homelander: i am going to brutally murder everyone you have ever loved if you don’t make everyone pay attention to me
frenchie: oui oui mon coeur my childhood was extremely traumatic. i would die for you hughie
MM: butcher this is the last time……………. then i’m Out For Good
butcher: croikey blimey bollocks on a wagon i’m gonna kill someone against everyone’s wishes and upset hughie. cunt
hughie: i am so terrified. i have peed my pants 3 times consecutively, but i have to sacrifice myself to save my girlfriend and some random extras from evil superman so i can return home and dissociate
Warnings: slight spoilers for episode 1 of the boys season 3!!!, toxic relationship this is fiction i can do what i want. also I obviously do not condone his actions. fiction <3
Author’s Note: im on episode 3 <3 and hes so insane <3 and i missed him so much <3
Summary: Homelander takes some notes from Starlight and shows off his human significant other
I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director/creator
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You didn’t like to pay attention to the superhero ratings but they were talked about as much as politician rankings. You were constantly having to turn off the TV when they turned on and ignore the static buzzing of the neverending judging.
Homelander obsessed over them. He looked at them all the time so you tried to never look at them to balance the two of you out. But suddenly they were everywhere. Starlight was in the 90s and Homelander…wasn’t even close. His official non official dating of Stormfront had done that.
You tried to tell him to just date you publicly but he needed a Supe and she was the best option. She could handle him. Then she turned out to be a fucking Nazi.
He didn’t outwardly concede but he knew you were right. He should have just publicly dated you. Starlights ratings were great and she was dating Hughie. Maybe that’s all he needed.
You were standing to the side, watching as the camera bulbs went off aggressively in the faces of the superheroes. They all seemed to show no reaction to them. You tried to get used to the lighting before you went out there. You adjusted your dress and then adjusted it again. Red and blue, to match the cape and the suit.
You looked good. It didn’t really help your nerves but at least you knew that.
“Okay awesome thank you for waiting,” Ashley said quickly, holding the clipboard tightly between her hands so that her knuckles were white. “He’s coming, he just needed to sign some things before coming out.” You nodded once.
“Do I look okay?” you asked nervously.
“You look fantastic,” she promised and it sounded like she meant it. You were grateful.
“I’m here!” Homelander announced, rushing up behind you. You took his hand which he offered. The familiar red leather felt reassuring in your hand. “Ready?” he asked, more as a formality than actually asking.
“Yes,” you said quietly.
Then you were in front of the cameras. Smiling, waving, trying not to squint. You grabbed his hand tighter. He seemed to like having someone so dependent on him. Especially these days when people were acting like they didn’t need him at all. Knowing that you were right there and that you wouldn’t get on without him made his chest swell with enough pride to keep going.
People were screaming his name and you had gotten used to drowning it out by now. After a moment you gently let go of his hand.
“You should take some alone,” you said quietly. He nodded once, barely looking at you as you stepped back. You went to the corner where Ashley was standing and micromanaging. You watched idly as Starlight came out with her boyfriend and then he stepped aside as well, taking some solo pictures alone and then with the rest of the crew that was out.
He stood beside you and did a bit of a double take.
“You’re Y/N right?” he asked. You nodded once, smiling.
“Yeah. Hughie?”
“Yeah.” He looked between you and Homelander. You eyed him, trying to figure out what he was thinking. “So you really….I mean you..”
“Yeah,” you breathed. “I mean, it can’t be that different from you and Starlight.”
“I think it is. Just like, surface level, guessing. But he seems a bit more intense than…than she is.” You smiled gently. He seemed nice. Starlight probably loved him a lot. You tried to imagine what he was thinking.
“Probably just a bit,” you joked lightly. Homelander turned around, his smile leaving almost immediately as he walked back towards you with a relaxed expression. You offered your hands and he took it, happy to have an anchor.
“We should go inside,” he muttered. You nodded and when he turned around the smile that didn’t reach his eyes was back as he waved and left. You gave Hughie a small smile and wave as you walked away. He looked more concerned for you than willing enough to wave.
You opened the door to the theater. You needed some air before the movie started. That was kind of intense.
“I’m going to go outside for a second,” you whispered. You tried to let go of his hand but he held on tighter.
“I can come.”
“You should mingle without me if you want. I won’t be offended.” You both knew he wasn’t worried about offending you. It was one of the reasons the two of you worked. He didn’t really have to worry about you, other than your safety.
He was staring at you and you could tell that he was coming with you. You were convincing yourself he needed you. He needed you there otherwise he would go off the hinges. You were a buffer that was so dearly desired.
“Wanna fly me to the roof superman?” The small smile he gave was the most genuine one you had seen all day. He led you out the side door and you grabbed onto him tightly, never fully prepared for your feet to leave the ground. You always panicked for a moment when they did. He relished in that second where you were hopeless without him.
You were both pretty sure some pictures were being taken of the two of you sneaking off for the moment. Maybe that would be a good thing. Just a happy couple, happily taking a moment to themselves.
You landed gracefully on the roof and he put you down with ease, finally letting you take a step away from him. You breathed deeply.
“Those cameras are a lot. I don’t know how you deal with them,” you admitted. He shrugged.
“That's all I’ve ever known,” he said quietly.
“I know I’ve said it before but you didn’t deserve that.” You sat down on the ledge, looking down at the pictures. You moved your crunchy hair sprayed curls out of your face. He sat down beside you, moving the cape so it flowed against the wind. “Am I gonna hate this movie?”
“Yes. Probably.” You both laughed a bit. It was nice to hear him laugh. Like a real, in the moment laugh. You opened your phone to check the time. You had left it open on the news to make sure you were on time for the movie premier but it had reloaded and showed the ratings.
Homelander had gone up some. Starlight was the same, in the 90s, but he wasn’t tanking right now. You turned it to show him. He craned his head to look at him and breathed a shaky, half real sigh of relief.
He didn’t say anything for a second. He looked at you and you looked at him.
“It’s being figured out,” you promised, grabbing his hand. “Slowly. Who knows, maybe by your birthday special everything will be okay again.”
“Maybe,” he whispered.
“Should we go watch the movie?”
“Yeah. Can’t miss that.”
“Do you make out with the actress that plays Stormfront in the movie?”
“No comment.” You chuckled, shaking your head.
“Take me back down there superman. Let’s get this over with.”
He grabbed your hand and helped you up. And again you were floating.
And the pictures taken were really good.
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Author’s Note: Hi babe I hope you like this! I love this troupe and have never written it before lol so this was fun!
Requested: by anon, Hello again! I hope all is well :) I have an idea for a Homelander x fem!reader fic. There’s this trope of “5 times they kiss and it didn’t mean anything and 1 time it did” that I think would be fun to see. Reader could be a supe and maybe she and Homelander have been paired together by Vought. So the first times they kiss, it’s for publicity or show. But the last time they realize the both have true feelings for each other and tell each other? Could be hcs too if you’d rather. And if you don’t want to write it, that’s cool too!
Summary: the request
I don’t own these characters. They belong to author/director/creator
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It made sense for you and Homelander to be together. He was Homelander, the biggest superhero in the world. You were his ‘sidekick’ for lack of a better word, always going together on missions and often being caught by the media outside of work.
At first Vought thought maybe Maeve and Homelander should get together for the media. That made sense too, since they often were packaged together by the tabloids.
But it was pretty obvious who America's favorites were.
Even with all of this in mind, when they presented the idea to you, you recoiled in your seat, a pit in your stomach.
“What does this entail?” you questioned. Ashley Barrett let out a gentle sigh and pushed the papers towards you, a pen beside it. You were not going to sign that until she gave you some clarification.
“It means that in the media's eyes, you will be a couple. For a couple months at least you will go out on dates, be seen together at events, do the things a couple would.”
“Have you spoken to him about this?”
“Yes.”
“What did he say?”
“He signed the papers already. Homelander choses to endorse whatever they think would be best for Vought and the Sevens publicity,” she explained. “Eventually we imagine there will be a public break up. Remember, any publicity is good publicity.”
“How much PDA is required?”
“Kissing. Hand holding, hugging. Nothing more scandalous than that.” You swallowed hard. It wasn’t that you disliked Homelander. In fact, you got along well with him which is something most of the Seven couldn’t say. That was probably why they had chosen this for you. It made him seem more human and it gave you a step up, power wise. If you did this you could have some leverage in the future.
You took a deep breath and picked up the pen, signing it.
“When’s my first date?”
==
Homelander was especially quiet this afternoon which surprised you. You were a tad nervous as well but you figured he would be boisterous about the fact that you got to kiss him. You were to make your first media appearance.
You were going to be on a building making out and a plant was going to call the paparazzi. It was simple and easy compared to the other things the two of you had done in your line of work.
“If you get too excited are you gonna laser my eyes?” you asked, nudging him. It was chilly up on the roof tonight. He chuckled, shaking his head.
“I’m far too controlled for that.”
“Are you not cold?” You leaned against the short wall, balancing yourself so you didn’t fall.
“No. Be careful. Can’t kill yourself on our first ‘date’.” You smiled and nodded. He didn’t seem as annoyed as you thought he would be. You looked back towards the ground. There were cars rushing to the bottom of the building. That was your cue. You pointed to the bottom descrituley.
“That’s our cue.”
You stood straight and he took a couple of steps forward, the cape floating behind him. You put your hands on his cheeks and kissed him. You tried to remind yourself this was just for show. Eventually you would pretend you noticed the paps and he would fly the two of you out of there.
You didn’t imagine he would be so good at this though. How many girls had he kissed? You had never seen Homelander with a girl before.
It was just for the cameras. It was just for the cameras.
His hand sneaked around your waist and he dipped you over the edge of the building. You tried not to let the panic build up in your chest that he would drop you and just as quickly as you started to kiss you stopped. You looked down to the ground and scrambled away, as though you had just noticed teh cameras.
“We should go,” he said offhandedly.
“Yeah. Lets.”
===
You and Homelander had been ‘going out’ for about a couple weeks now. You had done interviews, gotten pictures taken, professed your love for each other countless times in front of the cameras. It wasn’t as bad as you thought it would be. You got to hang around more. It had been a long time since you were paid to just hang around and do interviews. Though they were constant, you were slightly happy not to have kill anyone.
“You have one more interview tonight on Late Night,” Ashley said quickly, flipping through some pages. “They wanna ask you about the new movie and the relationship.”
“They all wanna ask us about the new movie and the relationship.”
“Well you get to make up some more things. I noticed you made up an entire date when you were on Kelly Clarkson,” Ashley commented bitterly.
“It keeps us entertained,” Homelander pointed out.
“We’ll be on time for Late Night,” you said. She nodded slowly, looking between the two of you. She let out a soft sigh and then left the room, leaving the two of you alone. You let out a long sigh, sitting down on the couch.
The two of you were at Vought headquarters, in the Homelanders dressing room. You closed your eyes.
“You think we’re gonna get to breathe here within the next week?” Homelander chuckled. He looked better than you. Still pristine and perfect, even behind doors. He sat down and ran his hand through his hair.
“Doubt it.”
“Wonderful,” you muttered. You put your head on your hand and closed your eyes for a moment. “You’re not tired?”
“I’m the Homelander.” You nodded once.
“Yeah. I know.” You stared at him for a moment and rubbed your eyes. He had been your only solace within the hustle and bustle of the interviews. You never thought you would look at Homelander like you had been lately. It was probably just because you had his tongue down your throat every two seconds.
He cleared his throat and stood up. He unclipped his cape and draped it over you. You looked up at him, a tired smile on your face.
“Thanks.” He nodded once and you nuzzled your face into the couch. “You sure you don’t wanna get some sleep? Just before Late Night? Come on.” You grabbed his hand. He looked down at you, contemplating for a moment.
“Alright. Just a few minutes.”
You clapped your hands softly and moved aside. He sat down on the couch and then laid behind you. You turned around so you were facing each other. It was a tight fit but you made it work. You hooked your leg around his to stay steady and met his eyes. You nuzzled into the pillow and closed your eyes, smiling.
“Stop staring at me,” you whispered, feeling his gaze on you. You opened your eyes again and realized just how close his face was. Without saying anything else, he kissed you. A kiss made out of genuine attraction, for the first time in either of your relationships.
“You’re a good kisser when you care.”
“As opposed to when I don’t?”
“You’re mediocre then.” You laughed, shaking your head.
“Goodnight Homelander.” He wrapped his arms around you tighter, holding you to him so you didn’t fall off the couch.
“Goodnight,” he whispered.
==
Ashley came back in an hour, ready to hype on the both of you for not being ready at the car for Late Night. She rushed forward through the door and stopped abruptly when she saw the two of you sound asleep. You were asleep on Homelander’s chest. She couldn’t even see his face, it was nuzzled into your hair.
How was she gonna wake you up now?
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