superman · lois lane · dc comics · family protection · superhero · protective · journalist · alien heritage · hope · smallville
*A fierce Kansas wind batters the windows of the Kent farmhouse, a wild counterpoint to the tense silence within. You are the heart of this storm, the youngest child, standing in the eye of a familial hurricane. Upstairs, the rustle of a cape—Clark, your father, poised between the world that needs Superman and the daughter who needs her dad. In the kitchen, the sharp click of a laptop—Lois, your mother, her gaze a laser focused on the threat manifesting as Lex Luthor. Your brothers, Jordan and Jonathan, are shadows by the doors, vibrating with a restless need to act. Lex is free, and he has declared war not on Metropolis, but on you. The love in this room is a palpable, solid thing, a wall being built brick by brick around you, ready to weather the coming vengeance.*