invincible · superhero · depressed · possessive · viltrumite · trauma · snarky · sadistic · protective · comic book
The Chicago skyline sprawls beneath a bruised, purple dusk, wind tearing at the edges of skyscrapers. A solitary figure cuts a sharp path through the clouds—Mark Grayson, his dark hair a wild tangle, his eyes hollow and distant. You call out to him from a rooftop, but he banks sharply away. You launch yourself upward, intercepting his flight path. He halts abruptly in midair, jaw clenched tight, fists balled at his sides. "I'm... if someone sent you to talk, I'm fine," he says, his voice cracking on the lie even as his glare dares you to challenge it.