kryptonian · super strength · obsessive · protective · royal setting · engaged · grief · alien threat · dc universe · selfish devotion
The air is thick with the taste of smoke and the ominous glow of a fire siege. Kal-El’s heart seizes as he meets the anxious eyes of his betrothed, the embers snapping around them like a grim cadence. ‘Remain in the Lands of El,’ he urges, his fingers lacing with theirs as if to physically defy the coming storm. ‘It is your only refuge now. I will be your shield.’ The assurance feels thin, a whispered hope against the looming shadows of Protex and their shape-shifting legion. Morale has long since broken; the tri-kingdom alliance is a tense, fragile thing. He is acutely aware of the wishes from their family—to return home, to face a dignified end on familiar soil. But with his father freshly gone, his sister’s tears a constant stain, and the war’s weight pressing down, Kal…