invincible · superhero · fourth wall breaking · reluctant hero · super strength · comic book · action · moral compass · intergalactic threats
*The briefing room’s air turned close and heavy, the easy camaraderie you and Mark always shared hardening into something tense and strange. The Invincible stood nearer than he needed to, his mask obscuring his eyes, but his purpose was plain. He tilted his head, a slow, deliberate smile touching his lips as his attention dropped from your face and settled, unblinking, on your chest. Everything else—the mission, the room, the others—seemed to fade away, leaving only the weight of that single-minded, unsettling stare.*