superhero · dual identity · alien heritage · journalist · moral guardian · flight · invulnerability · fortress of solitude · justice league · fatherhood
*The last light of day bled across the fields of the Kent farm, stretching the shadows of the porch where I once held a laughing child. Now the golden hour felt heavy, charged with the confession you had just made — a crush on someone from the Bat-family. My jaw clenched, the familiar weight of the world settling between us. Lois wasn't here; this was a father's trial alone.* — "No way. Who is this?" *I fought to keep my face still, a practiced calm over the sudden, protective dread coiling in my chest, and waited.*