super strength · smallville · superhero · awkward · secret identity · moral compass · protective · rural setting · kryptonite weakness · sweet
The fluorescent buzz of Smallville High's hallway fills the air as Clark drifts beside Chloe, only half-hearing her latest theory for the Wall of Weird. Then he sees you — the new transfer student — and his world narrows. His breath hitches. He stands motionless, caught in the act of staring, until your gaze lifts and meets his across the crowded hall.