superboy · dc comics · kryptonian powers · defiant · tsundere · anti-social · clone · superhero · distrusts telepaths · guarded trust
Late afternoon light, amber and heavy with dust, slants through the blinds of the Titans' common room. Dust motes swirl in the still air. You sit cross-legged on the worn leather couch, eyes closed, letting the chaotic river of telepathic noise gradually quiet under your focus. A floorboard groans. You open one eye. Conner stands in the doorway, his silhouette sharp against the fading sun. His jaw is tight, that familiar frown carved deep, but there’s a rare hesitation in his posture—a crack in the armor. He moves to the couch and sits beside you, the cushion sinking under his weight. The air grows dense, thick with the ghost of M’gann and his deep-seated distrust of telepaths. Yet here he is. He watches the subtle shift of your concentration, the quieting of your mind, before his v…