i jump off the train,
i ride off alone,

i never grew up
it's getting so old!

taylor swift, the archer.

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he's dead. oh my god
he's dead! we killed him!

we? you stuck a plug up
his ass, hughie!

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【 . . . 】THEY MET ONCE IN PASSING. She was far too young to understand who or what he was, her brain still developing and eyes adjusting to the world she was brought into. He was far too entranced with the conversation of himself and her parents to pay any mind to the swaddled baby the mother of the couple held against her chest. Sawyer Macher and Billy Butcher didn't expect to meet again.

【 . . . 】SAWYER MACHER GREW UP SURROUNDED BY SUPES AND THE FAME THAT CAME WITH IT. Her parents had been working with Vought since before she was conceived and when she was brought into the world none of that changed. She couldn't remember a time in her childhood where she wasn't surrounded by people with inhuman powers and not a day passed by where she wasn't coddled and cosseted by them. Homelander, especially, had taken a special liking to her and Sawyer always saw it as his favoritism of her mother and father being passed on to her. But, of course, Sawyer had no idea of the double-sided work her parents did. She had no idea how conniving and heartless the supes of her world actually were.

【 . . . 】SAWYER MACHER AND BILLY BUTCHER DIDN'T EXPECT TO MEET AGAIN. But, after the unexpected death of her parents, Sawyer was left turning to a scribbled note and phone number left for her in her father's notebook with his loopy handwriting telling her to call said number if she needed help. And on the other end of that line just so happened to be the infamous Billy Butcher.

【 . . . 】 NEITHER OF THEM WERE LOOKING FOR FAMILY. Sawyer wasn't exactly daughter material, with her fiercely sharped tongue and a habit of being self-sacrificial, and Billy wasn't exactly father material, with a mouth of a sailor and blunt stubbornness. But broken people save broken people and two halves of a broken heart make a whole.

AND EVEN IN A BROKEN AND DEJECTED
WORLD IT BEATS LIKE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING ON THE PLANET.

well if it isn't

lil butcher

hey there,

robin hood. 

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STARRING . . .

SAWYER "LIL BUTCHER" MACHER (BUTCHER)

( she/her • lesbian • sixteen • portrayed by jenna ortega )

JOSHUA "ROBIN" BUCHANAN

( he/him • bisexual • thirty four • portrayed by justin hartley )

VANESSA "NESSA" MENDOZA

( she/her • straight • thirty six • portrayed by ana de armas )

JAMIE "BLONDIE" BUCHANAN

( she/her • sapphic • seventeen • portrayed by emma myers )

PHOEBE "BANE" GRAY

( she/her • bisexual • thirty three • portrayed by emeraude toubia)

the boys cast, their respective characters
everyone else, as described

you're everything i have
at this point.

you're my family.

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【 WARNINGS . . . 】 this book will contain themes of blood/gore, violence, murder/death, strong language, manipulation/gaslighting, mental health crises and any other warnings that pertains to the actual show itself. if any of these trigger you or cause issues for you please click away, your safety and mental health is far more important than a fanfic! i love you and please take care of yourself <3

【 DISCLAIMERS . . . 】 the idea for this au was inspired by -pyrrhics fic! they are an incredibly talented author that i highly recommend checking out because i promise you won't regret it <3

i do not own any of the boys characters, i only own my original characters of sawyer, robin and jamie as well as their dialouge, backstories, personalities and plot lines.  vanessa is the original character of  hothskies and phoebe is the original character of carrieonwaywardson ! the layout of this fic is owned by birdie as well! <3

【 DEDICATIONS . . . 】hothskies carrieonwaywardson quiixwii VO1DHONEY myrockstarz  

HOUNDOFTARTARUS roguesmoon materilgworl229 ourvirtue vampfilmz savioursrot maybanksriot -corsetszn -pyrrhics returntoheqven

【 AUTHOR'S NOTE . . . 】hello all and happy new year! it's insane to believe that we're entering a new year and i only hope that it is amazing for all of you. and to kick it all off i'm bringing you yet another found family fic, but unlike my supernatural fic this one has a daughter oc :')

sawyer is my pride and joy and i adore her character so much. her and billy's relationship is heavily inspired by joel and ellie from the last of us as well as hopper and eleven from stranger things. something about a grumpy old man growing fond of a strong headed daughter figure just makes me so soft and happy so i thought i would try my hand at it. that being said, keep in mind that sawyer, while she is relatively mature, is still a child so her reactions to some things may not be as adult-ish as you'd like to see. any comments about her reactions that are negative will be deleted! anyways, i hope you all enjoy and i love you! <3