MY OWN WORST ENEMY, clark kent.
✶ SMALLVILLE ﹕ fem!reader ﹕ 833 𝖜ords
SYNOPSIS : clark wants to stay around you, even though it hurts him.
CONTENT : smallville!clark, fluff, reader is basically in lana’s situation, lowercase intended. ﹙ masterlist ﹚
CLARK’S HEAD WHIPS AROUND WHEN HE HEARS A familiar voice call his name. a smile grows on his face, and he softly gazes at you as you approach, but he can feel his confidence fading with each step you make towards him.
it’s not your fault, but…it is. when you stop infront of him, clark looks down at your left wrist, which is adorned with large beads made of his biggest weakness: kryptonite. he struggles to maintain a smile as you ramble on about the article you and chloe have been planning.
your question snaps him out of his thoughts. he looks down at you with a blank expression, and your previously wide grin falters. “are you okay?” you ask quietly, your eyes meeting his.
“yeah. uh, let’s go,” clark replies, trying to act as normal as possible.
sure, this is definitely probably detrimental to his health, but he might just be willing to make that sacrifice for you.
clark met you his first week of freshman year and he was instantly enamored by your character. you were opinionated yet open minded, confident yet poised, funny yet respectful. it didn’t take long for you two to start going out.
recently, you two had a (not so) date at the farmer’s market, since both of your families were selling things. when you weren’t helping your families set up or move things, you walked around the market together. it was all going fine until you stopped at lana and nell’s stand.
he stood beside you quietly as you and lana talked. he stood beside you quietly as lana gleefully told you to wait because she had a gift for you. and he stood beside you quietly as lana placed a beautiful bracelet of shining green in your hand.
his eyes widened, glazed over as he watched you put the bracelet on your wrist. you thanked her happily and hugged her before turning to clark.
“look! do you like it?” you said, holding your arm out and beaming at him. he stifled a grunt as he began to feel the beads’ effects.
“uh—oh, yeah,” he muttered while he averted his gaze, trying his best to keep his composure.
when you two departed that evening, he thought that would be it. but he was completely wrong. in an extremely short amount of time, you grew very fond of this specific bracelet. to the point where you started wearing it almost every day.
and he’s been trying to hold out, he really has, but at this point he’s certain that if this goes for much longer he could die. so, now, he has to figure out a plan.
he spends all night in his bed thinking about it when he gets home. then, it hits him. he can literally just get rid of it himself. i mean, he does have super speed after all. he just has to wait for you to fall asleep, quickly go into your room, and grab the bracelet. and, while it might be just a bit wrong to just get rid of something you own, he doesn’t really have any other options.
so, clark waits until martha and jonathan retreat to their bedroom. he quietly jumps out of his bedroom window and speeds over to your house. he reaches your house and your bedroom window, of course, is locked…and he uses his laser vision to melt the lock (he promises he’ll repair it later!). he opens your window.
the second he steps through, guilt hits him like a truck. yeah, you two are dating, and he’s doing this to help you both, but it’s still weird for him to sneak into your room while you’re sleeping. he slowly creeps past your bed and up to your drawer. he quietly opens your jewelry box and instantly see the glowing green laying inside.
he hesitantly picks up the bracelet. his hand shakes as the kryptonite makes his veins run green. his gaze finds you again, only for a second, and he looks at your cozy figure sleeping peacefully. he smiles before making his way back to the window.
when he gets to the window, he takes a deep breath, then flings the bracelet as far as he can. he instantly feels relief in his hand, and he lets out a satisfied sigh. problem solved.
the next day when he gets off the bus, he sees you standing near to the front entrance of the school talking to chloe and pete. he’s already grinning from ear to ear. he can finally see you again without being in pain the entire time. he can finally be with you.
so, you can imagine his surprise when he approaches the three of you to see the bracelet in its usual place on your wrist again.
you smile at him unknowingly, saying you were “looking for it all morning” and you “have no idea how it got all the way out there.”
you laugh before hugging him happily. “i’m so glad i found it.”
clark stands completely still in your arms, bewildered.
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