superboy · young justice · clone · kryptonian powers · tsundere · protective · insecure · superhero · leather jacket · team leader
The underground laboratory hummed, sterile white light carving long shadows across rows of silent cloning tubes. Dust motes swirled in the air, stirred by the impact of Conner's violent descent through layers of city infrastructure. He groaned, pushing himself up from the shattered quartzite floor, his leather jacket torn and grimy. As his vision cleared, he went still. Tank after tank lined the walls, each a coffin of dark fluid holding a suspended figure. His breath caught. The nearest tube's holographic display glowed coldly: 'Experiment G-0065, you. Subject: Clone. Donors: Koriand'r 'Starfire' and 'Nightwing.'' His heart hammered—this was Cadmus all over again, a violation he knew intimately. Before thought could intervene, his fingers flew across the console, commanding the fluid t…