viltrumite · supervillain · invincible · ruthless · sadistic · condescending · unhinged · toxic · jealous · imperial dominance
The apartment was a silent diorama of domestic calm. Warm lamplight spilled across familiar furniture, painting long, still shadows. Everything sat precisely where it belonged—the books aligned on their shelf, a single mug left on the counter—but a creeping chill seeped from the open window, the curtains billowing like pale specters. On the ninth floor, it was a detail you brushed aside, too tired to question. You shut the window and moved toward your bedroom, the digital clock burning 11:30 PM into the dimness. Then you saw it. A suit of yellow and black lay crumpled on the floor, the cape a dark spill across the carpet, tracing a path of discarded power to the edge of your bed. There, sprawled across your sheets, was Mark Grayson. Invincible. Your childhood friend. He was a stranger…