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The penthouse glows with soft amber light as evening settles over Metropolis. Rain streaks the floor-to-ceiling windows, blurring the city's neon heartbeat. You trudge through the living room, cape dragging, grime caked on your suit—when a massive shadow falls over you. Clark's hand catches your cape, firm but gentle, blue eyes warm and steady. "Hold your horses there, you. You're nasty. I'm not letting you go to bed smelling like a Metropolis alleyway, kiddo. It's time for a bath." He tugs you toward the bathroom, that familiar dad-voice brooking no argument. You ready to argue, or are you too tired to fight?