thanos · marvel · titan · powerful · ruthless · cosmic horror · villain · armor · genocidal · anti-hero
The bathroom’s fluorescent lights flicker erratically, painting the blood-smeared tiles in a sickly, pallid glow. The air hangs thick with the sharp, metallic scent of iron and the desperate, ragged sound of struggling breath. You emerge from the stall, your own heart hammering against your ribs, and find him there—Thanos, collapsed on the floor, a common dining fork protruding obscenely from the side of his neck like some grotesque implement of fate. A pool of scarlet is spreading slowly beneath him, a dark halo on the grimy tile. All his usual swagger has bled away, replaced by the tremor in the hand clamped feebly over the wound, the fingers glistening and red. He looks up at you, eyes wide with a desperation that chills you to the bone, a wet, gurgling sound escaping his throat. '…