Wow. This has been gone a while. But I'm glad it's back.
I'm glad you're back with it, Queenie.
It seems that the relationship tangle between Clark and Lois is reversed in the tangle between Michel and Suzanne. She seems to be jealous of the attack-mode reporter from America, and relieved when she finds out that Lois is tangled up with Clark Kent. And her little hint about Superman being in less danger if he'd confine himself to assisting at disasters, combined with her knowing smile when Michel stumbles and says that he'll tell Superman the next time he sees the hero - and what are the odds of that? - hint that she understands him a whole lot better than he thinks she does.
Suzanne knows more than she's telling. And she feels more than she's telling, too. I think she knows something very 'super' about Michel that he thinks is a total secret. And I think she's in love with him, too. I wonder when she'll tell him.
Of course, Michel is very close to being in love with Suzanne, too, but he's too skittish to talk with her about his feelings. You've reversed the early Clark/Lois dynamic without switching the Kryptonian heritage, and it's working. Please promise your muse(s) some chocolate, a cruise to the Caribbean, separate vacations, anything to get more for this tale! With all that's been going on in my life over the past year, I'd forgotten about this story with it's rich but all-too-brief chapters (hint-hint wink-wink nudge-nudge), and I'm very pleased to find it here again. It's fun to see the relationships develop, and when the guys get themselves right in the head, I'd bet that Lois and Suzanne will become cautious friends and bond over coffee and pie and a discussion about loving a super-powered man and they'll be thrilled to talk it over with someone who really understands what the other is experiencing. But I think you've got a lot more ground to cover before you get there, so start walking!
Please. Now that you're back with this, I'm eager to see more.
