A Love Like No Other

By: Sailor FoxFire

This story immediately follows the events of Superman Returns and it is my take on their relationship after the fall. There may be references to Smallville, and the other Superman Movies and maybe the movie Supergirl but that is still to be seen. A very, special thanks to Vgerland for loaning me her character Kala and the use of her first person accounts as well as for the input on my story.


Chapter 1: Heartbreaking Realizations…

"I'm always around," answered Superman before he flew off into the night. Lois continued to watch after him long after he had disappeared from her sight. He was her love and she could no longer deny it. And he was the father of her son. When she thought he had been dying, she could not deny him the knowledge that she had just recently confirmed. Jason, her beautiful, fragile, prematurely born little boy truly was Superman's son. She had always suspected but did not know how it could be. She had no recollection of the night that it happened.

Lois looked up to her son's window and saw that he was still staring off into the night, looking for another glimpse of the Man of Steel, his hero, his father. For a moment, Lois wondered if perhaps, on some primal level, her son sensed the connection between them. "Back to bed Munchkin, it's late," Lois called to her son.

Jason took one more look at the sky that Lois knew was his birthright before calling down to her, "OK, mommy. G'night," he said before he disappeared into his room.

"Night baby," Lois whispered as she walked back into the house and returned to her computer. The blank screen stared back at her, the cursor blinking at her almost mockingly. Lois decided that her mind was far too preoccupied to finish the article and decided to go to bed. She shut down her computer and went upstairs to her room. Lois walked into her room and froze. Richard was asleep on his side of the bed like usual, but tonight, Lois could not bring herself to lie beside him. She knew, had always known, that she was not in love with Richard, but had schooled herself into believing that she could learn to love him in the way that she loved the Man of Steel, but tonight, she could no longer hide the truth from herself. She loved Richard deeply but it was not enough. He was a wonderful man, but her heart belonged, had always belonged, to another. Tears started spilling from her eyes as she forced herself to walk out of the room and head into the guest room. What most women dream of, she had just thrown away, it was Superman that she loved, and Richard didn't deserve second place. Tomorrow, Lois told herself, tomorrow I'll talk to Richard, and end this once and for all. I finally see why I could never commit to him and set a wedding date. Richard's a wonderful man, but my 'Knight in Shining Armor' is someone else. I hope he'll still stay around for Jason, since he's the only father that Jason's known, even though he's always known that Richard's not his biological father. But I know that in the end if I continue with Richard, we'll all be miserable. Jason, Richard and I, and it's not fair to any of us. Lois pulled off her engagement ring and set it on the nightstand before getting into bed, and going to sleep.

Richard opened his eyes as soon as he heard Lois close the door. He had seen through slightly open eyelids that Lois had finally made her decision. And he had not been chosen. He was angry. He had given her everything, and she still chose the alien over it all, despite the fact that he had already proven himself to be unreliable when he had abandoned her almost six years ago. He had only been a placeholder for Superman, and to Lois he had been nothing. He had hoped to make her fall in love with him, but apparently the alien was too hard an act to follow. Tomorrow she'll forgo everything that we've built, everything I've given her and her bastard alien son, and run right back into that alien's arms. I gave her everything, but it meant nothing to her. Richard got up from his bed and went to the closet. He opened it and began to pack his things in his suitcases. Looking around Richard realized the house and almost everything in it belonged to Lois. This house and everything in it belongs to Lois after all she had purchased and furnished it with the proceeds from the sell of her Condo and the two best sellers she had written. I can stay with Uncle Perry until Monday, then I'll submit my resignation and take that position in China. As far as I'm concerned the more distance I can put between Lois and me the better. The seaplane is all I really need and it will help me get away from this place I can no longer call home. I just hope to God that I can quickly forget that woman and her bastard alien son.