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1. Public Bookmark 10

   What Dies Should Stay Dead by TragicallyDelusional

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   18 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • Greg/Little Cricket | Emma Meyer/Sam Riordan
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John
   • Canon Compliant
   • Post The Boys Season 5
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Resurrection
   • Secret Identity
   • not so slow burn
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Obsession
   • mutual obsession
   • Revenge Plot
   • Psychological Horror
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Found Family
   • Trauma
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Godolkin University
   • Professor William Butcher
   • Student Homelander
   • Pathetic Homelander
   • Traumatized Homelander
   • Homelander has PTSD
   • Panic Attacks
   • Nightmares
   • survivor's guilt
   • Identity Crisis
   • Emotional Vulnerability
   • Self-Loathing
   • internalized shame
   • Homelander Needs Therapy
   • William Butcher Needs Therapy
   • Everyone Needs Therapy
   • Humiliation
   • Sexual Tension
   • sex as revenge
   • Attempted Seduction As Revenge
   • Emotional Manipulation
   • Power Imbalance
   • Dubious Intentions
   • intimacy issues
   • Homelander Crawled Out Of His Own Grave
   • William Butcher Killed Homelander
   • William Butcher Is Alive
   • Homelander Is Alive
   • Split Personalities
   • Homelander's Mental Health Is A Disaster
   • The Legend Is Homelander's Father Figure
   • Protective Emma Meyer
   • Regretful William Butcher
   • Butcher Thinks Homelander Is Dead
   • Homelander Thinks He Hates Butcher
   • Homelander Is Lying To Himself
   • Mutual Pining
   • They are both terrible at feelings
   • Undercover William Butcher
   • Superhero Regulation
   • No one in this fic is normal
   • Porn with Plot
   • no beta we die like women
   • English Is Not the Author's First Language
   • Teacher-Student Relationship
   • They Are Like Cancer
   • Every Time You Think They're Gone They Come Back Stronger
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Frottage
   • Mutual Masturbation
   • Semi-Public Sex
   • Bathroom Sex
   • Power Play

   Summary

   What happens when, after dying a horrible death, you wake up six feet under, out of breath, and the entire world thinks you're dead?

   What if you suddenly get a second chance? More power than ever before, twenty years off your face, and complete freedom to become someone else.

   What if your new life is everything you've wanted for so long? What if this is exactly what you needed? And what if it all comes crashing down the moment your murderer—who also happens to be presumed dead by the rest of the world—finds his way back into your life?

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   14,692

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

   44

   Kudos:

   92

   Bookmarks:

   10

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   22 Jun 2026

2. Public Bookmark 8

   You Exist To Kill Me by 3lysianDr3am3r

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher & Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son & The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son
   • Hughie Campbell
   • Mother's Milk | M. M. (The Boys)
   • The Female | Kimiko Miyashiro
   • The Frenchman | Frenchie (The Boys)
   • The Deep | Kevin
   • Ashley Barrett
   • Starlight | Annie January
   • Slow Burn
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Found Family
   • Contracts
   • One-Sided Attraction
   • Cancer
   • Post-Season/Series 03
   • The Homelander | John Has Issues
   • Billy Butcher Has Issues
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence

   Summary

   “What the fuck does that mean?” William looked bewildered, then quickly recovered to a poker face. How professional.
   “Think of it as an investment. You spend time with me, doing what I want. Not a crazy amount, I might get sick of you. Maybe… one hour a week? In return, you get more time on earth! With Ryan.”
   A beat of silence.
   “Why? Why would you want that?”
   “Because I know you’ll hate it.”

    

   Post season 3 self indulgent slow burn found family Butchlander. Tags may update.

   Title: Here Come The Cats by Waitress

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,182

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

   9

   Kudos:

   45

   Bookmarks:

   8

   Hits:

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   22 Jun 2026

3. Public Bookmark 3

   to die by your side by cargohold

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Frenchman | Frenchie (The Boys)
   • The Female | Kimiko Miyashiro
   • The Deep | Kevin
   • Whump
   • The Homelander | John Needs a Hug
   • Depowered The Homelander | John
   • Bottom The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher Being an Asshole
   • Billy Butcher Being Billy Butcher
   • Stockholm Syndrome
   • Hurt No Comfort
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Alternate Universe - Post-Apocalypse
   • Blood and Gore
   • Blood and Injury
   • Minor Character Death
   • idk if im gonna add smut but if the council requests it
   • will update tags as story goes on
   • btw char death is the deep lol
   • Dubious Consent

   Summary

   Vought has fallen. Supes are being hung up by mobs on the streets. There is barely any control over the angered citizens, and a terrified, depowered Homelander is constantly running as fast as he can, from the crowd that once worshipped the ground he walked on.

   Billy Butcher finds him in the fray. Homelander begs for his life, and he shows mercy.

   Well, if one could call it that.

   [ AU where Butcher releases the supe virus, which puts certain states in lockdown. Stockholm Syndromey, check tags. Diverges from the canon of S5. ]

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,156

   Chapters:

   1/?

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   21

   Bookmarks:

   3

   Hits:

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   22 Jun 2026

4. Public Bookmark 4

   Sometimes What Ends (Doesn’t) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   23 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • The Homelander's Mirror Alter (The Boys)
   • The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher
   • Billy Butcher Has Issues
   • Soft Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John Needs a Hug
   • The Homelander | John Has Issues
   • Panic Attacks
   • Aftermath of Torture
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Childhood Memories
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Self-Harm
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • Vomiting
   • Medical Trauma
   • The Homelander | John Has DID - Dissociative Identity Disorder
   • Fear
   • Billy Butcher Being an Asshole
   • Aftermath of grooming
   • Domestic Fluff
   • It Gets Better
   • Tags May Change
   • tags will change
   • Slow Build
   • Depowered The Homelander | John

   Summary

   Uncovering of Homelander’s Crazy Childhood in a medical fic! Butcher reluctantly saves him and gets hashtag traumadumped on but its lowkey gets a little gay ♥️♥️

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   12,570

   Chapters:

   7/?

   Collections:

   1

   Comments:

   17

   Kudos:

   72

   Bookmarks:

   4

   Hits:

   1,513

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   22 Jun 2026

5. Public Bookmark 11

   You Can’t Give Him Waffles With Whipped Cream Every Day by Snowman12

   Fandoms: The Boys (TV 2019)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   22 May 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Billy Butcher/The Homelander | John
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son/The Homelander | John
   • Billy Butcher & Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son
   • Billy Butcher
   • The Homelander | John
   • Ryan Butcher | The Homelander's Son
   • domestic comedy
   • dad butcher
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Soft The Homelander | John
   • RyanShipsThem

   Summary

   Butcher discovers that Homelander has been feeding Ryan waffles, whipped cream, chocolate milk, and ice cream before school every morning.

   Homelander insists Ryan “deserves happiness,” while Butcher argues that sugar is not a food group.

   Ryan enjoys every second of their ridiculous domestic arguments like they’re an old married couple.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   1,053

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Kudos:

   141

   Bookmarks:

   11

   Hits:

   1,272

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   22 Jun 2026