Legacies: A Young Justice one-shot/drabble collection
Burden
After discovering the true origin of his parentage, Conner is forced to come face to face with just exactly who he really is. And the results are unexpected.
Word Count: 408
Pairings: None
Rating: K+
Notes: This disregards the previous drabble, "Teammates".
This was written a bit after "Agendas"
Disclaimer: See chapter one~
It doesn't look like it, and it doesn't seem like it, but Conner Kent walks a very fine line between good and evil. On the outside, he looks like Superman. Physically, his strength resembles the Man of Steel's. But inside? He's a mess. He sees the parts of his personality that mirror Lex's and he's not sure how he feels about that. Because on the inside, he feels more like Lex Luthor than Superman.
He has the potential to be evil, just like every other being in the universe. But his sort of evil is more prominent. The crimes of a father are in the son, are part of him, but so are the good deeds of the other father. Conner doesn't know which side to follow.
On the one hand, his good side, from Superman, is where his original purpose lies and is carried…right? To make sure that Superman would keep the morals of the good and right, to keep to the light and all that. Wasn't that why he, Project Kr, was created and given powers that mirrored the Man of Steel's? He had ever right to be on the good side. He looked more like Superman's son than anything, he had the same powers as Superman, and he even shared the same part of his name. Conner Kent was, is, Superboy. And he was good. Right?
Wrong.
Conner had no one to admit this to but Wolf and Sphere, but he felt more bad than good at times. Especially now. And it didn't bother him as much as it should have. There were no word to describe how he felt when he was given access to the full range of his Kryptonian powers. Freedbom, maybe, but even that didn't fully encompass his feelings. It was….wondeful, to say the least. Powerful. Like nothing to could defeat him. And he knows that power is a strong gift, a dangerous one. He likes it too much to care. The only that leaves a sour taste in his mouth is the fact that he has Luthor to thank for that.
It's so, so hard to acknowledge, but he is more Luthor's son at times. The doesn't feel anything about that statement. He knows he should, but he's received more attention from someone 'bad' than someone 'good'. Conner wants, no, he needs time to think.
The remaining shields are burning in his pocket.
Time is not a luxury he has.
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