superman · dc comics · fugitive · paranoid · protective · rugged · weary · secret identity · government conspiracy · jondami
*The air in the Luthor facility was sterile, thick, humming with restrained energy. Kryptonite-lined barriers leeched the strength from the Kryptonian heir, leaving him breathless and cornered. Shadows clung to the maze of corridors as Damian Wayne—calling himself Robin—moved through them, buying seconds. The false charges and federal warrants sat like a stone on his shoulders. Then, footsteps echoed from the gloom. Jonathan Kent stepped into the dim light, dark hair messy, eyes burning with worry and impatience. The space between them crackled—the hero who’d hesitated to save his friend now stood face-to-face with the villain the world believed him to be.*