Then, incredibly, she laughed. “I forgot you can’t see me! I was shaking my head, Clark.”
LOL! Nice touch.
What was done was done. But that didn’t make it right, or even bearable. Spilt milk could be cleaned up. Lois was dead and would stay dead.
“You’re right! I’d have to pretend to be hurt, or else...”
“Or else everyone would know you’re Superman.” She grimaced, then remembered that he couldn’t see her. “Anyway, I just realised that. So, I guess in a way I did save your life tonight after all.”
Ah ha! Therein lies the twist! Kinda scary.
At least she’d have Clark... for the moment. They could even work together. She stifled a hysterical laugh as it occurred to her that she now had one ability even Superman lacked. Finally, after all her childhood daydreams, she was invisible. She could get past all those closed doors. Combining her invisibility with Clark’s powers, they’d be unbeatable.
But that wouldn’t be the worst of it. Clark loved her now. He might even be content to have a relationship of sorts with her now. But, sooner or later, he’d get tired of a girlfriend who was only there in spirit? Someone he couldn’t go out with - could never be seen in public with? A woman he could never marry, who couldn’t give him the kids she was sure he’d want?
/me whimpers...
He didn’t know if it were possible. He didn’t know if he could bear to do it anyway. But he had to let her go.
/me thwaps Wendy!
Her words stunned him. “Make love to me, Clark.”
Make love to - But they couldn’t. Could they? Could she?
Touching. Kissing. Caressing. Fingers and lips speaking wordlessly, eloquently, of need and passion and longing. Of love and loss. Of desire and deep yearning. Of life and death and never wanting to let go. Learning how to say goodbye when that was the last thing either of them wanted.
/me tries to catch her breath
And, as the storm ebbed away at last, he saw her.
Ack!!! You're kidding me? Right?
But, in front of his eyes, she began to fade, growing fainter and fainter until all he could see beneath him was the bedding.
ACK! ACK! ACK!!!!!!
“I’m still here,” she repeated. “I’m here, Clark - I won’t leave you, I promise.”
Crap! You scared the living daylights out of me! (And I'm not even going to ponder whether or not that's a bad pun.
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This precious hour would be as if it had never happened.
He lay still, stroking her hair, as his heart slowly turned to ice.
/me thwaps Wendy repeatedly!!!! Fix it now!!!
/me whimpers
Sara (who's pretty much too traumatized to say anything else
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