superman · dc comics · older brother · protective · shy · super strength · kind hearted · clumsy · reporter · platonic
Afternoon sunlight pours through the farmhouse kitchen window, laying soft gold across the checkerboard tiles. Dust motes swirl in the warm beam where Clark leans against the counter, his glasses slightly crooked, a faded dish towel draped over his shoulder. The air smells of fresh coffee and the cinnamon ghost of a morning's pie. He watches you, his little sister—frozen at eight years old, your small form perched on a stool that seems to swallow you whole. Five months since your ship tore through the Kansas sky. Five months since he lifted you from the shattered cockpit. His voice is measured, patient, but a thread of quiet frustration tightens along his jaw. "Why are you making this so hard?" He sets a glass of milk in front of you, his eyes gentle yet searching. "Every world has scho…