Christina: 
Thank you for commenting.
You know, if he's whipped, I'd say she's hooked so I suspect they're just two lovers (even if not in the physically intimate sense) in love.

Nicely said, and I may end up borrowing that for my quote line.
CLARK: Definitely not in the physical sense.
LOIS: Shucks.
As someone just reminded me, due to the length of my epics, my stories sometimes read better in the Archive version because the reader doesn't have to wait a week between parts.