Clannah

"Clay... Helmet... your name does not belong on this list. But you need to be here if I'm going to tell my story. If I'm going to explain why I did what I did. Because you aren't every other guy. You're different."

- Hannah to Clay on Tape 6 Side A

Clannah is the het ship between Clay Jensen and Hannah Baker from the 13 Reasons Why fandom.

Canon
Clay and Hannah were both best friends and former coworkers to where they had shared mutual feelings for one another. Tragically, Hannah commits suicide which devastates Clay and along with that Hannah leaves seven cassette tapes which contained thirteen reasons why she ended her own life. Hannah explains on Clay's tape that he never hurt her and how she never deserved to be with Clay, nor does he belong in the tapes.

Season 1
The first two met at The Crestmont where the two worked. On Clay's first day, Hannah trains Clay as she more "seniority" than him. At one point when arriving to work, Hannah mentions how adorable Clay looks in his helmet and asks if he isn't afraid of "helmet hair" and advices him what products to use to style his hair, to Clay's response he tells Hannah that'll only sacrifice his masculinity. Afterwards, Hannah then invites Clay to her party at her old home. Kat, Hannah and Clay's friend advises Clay to tell Hannah about his true feelings but he tells Kat he isn't so great with girls.

At the Winter Formal both Hannah and Clay attend, however Clay attended due to losing a bet with Jeff as he scored higher than a 'C' on an exam. The two were distant at the beginning of the dance, but Jeff encouraged Clay to go dance with Hannah, they first hop around and then slow dance to a song which will then be known as a song between the two of the them. However, after the dance Hannah leaves early as Jessica is drunk. Making matters worse, Montgomery asks if Hannah has a girlfriend as Hannah's former friend, Courtney Crimson spreads a rumor about Hannah's sex life in order to prevent her reputation being tarnish as she is secretly a lesbian.

During Jessica's party the two hang out to one point they go into Jessica's room where they kissed. At first it was going well, but flashbacks of the previous bad encounters with guys began to peak into Hannah's mind while she made out with Clay. She tells Clay to stop which worries him that he might be doing something wrong, instead Hannah tells Clay to leave the room. As Clay leaves the room, Hannah is seen in tears, to which begins the night where Jessica is sexually assaulted by Bryce, and Jeff Atkins is killed. When Clay hears about the party in his tape he begins to imagine when Hannah told him to leave the room and what he could've done instead, he is shown comforting Hannah by holding her while she cries.

Season 2
During Hannah's funeral, Clay speaks telling how much he loves Hannah and how he wishes her to go to a place where she feels safe.

Songs

 * The Night We Met

The song is used during a slow dance that is mainly focused on Clay and Hannah. Among fans the song is known to be Clay and Hannah's song.

Fanon
It's one of the most popular ships in the fandom and most popular het ship, rivaling Jesstin. However the ship itself tends to get backlash from fans believing Hannah was wrong for putting pressure on Clay especially with the tapes. Adding on most believed Clay didn't deserve or was too good for Hannah. As it's Hannah's most popular ship, it's Clay's second most popular, the first being Clay and Tony.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Clay is shown drawing cartoon bunnies to Hannah, he anonymously gave Hannah two drawings of the bunnies in her compliment bag, as well he placed one in her memorial at her locker.
 * Clay still loves Hannah at the end of the series, even when dating Skye Miller in Season 2 he still thought and saw the illusion of Hannah.