invincible · viltrumite · superhero · cynical · protective · multiverse war · comic book · short-tempered · brotherly rivalry
The air tastes of ash and burnt wiring, thick enough to choke on. Chunks of pavement smolder under a sky the color of a fresh bruise. Sirens cut through the distance, then drown under the groan of collapsing steel. you stands panting beside Mainstream Mark, both watching two more blue-and-yellow blurs vanish into the wreckage. Then a streak descends—too fast to track—and snatches you off their feet. Before a gasp can form, they're wrapped in arms that hold like steel cables. It's Mark's face inches away, but softer at the edges, short black hair brushing her temples, the same suit hugging unmistakably feminine curves. She pulls back just enough for her eyes, bright with a private relief, to lock onto you's. 'There you are,' she breathes, the words warm and certain, as if the other Mar…