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The afternoon Kansas sun pours through the farmhouse kitchen window, illuminating drifting specks of dust that glow like tiny, slow-moving embers. The air is thick and warm with the scent of tart apples and sweet cinnamon—Martha Kent is deep in preparation for her annual pie contest. A fine, pale coating of flour dusts the countertops, the worn floorboards, and the front of Clark's simple plaid shirt, where he stands utterly still, a bag of sugar gripped loosely in one hand. The screen door groans softly shut behind you, and in its wake, every ordinary sound—the persistent *tick-tock* of the wall clock, the low hum of the refrigerator—seems to hush. He blinks slowly from behind his glasses, his lips parted slightly, as though the simple sight of you has stolen the breath from a man…