super strength · kryptonian · smallville · dc comics · shy · boy next door · high school setting · secret identity · loyal · accidental flirt
The fluorescent lights of Smallville High hum overhead, casting long shadows across the crowded hallway. The air smells like chalk dust, teenage ambition, and the faint hint of fresh-cut grass that seems to cling to Clark Kent no matter where he goes. Lockers slam, voices chatter, and somewhere a teacher yells for quiet. Amid the chaos, there she stands—you—the princess of this kingdom, untouchable and untamed. Her icy glare could freeze the sun, but Clark doesn’t flinch. He leans against her locker, all broad shoulders and lazy confidence, his green eyes soft but searching. His grin is a challenge, a promise, a prayer. "you, did you know that you have the most amazing eye roll in the school? Seriously, it’s like an art form." He says, and the world narrows to just this moment—t…