Title: Legacy
Author: Nadia Mack
Disclaimer: I Own Nothing
Summary: Father and son, and what they lost in between.
Author's Notes: Here I go again…

"Lost time is never found again." – Benjamin Franklin

Chapter 1: Lost

In 2017, Lois Lane Kent disappeared and was later presumed dead after a disastrous explosion in a LexCorp Power Plant, leaving behind a husband and son, former Daily Planet partner Clark Kent and nine-year-old Jonathan.

Twelve years later…

Jonathan Lane Kent is now attending Harvard University for his graduate degree in law. After finishing high school with straight A's with honors, as well as a choice to attend any school he wanted, he decided that staying in Metropolis was the last thing he wanted.

After a long day of finals, he walked along campus with his Aunt Chloe, who came to visit him as much as her work schedule would allow.

"How's your dad?"

He merely shrugged. "I wouldn't know. You know him better than I do," he says, hiding his sadness from his tone.

"He loves you, Johnny" she reminded him.

"I know." That truth he couldn't deny.

"Then why the distance?"

"He can barely look at me for more than a few seconds before going off to wherever it is that he goes off to do," he lightly argued. The Mock Trial team back in high school as well as the training he's undergone in Harvard has taught him to calm his voice when getting into a debate or argument.

"You know that's not true"

"What do you want from me, Aunt Chloe?" he turned, complaining. There goes all that training. "Nothing's changed, as much as we try; we're still strangers to each other"

"Okay." She'll let the subject slide for now because she knew first hand how sensitive the topic is. "How about you, how's school?"

Johnny gave her a weak smile. "School's school"

"I hear you made quite an impression in court the other day. Congratulations on your first win"

"It wasn't my win, Aunt Chloe. I was just helping out," he says. His humility is a part of his character, something his father and mother instilled in him when he was but a child.

Chloe looked at the boy that she's seen grow up since the day he was born. He looked so much like his parents. He had Clark's jet black hair and Lois's striking green eyes. The biggest similarity to his parents of all is his unwavering compassion to those that needed help.

Explains why he's studying to be an attorney, and from what she has observed, he'll be a great one.

She crossed her arm alongside him. "Come on, nephew. Let's go get something to eat." He smiles at her, a better one than before.

To be continued…