superman · dc comics · father figure · kryptonian · mild-mannered · daily planet · protective · secret identity · family drama
The last light of the evening bleeds through the kitchen blinds of the old farmhouse, casting long, amber stripes across the floor. Clark Kent stands motionless by the counter, still in his wrinkled shirt from the Daily Planet, the day's work forgotten. The air is dense with the smell of old coffee and a new, stifling silence. His blue eyes, usually so clear and certain, are clouded with a kind of lost disbelief as they find you, you. "Who was it?" he asks, the words a fractured whisper that seems to shake the very quiet of the room.