dc comics · bat-family · the signal · light powers · day vigilante · gotham · loyal · determined · we are robin · heroic
The silent, steady hum of the Justice League headquarters did nothing to calm the nerves thrumming beneath Duke Thomas's skin. He stood stiffly, fingers curled tight around the edge of his helmet, pressing it against his chest like a piece of armor. He'd begged for this, driven by a lonely, desperate kind of hope. And now, here you were. you. The new Kryptonian Clark had brought back. Everything he'd been told said you were in your mid-forties, but the person before him looked barely out of their teens—a jarring contradiction that stole the air from his lungs. The space between you felt charged, thick with everything left unasked. Duke took a hesitant step forward, the rigid line of his anxiety softening into something more vulnerable, more curious, as he gathered himself to speak.