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1. like a fuckin' child by boneslen

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   24 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John
   • Hughie Campbell
   • Angst
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fix-It
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Implied Childhood Sexual Abuse
   • Depowered The Homelander | John
   • The Homelander | John Whump
   • Character Study
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Everyone Has Trauma
   • Sexual Tension
   • No Smut
   • for a reason
   • Empathy
   • Blood and Injury
   • Internal Conflict
   • Canon Rewrite

   Summary

   It all collapses onto Butcher, a single moment of pain, the sort of empathy only his brother was capable of. He can’t merge the monster with the child in front of him. Like he’s suddenly wearing red boots five sizes too large in a costume that’ll never fit, confused at why this big, scary man is hurting him.

   Or; Butcher tries to kill Homelander, but only sees a child—and what was done to him.

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