#gz6

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent/Lois Lane, Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent Characters: Clark Kent, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Lois Lane, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Bruce Wayne, Zatanna Zatara, Khalid Ben-Hassin, Klarion (DCU) Additional Tags: De-Aged Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent is Superman, Kon-El | Conner Kent is Superboy, Kid Fic, Fluff, Fluff and Angst, Mild Hurt/Comfort, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Good Parent Clark Kent, Good Parent Lois Lane, Lois Lane is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Bruce Wayne is Good With Kids, Past John Constantine/Zatanna Zatara, Khalid Ben-Hassin is Dr. Fate, Jon Lane Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent are Siblings, Mentioned Dick Grayson, Mentioned Cassie Sandsmark, Mentioned Donna Troy, Mentioned Wally West, Mentioned Bart Allen, Mentioned Garth (DCU), Mentioned Tim Drake (DCU), Mentioned Alfred Pennyworth, Mentioned John Constantine, GZ6, Clark Kent-centric, Good Sibling Kon-El | Conner Kent, Good Sibling Jonathan Samuel Kent, Guilt, Family, Family Fluff, Superfamily (DCU), Bruce Wayne Has Too Many Kids, Kryptonian Biology (DCU), Kryptonians Can Purr (DCU), Kryptonian Language (DCU), Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Tim Drake is Red Robin (DCU) Summary:

Superman shot down to the mountain of rubble that had begun to shift, carefully pulling away car-sized hunks of stone. Between the grinding of the stones against each other, Clark heard sniffling. “You alright, there Superboy?”

A small voice called back, “I’m stuck.”

Clark bristled in shock. “Kon?”

The boy looking up at him with grey eyes was no more than seven or eight years old. There was dust in his black hair, and he was practically drowning in a Kryptonian suit under a spiked leather jacket. The sleeve had been pinned under a stone.

One minute, Kon is seventeen, the next, he's seven. Clark grapples with the guilt of wanting more time.

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 18/18 Fandom: Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lois Lane Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent, Jonathan "Pa" Kent, Martha Kent, Tim Drake (DCU), Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Lois Lane, Krypto the Superdog (DCU), Leslie Willis, Killer Frost, Edgar Cizko, Rough House (DCU) Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent Tries to Be a Good Parent, Bad Parent Clark Kent, but only at the beginning, Good Parent Clark Kent, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Lois Lane, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent are Siblings, Jonathan Samuel Kent is a Ray of Sunshine, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Birthday Fluff, Holidays, Family Dynamics, Canon-Typical Violence, Medical Trauma, fear of needles, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, nothing explicit at all, totally healthy, Dissociations, Flashbacks, Depersonalization, Kryptonian Biology (DCU), Bisexual Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bisexual Tim Drake (DCU), Kon-El | Conner Kent Needs a Hug, Kon-El | Conner Kent Gets a Hug, Nonbinary Bart Allen, Kon-El | Conner Kent is Superboy, Tim Drake is Red Robin (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Batfamily (DCU), Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Dick Grayson was Batman, Takes Place After the Court of Owls, Tim Drake is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Dick Grayson is A Clark Kent Fan, Temporary Character Death, His heart stops for a little bit but he gets better don't worry, Chapter Titles are Third Eye Blind Songs, 90s Superboy Swag, For Modern Day, GZ6 Summary:

Superman hates Conner. He's never said as much, but his constant criticism of his clone after missions speaks for itself.

Conner doesn't hate Superman, he just wants to stop being terrified of him, but that's just how it's been since the League pulled him from Cadmus four months ago. By October, Tim Drake has had enough and sics Batman on the Man of Steel to get him to ease up on his teammate.

Clark hasn't been helping Superboy be a better hero. He doesn't know him at all. When he promises Conner things will be different, it takes Conner a while to believe him.

Is 365 days enough time to change so much?

OR: Vignettes from Conner's first year out of Cadmus as he and Clark bond.

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The Final chapter and epilogue are up! Thanks to everyone who read, commented, or left kudos!

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 12/19 Fandom: Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lois Lane Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent, Jonathan "Pa" Kent, Martha Kent, Tim Drake (DCU), Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Lois Lane, Krypto the Superdog (DCU), Leslie Willis, Killer Frost, Edgar Cizko, Rough House (DCU) Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent Tries to Be a Good Parent, Bad Parent Clark Kent, but only at the beginning, Good Parent Clark Kent, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Lois Lane, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent are Siblings, Jonathan Samuel Kent is a Ray of Sunshine, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Birthday Fluff, Holidays, Family Dynamics, Canon-Typical Violence, Medical Trauma, fear of needles, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, nothing explicit at all, totally healthy, Dissociations, Flashbacks, Depersonalization, Kryptonian Biology (DCU), Bisexual Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bisexual Tim Drake (DCU), Kon-El | Conner Kent Needs a Hug, Kon-El | Conner Kent Gets a Hug, Nonbinary Bart Allen, Kon-El | Conner Kent is Superboy, Tim Drake is Red Robin (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Batfamily (DCU), Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Dick Grayson was Batman, Takes Place After the Court of Owls, Tim Drake is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Dick Grayson is A Clark Kent Fan, Temporary Character Death, His heart stops for a little bit but he gets better don't worry, Chapter Titles are Third Eye Blind Songs, 90s Superboy Swag, For Modern Day, GZ6 Summary:

Superman hates Conner. He's never said as much, but his constant criticism of his clone after missions speaks for itself.

Conner doesn't hate Superman, he just wants to stop being terrified of him, but that's just how it's been since the League pulled him from Cadmus four months ago. By October, Tim Drake has had enough and sics Batman on the Man of Steel to get him to ease up on his teammate.

Clark hasn't been helping Superboy be a better hero. He doesn't know him at all. When he promises Conner things will be different, it takes Conner a while to believe him.

Is 365 days enough time to change so much?

OR: Vignettes from Conner's first year out of Cadmus as he and Clark bond.

*** Chapter 12: Gotham - Spring Break - Part 4 The corner of Dick’s mouth turned up as he looked back towards the tennis court, “we have to give our dads the chance to grow up with us. It’s their first time doing this too – even when they’re assholes.” Conner blinked, taken aback, “He’s not – I mean he’s –”

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Day trip to Gotham. A clearer picture from Dick.

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https://archiveofourown.org/works/65702341/chapters/169197712

I have not written a piece of fan fiction in *checks watch* ELEVEN years. I've been working on this one since January when I became very attached to the relationship between Kon and Clark and wanted to explore that and how they would repair a relationship that started off so poorly because of fear.

I'll make a big post in a bit with the AO3 tags, etc but I'm very proud of it and I didn't think I had almost 70,000 words in me, nor did I think I had the guts to cut so much that wasn't serving the story.

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Chapter 5 is up!

Chapters: 5/19 Fandom: Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lois Lane Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent, Jonathan "Pa" Kent, Martha Kent, Tim Drake (DCU), Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Lois Lane, Krypto the Superdog (DCU), Leslie Willis, Killer Frost, Edgar Cizko, Rough House (DCU) Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent Tries to Be a Good Parent, Bad Parent Clark Kent, but only at the beginning, Good Parent Clark Kent, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Lois Lane, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent are Siblings, Jonathan Samuel Kent is a Ray of Sunshine, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Birthday Fluff, Holidays, Family Dynamics, Canon-Typical Violence, Medical Trauma, fear of needles, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, nothing explicit at all, totally healthy, Dissociations, Flashbacks, Depersonalization, Kryptonian Biology (DCU), Bisexual Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bisexual Tim Drake (DCU), Kon-El | Conner Kent Needs a Hug, Kon-El | Conner Kent Gets a Hug, Nonbinary Bart Allen, Kon-El | Conner Kent is Superboy, Tim Drake is Red Robin (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Batfamily (DCU), Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Dick Grayson was Batman, Takes Place After the Court of Owls, Tim Drake is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Dick Grayson is A Clark Kent Fan, Temporary Character Death, His heart stops for a little bit but he gets better don't worry, Chapter Titles are Third Eye Blind Songs, 90s Superboy Swag, For Modern Day Summary:

Superman hates Conner. He's never said as much, but his constant criticism of his clone after missions speaks for itself.

Conner doesn't hate Superman, he just wants to stop being terrified of him, but that's just how it's been since the League pulled him from Cadmus four months ago. By October, Tim Drake has had enough and sics Batman on the Man of Steel to get him to ease up on his teammate.

Clark hasn't been helping Superboy be a better hero. He doesn't know him at all. When he promises Conner things will be different, it takes Conner a while to believe him.

Is 365 days enough time to change so much?

OR: Vignettes from Conner's first year out of Cadmus as he and Clark bond.

Chapter 5: Forget Myself - Christmas Day - Part 2

Thirteen hesitated, and it cost him.

He was grabbed around the middle. Caught. His heart sputtered.

Thirteen howled, no words or intelligent sounds, just the wounded, fearful animal in him screaming itself to death.

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Clark tries to get Conner help. Back up arrives.

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Chapter 16 - Ode to Maybe - is up!

Chapters: 16/18 Fandom: Superboy (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Clark Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Kon-El | Conner Kent & Lois Lane Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Clark Kent, Jonathan "Pa" Kent, Martha Kent, Tim Drake (DCU), Bart Allen, Cassie Sandsmark, Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Damian Wayne, Bruce Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jonathan Samuel Kent, Lois Lane, Krypto the Superdog (DCU), Leslie Willis, Killer Frost, Edgar Cizko, Rough House (DCU) Additional Tags: Father-Son Relationship, Clark Kent is Kon-El | Conner Kent's Parent, Clark Kent Tries to Be a Good Parent, Bad Parent Clark Kent, but only at the beginning, Good Parent Clark Kent, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Good Parent Lois Lane, Jonathan Samuel Kent & Kon-El | Conner Kent are Siblings, Jonathan Samuel Kent is a Ray of Sunshine, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Fluff, Birthday Fluff, Holidays, Family Dynamics, Canon-Typical Violence, Medical Trauma, fear of needles, Implied/Referenced Torture, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex, nothing explicit at all, totally healthy, Dissociations, Flashbacks, Depersonalization, Kryptonian Biology (DCU), Bisexual Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bisexual Tim Drake (DCU), Kon-El | Conner Kent Needs a Hug, Kon-El | Conner Kent Gets a Hug, Nonbinary Bart Allen, Kon-El | Conner Kent is Superboy, Tim Drake is Red Robin (DCU), Damian Wayne is Robin, Batfamily (DCU), Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Dick Grayson was Batman, Takes Place After the Court of Owls, Tim Drake is the CEO of Wayne Enterprises, Dick Grayson is A Clark Kent Fan, Temporary Character Death, His heart stops for a little bit but he gets better don't worry, Chapter Titles are Third Eye Blind Songs, 90s Superboy Swag, For Modern Day, GZ6 Summary:

Superman hates Conner. He's never said as much, but his constant criticism of his clone after missions speaks for itself.

Conner doesn't hate Superman, he just wants to stop being terrified of him, but that's just how it's been since the League pulled him from Cadmus four months ago. By October, Tim Drake has had enough and sics Batman on the Man of Steel to get him to ease up on his teammate.

Clark hasn't been helping Superboy be a better hero. He doesn't know him at all. When he promises Conner things will be different, it takes Conner a while to believe him.

Is 365 days enough time to change so much?

OR: Vignettes from Conner's first year out of Cadmus as he and Clark bond. ***

Lois’s expression softened. “If Clark was too perfect, people would start to think he was up to something. It doesn’t bother him, trust me.”

“I guess…” Conner didn’t sound convinced.

Lois kept her eyes on him. “He’s proud to call you his son, Conner.”

Clark calls me his son? *

Conner moves in, but questions where he really fits in Clark's life.