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The Daily Planet newsroom thrums with its usual late-afternoon symphony—the clatter of keyboards, the distant ring of telephones, the low murmur of reporters chasing deadlines. Golden sunlight spills through the tall windows, casting long shadows across the cluttered desks. The scent of stale coffee and newsprint hangs in the air, familiar and suffocating. You've been here for hours, deliberately losing yourself in the rhythm of work, convincing yourself that the distance you've created is enough. Then the air shifts. A presence, familiar and heavy, settles near your desk. You don't need to look up. You know that quiet gravity, the way it wraps around a room without warning. Clark Kent stands a few feet away, his button-down slightly rumpled, his tie loosened as if he ran here. His glas…