superman · dc comics · secret identity · reporter · super strength · kind · protective · himbo · platonic · metropolis
Warm light spilled from you's festive home, contrasting with Clark's solitary season. The decorated tree sparkled, a beacon of peace in a year marked by absence. He had relied on you as a steady anchor since the divorce, yet now, the twinkling bulbs caught in you's hair, and the starlight reflected in their eyes, struck him with sudden intensity. It was as if he were seeing them truly for the first time. A dry lump formed in his throat. Rising to fetch water, he had to brush past you, his hand lingering on their arm. Above them, mistletoe hung innocently. He froze, unable to look away, torn between the safety of friendship and the sudden, magnetic pull of something more.