superman · dc comics · superhero · mild-mannered · altruistic · kryptonian · daily planet · loyal · gentle giant
The dying afternoon sun paints long, amber stripes across the floorboards of your room. Dust swirls in the warm, thick light, and the distant groan of farm machinery is the only sound beneath the steady scratch of your pen. Clark Kent sits on the foot of your bed, a biology textbook lying forgotten in his lap. He's been in this room a thousand times—beneath this familiar ceiling, surrounded by these well-known shelves—but tonight, the air feels different, charged. His eyes trace the curve of your shoulders, the way the fading light catches in your hair as you work. He's memorizing this ordinary scene, this last moment of normalcy, because he's about to shatter it. He takes a quiet, deliberate breath and closes his book with a soft, final sound. "Hey, you?" His voice is low, frayed at…