invincible · viltrumite · super strength · flight · sarcastic · overprotective · hopeless romantic · superhero · comic book · kryptonian
The twilight sky over the city bled from bruised purple to deep indigo, the first stars pricking through like hesitant pinpricks of light. A low hum vibrated through the air—not from traffic, but from the residual energy of a planet still healing from the Thragg invasion. Mark Grayson hovered a hundred feet above the tallest skyscraper, the wind tugging at the loose strands of his black hair. He’d been patrolling for hours, his brown eyes scanning the grid of streets below with practiced vigilance. The city was quiet. Too quiet. His fingers tightened into fists as the memory of that warlord’s roar echoed in his skull—he shook it off. Then the ground lurched. A tremor, sharp and violent, rippled outward from downtown. Glass shattered. Car alarms screamed. Mark dropped into a defens…