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I apologize for the Christmas story in April, but I blame the recent cold and snow for putting me in the mood. (Christmas was 70 degrees for us this year, so I had a hard time writing something Christmassy.) I've been wanting to write this for a couple of years now, which is also why I'm so eager to post this now, instead of just waiting for December.

Please enjoy!

That was beautiful.

I do have to wonder, though -- how did Clark still have an apartment to go back to after being gone all those months? Who was paying the rent?

Thank you.

I imagined that Clark set aside money to keep up the rent. Or that Lois paid, being unable to give it up, in hopes that he would return.

Awww. How sweet! This story didn't go at all as I suspected it would when I first started reading it. I figured it would be an introspective piece on missing Clark, or Clark doing something romantic or sweet during his absence, or end up being a dream (due to that line about dreaming). Yet, once again, DC, you shifted course into this wonderfully waffy story about Clark's return.

How sad it was for her that there on Christmas Eve, she was once again alone, due to the fact that the Kents were snowed in (or at least the planes were).

Awwww. This one lines shows how much Clark has impacted upon Lois's life.

So true! I love this line. It perfectly describes how Lois feels in the first half of this fic.

I love this tradition! What great neighbors! I truly hoped that Clark had left a gift for Steve to deliver to Lois. However, she wasn't the only one surprised by who she found on the other side of that door.

It's a dream. It has to be a dream.

Then, I thought that Clark had hired the Superman impersonator to visit Lois as Clark (although, then I thought, why would he do that?)

Why would Clark an impersonator these details? Nope, must be the real deal. (Back to 'it's a dream' theory.)

LOIS: Oh, crap! I forgot to get Clark a gift! Do you like frozen waffles? (BTW, how in the world did Lois ever survive without Super delivery service? I mean, it's Christmas Eve and she hasn't gone Christmas grocery shopping and the Kents were suppose to visit?)

He's not that much of a lunkhead.
CLARK: *moves gift behind his back and clears throat* No! Of course it isn't! Oh, my bad. This is Jimmy's gift.

(later) JIMMY: Um... Wow. Um... Thanks, CK. But this is the weirdest spelling of "friend" I've ever seen.

CLARK: Well, Duh! Lois. He did kill Nor. Now that I think about it, he desecrated the man's body too. Maybe I was hasty on the whole knighthood thing. *shrugs* Too late now.

This is why many of the stories in other shows and films puzzle me so. Clark may have been born on Krypton, but having been raised on Earth, he's an Earthling as much as anyone born here. It never made any sense to me why he wanted to bond with Kryptonians. Or why in SM: The Movie he always associated himself more as a Kryptonian than as an Earthling. I'm glad they didn't go that route with MoS (even if he did bond too much with his hologram birth dad).

Yea! Wait. What? "Viennese hour with 17 different cakes"? Is this a thing?

Awwww! What a nice bouquet of Christmas Waff, DC!

Hi, Virginia!

Glad you enjoyed this. I actually began this one/always imagined it as just an introspection piece, of Lois missing Clark on Christmas. But when I actually started to really get into writing it, it just felt more natural (and a lot more uplifting!) to continue on past the introspection to Clark's arrival home.


Well, Lois is snowed in. Not so much the Kents.


One of the people in my neighborhood where I grew up did this. Anyone who wanted Santa to visit their kids on Christmas Eve would let him know and slip him a gift (and sometimes a beer!). It was pretty cool, because it meant that Santa was always there without Dad or Grandpa or whoever going MIA during the visit.

I considered having Steve deliver Clark to Lois. But it just seemed weird in my head.


Ouch! That would be a little cruel, sending a fake Clark.


I wanted Lois to be concerned about giving Clark his gift(s) - that she'd bought things just in case - but it didn't work with the flow. And Lois probably does have food in their for the Kents, just nothing she's in the mood to eat. Or, she was banking on delivery that got cancelled due to snow.





That's always been my problem too. There simply is NO reason for Clark to ever be more "in tune" with his Kryptonian heritage. Or for Superman to ever be the "real" personality, with Clark as the cover. Which is why I adore L&C so much. They really got things right.


Probably. My Viennese hour had a ton of food. Including a candy cart that the adults attacked like little children. I've never seen cotton candy be that popular before...or candy buttons!


Thank you! I'm so glad my post-Easter Christmas fic was enjoyable!

What a lovely belated Christmas present from DC ! Thank you!

This was completely wonderful. Give me WAFF and I am a very happy camper . From the first few paragraphs in I was really hoping for Clark to return. Come back to Lois. For them to become engaged. I kept hoping, fingers crossed, and DC, you totally delivered .

'L&C' was my first glimpse into the story of Superman. Prior had never read a comic, seen a movie, or watched a show--literally knew nothing about the characters. So I was completely spoiled into how GREAT of a set-up 'L&C' was/is . Clark being Clark--it made sense! Superman--it was a costume, a guise to get things done. Lois and Clark work together, get partnered up, becoming friends and then best friends, fall in love, e-v-e-n-t-u-a-l-l-y (what a drawn out ARGH!) get married.

I fell so hard and so thoroughly for the show, this 'story' in my mind was the cemented way that it all played out .

Hence...I tried the old Superman movies and just couldn't really get 'there' with them. Same with SR when it came out. I've never seen MOS (based on my reaction to the other movies) or it's sequel. Never have gotten into the comics. Tried a bit of Smallville, but didn't become hooked. Haven't watched Supergirl (but I've been DVR'ing them in case ).

For me, the story of 'Superman' is, I think, forever 'L&C'.

Lovely, DC! Really enjoyed this!
Laura (who is having sudden urges to pull out and decorate the Christmas tree )

Hi, Laura!

Thanks for reading. I wasn't sure anyone would want a bit of Christmas fluff in April.

L&C was my second glimpse of the Superman universe. I'd seen Superman: The Movie and Superman II as a kid. ALL of my childhood Superman exposures were thanks to my dad. He'd be watching them and I'd watch along with him. (Actually, I thank him for getting me into my two favorite shows ever - L&C and Xena: Warrior Princess! Of course, once I got into the shows he really didn't watch them much - he was never a fan, just a casual viewer that stopped in for an episode when nothing else was on.)

I hated SR (Clark fathering a child that he lets someone else raise, too young of a cast, horrible story - but I did love Lex Luthor in it). I hated MOS too - again, not enough Clark, not enough of a real person there, hated the casting on Lois, loathed the idea of Superman breaking Zod's neck. And I wasn't thrilled with Bats v Supes either, due to it being SO flawed, but it was worlds better than MOS. I've never read any of the comics.

Anyway, thanks again for reading. I'm also having some Christmas-longing - but I'm definitely longing for summer more!

Enjoyable Christmas story, even if it has been nearly 90 degrees here this week. The melancholy mood is appropriate to Lois, who never cared for the holiday anyway. It would be doubly hard in this situation. I always imagined Lois would also hold a small piece of resentment and anger too, that Clark would leave her to go fight for people he's never known. Sure, he expressed his reasons, and she tearfully supported him, but it's hard to be totally magnanimous when you're in pain. And then she'd castigate herself for harboring those negative emotions. Good thing he came back relatively quickly! It certainly made for the perfect Christmas present...WAFFy sigh.

Hope the Christmas story helped you to think cool thoughts. Glad you enjoyed it.

I think you're right. Lois *would* harbor some anger and resentment - to herself and the NKers too. I think Clark would be the one she might resent the least. She supported his decision to go, when she really did have the right to tell him that she would have preferred for him to stay home. And she'd be mad with the NKers for disrupting her and Clark's lives - that they had no right to ask Clark to sacrifice so much for people who a) he doesn't know and b) who don't fully trust him. (I'm looking at you, Ching and all your "tests," even if I understand where you were coming from.)

I think you're also right in that she would fee guilty for having those thoughts. Clark really did change her that way, didn't he? (The old Lois wouldn't have cared who knew she resented them.)

I think the new and (much) improved Lois would also hate the fact that her first truly happy Christmas in a long time has morphed into the worst one of her life. At least, the worst until Clark comes home.

Thanks for reading!

Delightful story!

I think Christmas in April is a great idea!
Nice therapy for tax month in the US!

What a wonderful WAFFY story showing how much love has changed Lois. Love it!

Thank you! Never too early/late for a Christmas story, right? (As evidenced by the nighty demand for me to read a Christmas board book by my two and a half year olds.) Glad I could provide a little break from the reality of taxes.