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1. my father didn’t tell me how to live (he lived and let me watch him do it) by Alana_Me

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019), The Boys (Comics), Gen V (TV)  

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   14 Dec 2024

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   • The Homelander | John & Soldier Boy
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son & The Homelander | John
   • The Homelander | John/Madelyn Stillwell
   • Hughie Campbell/Starlight | Annie January
   • The Homelander | John/Queen Maeve
   • Black Noir & The Homelander | John
   • The Homelander | John
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son
   • Billy Butcher
   • Becca Butcher
   • Hughie Campbell
   • Mother's Milk (The Boys)
   • The Frenchman (The Boys)
   • The Female | Kimiko Miyashiro
   • Starlight | Annie January
   • Queen Maeve (The Boys)
   • A-Train (The Boys)
   • The Deep | Kevin
   • Stormfront (The Boys)
   • Black Noir (The Boys)
   • Crimson Countess (The Boys)
   • Mindstorm (The Boys)
   • TNT Twins (The Boys)
   • Ashley Barrett
   • Luke Riordan | Golden Boy (referenced)
   • Be Careful What You Wish For
   • Soldier Boy's A+ Parenting
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things
   • No beta we die like Becca
   • It gets better before it gets worse
   • Soldier Boy Has PTSD (The Boys)
   • Angst
   • Harm to Children
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Baby Homelander's no good horrible very bad existence
   • Non-Linear Narrative
   • The Gen V kids will make some peripheral appearances

   Summary

   "You're alive," Homelander says. He doesn't know what he's feeling. What he should be feeling.

   "You're a fucking disappointment, John," his father says.

   OR - Maybe if I'd raised you, I could have made you better. And not some weak, sniveling pussy starved for attention.

   In which Soldier Boy does raise Homelander, for a time. It changes everything. (It changes nothing.)

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   8,100

   Chapters:

   6/?

   Comments:

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