I could make a case for either Lois or Lana surviving.

The fact that Clark barely wants to go in and see the "patient" indicates to me that Lois survived. Even though he's commiserating over the way the whole thing was handled, if Lana survived he'd be a little more upbeat, I think.

And Lois did breathe before she was handed over to the ship - Lana was bleeding profusely and would have required more attention.

Oh, Terry, you've just GOT to have a sequel!

As to whether or not this is an LnC fic or a Smallville fic....it's kind of neither, in its own alt-universe.

In Smallville, Clark doesn't feel comfortable sharing his secret with Lana - in this fic, Lana was open-minded (which she's never been in either show, LnC or Smallville) and accepting about who Clark really was.

Who knows in the real DC universe if Lana had been different, he may have stayed with her.

After all in the post-crisis world, which is currently being re-booted again by Infinite Criss, after Clark told Lana who he really was, she leaves Smallville for years - she can't handle sharing him with the whole world!

Anyway, congrats on a well-developed, well-written fic, and I personally hope you pursue a sequel. There are lots of loose ends for Clark, psychologically and otherwise.


Chris

"Together we are stronger than each of us is apart"