Summary: Fate brought them together when they were weren’t expecting it, and they found a home in each other, but something is determined to tear them apart. Will they be able to get back what they had? Or will something stop them from getting their always and forever?
Rating: T for the most part, but there will be a few mature chapters.
Pairing: Clark and Lois (Obviously) 😊
Disclaimer: I own nothing.
A/N: This story is going to start out a lot like my last story, A Summer In Love, but in many ways it’s different. It was a story I had already planned out before posting ASIL, so I figured I’d get the story that started all of this out there.
May 18th, 2006
The bright, luminescent moonlight shined down on the vast city of Metropolis, as everyone went about their normal nightly activities—everyone except one heartbroken couple, who were being forced to do the unthinkable.
Say goodbye to each other.
They were standing in the middle of a quarry with their arms tightly wrapped around each other, as the rushing sound of the waterfall behind them echoed around them, but they weren’t listening to anything surrounding them. Not even the sound of the midnight summer breeze brushing across the trees and bushes surrounding them could break them from this moment—from their last moment.
The only thing they could hear or focus on was each other’s rapidly beating hearts.
After what seemed like a lifetime, he pulled away from the beautiful woman in his arms, and stared straight into her eyes, as he traced once of his fingers down the side of her face, smiling, softly when she closed her eyes from the sensation. “I don’t want you to leave me.”
Her eyes slowly fluttered open, and locked onto his before a sad smile graced her lips. “I don’t want to leave you either, but I have to.”
“I know.” He watched as a lone tear fall down her cheek, causing his insides to churn in an even deeper pain before he swiped it away with the pad of his thumb. “Don’t cry.”
“I can’t help it.” She locked her eyes onto his as soon as she regained control of her emotions. “Do you think we will ever see each other again?”
“I don’t know.” His heart broke even more when she dropped her head before he placed his forefinger underneath her chin, forcing her to look at him again. “But I do know that I’m never going to forget you.”
“I’ll never forget you either.”
They stared at each other for the longest time before their lips met in a passionate kiss, while their arms instinctively wrapped around each other like it was impossible for them to let go, and as they molded their lips—their bodies—their hearts with each other, they just knew that they would never find something like this again.
They would never find each other again.
Lois gasped, loudly before her eyes snapped open, and she shot out of her bed into a sitting position like she had been burned. Her chest was heaving up and down, rapidly, as one of her hands rested against her heart like that would stop it from beating so fast, while the other one unconsciously grabbed a hold of the necklace around her neck—a necklace that held something very dear to her—something that meant everything to her.
A beautiful red ring with a gold embroidered setting.
Why was she dreaming of that moment?
She didn’t know, but she did know that that moment in particular still broke her heart just as much as it had all those years ago.
Her hand wrapped around the only physical thing she had from those blissful days, and squeezed it, tightly, as her mind conjured up images of everything she experienced—images of him—images of their time together.
It had been the best two weeks of her life.
They had met at the worst point in either of their lives, but for some reason all of their problems—all of their pain seemed to fade away when they were with each other, and even after all of these years had passed she still thought of him—she still dreamt of him.
But…
Why that particular moment?
Because you’re moving there, the little voice in her head echoed over and over again, as she slowly lowered herself back down onto the bed before her eyes stared up at the white, popcorn ceiling.
That was where everything started and where everything inevitably ended.
Metropolis.
There was a small part of herself that couldn’t help wondering if he was still going to be there—if he was going to be waiting for her to return to him, but the other part of herself knew that that was very unlikely. It has been three years since they were forced to say goodbye to each other. He was probably living his life to the fullest just like she intended doing.
It was the whole reason she was moving away from her home—her family—her friends.
As soon as she managed to push all thoughts of him into the deepest corner of her heart, she quickly jumped out of bed, and started getting ready for the day, her mind thinking of nothing other than her crazy and complicated life.
Her childhood had been just like any other normal childhood.
She had a mother.
She had a father.
And she even had an annoying little sister.
For sixteen years, they all lived together on whatever base her father had been stationed at, and even though the Military lifestyle wasn’t all that exciting, actually, it was pretty miserable, she still had her mother and her sister to keep her mind off things, while her father was either dealing with the tasks of being a Four Star General or being stuck overseas for months at a time.
But…
All of that changed one summer night.
The night her mother died.
They all knew it was going to happen, but that didn’t mean they were prepared for the moment she was taken away from every single one of them. It had been more than a little hard on them. Her sister had been so sad and so heartbroken, while she had hid behind those walls inside of her heart, but her father was an entirely different story.
Instead of being there for his daughters, he withdrew himself from everything, and focused on his work. At the time, she had taken all her frustrations out on him—she had blamed him for every single thing that went wrong in her life—she had wanted nothing to do with him. It was one of the reasons she ran away the first time around, but now—now she understood that he was grieving for the love of his life, and she could never, ever hate him for that.
After her two week stint in the biggest city in the state of Kansas, she had practically been put on lockdown, not only because she had ran away, but also because her father didn’t want anything to happen to her. It made sense now, but back then she hated every second of it.
When she was finally able to do things again—when she was finally able to leave the base without her father worrying if she would come back or not, she found out that her cousin, Chloe Sullivan had been killed in a safehouse.
Everything she had done to prove to her father that she wouldn’t leave their family again had practically went flying out the window when she received that heartbreaking information, and instead of listening to him when he told her that everything was being taken care of, she left the base in the middle of the night, intending to find out what really happened to her, but of course, she didn’t get very far.
And just like that she had been put back on lockdown.
After graduating high school, she had fully intended on moving to Metropolis to go to college for her Journalism degree, but her father had been stationed overseas right around the time she was sending in the applications. If she left that would mean leaving her sister all alone on the base, so instead of doing what she wanted to do so desperately, she dropped everything and focused on her sister’s wellbeing.
It was hard, but she would do anything and everything for her.
Instead of leaving as soon as her father returned, she convinced him to allow her to take Lucy with her to a small-town in Nevada, where she could live a somewhat normal life while she finished high school, and that’s exactly where they’ve been living ever since. It wasn’t what she wanted, but it’s what her sister needed, and that was a hell of a lot more important than her dreams and aspirations. Of course, that didn’t mean she was going to give up on all the things she wanted.
It wasn’t Metropolis, but it was good enough for the time being.
A few months ago, she came to the mind-reeling realization that her little sister wasn’t so little anymore, actually, she was a very bright and very dedicated young woman, who had dreams and aspirations of her own.
She didn’t need her anymore.
As much as that sentiment broke her heart, especially since they’ve been practically glued to each other’s sides from the moment she was born, she couldn’t help feeling a little more than just excited to move to the city.
Only good things could happen from this point forward, she thought to herself.
“Lois! You better get your butt down here before I eat all this delicious food without you!”
Lois rolled her eyes at her sister’s words before she quickly made her way down the winding stairwell, and when she finally made it to the kitchen, where her sister was preparing their plates, she eyed her, suspiciously. “You cooked an actual meal? Why don’t I smell burning food? Why don’t I hear sirens in the distance?”
Lucy gave her a look that simply told her that her comment wasn’t funny. “If you must know, this is leftovers from last night.”
“So, we’re having pasta for breakfast?” She shrugged her shoulders. “I guess that’s better than having to watch our lovely house burn to the ground.”
“My house,” she corrected her before smirking over at her. “Or did you forget that you’re leaving today?”
“Shut up brat!”
As they were enjoying their breakfast, Lucy kept glancing over at her sister, and even though she hated the fact that the one person that has always been here for her was leaving in a few hours, she couldn’t help noticing that something was wrong with her. It was like her mind was elsewhere, and she had a feeling that it had nothing to do with moving to Metropolis.
“Lois? Are you okay?”
Lois, who was completely lost in her thoughts, glanced over at her, and smiled, softly, hoping that would stop her from trying to pick her brain, which was running at a mile a minute at the moment. “I’m fine, Lucy. I’m just nervous about moving to Metropolis.”
It wasn’t exactly a lie, she thought to herself, she was nervous about moving to the city to live with her cousin, who she hasn’t seen in a very, very long time, but if she was being honest with herself, that wasn’t what was clouding her mind.
It was him.
Why was he clouding her mind so much this morning?
It wasn’t odd or unusual for her to think about him or their time together, actually, it was almost a daily occurrence, but instead of replaying all of their good memories, she kept remembering the one bad one they shared.
Why couldn’t she get that memory out of her head?
Even though the same question kept popping into her mind, she already knew the answer…it was because she was moving to the city where she met him—where they spent two blissful and amazing weeks with each other—where she inevitably had to leave him.
But…
It’s not like she could tell her sister that.
The only people that knew about that was her best friend and her father.
Lucy eyed her, suspiciously, knowing that she wasn’t being completely honest with her, but decided to drop her inquisition for the time being. “Lois, you have nothing to worry about. Chloe is going to be so excited to see you. It’s been what? Five or six years since you’ve seen her? It’ll be fine. All those nerves your feeling will fade away as soon as you see her.”
She just nodded at her before quickly changing the subject, “So, um, do you think dad is going to make it in time?”
“And miss saying goodbye to my eldest daughter?”
Lois quickly spun around at the sound of his voice, and grinned, widely at the sight of him. “Daddy, you made it.”
“I wouldn’t miss this for the world.” He grinned, widely between his two daughters before he pulled out a white bag from behind his back. “And I brought some provisions.”
Her grin grew even wider, as she locked her eyes onto the bag, knowing that it was breakfast from one of their favorite places in this small-town, and quickly pushed the plate of pasta away from her. “Thank god. Some actual food.”
Lucy glared at her, playfully. “Hey! I worked very hard for this meal.”
She gave her a look. “You warmed it up in the microwave, and tossed it onto some plates.”
Sam chuckled, softly at their little quarrel. “When are you two going to learn how to cook properly?”
“No offense, but you’re the one that failed in that department,” Lois told him with a playful smile gracing her lips.
Point taken, he thought to himself.
“What can I say? Your mother was the cook in this family.”
Lois nodded her head in agreement. “She was really good in the kitchen, wasn’t she?”
Lucy smiled, softly at the memories soaring through her mind. “Do you remember that ridiculous meal she made almost weekly?”
“Hot dog surprise.” A wistful smile graced his lips before he shook away the memories of the woman that had captured his heart from the moment he laid his eyes on her. “She was definitely a gem in the kitchen.”
Lois immediately took notice of the expression on his face, and quickly changed the subject, knowing that even after all these years he still missed her like crazy just like she still missed the man, who hasn’t left her mind for three horridly long years. “Well, don’t just stand there. Come join us for breakfast.”
Sam quickly made his way over to the table, and sat down across from his daughters, intending to enjoy every second of this beautiful moment with his family.
A few hours later, Lois quickly made her way back inside of the house after double checking that she had everything she needed for this long journey she was minutes away from experiencing, but when she set her eyes on her father and sister all the emotions—all the feelings she had attempted pushing down came rushing up to the surface, and she just knew she was going to cry from the forlorn expressions on their faces.
Yeah, she thought to herself, this was going to be harder than she thought it was going to be.
“Well, I’m all packed and ready to go.”
Lucy felt the burning sensation building behind her eyes, but before a single tear could fall down her cheeks, she rushed into her sister’s arms, hugging her as tightly as possible like this was the last time she was ever going to see her. “Promise you’ll call every single day.”
Lois hugged her back just as tightly, and as soon as she pulled away from her, she wiped away the tears that were now rolling down her cheeks before she rested her hands on the side of her face. “Don’t cry, Luce. I’m always going to be just a phone call away; besides we can see each other whenever we want.”
“You promise?”
“I promise.”
Her hazel eyes traveled over to her father, who looked as stoic as ever during this very emotional moment, which wasn’t all that surprising since he never allowed his emotions to get the better of him.
A lot like her, she thought to herself, as she started opening her mouth to tell him exactly what she felt in her heart, but before she had a chance to utter one single word to him, he had her entrapped in one of his famous bear hugs, and she honestly felt like she was going to break down right there.
After a few seconds, he finally pulled away from his daughter, and stared into those familiar hazel eyes of hers with a soft smile gracing his lips. “Oh my little Lo. I’m going to miss you so much, but I know that Metropolis is the best place for you.”
“I’m going to miss you too, dad.” She glanced over at her sister. “I’m going to miss you too, Luce.”
Sam rested his hands on her shoulders, effectively pulling her attention back towards him. “Now, I want you to promise me that you’re going to stay safe, and for the love of god don’t get yourself into trouble like the last time you were there.”
And just like that her mind was consumed with thoughts of him again.
Why did he have to bring that up?
She had been doing so well not thinking about that, but with one simple sentence he had managed to bring back all those thoughts—all those emotions.
“I’m not going to get into any trouble.”
“Good.” He quickly dropped his hands from her shoulders, and stood taller, as he prepared himself to say goodbye to his eldest daughter. “Now, I want you to call me as soon as you get there. Is that understood, young lady?”
“Sir, yes, sir,” she sarcastically saluted him with a smirk plastered across her face.
After spending the next several minutes saying goodbye to the two most important people in her life, she quickly left the farmhouse that has been her home for over one year now, and started making her way towards her new journey—her new life, feeling all kinds of different emotions encompass her, but the most prominent one was nervousness.
It wasn’t from the idea of moving to the one place she has dreamed of living in for years or the idea of seeing her cousin for the first time in five years. It was from the mere fact that she was going back to the place where she met him.
The tall, muscular man with dark ebony locks and mesmerizing aquamarine eyes.
Kal.
A soft smile graced her lips, as she remembered everything that happened between them exactly three years ago…
And another heartbreaking story begins.
I changed quite of few things from canon from Lois and Lucy’ mother being alive until they were teenagers to Sam being more of a hands on father. I wanted him to stay the same as he was in the show, but I also wanted him to have a closer relationship with his daughters, which is why he might seem a little OC.
Hope you enjoyed the prologue 😊
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