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• Paper Stars (For Unhealed Scars) by CEOofSelfDeprecatingHumor

  Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent (Comics 2023), Super Sons (Comics)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • F/M, M/M, Gen
  • Work in Progress

  04 Sep 2025

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Jonathan Samuel Kent/Damian Wayne
  • Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent
  • Clark Kent & Lois Lane
  • Jonathan Samuel Kent & Lois Lane
  • Clark Kent & Jonathan Samuel Kent
  • Jonathan Kent/Damian Wayne
  • Jonathan Samuel Kent
  • Clark Kent
  • Lois Lane
  • Damian Wayne
  • Kon-El | Conner Kent
  • Superboy (DCU)
  • Robin (DCU)
  • Kal-Il | Ultraman (Minor)
  • Angst
  • Angst with a Happy Ending
  • Slow Burn
  • Character Study
  • Coming of Age
  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
  • Damian Wayne is Bad at Feelings
  • Fix-It of Sorts
  • It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
  • Non-Linear Narrative
  • Aged-Up Character(s)
  • Eventual Romance
  • author has lowk never written romance before
  • that's why it's a slow burn
  • bear with me
  • Emotional Hurt
  • Recovery
  • Post-Canon
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
  • Mild Language
  • Work In Progress
  • Scars
  • Isolation
  • Kryptonian Powers (DCU)
  • Slight 90s Nostalgia
  • no beta we die like literally every dc character at some point
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Damian Wayne Has a Heart
  • Jon Kent has Auditory Hallucinations
  • Aged-Up Jonathan Samuel Kent/Damian Wayne
  • POV Third Person Limited
  • Bangtan Boys | BTS References
  • brief BTS propaganda

  Summary

  Earth was just as he'd left it, but Jon had become an outlier, caught somewhere between "then" and "now."

  Control over his powers was slipping, mind and body haunted by displacement and loss.

  After Alfred's murder, his best friend vanished without a trace. But even cloaked in shadow, a faint pulse still whispered of home.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,198

  Chapters:

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