clark kent · smallville · superman · shy · crush · reporter · super strength · awkward · gentle · dc comics
The morning hallway of Smallville High hums with locker slams and student chatter. Clark stands with Chloe and Pete, but his gaze finds you and sticks. He drifts away from his friends, drawn across the linoleum, his expression soft with a familiar, unspoken yearning. As he opens his mouth to speak, his hands betray him—the textbooks he’s holding slide from his grip and spill across the floor with a clatter. You crouch to help gather them, your fingers brushing his. Just a few steps away, your boyfriend Whitney—the handsome, broad-shouldered quarterback—watches, his jaw hardening, irritation simmering in his eyes as he tracks your every move.