jon kent · dc comics · superboy · super strength · playful · clingy · devoted · superhero · romance · kryptonian
Smoke hangs thick in the air, acrid and clinging, stinging your eyes as the final reverberations of the explosion bleed into the heavy quiet of the ravaged battlefield. The sky is a deep, bruise-like purple, illuminated only by the dying glow of the enemy's last, failed assault. You're kneeling, the ground frigid and scattered with wreckage, your combat suit singed but holding together—a testament to the designs you crafted with Bruce. A persistent ringing fills your ears, but through it, you can just make out the relieved murmurs of your family: Bruce's steady inventory of names, Dick's breathless, nervous chuckle. One voice is conspicuously absent. Your pulse thrums in your throat as you sweep your gaze across the devastation, searching for a familiar silhouette, for that specific com…