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  1. Public Bookmark 49

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    The first time Homelander met William “Billy” J. Butcher wasn’t the romantic spy thriller the media thinks it is. It’s not what his now-fiancé thinks either.

    At his superhero debut, Homelander sees an opportunity to secure an advantage. So he forges a secret deal, gaining a confidante in the world of espionage.

    Nothing hurts more than trying your absolute best and still not being good enough.

    It’s inevitable that Homelander develops an unhealthy attachment to the only man who stands unafraid of him—who shaped his rise from the beginning, like a vicious watchdog at his back. Unlike everyone else, the older British man has a vested interest in seeing John succeed as The Homelander, for reasons of his own.

    Only you shone like the brightest candle to light my way when everyone else wanted to drag me into the mud. Only you stayed true.

    “So, William, you tell me.” Homelander reached out to wipe the blood from his beloved’s face, red fingertips tracing William’s split lip as he murmured, “After all these years… how could I not want you?”

    (A Fix-It AU where S5 Butcher injects himself with V1 and gains the ability to rewind time—but some things resist being fixed.)

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    16 Jun 2026

  2. Public Bookmark *

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    Billy Butcher didn’t kill Homelander.
    Waste of a perfectly good dog.

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    16 Jun 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 19

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    Butcher did it. Homelander is dead. He survived their final duel, but his body is still dying of cancer.

    Kessler is gone. But someone else starts to visit.

    (a bit of an alternate take on the ending of s5)

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    15 Jun 2026

  4. Public Bookmark 51

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    “Look, I’m offering ye a deal, luv, a team up or whatever. I don’t know shite about being a supe and you don’t know how to be a regular person. So why not give one another a hand until we get back home?”

    “So, a truce?”

     

    Or, Butcher and Homelander wake up in a world in which one’s a supe and the other isn’t. Except, it’s the other way around.

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    14 Jun 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 21

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    The naked boy shivered on the cracked asphalt, the bones of his ribs drawn under the thin skin like they'd been painted with charcoal

    "Mister…" the voice came out thin, cracked. "Are you my daddy?"

    The crowbar grew heavy. He lifted his arm. "Billy, no!" But the arm didn't come down. "I'm scared"

    And Billy Butcher, who'd planned this moment for years, let the crowbar fall. "Pick up the kid. And someone get me a fuckin' blanket"

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    13 Jun 2026