I'm glad that people are still commenting on this one so that it could pop up in the active threads! I love the hopeful feel of this, and the way Lois just transforms his day, just by her proximity.
So, this is so silly, but I love that the landlord says, "Suit yourself" and then Clark chooses to spin into the Superman suit after he leaves. It just tickled me.
...he’d naively thought that once he’d gotten a job, he would be fine financially. Or at least able to afford a place to live that wasn’t…so obviously not what he wanted.
Ooof, too real!
Especially since…
His spirits lifted just a little then, and, on a whim, he ducked into the nearest alley, quickly changed into his superhero costume, and launched himself up into the air.
I know this is heading toward Lois but in the writing here, you can just FEEL his total joy and freedom in being able to just use his powers!
...and he felt an unfamiliar warmth spread through him as her lips curled up into a soft smile.
Awww. I feel like we don't see this enough - we sort of take it for granted that Clark is all in as a basis for the relationship. But this little hint that it's new and he's still sorting things out is really lovely.
He’d had a train of thought, he really had. But he’d gotten lost in her eyes as he started to speak, and he forgot whatever it had been that he’d been going to say.
Aw, farmboy.
He belonged here, in Metropolis, at the Planet…and with her.
Luck had been on his side after all, and everything else would work itself out…in time.
Because he’d definitely found what he’d been looking for.
Soooo worth staying for!
It's sweet that with no one else around, Lois is already starting to let her guard down. This whole story really sets them up for the relationship we know if coming one day! And Clark's naivete is really charming the way you write this!
