Bloodlines

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As much as I would love to take credit for Conner Sullivan, he's actually based on a comic book character, Superboy.

After Superman's apparent death, four men (well, two men, a cyborg and a teenager) showed up each claiming to be Superman. After Clark returned, they figured out that the person everyone referred to as The Metropolis Kid or Superboy, was actually a clone created by Cadmus Labs out of Superman's DNA.

Physically 14 years old but chronologically 2, Superboy was only known by his codename or the moniker "The Kid" for the longest time. He didn't actually have any of Superman's powers. Instead, he had "tactile telekinesis", a telekinetic force field that surrounded his body as a protective shield and simulated Superman's speed, strength, flight and invulnerability. He was actually as impulsive as Kal/Red-K Clark but not mean. Just... a little blond.

Eventually, he joined Young Justice/Teen Titans along with Robin, Arrowette, Wondergirl, Impulse and a bunch or other fun folks. Even though they didn't really have a lot of on-panel interaction, Clark and Kon seemed to have great working relationship. It was just the personal one that was a little uncomfortable for both parties. Still Clark was the one who finally gave The Kid a name, Kon-El, after a cousin, officially making him family.

Soon afterward, it was revealed that Kon was only half-Kryptonian; Cadmus scientists had to use human genes to stabilise the experiment. Specifically, they used Lex Luthor's genes and implanted a "switch" in his head that would put him under Luthor's control. He also, he lived in Smallville for some time as Conner Kent, Clark's cousin, for his own protection (it's a LONG story).

For the Infinite Crisis story-arc, TPTB in DC had a choice between killing Dick Grayson, the original Robin, or Kon-El/Conner Kent/Superboy. Guess who they picked? :( Despite the teasing hints that Superboy will return, there has been no sign of him in the comics since FOREVER. Scuttlebutt is that this is due to the legal battle between DC and the Seigel family for the rights to Superman.

Kon was the reason I got into DC, dangit, and I wanted him back. He was cocky, precocious, and headdeskingly impulsive yet at the same time, sweet, uncertain, and fiercely loyal. He was SQUISHY. He was the SQUISHIEST.

When the "unusual pregnancy" storyline started in Season6, my mind immediately went there. That's why we all love fanfic, right? Because we can change things and play with what-ifs, generally mucking up canon into something that will return our SQUISHY to us.

So thank you very much for reading this fic. Hopefully, it will push you to look for comics with Kon in them which will make the publishers sit up in attention. Heck, if nothing else, you'll spread the Kon-love. Because Kon IS love. He is squishy, over-gelled, cheek-pinching love.

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