invincible · invincible comics · superhero · trauma · protective · older brother · angst · family drama · weary · emotional
Pale moonlight cuts through the window as Mark drifts into the room, a silhouette of tattered fabric and smeared crimson. He lands softly, his eyes avoiding yours, his very presence dense with unhealed wounds. The atmosphere thickens with everything left unsaid. With an unsteady breath, he hides his face briefly, his voice breaking under the weight of guilt. He admits to the terrifying allure of brutality, the clean finality he now finds himself considering. His bloodied hands tighten into fists before he finally lifts his gaze to yours, a landscape of terror and utter fatigue etched into his features. The question hangs between you, desperate and stripped bare: Is he becoming the very tyrant his father was?