Derek Kent (Brotherly)

## Derek Jonathan Kent

Derek Jonathan Kent is the adoptive son of Jonathan Kent and Martha Kent née Clark, and the conjoined twin brother of Cody Kent, with whom he shares everything from the neck down.

## Biography

### Early Life (1982)

Derek was adopted by Jonathan and Martha Kent shortly after he was born, as his father, Jonathan Daniels, died in the meteor shower, while his mother Wilma Daniels née Cody died giving birth to him and his brother Cody.

Jonathan Kent and Jonathan Daniels were friends in high school and before she died, Wilma Daniels asked Jonathan and Martha to adopt her children. Before the meteor shower, there was a discussion about Jonathan and Martha being named Cody's and Derek's godparents. This never happened, however, since they ended up adopting them very shortly after they were born.

### Life with the Kents (1982-present)

Cody and Derek initially slept in a crib in the master bedroom with Jonathan and Martha. When they got old enough to move to a bed, they ended up sharing a single twin bed with their older brother Christian in what used to be Jonathan's bedroom as a child. None of them minded this, however, and often built forts with extra pillows and sheets.

Since the main farmhouse on the Kent Farm only has two bedrooms, Derek's adoptive grandparents, Hiram and Jessica Kent, slept on a sofa bed in the living room for a few weeks while they had two bedrooms and a bathroom added in the loft above the barn. They could afford this construction due to the sale of Jonathan and Wilma Daniel's house. The proceeds were put in trust for their children, primarily to be used towards their college educations, but the trustee agreed to release funds to the Kents for adding the extra bedrooms.

## Physical Appearance

Derek has blond hair and blue eyes and stands five feet, three inches tall as of the beginning of the story, but will be six-foot-one-inch by the time he's finished growing. Derek primarily wears contact lenses as he thinks wearing glasses would make him look too nerdy, although his opinion on his glasses changes after Oliver tells him that they make him look sexy.

## Personality and Traits

Derek is a jokester, who much prefers to have fun over more serious pursuits such as studying. When it comes to anything academic, he tends to do only the bare minimum necessary to get a passing grade, much to the annoyance of his brother Cody.

Some of Cody's studying skills did rub off on Derek and when he truly wants to he can study harder. He just doesn't really see a need to most of the time, as he figures Cody's grades are more than adequate to get them into a good college and it's not like they can major in different things and have different jobs.

## Abilities and Skills

### Skills

* **Swimming:** Derek, along with his brother Cody, is on the swimming team at Ezra Small Junior High School.
* **Soccer:** Derek, along with his brother Cody, is on the soccer team at Ezra Small Junior High School.

### Superhuman Abilities

* **Superhuman Stamina:** Meteor rock exposure in the womb left him with greatly enhanced stamina, which Cody benefits from since he shares a body with Derek.
* **Superhuman Dexterity:** Meteor rock exposure in the womb left him with greatly enhanced dexterity, which Cody benefits from since he shares a body with Derek.

## Relationships

### Cody Kent

Cody Kent is Derek's conjoined twin brother with whom he literally shares everything from the neck down. Interestingly enough, they were not actually supposed to be born conjoined as a September 1982 ultrasound picture clearly shows that they had separate bodies at that time. However, their house suffered a direct hit during the meteor shower and the kryptonite fused them together in the womb.

### Christian Kent

Christian Kent is Derek's elder brother, who the Kents adopted along with Cody and Derek, thus keeping the siblings together.

Christian loves Cody and Derek and in the past he has been very
protective of them when people picked on them for being conjoined. Of course, since Christian is two years older than his brothers, he hasn't been able to defend them at school since they were all in grade school together.

### Oliver Queen

Oliver Queen is Derek's first serious love interest/boyfriend. Oliver comes to live at the Kent farm in the latter half of his junior year in high school in order to hide from the media following the opening of a federal investigation into Queen Industries and WalshComm following the revelation that CEO Lawrence Van Dough, along with Oliver's maternal uncle Ethan Walsh, and friend Jason's father, Edward Teague, teamed up to embezzle billions of dollars from Queen Industries. While living with the Kents, Oliver goes by the name 'Oliver Kent'.

### Clark Queen

As Cody's first serious love interest/boyfriend, Derek has little choice but to get very close to Clark since he shares everything from the neck down with Cody.