Parallel

The reporter was caught off guard, stiffer than a plank of wood at the gods comment.

[How? How does he know my real identity in just minutes of conversation? This cannot be happening.]

Clark let out a nervous disingenuous laugh, “Listen, huh, Thor? I don’t know what in the world you’re on about.” Clark said, nervously pushing his glasses back.

The reporter felt small for the first time in his life, examined, exposed and he didn’t how to react other than laughing it off and not making eye contact with the god.

“Let’s take a walk.” Thor suddenly said, “The pier’s air upfront will help you calm down. Your heart beat is going faster than the speed of Odin himself.” Thor whispered, leaning forward on the table at the reporter. “Come on.” He tapped the reporters shoulder has he stood up and brushed passed him to the pier.

Complete shock and disbelief was all Clark was feeling. At first he was apprehensive with following the gods suggestion but he eventually stood up and put his act aside.

Walking and standing besides the god who was admiring the ocean in front him, both had a complete moment of silence as they stared off in to the sea. The thunder god, so unbothered as his long golden hair was being disheveled by the harsh wind. They both didn’t look at each other once, just admiring the site and taking it all in. Clark’s heart beat was back to normal speed when he decided to finally speak up about the situation. Still not daring to glance at him as he felt vulnerable and found out.

“How do you know?” Clark let out a breath crossing his arms.

Thor simply chuckled, his eyes sparkled as the sun hit them. “I happen to be the brother of the god of mischief and trickery. Nothing gets pass me anymore, not ever since Loki came in to my life. No act, no fronts ever deceive me. I’ve grown an eye for spotting tricks of illusion.” Thor playfully glares down at the slightly shorter man beside him who didn’t dare to look his direction.

“I see.” Clark simply says, still not knowing what to make of it. He had an endless battle of amusement yet apprehensiveness inside of him.

“I’d appreciate it if you’d keep this between us, these identities I fluctuate between are important to me. As much as I love saving lives, I also love being a regular joe. Humans can be...” Clark trailed off looking for an appropriate word.

“Invasive?” Thor raised an eyebrow looking down at him with a cocky smile.

“Yeah...invasive, to put it lightly.” Clark chuckled and smiled— a weight suddenly lifted off his chest.

Clark felt as if he could trust this individual and he’d only known him for an hour now. They were so familiar in so many ways and for the first time in a while Clark didn’t feel as alone. Still, the young reporter couldn’t meet the gods warm gaze. He was somewhat smitten by the gods looks and he couldn’t keep staring at him as he did an hour ago while asking questions.

“No problem with that. I have no intention or have any gain from exposing your identity whatsoever.” Thor said, looking at the ocean and sunset before him. It was slowly getting dark and both men didn’t even notice cause they were so unexpectedly comfortable with each other’s company.

“Look, about before, I’m sorry if I overstepped boundaries by asking you about your home planet. If I knew-“ Clark quickly got interrupted by the god who quickly patted his shoulder sending goosebumps throughout the reporters body.

“Don’t worry about it. There’s no way you would of known that.” Thor softly said, letting his arm fall from his shoulder.

“I went through the same thing.” Clark simply said, finally meeting the gods gaze. “Well kind of, all of my people are gone that’s the difference. My planet was at the verge of destruction because of its unstable core. My dad, a scientist, informed the council but nobody listened to him. So he did what any father would do in his position and gave his son a chance at life. Sending me off in a shuttle through the vast time of space before the planet completely exploded. I was a baby, a new born. My mom and dad did what was best for me and I’ll never stop being grateful for that. At the same time you also feel alone sometimes as an outsider on this planet— My ma and pa made sure this place always felt like a home. And it is.” Clark said, letting out a big breath.

“Never knew we were this alike. Our planets, our people gone or most of them, our powers and the shared feeling of our loneliness on this planet. Maybe the universe had plans for us to meet.” Thor said, suddenly turning around and offering the reporter his hand.

“Let’s start over. Hello, I’m Thor.” Thor said with a twinkle in his eye.

Clark chuckled almost immediately at the gods behavior but admired it nothingless. “Hi, I’m Clark and it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Clark met Thor’s hand for a few seconds, both giving a quick gentle squeeze and letting go.

As they let go and looked forward onto the dawn with smiles they both secretly clenched their hands in to fists beside their big figures, as a way to fight off the electricity that just coursed through them.