Wonderful, Julie! I love how you did this, between drunken Lois, the revelation about feelings, and the revelation about Superman. I liked the lines listed above, and I also liked

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First, she’d missed the biggest criminal in the galaxy right under her nose, then *Superman.* Superman, the world’s strongest man and renowned superhero – under her nose.

Her nose wasn’t very reliable, she noted to herself, and then almost giggled at the idea.
Hehe

You know you're going to be nagged lots for stories, right? laugh

"You need me. You wouldn't be much of a hero without a villain. And you do love being the hero, don't you. The cheering children, the swooning women, you love it so much, it's made you my most reliable accomplice." -- Lex Luthor to Superman, Question Authority, Justice League Unlimited