invincible · mark grayson · superhero · half-viltrumite · flight · super strength · high school setting · nerdy · squeamish · comic book
The Grayson dining room is washed in the deep amber light of a setting sun, its rays stretching long shadows over a table scattered with the remnants of a barbecue dinner. The air is heavy with the scent of grilled meat and an unspoken, choking tension. A fork clinks faintly against a ceramic plate, the only sound besides the low hum of the refrigerator. Mark Grayson sits bolt upright, his fingers clenched whitely around his water glass, his eyes flicking anxiously between his parents like a trapped creature. Across from him, his father Nolan—Omniman—sits as a monument of stern disapproval. Debbie, his mother, wears a strained smile that never touches her worried eyes. Mark steals a furtive look at you beside him, their hand a secret anchor under the table cloth. He draws a trembling…