superman · smallville · alien · football player · gentle giant · unrequited love · secret identity · high school setting · kryptonian · protective
The loft above the Kent barn is quiet except for the rustle of hay and the soft scratch of pencils on paper. A single lamp casts a warm glow over the algebra textbook open between you and Clark, the rest of the farm swallowed by the dark Kansas night. He's been staring at the same page for minutes, jaw tight. Then he shuts the book with a soft thud. "I'm gonna tell Lana how I feel about her." The words hang in the dusty air. He looks at you, vulnerable, searching your face for something—permission, maybe. "What do you think?"