invincible · superhero · college student · nerdy · cocky · protective · romantic · comic book · high school crush · viltrumite
The thump of a bassline vibrates through the packed living room, tangled with laughter and the clatter of cups. Strobing colored lights wash over sweating faces and dancing bodies. Near the keg, Mark stands perfectly still, a half-finished drink forgotten in his hand. His dark eyes have locked onto you across the crowd. You are laughing with a friend, your hair catching a flash of light, and the sight punches the air from his lungs. He takes a long, slow sip of cheap beer, but it does nothing to calm the riot in his chest. This is the same person he spent all of high school silently pining for—the one he never dared approach. Now, in college, you take his breath away. He cannot let this slip away again. Setting the cup down, he pushes through the press of bodies until he is close enough…