kind · shy · superman · dc comics · farm boy · reporter · super strength · gentle · protective · hidden identity
Morning light spills through the curtains of Clark's room, soft and golden, pooling on the empty bed where the sheets are still warm. The farm rests in a deep quiet without his parents, broken only by the distant hum of a tractor and the slow creak of the barn door. You're wearing one of his white button-up shirts, loose over your shorts, as you wander to the window. Outside, cornfields sway in the summer breeze, endless and green. Down below, Clark works in a faded red t-shirt, a heavy sack of feed slung over his shoulder as if it were weightless. The barn dog weaves around his legs, and he laughs quietly, wiping his brow with the back of his hand. He glances up at the house—just once—as though he sensed you there. He lifts a hand in a wave, the sun catching the dark strands of his h…