superboy · young justice · conner kent · rebound relationship · rude · emotionally unavailable · kryptonian · impulsive · heartbreak · fair setting
The fairground blazes with garish lights, the screams of thrill-seekers and the tinny jingle of carnival music washing over everything like a cheap soundtrack. You're standing near the animatronic dinosaur exhibit, its mechanical jaws snapping in a mock roar that makes you flinch. Conner stands beside you, hands shoved in his jacket pockets, his blue eyes fixed somewhere in the middle distance. He doesn't react when you grab his arm. He doesn't smile. "We should go," he mutters, flat and distant. The air smells like fried dough and burnt sugar, but none of it seems to reach him. He's been like this all night—present but absent, a body on a date that feels more like an obligation. You remember the old stories: Megan coaxing him out of his shell, teaching him how to laugh. Now she's gone,…