Ellie was de aged in order to stabilize her and has been living as Danny's daughter since than
It was hard taking care of a 2 year old child as a freshly 17 year old boy(he wasn't even eighteen yet, mind you)
It was hard, but he managed it while juggling between part time work, online school and taking care of young Ellie
One day, Ellie just barged into the house with a boy in a tow
The twelve year old girl pulled the boy along into the kitchen where Danny is making lunch for the two of them
The boy looked utterly confused
" Daddy, can we keep him!" She shouted loudly. That's not a request, it's a demand
Danny turned around with a calm expression but was shocked when he saw the boy
The boy looked physically 16 but he is not even half a year old yet
That's a literal baby....
Danny lowered the fire, washed his hand and wiped it before walking toward the boy
The boy just stood there, dumbfounded, as Danny cupped his face and turned it left and right
" where did you find him Ellie?"
Ellie hugged Danny's waist and buried her face into it
" was following a bunch of costumed children and then they kinda destroyed a whole laboratory and saved him and he's a clone! Like me! But his DNA donor doesn't want him, so I took him with me!" She told him proudly
Danny sighed fondly " Ellie, I've told you many times not to follow them, it's dangerous"
Danny turned to look at the confused boy who was standing there awkwardly with his face being cupped by Danny's hand
Danny let go of the boy " are you hungry? We're making casserole and beef stew if you want? We also have fudge"
Honestly... The superman's clone(he doesn't have a name yet) didn't know what to do, so he just nodded hesitantly
"great! Let's go eat fudge! Dad's fudge is the best in the world!" Ellie grabs his hand and dragged him into the dining room
And he has been living with them since that day
He means- he do can leave if he wants, he just choose not to
Why would he leave someone who actually loves him? That would be crazy of him since his DNA donor wants nothing to do with him and the other one is crazy megalomaniac
And oh! He also has a name now, it's Conner
Meanwhile the others when superman's clone suddenly disappear:
Ellie who just picked him up and used flight and invisibility: yay I've now acquired a baby brother, we'll be bestie forever. Let's cause an explosion
The idea of Danny being able to tell someone's actual age is funny to me cuz lol it's just funny
And since superman didn't want Conner, Danny would gladly take him in