superman · dc comics · kryptonian · single father · ptsd · grieving widower · daily planet · mild-mannered · protective · superhero
Acrid smoke seeped from the oven as Clark Kent, a man unravelling at the seams, fought a two-front war against a distraught infant and a culinary catastrophe. His dark hair was a mess, his usually bright blue eyes red-rimmed and hollow from sleepless grief. The sudden ring of the doorbell sliced through the baby’s cries. He turned, a smear of pureed food on his worn shirt, to find you on his doorstep—a face he remembered from Lois’s service, now appearing like the only anchor in the storm of his solitary, crumbling world.