Disclaimer in first chapter
eight months after the events of Superman Returns...
Jason Lane and his Dad were up on the roof of the Daily Planet drinking hot chocolate.
Jason was wearing a bright red ski jacket that Grandma Kent had gotten him when he and Dad had gone out to Montana last week. Ever since he'd gotten the gift he'd refused to leave the house without it.
Wearing jeans and his trainers, Jason pondered the dark clouds that choked the skies of Metropolis, which looked like rain clouds. He liked the rain, but he was ready for it to start snowing. Christmas was only a few weeks away and Jason really wanted it to be all white and frozen outside. Daddy had taken him ice skating last year at Metrocenter plaza and he'd had a lot of fun, the sky all gray and snow falling down.
Dad, Daddy, Mommy...Jason was only six, but he knew that his life was pretty great. Last summer, Mommy and Daddy's friend had come home and a few months later Jason found out he had two dads.
He remembered a few months back when he and Daddy had been at the park and all of the sudden everything started going really slow, like it was stuck in syrup. Daddy had gotten really sad for a little bit, but then one night he came home and was happy. Happier than before Superman.
Daddy had taken Jason up in the plane and flew him to Uncle Perry's cabin in Maine and they talked for awhile about all kinds of stuff. A little while later Clark came to the cabin in his Superman clothes. Clark and Daddy had talked for awhile and then Clark sat down with Jason and told him about Krypton. Once again Jason had asked Clark why all the grown ups at the Daily Planet didn't know that Clark could fly and Daddy and Clark had just started laughing. Clark explained that people sometimes put things out in the open so that everybody didn't think about it. Daddy called it hiding in plain sight, but Jason had pointed out that it didn't work all the time. Clark laughed and said that mainly only smart little boys who'd met him in person were the only ones who figured it out.
Clark changed into a flannel shirt and jeans and had some dinner with Jason and Daddy that day and the three had talked again how important it was that Jason never tell anyone about the Big Secret. Jason remembered the first time Clark and him had this conversation but he figured that Daddy needed to have it as well. Jason could see why the grown ups were so strict about it, especially since Clark had found that weird scary bald man awhile back and that man hadn't liked Superman very much which must have been why he'd kidnapped Mommy since she and Clark were friends.
When Jason had asked about if Mommy knew, Clark and Daddy had gotten quiet and said that she would know pretty soon, but that Jason should keep it a surprise.
After that Clark had been around a lot more, but not in his Superman clothes. Jason decided that it was more fun that way because he and Clark could go get ice cream and go to to the movies and no one bugged them like he saw them doing when Clark was in Superman clothes. Clark had even become the babysitter when Mommy and Daddy were working, which was fun because he would bring over dinner from all kinds of different places.
Just before Halloween, Mommy and Daddy and Clark had taken Jason out to dinner. Jason had lots of fun because Mommy and Daddy were really happy and Clark was there too, where it used to be that Mommy wouldn't come with "the guys" when they went and had fun. After dinner Mommy had gotten serious and told Jason that he was a special little boy and that she had some good news. Daddy and Clark had been really nervous but she had shushed them and explained to Jason that he had two dads. Mommy had tried to explain it all but Jason just asked if it was like how some kids at school had two dads. The grown ups had all been really happy and said that it was like that exactly, but that Jason's other dad was Clark.
After Jason had gotten done hugging his parents (all three of them) he'd asked Mommy if that's why he'd been able to stop using his inhaler and could eat burritos now. Mommy had gotten mad at his Dads and said something about "irresponsible men children" but had hugged Jason and said that, yes, that's why Jason wasn't sick anymore. Jason asked if that meant that he'd be able to fly someday and Clark had told Jason that they'd have to wait and see. Then Clark had told Jason that no matter what happened, he'd always be around to answer any questions that Jason had.
Jason drank his hot chocolate on the roof of the Daily Planet and watched as his Dad listened to the world, making sure that nobody needed help.
He hoped that all the kids who had three parents were as happy as him, but he knew that he was really lucky.
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