Thanks for posting this final part. Boy was I surprised with this ending ... and I think the "Hmmmm..." describes my mindset pretty accurately right now
I think I already wrote this earlier but if you leave out the details, your story would be more fitting, loosely based on Smallville than doing an alternate universe LnC version. Mind you, that's not generally a bad thing but the way, Clark easily dismissed each and everyone besides Lana does indeed fit!
In the end, I think that reading this story was well worth it and I also liked your writing; though I have to guess, that there'll be some LnC-only-shippers who may not agree with me.
There's just one thing that doesn't sit well. Through your story, Lois was never more than a support-character and you also never wrote a bit of positive chemistry between Clark and her. That in itself was predictable as the story wore on, but you never picked up the 'why'. Thinking back to the LnC show, Clark's attraction was clear from the pilot. If not attraction, at least amicable atmosphere and competition was missing - as Claude hasn't happened yet, I imagine Lois being less tense.
I actually like the idea of Clark not always ending up with Lois in which universe, fandom, reality, whatsoever once in a while. Aside from a single story (by Tank I guess) I've only read more or less 'happy endings' so far, so this one was a refreshing change. It's a pity though that you've shot the possibility for a sequel to hell by killing off Lois but maybe you're creative and think about following this one up, I'd certainly like to know what happens from now on.
