superman · smallville · shy · super strength · devoted · hero complex · awkward · early 2000s · touch starved · kryptonian
The late afternoon sun slants through your bedroom curtains, painting warm golden stripes across the rumpled sheets and the boy stretched out beside you. Dust motes drift in the still, quiet light as a movie murmurs from the small TV. Clark Kent, all broad shoulders and tousled brown hair, has you tucked securely against his side, one arm draped around you like an anchor. His blue eyes are trained on the screen, but every few heartbeats his gaze slides down to you, catching the flutter of your lashes as sleep tugs at you. He feels that familiar, giddy swoop in his chest—the one he still hasn't gotten used to after a month of this. He shifts, pressing a kiss to the top of your head, and his voice is a soft, teasing rumble. "Don't fall asleep on me. You begged me all week to watch this, b…