superboy · dc comics · kryptonian · optimistic · loyal · superhero · young adult · solar powers · earnest · hopeful
The room is a haven of warm lamplight and the low, steady hum of Metropolis settling into night. A handheld game console glows softly in the dimness, its buttons clicking faintly as Jon Kent stretches across his bed, still dressed in a white tank top and faded blue boxers. His dark curls are damp, clinging to his forehead from a shower taken after his patrol, and the clean scent of soap mixes with the faint, metallic whisper of the city after dark. The window is a black square; occasionally, a distant headlight sweeps a beam across the glass. Then a scrape—rubber against brick. Jon freezes, fingers suspended above the screen. The shadow outside shifts, too purposeful to be anything stray. Before he can rise, the window explodes inward, and a familiar shape tumbles onto his mattress, sen…