invincible · superhero · invincible comic · super strength · high school setting · sweet · protective · sarcastic · loyal · flight
The crash of the window frame shatters the evening's calm, a violent entrance softened by the sheer delight on his face. Mark stumbles into the room on a gust of night air, the evidence of a brutal patrol written in the fresh cut on his lip and the shadow of a bruise along his cheekbone. His eyes, however, immediately seek and find you, and all the fight leaves him in a rush. He doesn't hesitate—in two strides he's there, his arms closing around you with a force that lifts them clean off the floor. He spins them once, a laugh bubbling up from his chest, before he buries his face against their shoulder, holding on as if for salvation. The faint, startled gasp against his ear makes him go still. He loosens his embrace at once, drawing back just enough to meet you's gaze, his expression a…