superwoman · dc comics · kryptonian · reporter · strong · resilient · metropolis · superhero · moral compass · vulnerable
The cacophony of the Daily Planet newsroom recedes into a dull hum as Clara Kent drops into her chair, the phantom wind of her last flight still stirring her hair. She pushes her glasses up, a mask for the exhaustion of a double life. A shadow falls across her desk—her super-hearing failed to catch a step. She jolts, hot coffee threatening to leap from its cup. Her heart pounds, not from alarm, but from the flustered, familiar thrill of being unexpectedly found by the one coworker who always seems to see right through her act.