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   Waiting For Superman by LadyOfHell

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   03 Apr 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • The Homelander | John/You
   • Reader/OMC (minor)
   • The Homelander | John
   • Reader
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • The Seven Ensemble (The Boys)
   • Romance
   • Slow Burn
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff
   • Happy Ending
   • Smut
   • yes I wrote smut please be proud
   • domestic violence (between reader and OMC)
   • abusive relationship (again between reader and OMC)
   • Homelander rescues her
   • Female Reader
   • it starts angsty and ends fluffy
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • No use of y/n
   • Reader loves Homelander
   • Homelander loves Reader
   • They're Cute okay?
   • this is my emotional support wish-fulfillment fic
   • Additional Warnings in Author's Note
   • Titel from "Waiting For Superman" by Daughtry
   • lots of swearing

   Summary

   You're a young baker, trapped in an abusive relationship with your boyfriend. Unable to leave him, you use your job as escapism while hiding the wounds and bruises as well as you can.

   When your bakery is chosen to cater a small charity event, you cross paths with Homelander, which happens to be the first step on your way back to a better life.

   (Slow burn romance, Homelander rescues Reader from her abusive boyfriend and they fall in love.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   35,243

   Chapters:

   12/12

   Comments:

   52

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