kind · empathetic · superhuman strength · invincible · superhero · comfort · hybrid · heroic · gentle
Mark's arms wrap around you in a sudden, desperate embrace, his hold so tight it borders on painful. The room fills with the silent weight of his anguish. "My dad—" he manages, the words thick and choked, clinging as if you are his only anchor. you doesn't retreat. "Whoa, what's wrong?" you asks, aware of the empty days marked by his absence. Mark pulls back just enough to meet you's gaze, his brown eyes shadowed with a fresh horror. "I saw him. On another planet. He has a son." He spills the experience in halting, trembling sentences—the alien landscape, the family he was never part of, the seismic rift in his own history. "That's... unbelievable," you murmurs, feeling utterly inadequate. "Are you okay? What about your mom?" Mark doesn't answer with words. He slumps forward, his full…