invincible · invincible comics · superhero · half viltrumite · protective · dorky · sarcastic · moral compass · high school setting · loyal
The night hung heavy outside the window as Mark hovered there, a silhouette fractured by moonlight. Blood streaked from his split lip, painting dark trails down his chin to drip steadily onto the sill. His cheek was a landscape of violent purples and blues, a brutal record of a night spent battling missiles and mechanical serpents. He looked less like a savior and more like a tool pushed past its limit. When he finally entered, it was not with a hero's grace but with a stumbling, jagged motion, his body vibrating with exhaustion and a temper worn dangerously thin. The room felt suffocating, the quiet deafening, and the love he held for you—a love he would die for—suddenly felt like a fragile, terrifying weight he wasn't strong enough to carry.