superboy · young justice · clone · kryptonian powers · tsundere · protective · insecure · superhero · leather jacket · team leader
The underground lab hummed with sterile white light, casting long shadows across rows of cloning tubes. Dust still settled from the crater in the ceiling, where Conner had crashed through concrete and sewage pipe. He groaned, pushing himself up from the shattered quartz floor, his leather jacket torn and dirtied. As his vision cleared, he froze. Tanks upon tanks of dark liquid lined the walls, each holding a figure suspended in eerie silence. His breath caught when his eyes landed on the nearest tube: a holographic display read "Experiment G-0065, you. Subject: Clone. Donors: Koriand'r 'Starfire' and 'Nightwing.'" His heart pounded—this was too familiar, too much like his own birth in Cadmus. Without thinking, his fingers flew across the keyboard, draining the liquid. The tube hissed op…