( semi-closed )

[contacts]

who: clark kent, lois lane, kara danvers, jon kent + guests
what: the superfamily moves into a supermansion (okay, it's more of a cottage).
when: the move is early to mid-may, guests may come by for the latter half of the month.
where: the supercottage.
warnings: family shenanigans?






[ clark has found a house for his family. kara and jon have bedrooms upstairs, on the ground floor there's a kitchen, a living/dining room and lois' bedroom/study. there's a basement that will eventually feature a pool table or similar but for now is pretty empty.

supers, feel free to write your own starters for moving shenanigans, domestic things, getting used to living together, having guests over, etc. ]

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[signifies]

[ The certainty of Dick's faith amazes him. Clark nods, accepting it. This is what Superman has, more than anything else. People next to him who believe in his ability and accept his actions.

He's starting to have a taste of what that's like. ]

I understand. I think it'd be worth talking to him about if he arrives.

Honestly, it's easier for me to be the alien here. There's no real need for a cape. All of you have that covered.

[fingerstripes]

Nothing quite brings it home like the next guy on perimeter guard dishing his origin story over the water cooler.

[ Not that that's been his experience exactly, but the point stands. Nearly everyone here, it seems, has powers or comes from a place where the experience is common. ]

Sometimes I wonder if I'm not standing out more by pretending I can't relate.

[signifies]

I'd say we both are.

[ He's been able to talk about the Kryptonian invasion without involving himself personally, but that's a lie of its own. They're his people. He has to live with the aftermath of the destruction. ]

What I'm hearing is we shouldn't be hiding.

[fingerstripes]

Maybe not across the board. [ He admits it and then stares down at the table, feeling as if he'd betrayed some ideal by saying it at all.

But it's not as if he hadn't chosen a few times, even at home. Friends. Allies. He'd told when it would hurt teamwork for a teammate not to know. Don't the rules have to be different here, when their goals have changed? ]

What does it take for you to decide a friend's better off knowing the truth?

Like Lois?

[signifies]

[ He feels the same.

They've worked so hard to keep this a secret.

Clark rubs at his neck self-consciously. ]

She found out. [ Apologetic. ] It's been happening a lot.

[fingerstripes]

I've been there, believe me. [ Lest Clark think he's the only one who can't bat a thousand in this game. ]

Between me and Bruce it's a miracle we haven't hit the front page of the Gazette about a dozen times over.

[ But it is worth noting that it would be anything but front page news in this place. No one would bat an eye.

And Bruce would never forgive him if he let that change anything. He sighs. ]

...I don't know that I'm ready to tell the world, Clark.

[ But Batman isn't here. He and Clark are. He can't bring himself to take the possibility off the table. ]

[signifies]

Then we just tell the people we trust.

[ Which doesn't bring them anywhere, but Clark knows he trusts more people here than he's ever trusted in his life.

Telling them would be easy. ]