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wild-jackalope · 2 months ago

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Ahhh your resent fix is amazing and I'm in love with it ❤️😭 your so talented 😍 would you do a HC with that fic like how was marriage life, any mini story with Mark being a dad and reader teaching him more human things I'm a sucker for stories like that 🥹

summary :: headcanons of your marriage with Viltrumite Mark, from this oneshot

warning :: general manipulation, having a child together, sex after marriage, home life with your superhero husband, kinda smut, lots of sex, angst, fem reader, Mark is quite literally his Dad, not 100% proof read

note :: so glad you asked for this because I really wanted to expand on this version of Mark a little more

★ Mark was far from the perfect partner, but he wasn’t the worst either.

freshly moved in

★ For one, he was surprisingly clean. Your home rarely saw a mess, mainly due to his occasional absences. When he was home, he folded his clothes neatly instead of tossing them about. He'd stack the dish washer after you made dinner. Which, granted, you had to teach him, but it stuck. He took pride in keeping your home tidy.

★ He was basically your personal heater during the cold months. He would wrap you up in his warm limbs and shielding you from the chill outside— but come summer, he was also your personal enemy. Mark loved to cuddle you, no matter the temperature. Some mornings you’d wake up to sticky skin, hair damp against your neck and your husband wrapped around you like burning rope, unwilling to let go.

★ He slowly began to melts into your affection, parting from his rigidness into your arms. It was a gradual change, but prominent. The Mark you first knew wouldn’t have dared to hug you back. He held you like he was trying to commit your shape to memory, his chest solid and warm against your squished body until you had to gently push at his shoulders to ease him off you.

★ You saved a lot of money on travelling expenses. No need for a thousand dollar plane ticket to see the world when your boyfriend's arms were just as—if not more—comfortable. “Rome tonight?” He’d ask, pressing a kiss to your cheek. “I was thinking Turkey,” you’d respond.

★ Sex was a given constant. Once Mark finally moved in, it was practically every night—unless he came home too late into the night, or groaning from injuries sustained from missions. But when it happened it was like nothing you'd experienced with any other partner. Somehow, it had only gotten better over time as you both learned each other's bodies like your own.

★ The only thing he failed to grasp was sharing. The words “Mark, you can’t use that, it’s mine.” Never seemed to reach him. You’d groggily walk into the bathroom, bump his hip lightly before rubbing your eyes only to notice he was using your toothbrush. In reality, you didn’t care too much—after all, you two swapped spit almost every night— but it was more about the principle.

★ You had learned many things about him, mainly how to treat Viltrumite wounds. He would fly into your home with a myriad of injuries: sometimes light bruises, other times deep, angry gashes. Over time, you discovered that cold water and ice helped his healing along. So you kept a basin ready, towels stacked, and your hands steady—even when your heart wasn’t.

★ During lazy mornings, you’d wake up to him hovering over you. His brown eyes laxly gazing at your figure waking from your peaceful slumber. Was it romantic? Yes, but also startling.

★ The first time he said "I love you," was after a particularly rough fight. You'd patched up his wounds and pressed a longing kiss to his lips, slow and aching. The words didn't startle you, because it had felt as natural as hearing his heartbeat. But when you pulled back to look at him, you saw it in his eyes—that it had startled him.

fiancée

★ The proposal wasn’t some exquisite dream where he got on one knee as the sun setting behind him, asking you those three wonderful words. No— it was actually more of a battle. “Marriage.” He said bluntly, arm still lazily holding your bare waist, anchoring you to his chest. You blinked, an emotional shiver rising up your spine. “You want to get married?” “Yes.” Your breath caught, and you ran a hand through your hair. “Okay, well, you need a ring. Uhm, you need to get down on one knee—” “Why would I kneel to you?” He asked, suddenly rising from the bed to peer down at you. “To show devotion, I think," you said carefully. “Bending a knee is a sign of submission,” Mark corrected, his tone clipped with Viltrumite distaste. You grinned, tilting your head to the side, "and what, you'd never submit to me?" "No." You sat up with him, trailing a fingernail across his chest just like you did most nights before initiating sex. His body loosened, his eyes lidding as he leaned in to kiss you. "Get on one knee," you whispered, "and ask me to marry you." He huffed out something like a laugh—amused, a little exasperated—but still obeyed. Sliding off the bed, he dropped to one knee, took your chin between his fingers, and said: “Will you marry me?”

★ Mark never quite fixed his jealously issues. They had only been tamed by the looming label of husband and wife. He still stared with a dark, pointed gaze at people who looked at you in a way he deemed incorrect. You knew the look well. You would just tug his arm, fingers curling around his bicep. The grounding touch was usually enough to pull him from whatever scenario he'd imagined for them.

★ Something he never entirely understood was lingerie—at first. He was the type of man that wouldn't blink at the most delicate, lacy set, just peel it off you. It wasn’t until one night, when you sighed at his undressing and looked away from him that he asked why you were being huffy, that you explained: “I wore this for you, Mark, so you’d find me sexy.” He finally saw the appeal. The nights after that, he'd let his fingers run over the bumpy lace, watching the way you presented yourself and the intent behind it. After all, what’s more sexy than your partner wrapping their body just for you?

★ He never cared for all the planning that went into the wedding. Why not elope and have it done with? Bachelor parties, not seeing the bride before the wedding—he saw the traditions as useless. That they only served to distract him from the real reason of the union, to be with you. Everything else felt like noise.

★ A honeymoon, though? Now was something that enticed him. A week abroad, just the two of you doing nothing but spending time together, eating, talking, fucking and celebrating. He would surely be telling Cecil to fuck off if he asked for any favours during that week.

husband

★ He was not a fan of wedding rings, stating that it would be inevitably broken during one of his fights. But he was quickly swayed when you said “This ring is a promise, Mark, that we’ll stay together through anything,” and from then on he was sure to keep it in tact.

★ Occasionally, when you were dead asleep beside him, Mark would mutter confessions of his home planet. But he never told you anything of his home when you were awake.

★ Suddenly, your name got replaced with "My wife." You were always introduced proudly as his wife, to friends and other heroes whenever they asked Mark about his personal life. Even to family members, Mark would call you his wife, which some found a little annoying. But to him, it was a title of honour.

★ You came to learn he showed his anger through silence, the kind that manifests in tense jaws, clenched fists and intense stares at nothing specifically. Communication— even after years on earth— was something he never figured out. He never yelled, just kept things from you.

★ He never really grasped the concept of casual affection. Kisses would divulge into your back pressed against a cold wall, his hand keeping your jaw slack whilst memorising the cave of your mouth. As much as you loved to have a man utterly whipped by you, having quickies every morning because you gave his a goodbye peck often made you late for work.

★ Honestly, your relationship remained just as perfect as it was before you two tied the knot. Only now, it was forever secured in the title of husband and wife.

father

★ When you fell pregnant, it’s was a surprise to say the least— a stupid surprise considering you two would have sex all the time— but a surprise nonetheless.

★ You cried into him, unable to stop the utter flood of emotions. He was unable to react himself, cradling your face and attempting to discern if you were frightened or overjoyed. He could barely see past the tears in your eyes, so he just held you and allowed you to soak the front of his shirt.

★ When your baby bump became prominent, he hovered, literally. Always doing house tasks before you could and never allowing you to pick things up from the floor.

★ Never, in your years together, had you ever seen Mark shed tears—until he held his newborn daughter. She was quiet, having already been soothed by feeling your skin against her. Gently, he peeled back the blanket swaddling her and offered her his finger. Her minuscule hand closed around it without hesitation. That had been the final chink in his armour and the tears came.

★ You thought because you traveled the world with Mark, you’d seen all of life’s most beautiful sights. Golden sun rises in Greece, the glittering coasts of Australia, the hushed snowfall in England. But one late morning, you stepped into your shared bedroom and saw them: both him and your little girl asleep, her tiny body on his chest, rising and falling with his steady breaths. You decided that was it. The most beautiful thing you’d seen.

★ He would often just watch the two of you. The way your fingers would delicately swipe her baby-hairs away from her little face, the way you'd fuss over her even when she slept—always tucking her blanket tight to keep in her warm. You never noticed his gaze fixed on you but he could stare forever, struck by your combined love given form.

★ The moments you never wished to end were the ones where Mark held you from behind, both of you watching your daughter feed—his arms around you, your arms around her, all of you held in love.

★ He hardly slept in the weeks after her birth. Not because of her cries at night, but to watch over you. The way your fingers rested gently over her tiny chest, your sleeping breath in time with her's, soothed to sleep by one another's heartbeats.

★ He had been a beautiful father, kind, warm, steady.

and yet…

Yet.

Your daughter stirred painfully from her death-like sleep. Her lashes rising then closing in quick flutters, adjusting to the bright, white hospital lights. You—broken by shame, guilt and something darker—had been too lost in the unending chasm of your mind, crushed between memories and what ifs to notice. Not until the hand held by your own began to twitch.

You rose, as if her sign of wake brought life into your zombified mind.

She tried to speak— her jaw cracked, purple with bruises, too swollen with internal bleeding to move. Through her dry voice, you knew she was attempting to call for you— for Mum.

“Don’t try to talk,” you gently hushed, "you're going to be okay." Your hand reached her dishevelled black hair, gliding over it in a soothing motion that had become second nature during your seventeen years of motherhood.

Her hollow gaze drifted down to her body. Both her legs and pelvis were locked in a correcting plaster elevated by two slings. Her left arm hung too, bruised fingers peaking from the thick white cast. Her right arm, the only one left, was wrapped tightly in a gauze and only punished her with pain when she attempted to lift it.

Her horrified eyes then returned to you.

You smiled at her. Though your red, puffy eyes betrayed you. "You're safe now, it's all over." You took a nearby cup of water and brought the straw to her lips. "Here, drink."

She did—barely, coughing at the strain the liquid caused her raw throat.

"I'm so proud of you." You said, forcing the cancer rising up your throat to free your words of any trembling.

Wordlessly, she rejected your touch, turning her head away from your hand. Silent tears streaming down her face.

Your hand dropped, alongside your heart. “I’ll... let you rest.” You pressed a gentle kiss to her feverish temple, I love you so much, the kiss said.

And then you left.

The moment the door shut behind you, you collapsed—body wracked with sobs that tore from your chest. It felt as though your soul had split into two, one half with your daughter and her terrible wounds, the other, gone. With Mark.

You buried your face in your hands and for the first time since you found out Mark killed the guardians, you finally let yourself cry like a powerless parent who couldn’t protect their own child.

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