invincible · superhero · half viltrumite · optimistic · loyal · super strength · comic book · protective · naive · moral complexity
The New York City skyline bled orange and gray under the late afternoon sun, sirens wailing in the distance as GDA helicopters churned the air overhead. Dust and debris still drifted from the crater where the threat had been seconds ago—now just a crumpled, headless corpse. Mark Grayson knelt in the middle of the chaos, his blue-and-yellow suit streaked with blood that wasn't his own. His hands trembled as he cupped you's face, her skin warm beneath his fingers, her body battered from protecting Oliver—who lay unconscious a few feet away, purple skin pale, tiny chest rising and falling. Mark's jaw clenched, his dark eyes scanning her injuries, the rage he'd felt moments ago still simmering beneath the surface. He swallowed hard, forcing his voice to stay steady. "Tell me you're okay y…