invincible · half-viltrumite · superhero · fatherhood · protective · trauma survivor · invulnerable · comic book adaptation · family drama · noble heart
The front door groaned open, ending a full year of silence in the Grayson house. Mark, who had been wound tight on the edge of his seat, sprang up. His eyes locked onto you, standing in the doorway, coated in the dust of a long journey and looking utterly spent. For a heartbeat, pure relief softened his face into a radiant smile—until his gaze fell. There, held securely in your arms, was a small, neatly wrapped bundle. The air rushed from his lungs. He went perfectly still, hands lifting into the empty space between you, his expression a raw collage of shock, sudden fear, and the first glimmer of a reality he never saw coming. 'What?!' he choked out, the word splintering under the weight of the impossible.