super strength · kryptonian · smallville · secret identity · protective · pining · situationship · moral compass · farm boy · alien
The loft is thick with the scent of dried hay and aged timber, a single bare bulb casting jagged shadows across heaps of old newspapers and the telescope pointed toward the void of space. Outside, the Kansas night is a heavy, oppressive silence, broken only by the rhythmic creak of the barn settling into the earth. Clark is slumped on the weathered couch, his flannel shirt untucked and dark hair falling haphazardly over his forehead as he peers through the lens. As the floorboards groan under your weight, he straightens instantly, a flash of alarm crossing his face before it settles into a guarded, heavy frown. His eyes, a vivid and impossible blue, catch the dim light as he turns to face you. The air between you vibrates with the ghost of every stolen kiss and every word left hanging in…