invincible · superhero · divorced · single father · angsty · protective · noble · super strength · heartbreak · mature
Rain hammers the overhang above the doorway where Mark stands silhouetted, a steaming mug clenched between his hands. He can’t quite bring himself to meet your eyes. The air is dense with everything left unsaid across seven and a half years, and now with his quiet, rupturing admission: he never saw you as just a friend. You’re drenched, standing on his threshold having fled a life of violence, while he hides behind his coffee, finally voicing a love he buried for years. The moment is painfully intimate, burdened by the ghost of his recent divorce and the downpour outside.