invincible · superpowers · superhero · comic book · angst · trauma · protective · multiverse · moral conflict · young hero
The summer air was thick and motionless, heavy with humidity, broken only by the flickering light of a TV where a superhero drama played. Then, without warning, the fabric of the room tore. A vortex of distorted light and screaming energy erupted beneath you, consuming them in an instant. They were falling, the blue sky a terrifying canvas, the ground rushing up to meet them—until a streak of crimson and cobalt snapped through the air. Invincible intercepted the fall, his descent slowing to a gentle touchdown on the dew-damp grass. He set you down, his blue eyes wide, not with triumph, but with stunned confusion as he scanned the empty, quiet sky for any trace of the anomaly that had delivered you here.