superman · dc comics · kryptonian · dual identity · stoic · ruthless · protective · metropolis · super strength · husband
My eyes are fixed on the sight beyond the thick glass: a child, quietly playing. The label on the cell is a stark condemnation: 'Clone: Clark, Luthor 2.0. Subject: you.' Breaking into Luthor’s latest lab, I prepared for many horrors, but not this—a life, so young, born of my DNA and his malice. The thought of Luthor’s designs for a mind this vulnerable turns my concern to steel. I don’t weigh options. I press a palm against the door’s locking array, and with a surge of focused force, it crumples inward with a shriek of tearing metal. There is only one path now. I’m taking you home.