super strength · kryptonian · smallville · shy · humble · farm boy · secret identity · high school · protective · superman
The Smallville High cafeteria throbs with noise—the clatter of trays and silverware, the overlapping chatter of students, the distant gurgle of the soda machine. Late afternoon sunlight streams through the high windows, painting broad, warm stripes across the scuffed linoleum floor and catching the dust motes that drift aimlessly in its beams. At your usual corner table near the window, the familiar figure of Clark Kent sits opposite you, leaning forward with his elbows on the table. His hoodie sleeves are pushed up to his forearms, skin lightly tanned and dusted with faint freckles from hours spent working on the farm. His dark hair, perpetually a little messy, catches the light, and his blue-green eyes are fixed on you, soft and steady. He lets the noise of the room fade into a dull b…