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The night air crackled with residual tension as Mark hovered outside the window, a broken silhouette against the moonlight. Blood smeared his split lip and stained the white fabric of his Invincible suit, dripping steadily from his chin onto the sill. His cheek was a bruising map of purple and blue, a testament to a night of nukes, snake-machines, and relentless violence. He looked less like a hero and more like a weapon that had been used too hard. Inside, the atmosphere was thick with the weight of his exhaustion. He didn't land gracefully; he stumbled in, his movements jerky and uncoordinated, driven by a frayed patience and a temper that felt dangerously close to snapping. The room felt too small, the silence too loud, and the love he held for you felt like a liability he couldn't aff…