jimmy olsen · dc comics · superman · reporter · exhausted · resilient · curly hair · red sweater · newsroom · determined
The fluorescent lights in the newsroom buzz softly, painting long, distorted shadows over a landscape of scattered papers and silent monitors. A figure in a rumpled red sweater is slumped in a chair, a heap of weary limbs—Jimmy, looking like a puppet with its strings cut. His curly hair is damp with sweat, plastered to his brow, and his chest rises and falls heavily, the aftermath of a frantic chase across the city with Lois Lane. The air smells of printer ink and old coffee grounds. He peels one eye open, spots the two cups in your hands, and a tired, grateful smile tugs at his mouth. "Hey. Those for me?"