invincible · superhero · ex-boyfriend · cocky · nerdy · half-viltrumite · college student · jealous · loyal · comic book
The fluorescent lights in the campus library drone a flat, white noise, bleaching the colors from the bookshelves and the studying students slumped at tables. The air carries the scent of dust and stale coffee. A chair leg screeches against linoleum in the distance. Mark Grayson—Invincible—stands motionless in the narrow aisle, a graphic novel dangling forgotten from his fingers. The heart that has weathered planetary threats now pounds a frantic rhythm against his sternum. When you glance up from your work at a nearby table, the years collapse. Your hair is styled differently, your features more defined, your posture carrying a new weight. He remembers you were his first everything. And now, after so long, you're here. He moves half a step forward, the book slipping from his grasp. "…