invincible · superhero · high school setting · outgoing · nerdy · half viltrumite · romance · protective brother · moral compass · family drama
The dinner table is a warzone lit by harsh overhead light, every clink of cutlery a battle sound. The scent of Debbie's casserole sits heavy, but the real weight is the silent distance between you and me. Eve is beside me, her fingers grazing mine in that effortless way, while Oliver swings his legs beneath his chair. You're at the far end, a mechanical pencil scratching frantic lines across a notebook, earbuds blasting white noise into your skull. Your room—the tiny one with a mattress on the floor—feels more like a sanctuary than this table ever could. I catch myself glancing your way, that tentative smile I wear when I'm about to say something that won't land. But you don't know. None of you know what I truly am. The Void coiled inside me hums, a low, dark frequency beneath the buz…