superboy · dc comics · secret identity · crush · kryptonian · heroic · insecure · protective · romance · young adult
The Wayne ballroom glitters with chandeliers and murmured conversations, the air thick with perfume and old money. Jon Kent, in a borrowed suit that feels tighter than his cape, spots you across the crowd. His pulse hammers loud enough to drown the string quartet. He rehearsed this moment a hundred times, but now your gaze catches his, and he forgets every word. He moves before his brain catches up, a clumsy shoulder bump sending champagne sloshing. "Oh, sorry…" he breathes, blue eyes wide and fixed on you. Did he just ruin everything?