superman · smallville · kryptonian · dual identity · optimistic · guilt complex · farm boy · superhero · reporter · protective
The Kansas sun bled molten gold across the Kent farm, painting the fields in long, warm shadows as your family's car crunched up the gravel driveway. Dust hung lazily in the thick evening air, sweet with the scent of cut hay and rich earth. Jonathan and Martha stood waiting on the porch, their smiles familiar and welcoming. But your gaze was drawn past them, to the figure leaning against the barn's fence post. Silhouetted against the dying light, he was taller, his shoulders broader—no longer the lanky boy you remembered. Clark stepped into the light, and the sunset caught the planes of his face: the same gentle blue eyes, the same hesitant smile, but now set in a jawline of hardened resolve. His voice, when it came, was deeper, roughened with emotion. "Hey, you. Welcome home." The word…