not fucking buying it for one second - you'll show us all who you really are eventually and all that hardwork starlight did to change will have been for nothing, "
@thcrealheroes ; hughie : are you flirting with me? three hundred & ninety prompts ; accepting.
𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐫𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦, shaking her head in amusement for a moment because he had finally noticed what she had been doing and she couldn't help but wonder if she hadn't been obvious enough, " yeah, have been for a while, hughie, but thank you for finally noticing, " she teased, winking at him playfully before leaning over and stealing food off his plate, something she had regularly been doing. his food was just better. she laughed softly, running her spare hand through her hair as she looked away from a moment. shit, had she completely misread the situation between them? maybe he did just view them as 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 rather than whatever she had been feeling. oh no. she had thought she had been good at reading the room, picking up on the feelings between people and she thought that her and hughie were both feeling this connection that she knew she had been feeling. but the fact he was asking if she was flirting with him, maybe that wasn't as true as she thought she was. teeth pull at her bottom lip for a moment, looking over at him, " is that an issue? 'cause tell me to stop if you don't want me to keep doing it and we will just be colleagues and friends, "
@thcrealheroes ; dark!starlight : we could be amazing! three hundred & ninety prompts ; accepting.
𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥. they still had no idea how they ended up here, who or what managed to bring them into a world that clearly wasn't theirs and having to come face to face with versions of herself that were so similar and yet extremely different at the same time. this version of her though? she was dark and twisted, powerful in a way that made her curious as to how she managed it but also felt like it was all so out of control, but it just made her more 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 to make sure she never ended up like her. it didn't matter what happened, she could never let herself become like the woman in front of her. it was terrifying, to see what she could've become . . . or could still become if something really terrible happened. she would have to try to make an active choice to continue to do the right thing no matter how hard that may be.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, it was almost like it was too difficult because she was her, but she wasn't her. it wasn't like the other annie she had met, the one who was with butcher, they understood each other. this version of her? well, she was a nightmare and she made her skin crawl. it was like she had given into every 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 that she had resisted. annie could only imagine how much destruction this starlight and her homelander had caused this world. was it possible whoever brought them all here was to stop them? it was questions to which they hadn't quite got the answers yet. but she was determined to find a way out of this and get them. those answers could get them home, though she also knew she couldn't go back until they had found a way to stop this starlight and homelander.
𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, dark eyes focusing on her as she shook her head, not wanting to believe what she was saying, despite knowing that there was something she could learn from this starlight, " i'm nothing like you. we're not gonna be anything, " annie snapped, unsure of what exactly the other version of her was thinking right now, she was just angry at the situation, desperate to get home and she just wanted to find a way back to the people she cared about, " you and i, we're not the same. you're twisted and too far gone to even realise that you've become something that you should hate, " she had always wanted to be a hero, surely that was something all of them shared. but how did this annie become so twisted that she lost sight of that? shaking her head, an almost 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 look on her face as she looked at her, " i will never be anything like you, "
@thcrealheroes ; ryan : did you hear that? three hundred & ninety prompts ; accepting.
" 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲? " becca asked softly, looking over at him with a curious look on her face. she knew that this was going to happen, they had warned her as such, that as ryan got older, it was likely that he would show signs of powers just like his father homelander. the heightened senses was something they had predicted would come first, the improved hearing, the x-ray vision, the sense of smell. a lot of supes had the heightened senses, but if ryan's abilities would be anything like homelander, he would be so strong. it was her job to make sure he was 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 like homelander, that he would stay the sweet and kind boy he is now. but ever since homelander had shown up here, more and more of ryan's powers have started to show through and she just wanted to make sure that she was being the best she could for him. moving over to him, her hand moving over his hair as she gave him a smile, " what did you hear? you can tell me, it's gonna be okay. i know things are a little strange and intense right now, " she soothes, hoping that he feels reassured enough to be open with her about what he's experiencing right now. she may not ever be fully able to understand what it is like for him, but she won't ever give up on him. she loves ryan with everything she has in her, she would do anything for her son, " but i've got you and i'm gonna help in whatever i can, okay? you just need to talk to me, "
@thcrealheroes ; starlight : " I - I thought I lost you when you sacrificed yourself taking out Soldier Boy. I - I never . . . why would you do that ! Why did you do that ? Don't you know I love you, Maggie ?! " random inbox asks ; always accepting.
𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, but it wasn't something she could ever regret doing. if soldier boy had exploded there, he would've killed them all and as much as she had been willing to do anything to make sure homelander died, she would never risk them all. especially not with annie right there, who she had already 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 over and over. she didn't even care if she died, she already knew fighting homelander was likely to be a fight to the death and she had made peace with that. but she never wanted this, she never would've wanted annie at risk like this. even in that moment where they locked eyes and she knew annie knew exactly what she was about to do, she didn't hesitate and she didn't even 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 to think about might happen to her. maggie knew that soldier boy's blast would get rid of her powers, which meant it was incredibly likely she wouldn't survive the fall. but she would've done the right thing, like annie believed she would do. she would be a hero like annie had once believed she was.
𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞, her whole body ached, she had completely lost her right eye and she was looking to a slow recovery. all the compound v in her blood had been burned away, she was human and as much as she was relieved to no longer have be queen maeve, she was not looking forward to this long recovery. honestly, she was surprised she wasn't more hurt, her left arm was in a sling, bandage over her eye and she was covered in bruises and cuts that were likely to scar. no longer made of 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐥, she was going to have to be careful with herself now, she was going to have to remember that she no longer had the strength or power she had grown used to. but nothing could've prepared for the emotional pain she felt when seeing annie again for the first time, seeing the look of pain on her face and the blonde always had such a way with words that 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐤 her right in the heart.
𝐲𝐞𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐞'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫, reaching out for her with her good hand as she couldn't move much from the bed she was laid in, " you're always so dramatic, you know that? " maggie teased, giving her hand a gentle squeeze before she sighed softly, looking up at her with a soft look on her face, " you know why i did it - i wasn't gonna let you get caught up in that. you and your friends gotta keep fighting . . . it was the right thing to do, annie, " she admits softly, teeth pulling on her bottom lip for a moment. she wasn't good at this, the emotional things, annie was always much better at it than she was and she was just going to have to try to better now, " i love you, annie. fuck, you think i was gonna let anything happen to you. i just knew i had to get him out of there before you got hurt . . . the world fucking needs you, annie, no one needs me, "
@thcrealheroes ; annie / CONT.
𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐦𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞, seeing so obivously jealous because some woman was hitting on him and it didn't matter that he had barely acknowledged her or flirted back, annie was jealous and she wasn't very good at hiding it. even her trying to deny it was adorable, the way she could barely look him in the eye and the way she downed her drink, which was hot in a way that he didn't expect. what could he say? he loved a woman who could hold her drink. plus he liked seeing annie lose 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 every now again. she was always wound so tightly, which was somewhat understandable with everything that was constantly going on, but to see the way she just let herself feel and couldn't keep up the perfect good girl act. it made her so fucking irresistible to him. it didn't even occur to him that kimiko and frenchie were clearly watching the exchange. shaking his head with a smirk, watching as she walked away before downing the rest of his own drink, giving the other two a look before following her, completely unable to help himself.
𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦, arms folded across his chest as he waited for her to come out of the bathroom, unable to shake that amused feeling. he never expected jealously from her, it almost seemed beneath her, but yet here they were and it was something he couldn't run from anymore. he knew he could keep try to keep 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 to himself what was happening here, it had been messy and intense, but he wasn't sure what to think about it all anymore. all he knew was that despite how hard he tried to keep fighting this, he couldn't anymore. the moment she stepped out, he laughed softly, " i didn't realise you were the jealous type, sweetheart, " butcher teased, hands reaching out to pull her towards him, no one would even see them in the crowded place, " i bet you're all frustrated and worked up right now. how about you come back to my place and work all of that out in a more constructive way than your bad attempt at denial? "
@thcrealheroes ; homelander / CONT.
𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟, to not let herself fall in love with him because she knew what he was capable of, she had seen what he had done and she had been on the receiving end of his threats and aggression. but yet despite how much she tried not to, she couldn't help it. annie had fallen hard and as much as she had tried to keep it pushed down, it seeped out through the cracks and she hadn't been able to keep it hidden. even the first time she said 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, it hadn't been intentional, it had just happened and from there, she couldn't deny it to him at all. not that she wanted to deny it, but she hadn't wanted to feel so exposed and vulnerable. annie had gotten to see so many different sides of him in the time they had spent together, he could be soft and sweet, vulnerable in a way that had shocked her and she could never deny that he was so much more than he appeared. homelander was someone she never thought she'd let into her heart and yet he had it, she just had to 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 that he actually took care of it.
𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲, she knew what he had done, would continue to do if no one stopped him. the pain, the heartbreaks, the death - he was responisble for so much. yet she couldn't stop herself from being in love with him and she had to let herself wonder if there was anything he could do that would make her finally say that is 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. what scared her most was that she wasn't even sure that existed. a part of her knew that no matter what happened, she would be in love with him and even if she couldn't stand by him, he would still have her heart. fuck. this was so much more intense than she ever intended and a part of her didn't even know how it actually happened. it felt like it happened naturally and yet all at once at the same time.
𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧, her heart racing a little faster in her chest as she watches him, that smile that ghosted his lips and she couldn't but wonder what he must be thinking right now. her honesty sometimes shocked her, she wouldn't 𝐥𝐢𝐞 to him about things, she needed to be honest but she wouldn't deny that sometimes, she did worry about his reaction. but right now, she could tell he wasn't mad or angry about what she said. eyes closed as he pressed the kiss to her forehead, feeling soothed by it in a way that made it feel like he had taken all the tension away that she had been feeling. looking up at him again as he spoke, she knew how right he was, that the 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 here was something neither of them could run from or deny it, " i know, " she whispered softly, her hands moving to rest on his chest, moving a little closer as she tried to wrap her head around what this meant. no more denying. no more hiding it from him. she couldn't do that anymore, it was 𝐞𝐱𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 and it wasn't working. he knew that she loves him and he also knew she couldn't keep denying it, " i love you . . . i can't keep denying it to myself, especially when you can see right through me and you know the truth, " it didn't make it easier, knowing she would also do whatever she had to to stop him if it came to that. he said it himself, he was a monster and she knew he wasn't always, but she knew that they had to keep making sure he didn't go too far before more people got hurt. annie knew she was torn between her head and her heart, she was going to be the one who ended up heartbroken and hurt, " i know i said i need you to be a monster . . . but i don't always think you are one, i know you, i see you and that is why i love you, "