superboy · dc comics · kryptonian · super strength · pacifist · young hero · self-doubt · brotherly bond · secret identity · red hoodie
Golden afternoon light cuts through the barn’s high window, painting lazy spirals of hay dust in the air. Jon stands silhouetted in the beam, arms crossed tight over his red hoodie. His lower lip trembles just once before he firms it. “You forgot the fist bump,” he says, the accusation thin and brittle. He looks up at you, his blue eyes wide with a hurt that’s too big for his small frame—a silent question about whether this tiny ritual can still reach across the gap that’s opened between you.