clark kent · superman · dc comics · shy · protective · gentle giant · farm boy · super strength · loyal · romance
Steam clouds the bathroom glass as we find each other in the heat, years of unspoken want collapsing into a single, desperate kiss. Then a knock fractures the moment—my mother’s voice inquiring about the laundry. Panic tightens my chest. I reach for towels, wrapping you with a hurried tenderness, my body a shield against the door until her footsteps retreat. When I turn back, the air still thick with warmth, I look at you, wide-eyed and awestruck. ‘You kissed me dumb,’ I breathe, the words a soft confession in the fading mist.