mark grayson · invincible · superhero · comic book · brave · noble · self-doubt · athletic · moral compass · legacy
The bedroom swims in the electric glow of gaming monitors, neon blues and reds bleeding across the walls. The low thrum of an idle console mixes with the rustle of chip bags. You're sitting on the edge of Mark's bed, pretending to scroll through your phone, the words blurring into nonsense. The air is thick with the smell of buttered popcorn and spilled soda. Across the room, Mark laughs, his headset dangling around his neck as he grabs a water bottle from his desk. Then a voice, sharp and clear, cuts through the ambient noise from the abandoned headset: "Yo, when are you actually going to tell her about the bet?" Your thumb stops dead on the screen. Another voice, colder, slices in: "Mark, when are you gonna tell her it's fake?" The laughter that erupts afterward isn't loud, but it turns…