Hi Vicki!
And now for the finale!
"So, what do you want to know?" he asked after a brief silence blanketed the room.
"Everything." The response was immediate.
But does she *really* want to know *everything*? I mean, there’s…things she wouldn’t want to know about Clark. Personal things. *Private* things.
"My parents found me one night after seeing what they thought was a meteor crash into a field not far from their home.
Can you imagine if he had been instead found by a couple of wolfs and raised in the woods? Sending the capsule into space without a proper landing module sure was akin to child neglect. Maybe they should get a visit from CPS about that.
LEX: Yes. Yes, indeed. And if CPS finds them indeed lacking and additional children, they should have them taken to a foster family immediately. Luckily, I have a couple of bedrooms available. And nannies. I have several nannies available.
All throughout my childhood, my powers started manifesting, one by one. I didn't know why. Neither did my parents.
Like how things always become so transparent when he was near the girls’ locker room. Or why fires started when he was talking to the cheerleading squad. And that sudden cold front that one summer day at the lake when the entire class went skinny dipping?
Would I ever stop gaining new powers?
No… /points at ‘lock picking’, ‘creative evidence gathering’, and ‘pleasing Lois’ although he’s still working on that last one. Not mastered it yet and every time he figures one out, there’s the next level to consider.
A silent Lois on the outside usually meant a surging volcano within. It was only a matter of time before her anger would come spewing forth, rightfully burying him in fire and ash.
So, x-nay on the storage closet during office hours, then, huh? Given how they have to keep it real quiet-like there.
"So, if I asked you how many women you've dated..."
"Five," Clark immediately responded,
Multiply this by three according to the common trope on male and female statistics.
"The women you saw...how many did you..."
…propose to?
"None," he interrupted, looking away. "I've never been in love before. Until I met you."
"So, you're..." Her eyes widened in shock.
…still not married to anyone else.
"I couldn't help it," he replied. "I could never hide the way I feel about you.
Well…*that’s* his mother’s fault.
"Don't you worry that I might give you away somehow?"
"No," he replied confidently and without hesitation. "I know I can trust you. More than that even. I can't really explain it.
/points at photos at Chateau Roberge or the ones taken in Centennial Park of her and Superman, holding hands and gazing lovingly into their eyes/
"Don't make me regret it." It was half an ultimatum, half a plea.
"Never," he swore. "You have my word, Lois. I love the fact that I can be honest with you now. For so long, I've been alone in how I live my life."
So, he’ll be honest with her when he tells her that it’s too dangerous for her to be dating Clark Kent because Superman will always endanger her?
"True," he agreed, "but it's different with them. They're my parents. Their support is...I don't want to say a given, but...it's kind of a given, you know?
LOIS: No. I don’t know, actually.
"One of the family? What am I then? Chopped liver?" he tossed back lightly.
To be fair, he’s an alien and Lois is a human.
"I, uh...I have something I'd like to give you tonight, Lois," Clark said, his pulse quickening. "It's not a gift, per se, but it's something I'd like to give you in private. If that's okay, I mean."
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Didn’t find a ring-one but I figure, a ring pop should do, too?
When they parted, Lois gave him a mischievous look. "Should we wake your parents and tell them the good news?"
"Nah," Clark said, waving off the suggestion. "For tonight, at least, it's our little secret."
I’m sure it will be out when they show up in their fuzzy robes the next morning, Clark wearing the pink one and Lois the maroon one, that is.
Adorable take on HIWTHI, Vicki! Lois and Mayson had such different dynamic, here
Michael
