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Superman Returns - Clark Kent/OC

A Superman Returns Fanfiction

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Summary

Cassidy White wasn't like her charismatic big brother Richard. She was quiet. She faded into the background. She was...invisible.

Combine that with the eye for detail that made her such a good copy editor for the Daily Planet?

Well, it meant Cassidy noticed things. And one of those things?

A subtle but undeniable resemblance between one of the few coworkers who bothered to notice her and a certain red-caped superhero.

Superman-Clark Kent/OC, Lois Lane/Richard White, past-Superman/Lois Lane

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Here we go again....

Alright, so here's the deal. Full disclosure, here. 

I'm not a huge DC fan. I've definitely never read any of the comics. I've seen most of the Batman films (BvS and Justice League excluded, though I have seen bits and pieces and know what all happened....and saw the Honest Trailers ;P), watched Suicide Squad, loved Jason Momoa and Temura Morrison in Aquaman even if I found the rest kinda meh and enjoyed the majority of Wonder Woman, but the only Superman movies - or TV shows, since I've seen none of the DC shows, either - I have seen in their entirety are Man of Steel (which I found kind of 'meh' as well tbh even if I can admit Henry Cavill was exceedingly well-cast) and Superman Returns. That said, I just love Superman Returns. I don't know. There's just something about it that I really like. The vibe, the look....Brandon Routh as Superman.... ;P But really. I just love his take on Superman and especially his Clark. They're just perfectly how I envision them both, casual fan though I may be.

Well....rewatching it the other day after probably a couple years since the last time..... 

Let's just say it was a really bad idea.

Because this plunny rabidly attacked me. 

Okay. Breakdown: the idea is that Cassie is Richard White's little sister and also works at the Daily Planet, though as an unassuming copy editor. As the summary states, she tend  to fade into the background, mostly overlooked by those around her. Rather like our lovely bumbling, adorable and unassuming Clark. And naturally, since he'd such a sweetheart, he's one of the few who does seem to regularly notice that she exists, which doesn't help the feelings she found herself developing for him. Of course, because she so often gets overlooked, she tends to notice things about people....and (because it's one thing that always bugs me - because seriously, someone is bound to notice even if almost everyone else doesn't bother to look closely enough. I mean Richard almost does and Jason seems to almost get there in the movie, too) one of the things she puts together is the rather striking resemblance between Clark Kent and the Man of Steel. A secret she keeps to herself. Even from Clark. Especially since she's fully aware that he's head over heels for Lois.

Of course, then Superman/Clark disappears, Lois has Jason and falls for Richard, etc, etc, before eventually Superman/Clark comes back. And the events of the movie happen. Beyond that, I'm still working out details. 

Endgame, of course, will be Cassie and Clark, with Lois ending up with Richard. Because, weirdly, I kind of prefer them together, especially after SR. I just feel like, give how they're portrayed in SR, Clark and especially Lois have both genuinely moved on, even if they don't quite realize it, yet. They just need closure. So that's what we're going with for the sake of this story.

Oh, and (since it's pretty much the only full film I've seen) we're going with Superman Returns as the sole definitive canon source on this one. I'll probably pull some background and detail from what little comic and other film/TV show knowledge I do have (and probably a little wiki research) to flesh things out a bit, but since I haven't seen anything else and truthfully can't gather the motivation to change that, that's all I'm going to work with. So be warned. It's going to be totally AU.

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Sneak Peek

"I don't care if he's not yours biologically," she hissed irritably, "he still calls you 'Daddy', doesn't he? That makes him your son and therefore my nephew. And you'll never convince me otherwise," she finished definitively. Richard's lips quirked into a fond, crooked smile. He wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"I always forget how fierce you can be, little sis'," he replied affectionately, his gratitude thick in his voice. She sniffed.

"Only for you, big brother," she waved off. "And maybe one or two others," she added absently. He looked down at her with a wry glance.

"Oh? Others?" he teased. "Anyone special I should know about?" Her chest felt tight as a particular sweet, blue-eyed gentle giant of a man flashed through her mind's eye. But she managed to roll her eyes, fixing her brother with a mirroring wry look.

"Does your son count?" He chuckled.

"He does," Richard smiled back. Only for the teasing light to come back. "And now that I think of it, you can be pretty fierce with Lois too." Cassie huffed.

He wasn't wrong.

She loved her almost-sister-in-law, but neither was about to deny that they could butt heads pretty spectacularly on occasion.

Usually about one very specific topic...

...not that Richard knew.

She and Lois were very careful about that.