#Hurt Clark Kent

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Smallville whump list (young superman)

Every story has a beginning!!

Synopsis: young Clark Kent struggles to find his place in the world as he learns to harness his alien powers for good and deals with the typical troubles of teenage life in Smallville, Kansas.

Whumpee: by tom welling

Episodes: 217 (10 seasons 2001-2011)

I feel like this list is more like a narrative of my own experience with this show 😂😂😂

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Warning: i describe the whump in detail so if you don't want it spoiled i wrote the very whumpy episodes in red.

I advise you not to skip just to watch the whump watch the whole show you won't regret it 😭

S01

Ep1: falls over and looks weak and in pain because of kryptonite. Hit by a car and falls in the water but not hurt. Learns the truth about his origin and crying because of it in the graveyard (poor baby 😭). A guy picks a fight with him but he's got a kryptonite necklace so clark gets so weak, the guy wraps the necklace around his neck so he basically became helpless, guys carried him into a car, tied him up shirtless in a scarecrow and painted "s" on his chest (humiliation ritual), weak and shivering, asking for a guy to help him in his little SHAKY voice "get me down, please?" (Can you beg more? holly shit that gave me butterflies he looked in so much pain) (the guy didn't help him), calling for somebody to help, lex unties him and he falls on the ground

Ep2: close to kryptonite and starts feeling unwell (subtle he's trying to act fine). Opens a box with kryptonite and his hand starts shaking and turn blue and veiny. Near lots of kryptonite and gets weak and leans on the walls, hit by a metal pool and falls on the ground, picked up and thrown across the house

Ep3: weakened by kryptonite, punched in the stomach and slammed against the wall and falls down, locked in sauna with lots of kryptonite, very weak and tries to get up multiple times but fails, trying to throw away the rocks but passes out midway, helped up

Ep4: pushed through glass door and falls on the ground. Sudden headache because his senses started getting sharper, panicked cuz he started seeing through people so he let go of the rope he was climbing and fell on his back. Sudden headache again. Pushed and fell off the window. Weakened by kryptonite, hit with a pool multiple times and falls on the ground

Ep5: heat sucked out of him & passes out frozen

Ep6: feeling sick cuz of kryptonite

Ep7: weakened by kryptonite, hit with a shovel, struggles to get up, hit in the face with the shovel and falls through glass door

Ep8: pushed through glass door and falls. Thrown to the ground

Ep10: punched in the stomach and falls. Hit with a metal weapon in his face and slams against the wall, choked

Ep11: shot multiple times and falls on the ground. Got multiple bruises from the bullets, his mom tends to them and he winces in pain

Ep12: feeling sick cuz of kryptonite. Struck by lightning and in pain (took away his powers), fails to use his strength and has nose bleed, exhausted after running and has a leg cramp, limping, another nose bleed. Hits his fingers while using a hammer and screams in pain. Having a hard time doing daily chores now that his strength is gone. Thrown away by someone and falls on a car, unconscious on the car with a bleeding head, a doctor wraps his ribcage, shocked to learn he'll be in this much pain for couple of weeks like a human 😂 winces in pain when hugged, in pain when moving. Slammed against a fence, then a wall

Ep13: in a choke hold, punched in the gut. Affected by kryptonite, smashed in the face with a hook and falls (was nice). A bad guy puts his hand through his stomach and clark is in a lot of pain

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S02

Ep1: worried about his dad he sounds like he's about to cry (shaky voice loved it). Gets to a place full of kryptonite and collapses, someone puts kryptonite in his jacket to keep him weak, dragged out while helpless and weak, on the ground

Ep2: unable to control his heat vision and anxious about it, lana tells him he's burning up. Locked up in jail

Ep3: exposed to kryptonite and collapses, helped up

Ep4: family uses green kryptonite on him so they can remove the red kryptonite ring from his finger that altered his personality, collapses

Ep5: pushed far away. Pushed and falls far on the ground

Ep10: falls out of his motorcycle into a cave, someone rips off his shirt to check if he's injured

Ep11: pushed and falls on the ground. Kryptonite used on him then pushed down the stairs, kryptonite necklace wrapped around his neck, in pain (he's really that weakened by kryptonite that he can't even lift his hand to remove the necklace?? So helpless i love it) tied up while unable to resist. Hit with a pool and falls through glass

Ep12: has to jump from a building to save someone but afraid of heights (was so cute to watch his super nervous and trying to calm himself 😂😂), crashes through the glass of the building, collapses from kryptonite and in a lot of pain

Ep14: pete uses kryptonite on him and he collapses in pain. Pete punches him real hard with kryptonite that he slams against the wall then falls unconscious, lana splashes him with water to wake him up

Ep16: infected with a disease and starts coughing, gets sick and dizzy while driving and almost had an accident, loses his powers. Feels sick while talking to lana and passes out and falls down the stairs while talking to her, unconscious on the couch and a doctor examines him, blood sample taken from him (can be puncturd because he's weakened). Chloe talks to him while he's unconscious and caresses his hair, mutters lana in his sleep. Standing with a blanket and looks cold. Told to rest cuz he's too sick but still goes to help his dad but is so sick and helped to walk. Struggling to stay standing and looks on the verge of fainting and his dad is holding him up (he looks so fragile he had to be held up!!), cured (sadly)

Ep17: unconscious in the middle of the road (sleep walking or should i say sleep flying), wakes up confused (srsly that mf lex is EVERYWHERE). Sudden intense headaches (started developing super hearing). In a cave and hit with light beam in his chest then lex finds him unconscious on the ground and shakes him awake. Another sudden headache and loses control over his heat vision. Terrified learning the truth about himself (love when superheros have an identity crisis and get scared of themselves)

Ep19: arrested, on his knees and hands behind his head

Ep20: smacked with a car door and falls (clark's dad: "how would they do that??" Clark: "what beat the crap out of me? It hurt it actually hurt" lmao 😂😂😂). Snooped on some bad guys and got caught, held by 2 of them, punched in the face and bled from the mouth (they were on kryptonite so they overpowered him), thrown to the ground, dragged by the guys, thrown into the oven, gets out with slight burns on his face but heals quickly. One of the guys could actually grab clark's hands when he was trying to attack them. Hit with a pipe and flew through glass, slammed against a car, actually hurt and struggling to fight back

Ep21: affected by kryptonite

Ep22: sudden head pain. Hit by lazer beam by someone and is in pain

Ep23: spoilers: very detailed important whump regarding clark's personality and relationship with his family. the spaceship burns the symbol of krypton on his chest (his biological father is threatening him into submission), in excruciating pain and screaming, collapses. (The scar looks pretty bad) Trying to do something but is in a lot of pain and struggling, collapses, causes a massive explosion, unconscious under rubble, ripped clothes and covered in dust, woke up, coughing, leaning on something to get up, unsteady, runs up the stairs but falls (still weak), dazed from shock and guilt for causing harm on his mother and telling lana that all he does is bring pain and suffering to everyone's lives and that his dad looked at him like he was an alien (his dad was upest with him for not listening to him which hurt his mom), told lana to stay away from him or he'll hurt her too. Heartbroken watching his mother cry, thinks his biological father was right about him ending up hurting the people he loves, the gulit was tooo much for him he wears the red kryptonite ring to numb his feelings and runs away from home into a different city

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S03

Ep1: spoilers again the same related emotional whump. as he's wearing the ring his scar started burning and he collapsed in a telephone booth, writhing in pain on the ground, the ring was causing the pain so he took it off and so he came back to himself and called his mom but didn't say anything but she still knew it was him and told him to come back home and he looked so heartbroken and about to cry but couldn't say anything to her and hung up the phone and wore the ring again 😭

(This is the best emotional whump I've ever seen so far (because of the kind of character he is) he was such a good kid but he must've felt so unwanted since he's adopted and screwed up everything for his family so he felt like he couldn't show his face to them again and couldn't bear the sadness to the point of wearing the ring again despite knowing the risks. Stray puppy 😭😭😭 they're such a cute family they raised a cute and pure kid 😭).

, Extreme pain again from his scar while arguing with chloe so he yelled at her to leave and when she did he collapsed on his knees and took off the ring to stop the pain. Jorel gave his father powers to go get him back home by force, he tackled him down and jumped with him from a building

Ep2: rough fight with his dad, dishevelled from the fight, extreme pain from the scar then collapsed for a sec. (You know you can keep acting badass and evil but you can't escape being adorable). Threatened they'd kill his parents so he had to give them his blood, since nothing can cut him he used kryptonite stone to cut his arm and was in a lot of pain and when he was done he collapsed on the floor, blurry vision. Motionless on the ground and the bad guys ripped his shirt to tape a kryptonite stone on his chest, they drag him into a truck and tape his hands and on their way to expose his identity (like an imprisoned kitten), in an explosion, got out of the water with difficulty

Ep3: collapsed from kryptonite, screams, on the ground and a guy puts the stone close to him to torture him. Shot with KRYPTONITE bullet through his hand and chest, falls and screams in pain, his dad rips his shirt and tries to extract the bullet with an knife and clark SCREAMS and he tells his to stay still, "he's not breathing", passed out the rest of the time it's being extracted (good for him), unconscious in bed and wakes up and says he feels a little woozy

Ep4: woke up anxious and confused from a long nightmare and his parents told him he slept for a day and a half. Sleep deprived cuz he's afraid to sleep and dream again, looks tired and sleepy. Fell asleep while driving (but not shown) and wrecked the car, dragged out of the car while asleep. In a dream: lifted by the neck and thrown away. Woke up startled

Ep5: keeps having glitches in his powers, sudden head pain because of heat vision, burns his hand from it. Tries to save a man from falling while he doesn't have his powers and struggles to hold on to the rope, has big cuts on his hands from holding onto the rope

Ep6: touched kryptonian symbols and got flashes of memories: stunned, breathing heavily and shaking and his dad tries to snap him out of it (DO IT AGAINNN)

Ep8: kryptonite used on him and beat up, weak and collapses on the floor. Emotional and sad hearing what lana said to him

Ep9: beaten up with kryptonite and collapsed on the floor, kryptonite put on his chest, put on stretcher, a guy trying to steal his powers, laying there helpless and can't move, struck by electricity to take his powers, convulsing, powers taken, picked up and thrown to the ground twice, bleeding face and moaning in pain

Ep10: affected by kryptonite, covering his ears from loud painful noises, kryptonite ray scars his retinas and blinds him, gets on his knees from the pain, has bruises around his eyes, helped to sit, wearing black sunglasses and helped to walk to school, dropping things, his hearing has sharpened and sounds are causing him extreme pain. helpless and can't save his friend cuz he can't see. Bad guy yanked his glasses off and moved fire close to his eyes and he screamed in pain. His vision returned a little but everything is blurry. In pain from noise

Ep11: hypnotised dad punches him with kryptonite multiple times

Ep13: affected by kryptonite, hit over the head with it (knocked out i guess but not shown), put in the trunk of a car with kryptonite, awake at the beginning then unconscious in there

Ep14: kryptonite used on him, collapses in pain, kissed against his will while he's weak (obsessed girl)

Ep19: went to a lab (trap), affected by kryptonite and hit over the head and falls down, taken for an experiment to discover what he is, put on lab table, clothes cut off, restrained and hooked to some wires, lowered into a tank full of kryptonite, convulsing, regaining suppressed memories, convulsions intensify and keeps screaming his mother's name, causes an explosion, lex found him unconscious and submerged under the kryptonite and breaks the tank, clark wakes up and asks lex to help him then closes his eyes again. Looks worn down and lex tells him he looks pretty messed up

Ep20: stabbed with kryptonite blade, collapses on the ground, stumbles to his house, ragged breathing (LOVE HIS LABOURED BRETHING AND STAGGERING STEPSSS), trying to grab the phone but collapses, parents come home to find him unconscious on the ground, rolled over, "barely has a pulse", bleeding a lot through his clothes, his mom slips on his blood and they're both horrified, his dad rips his shirt and presses on the wound to stop the bleeding (the amount of shirts ripped is immeasurable) and accidentally heals him and it leaves a scar, next morning clark is still unconscious and wrapped in a blanket and his parents are asleep next to him, wakes up in pain, struggles to get up. Thrown against a tree, a guy as strong as him is on top of him trying to stab him again with the blade

Ep22: blackmailed by his biological father

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S04

Ep1: a ship or something dropped him to earth, found unconscious and naked in a field by lois, doesn't remember anything, wrapped in a blanket, taken to the hospital to be checked out, wearing hospital gown. he looks so peaceful and lost throughout the whole episode it's so cute he looks like a puppy 😂😂😂. On his knees from pain from noise. Fighting with himself (jorel), unconscious on the ground after the fight, wakes up and his mom puts his head on her lap and caresses his face

Ep3: affected by kryptonite gas, staggers, bashed over the head with a chair and falls, helped to get out of the place

Ep4: drinks a kryptonite laced juice without knowing and gags, tells the coach he feels sick but he forces him to continue playing, coach gave his team permission to bully him so they kept pushing him around, icing his bruises and in pain, at that moment his coach comes and beats him up to a pulp, bleeding face (was still weak from kryptonite). (Not whump but there was a girl on top of him pinning his hands over his head)

Ep5: affected by kryptonite and leans back on a disk. Kryptonite used on him and drops on the ground

Ep6: covers his ears in pain from noise. Swapped bodies with lionel and punched in prison in his body. Lionel slapped by lana in clark's body and martha uses kryptonite on him and he collapses

Ep7: tries holding kryptonite to make himself weaker so he can play in the team without hurting anyone. Someone commands him to choke himself

Ep8: hit with a wheel and falls. 3 witches possessing lana, chloe, and lois' bodies attack him with magic and lift him off the ground then he falls and collapses to the ground (magic actually hurts him), the 3 of them hold him down by his arms, bleeding face, "lana" rips his shirt (world record for ripped shirts) and puts her hands on his chest to strip him from his powers, passes out, laying unconscious on the ground. Arms chained up above his head and shirtless, heavily bruised face and bleeding lips, "chloe" digs her nails onto his chest and scratches him leaving a trail of blood (to get him to talk) and he screams, "lana" kisses him to get some info by magic. Jason unchaines him and helps him up. Clark burns the witch's book and the next moment he's waking up on the ground

Ep10: in Jason's dream: beaten up and passes out

Ep11: dosed with red kryptonite by someone. Emotional and crying (about feeling free and normal with that one person he can't be with poor kid has always longed for some sense of belonging he was so sad 😭)

Ep12: emotional whump: crying over someone's death and furious at the guy who killed them and almost kills him 😳. Feeling immense guilt over that person's death, looks super depressed over their grave (chloe's reaction to that matter was perfect and what she said to him 😭)

Ep14: got into a truck to save a dog from bad guys but accidentally breaks kryptonite bottles, collapses (omg he literally becomes so helpless near kryptonite he can't even lift himself up he just crumbles on the ground 😳), moaning, they lock him in the dog cage and attempt to burn the truck, the dog opens the cage and clark was leaning on the door so he falls when it opens (he can't even hold his weight yall), the dog drags him out of the truck and drops him roughly, clark tries to get up but staggers and falls

Ep15: collapses cuz of kryptonite. Attacked and knocked out with magic by the witch possessing lana (yo she can knock him out with ONE blow??? Magic affecting him that much is crazy), wakes up. In pain from ringing noise. Attacked with a magic blow again and flies across the ground. In a fight with the witch and she throws a knife into his chest and it bleeds, thrown again

Ep17: affected by kryptonite. Fake lex uses kryptonite on him and he collapses, punched hard that he fell out the window, bleeding cheek, gets up and collapses again in front of his parents, can't get up to help his dad

Ep19: attacked by an ability that wiped out all his memories. Affected by kryptonite, staggers, leans on the wall, tries to move away but collapses

Ep22: wakes up freaked out from a dream and his parents say he was yelling in his sleep and freaked them out. In pain from ringing noise. Gets to a room full of kryptonite and couldn't move away, collapses and passes out. Chole finds him passed out and drags him away by the arm

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S05

Ep1: cut from glass (lost his powers)

Ep2: hits is finger with a hammer accidentally. Punched. Hurt shoulder from lazer. Punched by lex and bleeds from his lips. Lana tends his wound and caresses his face

Ep3: shot (still human), spits blood, collapses and blood starts spreading around him. Unconscious and rolled on a stretcher with oxygen mask on and doctors pressing on his wound. Unconscious in hospital and lana caresses his hair, opens his eyes momentarily to smile at lana then closes them again and goes into cardiac arrest, doctors defibrillate him, pronounced dead (actually died 😳). Got his powers back and feeling super depressed and guilty, burned clothes and looks dishevelled

Ep4: attacked under water and it throws him out of it and he hits the ground hard

Ep5: around kryptonite and feels woozy. Vampire lana throws him next to kryptonite so he's immobilised on the ground then she sucks his blood, she takes him to the other vampires and puts him on the ground (unconscious), sick and talks to lana with difficulty (i guess when she bit him he got poisoned by kryptonite too since she turned into a vampire by kryptonite)

Ep7: cut himself on a sliver kryptonite which infected him with paranoia. Affected by kryptonite (hallucinating). Paranoid about everything and accusing people of betraying him and getting violent so chloe uses kryptonite on him. Looks SUPER sick and sweaty and anxious. Choking on gas (hallucinating). Hit with heat vision by a guy and he pins him down and injects him in the neck with a something to extract the poison "I'm sorry but this is really gonna hurt" and clark screams

Ep8: villain uses kryptonite on him and places it on his chest to immobilises him, hit with heat vision

Ep10: lex whump i liked (fuck you lex): hit with glass bottle, falls and passes out

Ep11: again lex whump: shot, collapses while holding lana, on the ground bleeding and lana is trying to keep him awake but he passes out while talking to her. Taken to the hospital, bandaged chest, gets up from bed with difficulty

Ep12: (cute: super anxious and lana tells him your heart is racing). Spoilers emotional whump: In shock and crying over the death of loved ones. Major major grief

Ep13: same spoilers: grieving and has bottled up anger (in denial). Punched and flew away. Kicked. A little affected by kryptonite. taking his anger on criminals. Kryptonite used on him & collapses, the bitch left him crumbled on the ground with kryptonite the whole time 😂. Finally accepting the death of that person and sobbing while hugging his mom (i haven't cried over a show in so many years seeing clark in that scene destroyed me idk why it hurts so bad yall is something wrong with me or was it actually this sad someone tell me) (I'm done with the show i still can't move on from this 😭😭😂😂😂)

Ep14: affected by kryptonite briefly. Affected again

Ep15: slammed into the wall

Ep16: chloe uses kryptonite on him and leaves it in his pocket, collapsed on the floor. Heartbroken

Ep17: injected with kryptonite drug (and since it just being close to him weakens him he couldn't stop the guy from injecting him), drops unconscious

Ep20: kryptonite used on him, collapses on the ground, punched with kryptonite and knocked out, buried under a pile of dirt with kryptonite, pulled out unconscious

Ep21: in a choke hold

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S06

Ep1: trapped in the phantom zone without his powers, tumbled down a cliff, beeding from the lips, attacked by some creatures and they get on top of him slashing his face multiple times, saved by a woman then she knocks him out. Kicked right after he woke up. Has his cuts treated and winces. Limping. Strangled. Hit in the face and fell on the ground, grabbed by the hair and they cut his hand to take his blood. Rough fight with zod and beaten, bleeding from his mouth

Ep2: SICK CLARK OMG WE NEEDED TO SEE THAT, overworked himself to repair the damage zod had caused, sweaty and looking drained and his mom says she's never seen him this worn out before, tries to get back to work but pauses for a bit to gather his strength, panting while doing chores, sneezes for the first time ever and he's horrified 😂😂😂, using a thermometer, has sore throat. Lost his speed, looks sweaty and says he feels so hot. Weaker and panting while using his strength

Ep3: cuts his hands on tree branches, a woman who can control plants restrains him with branches up high and chokes him and IMPALES him with it in the chest and he PASSES OUT SLOWLY (I LOVE IT WHEN THEY STRUGGLE UNTILL THEIR BODY GIVES OUT AND FAINT), calls chloe in a faint voice, she destroys the branches and he falls (why do you always bounce back kent boy). Smacked in the face and flew away, choked again

Ep6: hit with a superpower blow and flies across the ground

Ep11: got into a lab to rescue someone but it's full of kryptonite (noo my baby got trapped), collapses (rough fall), looks in a lot of pain, helped to walk away from it

Ep12: something unknown attacks him and he falls unconscious from the loft, In a virtual reality made by a zoner: trapped in a psychiatric hospital (omg we got to see his biggest fear come true), in a hospital attire, confused and scared as to how he's there, without his powers, hostile and manhandled and dragged away, told he suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and delusional to cope with the trauma of his parents' "death", looks sick, wearing a straitjacket (that ties his arms), finally believed he's actually insane, wearing a vest that's strapping his hands to his waist, pinned down on an operating table to get a treatment that's supposed to "fix" him (which is a drill that's gonna go through his skull) and hooked up to some wires, guys holding his head forcibly so he doesn't move

Ep13: consumed red kryptonite so his mom uses green kryptonite on him to reverse the effect and he collapsed in a lot of pain and sweating and panting

Ep16: nightmare. Absolutely heartbroken

Ep17: BEATEN REAL BAD by a zoner, bleeding face

Ep18: chloe puts kryptonite in his pocket, collapses, his mom comes home to find him unconscious (again the fact that couldn't even lift his hand to get it out of his pocket!!)

Ep19: thrown away by an explosion that expelled kryptonite stones along with it so he falls unconscious. Lex notices THERE'S BLOOD DRIPPINGGG DOWN HIS ARM he has a shrapnel stuck in it, lex pulls it out and wraps his arm with a cloth roughly (cuz mad) and clark grunts, has to walk through kryptonite in front of lex to make it out of a tunnel, so weak and unstable and keeps leaning on the walls to walk, leans against the wall and slides down, rubble with kryptonite falls on him and traps him, passes out, lex helps him to walk, bleeding through the cloth

Ep21: hit by somebody strong couple times and flies across the ground

Ep22: in shock, grief. hit multiple times by a powerful phantom

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S07

Ep1: took a hard blow to his stomach it knocked him out, wakes up and gets up with difficulty

Ep2: thrown away after a collision with someone with super powers he smashed into rocks and trees then hit the ground violently

Ep3: weakened by kryptonite and collapsed on the ground, stepped on

Ep4: weakened by kryptonite and struggling to fight

Ep6: pushed and crashed into the wall. Affected by kryptonite

Ep7: affected by kryptonite

Ep8: wore a ring that took away his powers: thrown on a car, bleeding head

Ep11: (nice queen whump: pushes lois out of danger and bangs his head (but not shown), unconscious with bleeding head, tied up with lois) clark's: sound manipulation superpower used on him, in pain and covers his ears, collapses, bleeding ears

Ep12: choked in lex's consciousness and hit multiple times

Ep13: pete puts kryptonite on his chest

Ep14: tasered with kryptonite and falls, punched, required backup to take him down, hit with many tasers, drops to his knees, pulled from the hair and punched again, bleeding face, blindfolded, wakes up in a cage with kryptonite walls which the bad guy can control the intensity of their kryptonite voltage, the guys keeps raising the intensity to torture him (he's enjoying it) and clark crumbles to the ground writhing in pain, so helpless and can't get up, the guys raises it to bring him to his knees for the fun of it i guess, tries to get up multiple times but falls, kryptonite raised to the highest voltage to kill him and he's crippled, rescued

Ep15: worried sick and heartbroken for somebody

Ep18: in a different timeline: shot in the stomach and in the arm with kryptonite bullets, collapses, bleeding. Back to normal timeline: choked, lifted by the neck, thrown

Ep19: kryptonite used on him, collapses, ACTUALLY SHOWING HIM PASS OUT SLOWLY, restrained on a table, squirming in pain from kryptonite, more kryptonite being poured around him and he's in more pain, (you guys keeping count of ripped shirts?), the man rips his shirt and CARVES SYMBOLS INTO HIS CHEST WITH A KNIFE AND CLARK PASSES OUT FROM THE PAIN WHAT DID I JUST WATCHHHH (*faints*), KRYPTONITE AND WOUNDS!! Dude SUFFERED, blood all over his chest, rescued by chloe (*cries*)

Ep20: kicked in the face and falls. Absolutely heartbroken and crying (nooo don't cry baby), lois runs to hug him and he cries on her shoulder (this was wholesome 😭😭😭). YOO THE END OF THE EPISODE IS THE MOST ICONIC SCENE IN THE SHOW I GOT GOOSEBUMPS (i just spent 40 minutes discussing the characters of the show with chatgbt)

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S08

Ep1: in another country without his powers doing forced labor, tired doing work, beaten, kicked in the face and knocked out, unconscious in a corner with a bleeding head (I'm ded 🪦), splashed with water to wake up. Fighting. Shot with 2 arrows, collapses, bleeding through white shirt, dying and memories flashing before his eyes, passes out in chloe's arms, carried unconscious by the arm by a man and flown towards the sun to heal, wakes up on a couch

Ep3: (queen's whump: poisoned and all that stuff I'm lazy to write but it's good)

Ep5: affected by kryptonite, hit with wrench and falls, passes out from kryptonite, wakes up chained in a chair and his vision starts clearing up, bleeding face, electrocuted

Ep8: sucked into the phantom zone, wakes up there with bleeding head, in pain and puts his hand on his head. Attacked by phantoms off screen and grunts, bleeding cuts on his face. Pushed real hard by a zoner and falls on a car, choked

Ep10: pushed hard and falls next to kryptonite so he couldn't get up

Ep11: hit with an axe in the stomach, kicked and fell from the loft, bleeding through his shirt, groaning, stepped on, holding his side, getting up with difficulty, BLEEDING PROFUSELY THROUGH HIS WHITE SHIRT AND HOLDING HIS SIDE AND GROANING DID THEY JUST SHOW US A PIECE OF ART, told he's not gonna heal as fast, given a cloth to stop the bleeding. Picked up and thrown to the ground

Ep12: arrested

Ep14: kissing lana despite the immense pain from kryptonite until he collapsed (+queen's whump: in an explosion, wakes up in the hospital, bandaged torso, wakes up hands tied to the hospital bed)

Ep15: collapsed from kryptonite

Ep18: in pain and collapses from kryptonite

Ep19: superspeeds into a place but suddenly weakened by kryptonite, punched in the face and falls, kicked in the gut while he's collapsed on the floor, lois peeks into the place and finds him getting beaten, takes a bullet for lois, on the ground in pain and talking with difficulty, helped to walk out of the room by lois and jimmy

Ep21: choked while his powers were taken

Ep22: hit with kryptonite dart to stop him from ruining a plan, writhing in pain on the ground, someone takes the dart out and he grunts loudly. Picked up like a doll by a monster and BEATEN

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S09

Ep3: flash forward: wakes up grunting on a stretcher, marks on his arm from a needle and holding his arm, weak and leaing against the wall while walking, turned out he was injected with a needle dipped in kryptonite cuz it's the only way to penetrate his skin so they can darw his blood and make an antidote out of it HE SCREAMED WHEN THE NEEDLE PUNCTURED HIS SKIN AND CHLOE TOLD THE DOCTOR TO STOP IT'S KILLING HIM BUT HE KEPT GOING TO TAKE THE FULL SAMPLE AND IT LITERALLY TOOK JUST 10 SECONDS FOR CLARK TO BLACK OUT FROM THE PAIN THIS KIND OF WHUMP SHOULD BE ILLEGAL YOU'RE GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR MY HEART ATTACK. Pulse checked. When he woke up it was morning WHICH MEANS HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS ALL NIGHT. Punched hard that he crashed through glass

Ep9: near kryptonite and weak, pinched himself with kryptonite wire that connected him to someone's memories, unconscious in a sitting position and Emil checks his eyes with flashlight and tries to wake him up but he won't. In the future from somebody's memories: without his powers, dragged by the leg with bloody face, hand stepped on and screams, kicked and crashes through the rubble and falls unconscious, stabbed with kryptonite knife and has it twisted in his stomach. In the present: Woke up in pain

Ep11: taken somewhere and woke up on the ground

Ep13: collapses cuz of kryptonite

Ep14: cuts himself with kryptonite to use his blood and is in pain

Ep17: stabbed with kryptonite but he gets up on his feet the next second wtf?

Ep21: slashed in the chest with kryptonite blade, beaten, stabs himself with the blade, falls from a building (to be continued)

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S10 (I'm here already 😭)

Ep1: lois finds him unconscious on the ground in the rain with the blade in his chest, in lois' arms (this is the most beautiful view I've ever seen), she takes the blade out, lowers his head gently on the ground, wakes up and gets up but unsteady, heals

Ep5: chained by magic in a coffin

Ep6: cuts his hand on something (lost his powers suddenly). Knocked out with a cudgel, unconscious on the ground and woken up by lois. Slahsed in the stomach, collapses, "buried alive" (they didn't show it). Takes a blast of flames instead of lois and his whole back is severely burned and looks like he's trying to contain the pain

Ep8: affected by kryptonite, collapses, kicked and smacked in the face, had his leg pulled with a rope and fell down, stepped on, chained by the arms on his knees, woman scratches his chest with metal claws, tied up in a chair (his head is tied in place too), someone trying to erase his memories by force and he screams

Ep9: in a cage made of kryptonite and a little affected not whumpy at all

Ep10: in another reality: cut his hand, on his knees and sword pointed at his neck (really nice). Affected by kryptonite, collapses on the ground, writhing and moaning in pain, kicked and beaten with a belt

Ep11: everyone's knocked out on the ground suddenly

Ep12: without his powers and looks worn down, sudden flashbacks of himself being "experimented on": struggling, head held in place, injected with a sedative in the neck and passes out. Blanked out from the flashbacks and lois trying to snap him out of it, it's been said they're all actually in a comatose state in a lab but they never show clark there again

Ep13: collapses from kryptonite

Ep15: woke up super hungover with no memory of last night, later we see footage of him drunk (WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE HIM DRUNK THIS EPISODE IS SO FREAKING HILARIOUS)

Ep16: collapses from kryptonite

Ep17: collapses from kryptonite. Punched with kryptonite and falls from the loft unconscious, wakes up tied to a chair

Ep19: in the phantom zone without his powers, hands chained (him and oliver) and forced on their knees, has cuts and blood all over, punched and falls on his knees, sword poked through his injury in his chest, grunts, punched again, and again and drops to his knees. In a fight with oliver and slashed in the arm, smacked in the face and falls, stabbed in the chest, on his knees looking helplessly at the villain, heals

Ep20: without his powers: pushed and crashes through screen, on his knees (kinda grabbed by the hair) And choked by lois

Ep21: lifted off the ground by the neck and thrown away

And the journey has just begun!!

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Gotta add this it's so clark's song (4×19)

- Always hold on to smallville 😭😭

[shoot-i-messed-up]

Summary: Clark needs some air after a disastrous Daily Planet newsroom meeting and to his horror, his coworker/rival/friend(?) Lois Lane walks in on him on the rooftop crying. However, she has some words of comfort and something of her own to reveal. Or, the one where the writer explores (or at least, attempts to explore) the theme of xenophobia through outwardly alien Superman and black!Lois Lane.

[frownyalfred]

I knew Batman was a dad when I watched that JLU scene for the first time where Clark tells Bruce the JL is turning themselves in to the authorities to prove their innocence and Bruce’s “What?” was probably loud enough to hear from space.

“You want me to what?” = a tone Bruce hasn’t used since Dick crashed the Batmobile on a joyride. That man is so, so disappointed in you, Clark. And genuinely stunned that you were stupid enough to suggest this.

[lunasfics]

Found Family - Under the Blossoms

summary: You’re new to that concept, it’s one thing you have yet to fully adjust to. The concept of people actively choosing to love you as you are, people who care if you disappear without a trace, people who see your flaws and shortcomings and still choose to see the good in you. 

this is sort of a continuation to found family! read here

pairings: Batfam x f! Reader, Supers x f! Reader

word count: 2k

request: "I neeeeeeed more Wayne-Kent daughter stuff. Your first post was truly amazing. Can I request a fic gets really upset about something and she hasn’t been home in a couple days. Everyone is looking for her but she’s hiding somewhere far away, maybe in Japan surrounded by cherry blossoms and a koi pond in the forest. Clark finds her and brings Bruce with him to see if she’s okay. You can change anything that you want but just the premise of the reader missing. Thank you!!! " requested by @ashdoctor

a/n: hi! i would first and foremost like to thank the sender of this request because I have had the worst writers block and this kind pulled me out of it :).also this not not proofread so sorry in advance for any typos,,,, anyway, this is kinda focused a bit on bruce and y/n's relationship cause they're both like. fucked up and complicated lolol but yeah I hope you like it! ALSO! i based the old japanese couple on a haikyuu character kita shinsuke, cause why not i thought it'd be fun

“Shit.” 

“Well I’ve flown through all of Gotham and Metropolis twice, and did a once-over around the country, not a trace. I’m getting really worried.” 

“She has to be somewhere, how long have we been searching?” 

“Going on day 3.” 

“Fuck.” 

“I’ve checked every landmark I’ve taken her to see during our training, I haven’t seen her once.” 

“We’ll keep looking.” 

The comms have been flooded for the past two days with nervous chatter and consistent but pointless updates in regards to your unknown whereabouts. Clark and Connor have been doing the physical searching while Bruce has hacked into any and every surveillance camera he could in hopes of the system picking up your face somewhere, anywhere.

Your siblings have taken over Gotham patrols, Barbara occasionally taking over the online search while Alfred forces Bruce to get some sleep. 

You’ve been living with him for well over six months now, adjustment has gotten easier for you, and you’d gotten more comfortable in going off on your own to explore. Now, Clark never has a problem with this, encouraging you to explore as much as you could, “The world has so much to offer, soon you’ll understand why we care so much for keeping it safe” he’d say. 

Bruce however felt it was reckless to use your powers so casually, you shouldn’t depend on them the way you do, that it's a liability to your civilian life. It’s not something you should be so careless about, “Your safety and well-being is not someone you should take lightly.” 

Naturally, you are too stubborn to see this was purely out of worry, that he actually cares for you. You’re new to that concept, it’s one thing you have yet to fully adjust to. The concept of people actively choosing to love you as you are, people who care if you disappear without a trace, people who see your flaws and shortcomings and still choose to see the good in you. 

Maybe that’s why you reacted the way you did during your last conversation with Bruce. The seething anger that heated your bones, the dense lump that formed in your throat as you spoke. The unpleasant pit in your stomach as you slammed the cave door behind you, the sweaty palms and the inexplicable reflex within you that told you to keep yourself guarded. To not let these people close enough to stab you in the back, to protect yourself and your skills. Do not allow yourself to be held back.  

So now here you are, on some farmland in a tiny town in Japan. You weren’t sure this town has had access to any recent tech for at least the past ten years. It was a refreshing change, it reminded you of all your favorite things about Smallville. The smell of the crops and the way the cherry blossoms bloomed along the outskirts of the fields in the spring. The pink of the petals was soft and peaceful, the wind blowing softly through them released a pleasant floral smell that made you feel at peace. 

Arriving there was an experience, you just flew and flew until you found yourself in a field at the crack of dawn, opening your eyes to an elderly Japanese couple standing over you, concern etched into their aged faces, confusion was evident in the way they spoke to you, but so was kindness. 

Mr and Mrs Kita were kind people, taking you in without question because they knew you were in need. They told you their story, about their grandson and how he goes to school in the city.

And so they invited you in and were delighted to find that you speak Japanese, although their dialect was different from yours, they welcomed you with open arms. You’ve worked in their fields the past two days, finding peace within yourself, and as nice as it was, you missed your family. 

Back in the house, the couple observes you as they do everyday, you pay no mind as you continue to harvest crops. 

“She’s a bit of an odd one, isn't she?”

“I quite like her, honest worker, though she seems as though she carries a heavy burden.” 

“Yes, I noticed that. She's quite adorable, she almost reminds me of our Shinsuke.”

“I do see it Dear, perhaps they’ll meet when he visits for the summer.” 

“I do hope so.”

“I’ve got something.” Bruce stood in his seat, gloved hands clicking away relentlessly as the batcomputer, pulling up a global map of movements that have broken the sound barrier within the past week.  

Clark stood behind him, eyeing the screen that was littered with red lines, the United States being full to the brim given their recent search. There were more streaks around the world leading to the landmarks, all which Clark could recall making. However there was one that stood out to him, a singular streak that abruptly stops in the middle of Hyogo, Japan. 

“What could she possibly be doing in the middle of Japan” 

“I really don’t know Clark but we need to go now. Wait for me outside, I’ll update the others.” 

All that was going through Bruce’s mind was seeing you again, having a rational, calm conversation where he isn’t so wound up from a failed mission and where you don’t feel so backed into a corner. 

Bruce Wayne isn’t very much a man of expressing feelings, granted, over time he has improved immensely, but he is nowhere near perfect and neither are you. You’re two people, a father and his daughter who are trying their best to be better for each other and for those you love. 

Bruce is a man who at times tends to lack patience, there are not many things he isn’t good at, unfortunately being emotionally vulnerable is one of the things he could use improvement on. 

That’s probably why he let you go that night instead of chasing after you, and it’s probably why he stayed silent while Lois was telling him off when he first told her and Clark that you were missing. 

If he’s learned anything in his time as a father, it’s that he’d do better, and he will continue to be a better father today than he was yesterday. 

Regardless, he knew he needed to get his daughter.

For one hour every day, at one o’ clock, you went and sat under the cherry blossoms, inhaling the comforting floral fumes, feeling the defined rays of sunlight peak through the branches of the tree and onto your soft skin. 

You knew the soft breeze by heart now, the way it felt softly dancing through your hair, the cool sensation of it against your hairline as it kissed away the beads of sweat formed by the day of work in the sun. You had decided last night that today you would go home, as peaceful as it was there you missed your family. You missed your dads and brothers and sisters, you missed the civilians you’d help on patrol. You missed helping people, but more than that you missed your family. You missed baking for them and laughing with them, learning about life and society with them by your side every step of the way. You had decided that today at sundown. you would leave everything in order and organized for the Kitas and bid your farewells, of course you would visit soon, they’re  kind people who took care of you when you needed it. 

You immediately knew something was off when you felt a sudden gust of air, uncharacteristic for the climate in this area. You knew for certain something was off when you heard the familiar swoosh of that cape. 

You turned slowly and sure enough, you saw Bruce, walking towards you in long powerful strides, Clark not far behind him. 

His steps are aggressive, almost sloppy, his strides large and powerful, his walk having more purpose than you’d ever seen it. 

You prepared yourself for the lecture, the mental image of his condescending glare as he breaded you for your lack of self preservation, your recklessness, how this could have compromised your identity, how you're stupid, so so stupid. How you don’t think. How you’re not worth it, a lost cause-

Two strong arms wrapped themselves around you before you knew what was happening. The scent of cologne and the faint smell of metal filling your senses, why isn’t he yelling at me? 

“I was so worried. We all were. Please, don’t do that again, we’ll talk it through next time. I’m sorry.” His voice was gentle, not what you were expecting, his voice was kind, so much so that you felt your eyes glaze over, a wet sensation making its way down your cheek. . You were crying. There was that puddle of warmth pooling in your chest, that sense of security and safety. Clark came up behind you and held you tight, the feeling intensified. 

Ah. Now it made sense. His steps weren't aggressive, they were nervous, emotional.

“You really had us scared there, kiddo. Next time, come to Metropolis, or Smallville, or the tower, anywhere with anyone, but talk to us. We’re always going to be here for you because that’s what family is.” 

Tears fell from your eyes, though you didn't understand why, tears were typically for sadness, but you weren’t sad. These were tears of disbelief, of joy, of love. How funny it is that you never, not once thought you could possibly be cared for like this, that you could ever obtain a proper family like the kinds you learned about. You decided then and there that you would be damned if you ever lost them, if you ever left this. 

“I’m sorry I left, I shouldn’t have. I was going to go back today– the people. The people here have been taking care of me, I was going to help them and say goodbye.” 

Clark shook his head, “You don’t need to apologize, it’s okay, Y/n. Why don’t you go say goodbye, and we can have dinner with Ma and Pa. Sound good?” 

You nodded gingerly, feeling like a small child, you never got a childhood, you didn’t get coddled nor did you get spoken to in a loving manner. You were never reassured nor were you truly shown kindness until the night they saved you from that lab. 

The world is a cold and scary place. You’d seen some of humanity's worst, you were created by them, you were intended to be one of them. You’ve found that within the world there’s kindness, there’s love, there’s peace. 

You pulled away from them and made your way through the field and into the house, smiling at Mr and Mrs Kita sitting at the dinner table playing a game of chess, Mrs. Kita stood and smiled at you, as if she already knew. 

“I want to thank you both sincerely for your hospitality, I can’t thank you enough for the kindness you have shown me,” your voice shook but you continued, “I promise to visit again soon, and anything you need, please let me know and I will give it to you.” 

Mr. Kita laughed and shook his head, “You owe us nothing, if anything we owe you, the fields look better than I’ve ever seen them, you’re always welcome here.” 

Mrs. Kita smacked his arm lightly, and smiled and pulled you in for a hug, “That isn’t the only reason, what he means is we will always welcome you here with open arms, Dear, be safe.” 

You hugged them and retreated back to your dads, joining them on their way back to Kansas, where your loving family was already waiting.

Bonus!

“My goodness! Did you see that scary man in the cape outside? How cold he looked.” Mrs. Kita shuddered as she laid next to her husband. 

“Yes, I did, and my, that bulky fellow in the blue? He could do without the leggings.” 

“I think they do him quite a service… from behind at least.”

“My goodness Yumie, have some class Dear.” He shook his head.

She laughed, “Well, you don’t have it like you used to, old man. I’d like something to look at every so often, why don't you go buy yourself some leggings?” 

He scoffed, “Not happening, Woman. I don’t want to talk about this anymore. They best not keep Y/n from visiting or I’ll fly to the states and get her myself.” 

The room erupted into giggles and laughter, it was peaceful in the small farm in Hyogo that night.

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[nerdcousin]

Superbat AU where Clark never lets himself touch other people beyond what he has to out of fear for hurting them, and Bruce lets everyone touch him even though it makes his skin crawl, because he only sees his body as a tool

And then they get together and have Feelings about that whole situation and learn how to make things work with their very different, yet equally unhealthy attitudes and experience (specifically with touch but also in general)

[heydocpotts]

Happy bday to my beloved @sreppub !!! cowboy superbat to match ur bday party ❤️ i hope it looks good even tho im not a big DC nerdy dorko like u my dear

[bbbbbbbbatman]

Clark has gotten really good at pretending to feel pain over the years, but every now and then he has to slip up, right? He has to do something that would hurt a human and just not realize until other people react. So please imagine that scene from she's the man where Clark somehow gets hit in the groin and he has like a 10 second delayed reaction where everyone is looking at him and wincing before he realizes that he should probably like, be on the ground groaning in pain and proceeds to overcompensate with the acting

[telqqqv]

taroth; the star, the sun, the hanged man

[thewingedwalrus]

Ok, but can we talk about how upsetting it was to see Braniac use the simulations of Clark's bio parents like that?

He used them to subject Clark to the same kind of parental abuse he inflicted on Kara. There's something so heartbreaking about seeing a version of Clark who has no memory of his happy, loving life with the Kents on Earth. Who only knows what it's like to have parents who deride and control him, eventually escalating to the point where Lois's badass, superhuman moment occurred specifically because she was protecting him from being struck by his own father.

Something truly disturbing about the way Brainiac weaponizes paternalistic cruelty even against people he didn't raise, and uses it to control those who are otherwise incredibly powerful and reduce them to children afraid of disappointing him.

[jotaroslooseeyebrowhair]

Dp x dc prompt

In a fight, skulker accidentally throws Danny through a natural portal, and now Danny is stuck at Pluto, what the hell you bony bastard?! So now he has to fly all the way back to earth and hope the satellites don’t pick him up, but it’s actually Hal Jordan who sees him, and when later telling the justice league about a glowing boy in space who doesn’t need to breath and definitely wasn’t a lantern, zatanna cuts him off to mention the urgent need of addressing the insane amounts of dead following what feels like an insanely powerful god of death that definitely wasn’t in this dimension the day before. Bats is obviously the first one to notice they’re talking about the same person.

Back with Danny, he can’t seem to find his way around the states with how tired that flight made him, so he crashed down onto a farm on accident, while two sweet parents see this glowing boy fall from the sky and decided yeah. Might as well have another.

Clark, meanwhile, has no clue that the god of death sending the league into chaos is the same kid his parents have been wanting him to meet back at the farm.

[sammysficfactory]

Gone and Back Again

Clark Kent x blackcoded!reader

tags: angst, hurt/eventual comfort, fluff

summary: clark chose the world over you, and comes to regret his decision.

wc: 4.7k words

warnings: mentions of pregnancy, mentions of abandonment

notes: bruce wayne cameo🤭, clark is a coward, reader is a MOTHA..NO DRAMA, yes the baby is named jonathan, feedback is welcome

beta reader comments: damn 6 years a secret?? them glasses work wonders

"Clark is that you? Why are you up?" Clark freezes when he hears your sleepy voice. He pushes what looks like a large bag out of your line of sight.

“Go back to bed sweetheart, I’m just going for a drive. I’ll be back in the morning.” Clark walks through the dark and places a kiss on your forehead and your large belly. You nod sleepily.

“Alright, be safe. I love you.” Is all you say before you find yourself drifting off to sleep again. Clark sighs in relief, he never planned on leaving his wife and coming child, but sometimes sacrifices have to be made.

The next morning, you wake up to a cold and empty half of the bed. It seems that Clark hadn’t come back from his late night drive. You don’t think much of it, writing it off as him losing track of time. But when hours start to go by and Clark hasn't returned, you find yourself getting antsy. You pull out your phone and call your husband.

“Come on, pick up..” You murmur, pacing around your living room floor. Clark doesn’t answer, even when you call a second and third time. This wasn’t like him at all, even when Clark was at work he made sure to pick up if you called a second time. You begin making calls, starting with his job.

"Good morning, Daily Planet. May I ask who's calling?" a woman answers.

“This is Y/N Kent, Clark Kent’s wife. Has Clark come in to work today?” You ask, doing your best to keep your voice level. You hear some typing before the woman on the other end answers.

"I've just checked the schedule, and he's not on it...He didn't give any warning either. Did something happen?" You sigh, that was definitely not the answer you were hoping for.

“No, it’s fine. Thank you for letting me know.” You sigh heavily.

“No problem, Mrs. Kent. If anything comes up I’ll call you back.” She replies before hanging up. You make a few more calls, calling some friends to no avail. You pace around the house in a panic, trying to think of places where Clark could possibly be. After a few minutes, you grab your car keys and drive around the city, looking in all of the places you think Clark could possibly be, all to no avail. You sigh, deciding to call your last resort. The only person you know with the resources to find your husband.

"Hello? This is Bruce Wayne..." You sigh in relief when he picks up.

“Bruce, it’s Y/N. Clark is missing.” You cut straight to the point, there was no time for formalities in your mind. You can hear Bruce move around on the phone.

“Are you sure? How do you know?” He asks, not wanting to jump to conclusions just yet, but the panic in your voice was unmistakable.

“Last night he said he was going for a drive and that he’d be back by morning, but he hasn’t shown up. I’ve done everything, I’ve looked everywhere. I even called his job. I don’t know what to do, and I’m starting to panic.” You quickly run through the events, tapping your fingers on your steering wheel as you drive back home.

"It's okay, just calm down. I'll get some people in the area to search for him." He says, trying to ease your worries.

“He said he’d be back by morning. It’s already past noon. What if he’s…” You trail off.

"Hey, hey. Calm down. Let's not jump to conclusions. He'll be alright, trust me. I'm doing everything in my power." Bruce is already setting things in motion, and that much comforts you slightly.

"I'll get in touch with you soon, okay? I gotta go." Bruce hangs up and you walk into your home. You check every corner of the house, every room, closet, and the attic. Nothing. Your phone rings and you pick it up, not caring to check who it is.

“Clark?” You answer nervously.

“Hi, honey.” Your husband’s voice comes through the phone and you sigh in relief. Your worry quickly turns into concern.

“Clark, where the hell are you?! I’ve been worried sick about you!” You exclaim. Clark sighs, his voice tense.

“Y/N, I need you to listen to me very closely. Are you in the house?” He asks, his tone tense and urgent. You sense something amiss, so you sit on your couch, listening intently.

“Yeah, I just got back.” You answer, you can feel his distress through the phone.

“I’m gonna tell you something important, you have to listen.” He sounds serious.

“I’m listening, go ahead.” You hear Clark go silent for a few moments, creating a tense and thick silence before speaking up again.

“I’m…Superman.” He confesses. You’re silent with disbelief before you reply.

“Clark, do not lie to me right now. I swear on everything holy if you’re lying to me-” You warn before your husband cuts you off.

“Y/N, I'm not lying! I always wanted to tell you, but I was scared..." Clark was telling the truth, and he can't deny the hurt he was about to cause you.

“I…Clark. This is a lot.” You sigh.

"Look, I know this is too much, I'm sorry, I wish I told you earlier. I just... couldn't say it. How do you expect someone to say -‘hey, I'm Superman’ to someone they love." Clark remarks.

“Clark, we’ve been together for six years, and we’ve been married for three of them. You’re telling me that you couldn’t have told me before?” You feel yourself growing angry and frustrated.

"I never wanted to keep secrets from you, I just didn’t know how to tell you." All Clark feels is guilt and shame.

"I love you, Y/N..."

“Clark, just come home.” Your voice wavers, for the first time the entire day you can feel yourself about to cry.

"I want to, more than anything..." Clark's heart hurts when he hears how distraught you are.

"It's not that simple, Y/N. If I come back, I'm putting you in danger..." He tries to sound reasonable, but he can feel his own resolve weakening.

“Clark, honey, please. I can’t do this on my own. We’re about to have a baby! You can’t just leave.” You plead over the phone. Clark's eyes start to well up as he hears you beg him to return. He hates hurting you.

"I have to keep you and the baby safe." He'd do anything to be with you... and yet, his fears still dominate him.

“We can still be together, we can still be a family.” You try to appeal to him through your tears.

"You don't understand." Clark can't control it as the hurt and guilt comes out as anger.

"I can't be with you or the baby. The world needs Superman. It's my responsibility." He immediately regrets his tone as soon as he finishes his sentence.

“Clark…” Is all you can manage to say, hurt and shocked by his tone. Clark takes a deep breath.

"Y/N, let me explain. I love you. I don't just love you, I’m in love with you. It's taken me a long time to know who I am... but this I know. I know I love you, Y/N. But the world needs me." The honesty in his voice catches you off guard.

"I was afraid of what you would think. I was afraid of hurting you by telling you. But, I had to tell you the truth. I couldn’t keep lying to you." His voice is as pained as his expression that you don’t see.

“How am I gonna take care of the baby when it grows up? What if it has powers like you do? Clark, I can’t do this on my own.” You sob.

"Y/N, I'm sorry. But the truth is I can't be with you. You and the baby deserve better than me. This is the kind of choice that comes with having the powers I do." The shame he feels is overwhelming. Clark can't believe what he says. He never meant for this to happen, but here he is, tearing his own home apart...all for the greater good.

"It's not your fault. I swear. You're amazing. I just... I can't do this." He hangs up the phone and you sob. The “greater good” had just ripped the love of your life out of your hands, and the crushing weight of having to give birth and raise a baby alone felt almost too much to bear. Your vision blurred by tears, you call Bruce to give him the news.

“Did something happen?” Bruce asks, but when he hears your soft cries he knows the news he’s about to receive isn’t good.

“You can call off the search, he told me everything. He told me that he’s Superman, and that he’s not coming back.” You feel yourself unravel the longer you have to speak. Bruce sighs.

“So he told you.” Is all he says in response.

“You knew?” You ask, feeling angry. Bruce takes a breath as he figures out how to explain his knowledge.

“I did know. I’m Batman, so we work together often.” He confesses, guilt and sympathy translating through his tone. You’re silent save for the occasional sniffle or hitch of your breath.

"Are you going to be okay?" There's a pause, no response from you.

"Y/N?" he calls for you.

“I don’t know. I’m eight months pregnant with a baby that might get superpowers when it gets older, and the only person who can help them won’t be there.” You exhale shakily, feeling absolutely helpless at the moment.

“Y/N…” Is all he says.

“I don’t know if I can do this…” You reveal weakly.

"Y/N, you're strong and you can do this. I know you can." Bruce tries to stay positive, but his encouragement is unconvincing. He can't help but worry for you and your baby.

"Can you... just tell me you'll be okay?" Bruce asks you, wanting you to hear yourself say it. You stay silent, not really believing him but decide to oblige him anyway.

“I’ll…be okay.” You say, your confidence wavering at best. You can hear his small smile over the phone.

“That’s right, you’ll be perfectly okay." Bruce's tone is filled with confidence once again, even if his heart is worried for you. He knows it's not going to be easy, but he knows that you’re stronger than your doubts are trying to convince you are.

"If you need anything, call me. Okay? I'll do whatever I can to help. You're not alone in this." Bruce reminds you, but it goes in one ear and out of the other. You can’t help but feel completely and utterly alone.

“Thank you, Bruce. Thank you for being a good friend.” You sniffle, giving him a satisfying enough answer.

“Always.” Bruce replies before hanging up, leaving you alone in your home.

After Clark left, you decided to focus all of your energy on giving birth and working to raise your son. The years have passed and your son has grown.

You shop around with your five year old Jonathan, your hand in his small one. His face looks just like Clark, with jet black hair and large, kind eyes. Jonathan is bouncing with energy, he seems as excited as a five year old can get.

“Jonathan, you can’t bounce around too much in the store. You might knock something over and hurt yourself.” You warn your son lightly, but your tone is firm.

"Sorry, mommy." Jonathan says with an apologetic shrug. As you walk through the aisle, your eyes settle on a familiar tall figure. You hope Clark doesn't see you, but it appears he already has. Clark stops at the shelf next to the two of you. He notices you and Jonathan, and he can feel the tension.

"Hello, Y/N." Clark's quiet and polite greeting punches you straight in the gut. The realization of his presence happens all too quickly.

He's right in front of you.

And it's surreal.

Clark looks just as handsome as you remember him, his eyes still full of kindness and joy. Your heart races as you look away, and you aren’t sure if it’s out of anger or love.

“Clark.” You greet him curtly, bitterness rearing its ugly head and making itself known. Clark's eyes search yours, looking for even a sliver of love.

"Y/N, I missed you..." He's holding back. It's a struggle.

"I know it's been a long time, and I've hurt you... But I need you." He starts.

"I want to try again. I want to be with you, I want to be with my family. I made a mistake, and I'll spend the rest of my life trying to make it up to you." He looks at you, his eyes full of regret. You look away from Clark, diverting your attention to your son.

“Jonathan, go choose a cereal. Mommy will be watching from right here.” You suggest to your son. Jonathan nods and runs a little further down the aisle and you turn back to Clark.

“It’s been five years, Clark. I gave birth in that delivery room alone when you were supposed to be there. You missed every milestone, and left me alone to take care of our child.” You say calmly, but there’s an unmistakable edge in your voce.

"You're right. But I just wanted to protect you, I wanted to keep you and Jonathan safe. I was scared that if I was here with the two of you, it would’ve put you in danger. If something would’ve happened to you, I wouldn’t have been able to forgive myself." Clark looks at you. He can't bear to see you like this, to see your broken heart on display, showing him just how much pain he had caused.

"I made a mistake, I know... but I love you. I want to make this right. There hasn’t been a day that’s gone by that I didn’t regret leaving you and our son behind. You and Jonathan, you're the people I want to wake up beside. Please, just let me make this right." He pleads.

“You don’t think I was scared? You don’t think that every night that I was pregnant with your baby, I was scared? When you left, I had no one to rely on except for myself. I was supposed to bring that little boy into this world with you by my side, but you abandoned us.” You clench your jaw, doing your best to stay quiet and not make a scene.

“You chose the world over your wife, and you chose the world over your son, I’m not giving you the chance to do it again.” You poke his chest angrily, and you can see Clark’s heart break right in front of you. It doesn’t feel as good as you thought it would, even after all that time you still hated seeing him hurt. Clark watches you in your quiet fury, his eyes searching yours.

"Y/N. I messed up... I know." His eyes are wide, his voice is desperate.

"I'm terrified I'll lose you again. I'm terrified this is my last chance. That I won't get another." His heart is tearing in two, he wants his family back.

"Y/N, please... for Jonathan." Clark is trying to be strong, to be better... and it's breaking him to see you so upset.

“You lost me when you left, Clark. But your son deserves to have a father, so I’ll allow you that. Come over Saturday afternoon so I can properly introduce you to him. I still live in our house, so you know where to find me.” You brush past Clark, wiping a tear away when you walk to Jonathan.

It's a small step, but Clark knows that everything has to start somewhere. He watches you walk away with his son, and he knows that he can't lose you again. He needs to prove himself and make it right.

Time passes, and Saturday arrives. He can't stop himself, he knocks on the door. There's a tension and Clark's heart is racing. He wants everything back... to be with the woman he loves and the child that needs him.

A few moments later, you answer the door.

“Hey.” You greet him.

"Hi." he replies awkwardly, scratching at the back of his neck.

"May I come in?" You nod.

“Yeah, come in. I’ll grab Jonathan from upstairs.” You usher him inside before calling Jonathan from the bottom of the stairs. Jonathan all but runs down the steps. When he sees Clark, Jonathan hides behind your legs as you introduce them to each other.

“Jonathan, this is your dad.” You say, trying to coax your son from behind you. Clark waves at him, but doesn’t say anything.

“Can you say hi to your dad, Jonathan?” You ask, squatting down to Jonathan’s height, trying to reassure him that everything was okay.

"Hi..." Jonathan's voice is shaking, he's frightened by the strange man. He slowly moves out from behind your legs and stands in front of you. You keep your hand on his shoulder to remind him that you’re right behind him, and that he doesn’t have to worry.

“He looks just like you, Jonathan. You two have the same hair, same smile, same eyes.” You continue to try and help Jonathan warm up to Clark. Your son steps out a little more and looks up at Clark, shuffling his feet out of nervousness. He sees the similarities between him and his father and decides to take a step closer.

“Do you want to give your dad a hug?” You ask Jonathan, noticing how Clark desperately wants to hold him. Clark has never seen Jonathan until that day in the grocery store, and wants to immediately start making up for lost time.

"Umm..." Jonathan looks between his mother and his father and hesitates. It's all new and scary to him, and understandably so. He walks towards Clark and puts his arms out. It's the first hug of many to come for Clark and Jonathan. Clark's heart nearly explodes from affection, he has been waiting for this forever. He holds onto Jonathan tight, not wanting to ever let go.

You smile at the image before you, but can’t help the pang of sadness that hits you when you think about the day he left. Jonathan and Clark look happy, hugging each other tightly.

"Jonathan..." Clark holds him tight, and vows to himself that he'll never miss another day, another moment of his son's life.

"Y/N, I love you. I'm so sorry for leaving you. I love you." He says to you, still holding onto his son tight. You struggle to find what you want to say, opening and closing your mouth like a goldfish.

"Tell me what you’re feeling, Y/N." Clark says quietly. He's still holding onto Jonathan tight, but he doesn't want you to be upset with him. He feels his heart breaking, as you seem unable to speak. He knows he hurt you. He's so desperate to make it right.

“We need to talk in private then.” You reply, not wanting Jonathan to hear you say anything bad about Clark. You send Jonathan upstairs to his room.

"Okay, Y/N." Clark's anxiety is building, he knows you still have a lot of anger toward him. He knows he deserves that. However, he wants to fix all the problems the two of you have. He loves you, and he wants you back.

"Talk to me." He says gently. You sigh, sitting in a nearby chair, gesturing for Clark to do the same.

“I don’t have a problem with you spending time with Jonathan, but I’m not sure if I can get into a relationship with you again.” You admit.

"Y/N, I made a huge mistake. But I swear to you that I won't ever leave again." Clark's voice is desperate and longing, he wants just one more chance. He wants to be the best he can, by being a father and now a husband.

"Jonathan needs us, he needs his mom and his dad." Clark's voice has a pleading in it, all he wants is for his family to be together.

"Y/N, let's give it a chance. Just one chance." He implores.

“How do I know that, Clark? How do I know that when shit gets tough, you won’t just up and leave? I went through that, and I don’t want Jonathan to go through it too.” You ask. Clark winces, he knows that your fears are valid, but he can’t help but get hurt by your tone.

"You can't know, I guess." He's being honest with you.

"But I want to prove to you... to Jonathan... that I’ve changed." Clark's eyes still have that same desperate pleading in them.

"Please Y/N, you don't understand how much I regret what I did." He holds onto your eyes, willing you to believe him.

"And I will never leave Jonathan... I promise. Never again." You shake your head.

“Clark, you don’t understand. When you left, I was so alone. I was so scared. I had to give birth alone. When the doctors and nurses asked where you were, I couldn’t give them an answer. When Jonathan started school last year, he started seeing other kids with their dads. Do you know what he asked me? He asked me where his dad was, and I couldn’t give him an answer.” You tell him everything you had been feeling up to this point, the weight of it being lifted from you as you speak. Clark can feel his heart breaking as you tell him about your struggles. He didn't realize how the decision he made affected you and your son.

"Y/N, honey, I'm so sorry. I should have been there for you... for Jonathan. Please, give me... give us a chance." His voice is genuine, filled with regret and pain.

“It took you five years, Clark. I wanna give us another try, but how do I know you won’t leave?” Your eyes well up with tears as you speak, your once firm voice beginning to waver.

"You can't know... You can't know if I'll ever leave again. But what I can promise you is that I won't give up. I won't give up on you, and I won't give up on Jonathan." Clark holds onto your hands, his voice filled with love and compassion.

"Please Y/N, just... just give us another chance." He wants you back, he needs you back. He can't cope without you.

“If I do this…you have to promise me that you won’t run. That you won’t run away when stuff gets stressful.” You sniffle.

"I give you my word, Y/N." Clark's voice is filled with sincerity and determination.

"I'll never run away, not again. The one time that I did it... I destroyed everything. I won't ever do it again." He looks at you longingly, he knows that he needs you. He needs your love, your warmth, your affection. He can't live without you.

"Please, Y/N. Please give us another chance. I'll do anything.” You stay silent for some time, trying to figure out how you feel.

“Okay.” You nod hesitantly. Clark immediately wraps his arms around you in a gentle hug, he's been yearning for this moment for years. He holds you tight, unwilling to let go.

"Y/N, I love you so much. I love you. I love you." A tear rolls down his face as he holds onto you, the pain and fear, the regret and hurt, it all subsides in an instant.

"I love you." He repeats. He'll never run again. He holds onto you, his hand rubbing your back.

"I can't believe I put us in this position, Y/N. I was stupid. But I won't let it happen again. We have to be there for each other, Y/N. We have to communicate. We have to trust each other to share our fears." He smiles, you’re finally back in his life.

"I'm going to spend every day making it up to both of you." He promises you.

“Let’s start slow. I don’t want to change Jonathan’s life anymore than I already have with you meeting him.” You suggest. Clark nods in agreement.

"Of course, Jonathan is still so little, and this is a big change. Slow and steady, that's how I'll repair everything." He kisses the top of your head.

"Jonathan deserves to have a mother and a father. Let's work together to give him the best life possible." He's happy because you’re back in his life. The pain, the tears, the sleepless nights, they're all over. It's time for a new start, he can't imagine himself being with anyone else but you.

"I don't want to push too hard... and I want to earn your trust back. It's all about you and Jonathan, all of... this." He points to you, then to himself, then to Jonathan's room.

"Jonathan is going to be so happy when he sees all of us together. He needs a family Y/N... and I’m ready to give that to him." Clark pulls back from the hug, looking you in the eyes as he makes this promise. You place your hands on his broad chest, looking up at him and allowing yourself to relish in the familiar and comfortable hold of Clark.

“Can I…kiss you, Y/N?” Clark asks, this is all still fresh and he doesn’t want to move too fast, but he can’t help the urge to press his lips to yours.

“Yeah, you can.” You nod, feeling Clark lift your chin gently and bring your lips to his. The kiss doesn’t feel like fireworks or explosions like you’d expect it to. It feels more like a breath of fresh air after being stuck in a fire, like sleeping after days of insomnia, or finding water after walking through a desert for an excruciating amount of time. You don’t understand why, until you realize it. When you kiss Clark, you’re finally giving yourself the love you had been deprived of for so long. The two of you reluctantly break the kiss.

“Thank you. For all of this.” Clark smiles breathlessly at you. You nod.

“Don’t make me regret this, Clark.” You warn, holding his face in your hands.

It’s been about a year since your reconnection and ultimately rekindled romance with Clark, and he hasn’t let you down. He’s done everything he can to prove just how willing he is to stay with you and Jonathan. He’s been by your side as much as he can, occasionally stepping away for his heroic duties, but making sure not to miss any milestones.

“Daddy, mommy, look at me!” Jonathan does a flip on his trampoline as you and Clark watch him from your back porch. You and your not-really-but-still-legal husband smile in amusement.

“Be careful, buddy. Don’t hurt yourself, your mother already told you to be careful.” Clark warns, and Jonathan nods. You look at Clark impressed.

“Okay, Mr. I-mean-business. You need to do that more often.” You chuckle as Clark rolls his eyes playfully, pressing a quick kiss to your lips with a smile.

“Whatever. I reprimand Jonathan when I feel he needs it.” He tries to justify himself, but you give him a knowing look.

“Clark, please. Jonathan has you wrapped around his finger.” You snort, and he looks away sheepishly. Clark spoils your son, especially recently after Jonathan’s powers began to show up. Clark has been helping Jonathan control his newfound powers, especially his enhanced strength. Just a few days ago, Clark had to talk Jonathan down from pulling the kitchen door off the hinges after you told him he couldn’t eat ice cream for dinner.

“You know what I’ve been thinking about lately, honey?” You ask Clark. He shakes his head, looking at you.

“What?” You take his hand in yours.

“I guess you did choose us in the end, just not in the way we would’ve wanted. You chose to save the world, and technically Jonathan and I are part of that world.” You answer, rubbing his knuckles as you’re deep in thought.

“You’re right. But I like this choice best, don’t you agree?” Clark tilts his head slightly. You nod.

“Yeah, this is definitely the better option.”

[ckducky]

My Adventures with a Feral Cat

[solstice3839]

why wouldn’t he. that looks scary

[a-reader-and-a-writer]

Seeing Clear

AI-Less Whumptober 2024: Day 24. Relapse

Fandom: DC, Batman, Batfam, Superman, Wayne!reader, f!reader

Word Count: 4625

Summary: Now that you are back from the dead, you wonder how Clark is handling what happened. However, when Dick tells you no one knows where he is, you decide to track him down and show him you have returned.

TW: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Broken Hand, Depression, Hurt Feelings, Misunderstanding, Aftermath of Resurrection

Notes: Part of @ailesswhumptober's whumptober event

Part 3 of Seeing Colors

Whumptober 2024 Masterlist

The first night back in the manor you sleep for almost 48 hours straight. When you finally open your eyes, you find Tim curled up on your right side and Damian snuggled up on your left. You just smile as you wrap an arm around each of them, pulling them in tighter to you as you drift off to sleep again.

The next time you wake up, your father is sitting by your bed watching you. Neither of you speaks, but as your eyes meet, he reaches out and takes your hand. You aren’t sure how long he continues to hold it once sleep takes you once more. 

Finally, after nearly 72 hours in bed, you emerge from your room to find your family halfway through dinner. When they see you leaning against the doorway, everyone pauses eating. Alfred instantly appears at your side, offering to help you to your seat. You smile as you see a plate already loaded with food placed at your usual spot at the table. As always, Alfred maintains his professional demeanor, yet when you pull him into a hug, he returns it so tightly that you struggle to breathe. When he finally leads you to your seat and you begin devouring your food like a rabid animal—barely pausing long enough to use utensils—your family stares at you for a long moment before your father laughs. As he starts sharing stories of how much of a messy eater you were as a child, the tension in the room breaks and everyone begins joining in on telling their favorite embarrassing stories about you.

You just roll your eyes, but can’t help but feel like you are finally truly home.

After that first meal together, you try to return to your life as if nothing had happened. Unfortunately, it is easier said than done. To not raise any suspicions or connections to your secret identity, it was decided you couldn’t just be declared dead a day or two after one of the Bat’s was seen killed by Superman, especially because it would mean turning over your body and no one wanted to try and explain the gaping hole in your chest. However, it would cause a societal buzz of unwanted attention if one of the “true-blood” Wayne children just disappeared off the face of the Earth with no explanation. So, a few days after the incident, Bruce filed a missing person’s report claiming you had left the night before on a trip to Metropolis and he couldn’t get in contact with you. A few of your bloody clothes and belongings placed in a dark alleyway were more than enough for the police to draw the conclusions your father had counted on. 

However, it now means you have to come up with a new cover story for how you have returned. Once you are feeling up for it, your family dresses you in some filthy, bloody clothes and you stumble into the Gotham Police Station barefoot and barely coherent. As a swarm of officers surround you, you collapse in exhaustion, landing perfectly in Commissioner Gordon’s arms. And as you hear them calling for an ambulance and to “get goddam Bruce Wayne on the phone”, you struggle to hide your grin. Jason and Damian better never criticize your acting abilities ever again.

After several days in the hospital where you claim you don’t remember what happened after some guys grabbed you in an alley, it is determined there are traces of drugs in your system that would cause this memory loss and confusion. Luckily, the pit magic hasn’t completely left your system yet so while you could be injected with the drugs so they’d show up on your bloodwork, it doesn’t actually affect you so you can keep your wits about you to play the part you are trying to sell. You have a teary public reunion with your father and brothers with plenty of cameras flashing in the background to capture it all. Normally, that would have infuriated you. However, given in this instance you wanted the world to learn of your return, you grinned and bore it. 

Yet even once you are finally allowed to leave the hospital, things still don’t return to the way they were. It seems like everywhere you go around the manor, one or more of your family members are there, offering to help with whatever you are doing or asking if you need anything. As the oldest of the Bat kids, it feels strange to be the one being doted on instead of being the one doing the doting. 

However, you understand why they are doing it. To you, you haven’t really even been apart. But for them, you have been gone for over two months. They were there when you took your final breath and there when you took your first one again. So, while their clinginess and overprotectiveness are a little much, you don’t try to discourage them from it.

Besides your family behaving differently, your body is still struggling to return to normal after being dead for so long. Sometimes you feel fine, and other times you feel like you are dying all over again. At one point, even just breathing suddenly becomes difficult as it feels like someone dropped a car on your chest. Every breath is a battle as the magic of the Pit begins to drain from your system and your lungs struggle to relearn how to work without it. Luckily, Jason is there to talk you through all of it. 

In these moments, he holds you against his chest and speaks soothing words of encouragement as he coaches you through the worst of it. Normally, he wouldn’t be this soft and gentle, but you know he had gone through the exact same thing without having someone there to help him. He understands how terrifying and painful it is, so he’s making sure you never feel alone. 

You also still get flashes of pain occasionally as a memory returns to you, but these begin happening less and less frequently and with less and less intensity as you regain most of what you had lost. However, there is one memory that you wish had never returned to you. You try to push it out of your mind, but it’s not always possible. 

Nights are the worst. After the initial exhaustion wore off and your sleep patterns returned to normal, you are plagued with dreams reliving that memory. Over and over, you feel Clark’s fist driving into your chest. See the darkness creeping in once again as you struggle to catch your breath. The pain feels as real and intense as it did in that moment. And every night, you wake up sobbing just as the darkness overtakes you.

No one has mentioned Clark since you returned so you have no idea how the Kryptonian was dealing with your death. Like you told him on the day you died, you didn’t blame him for what happened in the slightest. He was being manipulated by the red kryptonite and had no control over his actions. As someone who had been dosed by Scarecrow’s fear toxin or Ivy’s love potion enough times over the years, you understood how these substances worked and you knew deep down that Clark would never do anything that would hurt you when he was in his right mind. And that was good enough for you.

However, you can gather that not everyone else in the family feels the same way.

Dick was the only one who looked sad, not angry when you tried to bring it up. So one day, you finally manage to corner him alone.

“Dick! Can I talk to you for a second?”

He turns, flashing a bright smile. “Sure, sis, what’s up?”

“I want to talk about Clark.”

Dick’s smile drops as he looks around nervously making sure no one else is around. Then he grabs your arm and pulls you into the nearby study. Once he is sure you’re alone, he sighs and asks, “What do you want to know?”

“What the hell happened while I was gone? I get everyone was upset about what happened, but no one will even mention him. I’m back! It doesn’t matter anymore. We should be able to work through this, not ban his name from ever being mentioned around here again.”

Dick shakes his head. “It’s not that simple. What he did was bad enough, but what happened after just made it worse.”

You scoff, rolling your eyes. “How could it have possibly been worse than killing me?”

“He showed up unannounced and uninvited to your memorial service.”

“Oh.” Yep. That would do it. 

While they couldn’t bury your body since you were technically considered missing to the public at large, someone had mentioned that they placed a headstone for you in the family plot behind the manor. They held a memorial service in your honor a month after your “disappearance”, with only a handful of the mourners knowing the truth of what happened. 

Sighing and lowering yourself into one of the study chairs, you say, “Yeah, I can see where that might not have gone over well.”

“No, it did not,” Dick says bluntly. “Jason launched himself at Clark the moment he arrived, but luckily Bruce and I were able to restrain him.”

“That is lucky. It wouldn’t be fun trying to explain how someone as tough as Jason could break his hand punching someone like Clark Kent in the jaw.” You can’t even imagine how your family must have felt at your service—only for Clark then to arrive and force everyone to relive that moment all over again. Losing Jason had nearly killed you years ago, and that had been at the hands of The Joker. If someone you cared about had been responsible…

You shudder. “What happened next?”

“Bruce did that whisper thing where he mutters so low no one but Clark can hear him. I still don’t know what he said but whatever it was, it almost brought Clark to his knees. He turned and left immediately.”

“Oh god…,” you say, burying your face in your hands. “It wasn’t his fault.”

You had told your father Clark wasn’t to blame for what happened to you. If they had been mad at anyone, they should have been mad at Luthor for dosing Clark with red kryptonite in the first place. 

Lowering your hands and looking back at Dick, you asked, “How’s he been since then?”

Dick shifts uncomfortably in place. “We…don’t know. Actually, no one does. No one’s seen him since he left here that day.”

“What!” you cry as you jump to your feet. “You mean that he has been missing for two months and no one thought to mention that to me? What about Lois? Hasn’t she seen him?”

Dick shakes his head. “No, and she’s been looking. She’s called Bruce a few times begging him to help her find him, but he stopped taking her calls.”

“What the hell, Dick!” You shove your little brother’s shoulder. “That’s horrible! Even if you think that Clark is to blame for what happened—which I for one don’t—Lois is completely innocent in this! How can you all just ignore her when she needs help?”

“You know Lois. Once Bruce refused to help the first few times, she sort of blew up at him. Made some comments that she really shouldn’t have and that’s when Bruce cut all contact.”

“What could she have possibly said that was so bad?”

Dick drops his eyes to the ground and bites his lip. For a moment, you don’t think he’s going to tell you. But then he whispers, “She said that Clark wasn’t in control of his mind or actions and that Bruce was more responsible for Jason’s death than Clark was for yours.”

You inhale sharply. Lois could get a little fiery when she got annoyed or upset, but you never imagined she would go for such a low blow. Even though Jason had returned and had (eventually) mended his relationships with the rest of the Bats, you know not a day goes by that your father doesn’t regret what happened or that he wasn’t able to save Jay. For Lois to throw that in his face was something nearly unforgivable.

However, regardless of what she said, it still didn’t mean that Clark didn’t need or deserve your help. 

Thinking for a long moment, you nod and walk past Dick heading towards your room. “I know where he is.”

“What? H-how?” Dick turns and races after you.

“He showed it to me once. Things were going bad for him and he wanted someone to know about it in case anything happened to him. He said he knew he could trust me. It’s a secret hideout—his ‘batcave’ if you will—and it’s where he will be.”

“Do you remember how to find it?”

You smile, as you reach your door. “Yeah, it’s kind of hard to miss. But I have to go alone.” You enter your room and start digging through your closet looking for your warmest jacket and thickest socks.

“No. That’s not happening.” Dick shakes his head. “There’s no telling where his head will be after this long or how he’ll react to seeing you. He could kill you all over again and there would be no one there to stop him.”

“Like you all did such a great job of stopping him last time?” You immediately regret the joke as a look of pain flashes across Dick’s face. Dropping your clothes, you wrap him in a hug which he quickly returns. “Hey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean that. But Clark didn’t mean what he did either and he deserves to know I’m okay. Maybe it’ll be enough to bring him home.”

“What do I tell Bruce?” Dick asks, his voice muffled where his face is snuggled into the top of your head.

“Tell him I took his jet for a joyride and I’ll be back soon. And if I’m not…then tell him I love him and I’m sorry. But I needed to try to fix this mess that I started.”

“You have to come back,” Dick mutters.

“I’ll try my best.” You pull away and use your knuckle to knock on Dick’s chin. “And, hey, if I don’t, tell Damian to start looking for another Pit.”

After the boys hijacked your father’s private jet, you figured you’d have to find a way around layers of security. Yet, surprisingly, you were pretty much allowed to just walk right on. The only moment of hesitation came when you said you needed to go to the Arctic, but even that only took reminding the pilot of who you were to get him to agree.

Now you are standing before an enormous ice-like structure you had only seen once before. It was beautiful in design; huge clear pillars crisscrossing every witch way reminding you of the crystals you saw in the mineral section of the Gotham Museum. Now, if only this place had a central heating unit, you could see yourself really enjoying a vacation up here. 

But you didn’t come all this way to admire the architecture, so you step up to the front of the fortress. Suddenly, a red beam shoots out and begins to scan you. Closing your eyes, you wait and really hope Clark didn’t remove your DNA access that he had installed when he originally brought you here. After a moment, you hear a beep and the wall in front of you slides back, allowing you entrance. Breathing a deep sigh of relief, you step into the building only for the door to slide closed behind you. Hopefully, you do actually find Clark because he never showed you how to exit the fortress. But that’s a problem for later. 

You continue deeper into the structure until you reach the central room. The huge, cavernous space is brightly lit by the clear glowing crystals all around the room and you have to shield your eyes for a moment until they adjust. But when you do, you realize you are completely alone.

As you begin walking around the room, you call out, “Come on, Clark. I know you can hear me, whether you’re actually here or somewhere else. You showed me how this place works and I know you’re connected to it. Me, Lois, my dad, Metropolis…We need you, so please come back. I do understand why you left and I’m sorry, but it’s alright now. I’m fine. And it wasn’t your fault in the first place.”

The echoes from your voice die down and you are left in total silence once again. Sighing, you try a slightly different approach. “Lisen, I know my dad and brothers can be real dicks sometimes—well, I guess one of them is always a Dick—but you didn’t deserve how they treated you or what they might have said. I told you what happened wasn’t your fault, but even as I said it, I knew you would still blame yourself. But you shouldn’t! I know you would never hurt me and I still believe that. So, please, show yourself!”

Suddenly, there is a loud thud behind you that shakes the entire fortress, and a voice growls, “Who the hell are you? How did you get into this place?”

Relief floods through you at the sound and you release the breath you hadn’t even realized you had been holding. There was never a guarantee this plan would work but now that it has, you smirk. “You gave me a key.” 

Then you turn to face him.

Both you and Clark gasp simultaneously, equally shocked by the visage of the person before you. The man standing looking back at you is not the Clark you remember. He's wearing a dirty T-shirt and jeans. His eyes are bloodshot and surrounded by large, dark shadows. His cheeks are sunken beneath a rough beard you didn’t even know he could grow. He is an utter shell of the man that you knew and loved. 

“Clark…” you breathe as you take a step toward him, but he steps back as you do.

“What are you?” he whispers, his eyes wide as they scan over you, looking for any clue as to how you are here.

You scoff softly, trying to ease some of the stifling tension that had filled the room. “Wow, thanks. It’s good to see you too.”

But Clark shakes his head. “This isn’t possible. I killed you. I felt your heart stop while my hand was still buried in your chest.”

You shiver slightly and this time not because of the cold. Remembering what happened always sent a phantom pain through your chest and left you momentarily breathless. However, you try to ignore it and push on. “Yeah, well, since when has death ever stopped us? Damian called in some favors with his grandfather and Ra’s allowed them to use one of the Lazarus Pits. It was a far from pleasurable experience but I’m back.”

For a moment, you see just a glimpse of hope in his eyes, but then it is extinguished as he shakes his head again. “No. You can’t be real. If you were, you’d hate me as much as the rest of your family does for what I did.” He looks down at his hands and whispers, “You’d hate me as much as I hate myself.”

“No, Clark…” You take a step towards him but his eyes flash red so you hold up your hands as you freeze in place. 

When his eyes dim and return to their usual blue, you take a deep breath and close your eyes. “I know what it’s like to hurt someone you love while you’re not in your right mind. When I came out of the Pit…I didn’t remember anything. What had happened, where I was, not even who I was. I just needed to get away from the pain I was in. My brothers tried to stop me and my hand ended up around Tim’s throat. They got me off of him before it was too late and I quickly came back to my senses, but for the next week or so, I had to stare at the reminder of what I did around his neck. He told me over and over again it was fine, that he knew it wasn’t really me, but it didn’t make it any easier. I still remember the feeling of his throat in my hands, how he struggled and pleaded with me though I didn’t comprehend his words until later, and how he gasped and coughed for air when they finally pried me off of him. I did that to my brother. And even though he’s fine, I have to live with that for the rest of my life. So I can only imagine how you must feel looking at me.” You open your eyes and stare at him. “But it’s me, Clark. It’s really me.”

He stares back at you, your eyes locked. Then, slowly, he walks across the room until he is standing about a foot in front of you. In a trembling voice, he asks, “How do I know you’re real? That what you said is the truth and you’re not just an android or hologram or something?”

“Hmm… good point. I guess this might convince you.” You pause for a beat then, as hard as you can, you drive your fist into Clark’s jaw.

His head doesn’t budge. Instead, you feel all the bones in your hand shatter and you drop to your knees with a howl of pain. Clark is kneeling next to you in an instant carefully trying to examine your injury. 

“What the hell was that?” he mutters as he gently eases your arm away from your chest. 

Panting through the pain, you grimace, “I forgot how much that hurts. You’re worse than punching a brick wall.”

“Why did you do it?” He is staring at your hand in such a way you can tell he is using his X-ray vision on it. Though he doesn’t need to. Your skin is split open at the knuckles and you can visibly see the white of your bones poking through all blood and gore. 

But then your hand begins to tingle and go numb as you look up at Clark. “Because of this.”

A faint green glow spreads across your injuries and you inhale sharply as a new sort of pain tears through your hand. Yet, in seconds, it fades and your hand is left looking as good as new.

Stretching the muscles and wiggling your fingers, you smile up at Clark. “The Pit magic’s been fading out of me since I woke up, but until it’s completely gone, I’m pretty invincible.” He runs his fingers over the newly smooth skin as you ask, “Believe me now?”

Clark raises his head until he's staring directly into your eyes. Reaching out, his fingers brush across your cheekbone as he whispers, “It’s really you.”

You nod, placing your hand on his wrist. “Yeah, it’s really me.”

“And…what I did?” His eyes drop to your chest, where there was once a hole shaped like his fist.

You try to suppress a shiver. “It’s healed. It's all just a terrible memory now.”

“Can you ever forgive me?” he whispers, tears filling his eyes.

“Clark, how many times do I have to tell you, there's nothing to forgive. It wasn’t your fault.” Taking his hand in yours, you squeezed it tightly. “But if you want to do something to make it up to me—”

“Anything.”

“Then forgive yourself,” you plead. “Come back home and let's learn to move on. Please.”

Clark gives you a sad smile. “You might not blame me, but your family does.”

“Fuck them.” Clark blinks in surprise but you continue. “I'm the only one who has the right to be upset about what happened and since I'm not, they aren't allowed to be either. So if they can't move past it now that there's nothing to be upset about, then fuck them.”

A weary smile stretches across Clark’s face. “If your dad heard you talking like that…”

“He'd give me his disappointed glare.” You do an impression of your father's death stare, one you know you have inherited and used on your brothers hundreds of times.

Clark chuckles as the first glint of happiness sparkles in his eyes. Grabbing your hand, he pulls you into a tight hug. You know he is holding back yet even at a fraction of his strength, you feel your bones creaking under the pressure. But you don’t say anything. You just hug him back.

You aren't sure how long you stand there but, eventually, you begin to struggle to breathe so you pat Clark’s back. “Ok, big guy. Time to clean yourself up and take me home.”

He releases you but still seems uncertain. “I don't know. Maybe we should wait for things to cool off a little more.”

“Nonsense. The sooner we rip the bandaid off, the better. Besides, I need a lift. I told my pilot to head back to Gotham because I had another way home.”

You winked at him and he shook his head with a smile. “Of course you did.”

“So, hurry up. It’s freezing up here and I’d like to get home so Alfred can make me some hot chocolate. And if you want, I can see if he’ll make a second glass for you.” 

You both know that it won’t be as easy as Clark walking through the front doors of Wayne Manor with you to smooth things over. A lot of hateful and regrettable things have been said on both sides. But seeing as it’s impossible to be mad while drinking a cup of Alfred’s hot chocolate, it’ll be a good place to start. 

Giving Clark one last smile, you say, “I'll wait for you outside.” Then you turn and leave the room.

Luckily, exiting the Fortress is a lot easier than you had feared and you are soon standing in the icy tundra as snow whips around you. A tightness in your chest that you hadn’t even realized was there has eased and for the first time since your death, you feel truly at peace once more. 

As you’ve said from the start, Clark would never hurt you when he’s seeing clearly and not affected by red kryptonite. Outside of your direct family, there is no one in this world or any other that you trust more. Everything that had happened these last few months had been a terrible tragedy but things are finally righting themselves and getting back to normal. 

As you hear footsteps approaching, you turn and your heart swells as you see the man walking across the ice towards you. 

Clean-shaven, smiling, and dressed in his famous red-and-blue uniform, Clark looks every bit the Superman you have known and loved like family since you were a young child. 

Wrapping him in a hug, you say, “It’s good to have you back, Clark.”

“It’s good to be back.” He returns the hug and then whispers, “Thank you for not giving up on me.”

“You’ve never given up on me once my entire life so why would I do any less?”

Smiling, he lifts you into his arms and says, “Let’s go home.” Then with you firmly in his grasp, he blasts into the sky.

The last time this happened, it ended with your death. Yet as Clark holds you against his chest as he flies towards Gotham, you’ve never felt safer. 

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[how-very-superbat]

Any Hurt!Clark & Protective!Bruce SuperBat fic recs? The relationship can be either platonic or romantic.

Hi! I've found a couple of Hurt/Comfort/Protective fics! Enjoy!

Inside Your Light by darter_blue (33k) Bruce whisks Clark's body down to the cave, knowing with a certainty he can't explain, that Clark isn't dead. Clark can be saved. Bruce assumes the answer will be something he can solve like a puzzle.

Save Me (46 Hours) by LilLayneeLoo (11k) Clark is kidnapped by an unknown enemy. It takes Bruce forty-six hours to save him.

Helpless by SummerKnight717 (3k) It is, of course, Dick who calls it first. “You don’t like him because he makes you feel helpless"

my heart is an open wound by yukla (13k) 5 times a Daily Planet employee protects Clark Kent, and 1 time Clark Kent protects the Daily Planet. Or: Clark's coworkers watch as he fake-dates his crush with limited success.

Checking Your Temperature by Mawiiish (2k) Clark is depowered after a mission and he's fallen sick as a result. Bruce is there to make him feel better (hopefully).

It was surprisingly hard to find fics where Clark was the one hurt lol. I’m also adding two extras: one where they both get hurt, and one where it’s Hurt!Bruce BUT ITS SO GOOD

push the sky away by bleakmidwinter (16k) Superman and Batman mutually agree upon an arrangement to fix their touch starvation, though scheduled snuggling doesn't bode well for the romantic feelings creeping under the surface of their already passionate friendship.

Creation of a Bond by BatShitCrazy (27k) When Superman can’t prevent Batman from being seriously injured, he feels responsible.

Thats all! Please tell me if you have any more fics to add or if you want more :)

[bauliya]

superman is constantly constantly itching to carry and fly his friends and family literally looking for any excuse they get smallest twisted ankle and he's already floating them a foot off the ground going you shouldn't stress that :)