Hello Im OBSESSED with ryland grace and I keep seeing people ship him and superman which is so?? Beautiful wonderful because they're both puppy dog nerds of different kinds
Like pre-PHM established relationship where Ryland finishes at work before Clark most days so he will usually be the one to make dinner, but Clark rises with the sun pretty much so he always makes breakfast. I know rylands school is in sanfran BUT if he and Clark are together it's in Metropolis because I said so.
Grace still bikes to work because he's just that sort of guy and Clark walks because their apartment isn't far from the school
(and then Grace calls Clark to be like "heyyy I'm gonna help with the petrova line stuff", and Clark knows about the petrova line because Bruce brought it up at the last JL meeting as an issue for him if the sun dims. And he's so proud of his man for helping figure out a solution
And then Ryland is on the news, and they say he "volunteered" to go to space but Clark knows him, knows he wouldn't, because Ryland hates heights and cars when they drive a little too fast and he LOATHES planes and that step you have to take before you get on a train. So he's not going into space. Especially not without saying goodbye.)
Does Ryland know about superman??? Maybe. I think he's a very smart guy but not super socially intelligent and it would be fun if he was a bit face-blind even for his boyfriend that he loves so much.
Like haha isn't it funny that you kinda look like superman, Clark? That's so silly. Maybe a good Halloween costume idea? He can go as Batman, total couple costume. (Which is funny to Clark because he and B aren't like that)
Alternatively Ryland knows and Clark doesn't know he knows. Grace washes the cape several times a week. He always keeps a spare pair of Clarks glasses because they 'break' so much.
Ofc if Ryland goes to space Clark has this instinctual thought that he *needs* to go save him, partially because if they'd just asked he could have figured out a way to check the petrova line at Tau Ceti himself. Because he can travel through space at very quick speeds. Because he's Superman. Maybe Yao and Ilyukhina survive because Clark just brings the ship back to earth and goes to fix it. He saves Rocky on the way cause duh!!!
Post PHM would be fun too. He runs into Grace and Rocky otw to Erid after saving earth and is like "heyyy you guys want a hand?" Grace tries to explain to rocky that superman isn't a human and rocky is like "yes, know this. Had deals with krypton. Sorry to hear of planets destruction, statement." Clark is happy to bond with someone who knew a bit about his planet before. He and Grace fall in love while Grace decides if he can go back to earth. Maybe he does and maybe he doesnt
ANYWAY. I'm calling them SuperStar. I might write smth super damn fluffy and indulgent for them as a pre PHM au because I'm a sucker for that. I also love angst though so WHO KNOWS
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