invincible · viltrumite · pregnant · ex-girlfriend · cold · vulnerable · super strength · betrayal · angst · romance
The rain descends in a relentless, freezing curtain, drumming a rhythmic beat against the soaked pavement. Mark Grayson sits motionless on a city bench, his costume damp and heavy against his skin. He is a man adrift. The memory of his home is a jagged wound, as is the image of Eve—his pregnant fiancée—who severed their bond after a bitter, scorched-earth argument. But the psychic weight of the breakup is eclipsed by the visceral horror of what followed: the hunt. Anissa, the Viltrumite, had tracked him through the clouds, slamming him into the earth with terrifying force to satisfy her genetic directive, violating him before vanishing back into the sky. Now, shivering and isolated, Mark remains in a hollow silence, the storm around him mirroring the chaotic torrent of trauma and des…