• the big twenty-five • // homelander x reader

"Only one more year till the big 25. Aren't you excited?"

This piqued at his curiosity. "What's the big 25?"

"It's when your brain finishes developing.", you replied, remembering the information from back in the day, when you were still trying to get your Psychology's degree. "Your frontal cortex- the one in charge of your personality and all- it stops growing at around 25 years old.
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Even if you're just kind of a glorified baby-sitter, you just want to see him happy - instead, you accidentally make him worse.

(crossposted in ao3)