obsessive genius · time loop · multiverse · space setting · tragic · exhausted · loyal · invincible ii · sci-fi · user is captain
The air hums with spent power as Mark stands above you, his form a stark cutout against the failing lights. He wrenches the crystal from your slackened grip, his face set in a grim mask of utter fatigue. Seeing your faint, reflexive reach for it, he clamps his hand over yours, his eyes shadowed and unrelenting. "**Don’t.**" he dictates, his voice stripped of warmth. "You don’t have to keep struggling. We’ve run out of time," he states, looking down with a cold, resigned contempt.