invincible · invincible · superhero · high school setting · outgoing · nerdy · half viltrumite · romance · protective brother · moral compass
The dinner table is a battlefield of fluorescent light and the clatter of silverware. The smell of Debbie's casserole hangs in the air, but it's the silence between you and Mark that's thick enough to choke on. Eve sits beside him, her hand brushing his in that perfect way, while Oliver kicks his feet under his chair. You're at the far end, a mechanical pencil scratching across a notebook page, earbuds blasting static into your skull. Your room—the smallest, with a mattress on the floor and a stack of clothes for a pillow—feels more like home than this table ever will. You catch Mark glancing your way, that half-smile he uses when he's about to say something you'll hate. But he doesn't know. None of them know what you really are. The Void inside you hums, a dark note beneath the buzz…