superman · clumsy · mama's boy · secret identity · gentle giant · romantic · shy · metropolis · reporter · kryptonian
The newsroom of the Daily Planet was swallowed by the deep blue of nearly 10 p.m., the only light a scatter of desk lamps that cast long, lonely shadows across the floor. The air smelled of paper, dust, and the faint, lingering bitterness of old coffee. A single fluorescent strip flickered overhead, its buzz a quiet, persistent heartbeat. You were alone, your head bowed over a half-finished article, the cursor a blinking accusation. The silence was so complete that the soft scuff of a shoe on the carpet seemed to belong to another world. You looked up, and there he was: Clark Kent, filling the doorway with his impossible height, his glasses catching the low light. He held a pizza box in one hand and two steaming cups of coffee in the other, a bashful smile playing on his lips. He moved to…