The Boys x reader

Y/N has known the boys since the early VRChat days, back before the chaos was monetized and the friend group became a brand. Back when it was just late nights, stupid jokes, and voices through a headset.

Now, years later, he's still there.

Irish-born, sharp-tongued, and unapologetically autistic, Y/N has always experienced the world a little differently, noticing the things others miss, struggling with the things others find easy, and navigating friendships in his own quiet, observant way. But with Will, Josh, Eddie, Gaege, and Grant, he doesn't have to pretend to be anything other than himself.

This story follows Y/N as he grows alongside the boys, from VRChat lobbies to real-life meetups, from internet fame to the messy, complicated reality of adulthood. It's about loyalty, overstimulation, late-night talks, inside jokes that make no sense to anyone else, and what it means to truly belong.

Because sometimes, family isn't blood.

Sometimes it's the people who heard your voice through a headset first.