#clark and danny have similar powersets

[escelia]

I've started watching My Adventures With Superman recently, and I can't stop thinking about an AU where Clark and Danny bond over being not quite human.

I haven't decided if I want to de-age Danny so they meet as children first or if I want to age him up to meet the trio at the daily planet. I've got 2 ideas.

1) Clockwork de-ages Danny and dumps him on the Kent farm, having lured Danny into a false sense of security by promising to introduce him to an actual alien! He stays for a while, and the Kent's are such a nice family. They help each other learn more about their respective powers.

"I can fly," Clark says at the table one night. Ma and Pa stop mid bite to glance back and forth between Danny and Clark. There's a small smile on Danny's lips.

"Me too," he responds sheepishly.

"Are you an alien, too?" Clark asks shyly.

"Um, maybe? I'm actually not sure. I've never thought about that."

"You said your grandpa dropped you here, right? You said he promised to come back, maybe you could ask him?" Ma suggests carefully.

"I doubt he would tell me even if I did. He sure didn't explain anything when he shoved me through the portal here." The adults raised their brows in question. "I'm half human and was born on earth, but my other half is technically from another dimension called the Infinite Realms, and I'm not sure if interdimensional beings are considered aliens or not."

2) Danny walks into the Daily Planet one day, begging for anyone in the building to please hear him out. This is the last thing he can think of! The government is committing interdimensional genocide! Lois, having heard him pleading for someone to write a story about this, snatches him up for an interview. Danny gets frantic, desperate for these people, literally anyone outside of Amity Park at this point, to believe him. Danny gets frantic, and he doesn't mean to lose control of his powers, but Clark ends up having to use his super strength to calm him down anyway. Clark tries to console him.

"I know what it's like to be different."

"You couldn't possibly understand what my life is like!"

"No, I get it! I'm an alien that crash landed on earth as a baby. My parents even showed me the ship when my powers came in," Clark whispers. And Danny wishes he could be excited by the revelation, but all he says is,

"You have a job and loving parents who don't sit at the dinner table daydreaming about ripping you apart while a government agency circles your city like vultures just waiting to take a shot at you. I was born human, but I'm not anymore. I'm tired. Please tell me you can get this published."