Thank you, ksarasara. Bon appétit!
Michael, Dean Cain was drafted by the Buffalo Bills and damaged his knee early in training camp, so he never played in the NFL. This game was an homage to his former team. I picked the Chiefs because they're the closest NFL team to Smallville and because they're in the same conference as the Bills. (I'm sure the NFL organization is at least as baffling to Europeans as Aussie Rules Football is to uninitiated Americans.)
I buried the lead? You kinda have to with this type of story. If you telegraph "Hey, this is just a setup for a pun!" in the beginning, the ending has far less impact.
As to the sex metaphor - looking at you, D.C. - I would hope that Clark and Lois would not wait for the boy's sixteenth birthday to have "The Talk" with him.
Y'all keep up the great fic work!
