I just love this series! So thoughtful and sweet and satisfying.
Hope for me, because I’d have the Daily Planet back again. I’d have my job back, my partner, my—
I choke on a sob and then take a shuddering breath.
Omg, Sara, just tear my heart out.
God, how I thought that was the moment.
This is so nuanced, in context. Hope can be our worst enemy.
Tell him that I was only scared of losing everything in this world that was precious to me…
Nice repetition here, really sweet and effective.
I’ve never seen anything so beautiful in all my life.
I want those words back.
I've been in love with you for a long time. You must have known.
I want those back too.
Ugh, it's so crushing to want a moment in time back. Love the way you're escalating this here.
Would it be so wrong for me to believe his words today were the lie? That surely no one could lie so well?
So well done, because it's evocative but she's also right, which makes it all the more painful.
...but then a little voice in my head reminds me I obviously don’t know the first thing about romance, that I have no business writing about it.
...and wearing a smile that looks hopeful but cautious. Friendly.
I feel like he's still wearing his heart on his sleeve.
My heart clenches and my breath catches, hoping beyond hope that today was the lie after all.
That was a gamble! Classic Lois!
And this time when our eyes meet, he nods, just slightly, as though he’s just as scared as I am in this moment.
This whole tentative approach is so sweet, and it really feels like he's suspended out there on that limb with her. Also smart of him to not make any sudden movements, lest she change her mind again.
“You pick a movie?”
I laugh lightly, half from relief at the way the tension so suddenly left the room.
I love when a character's dialogue has a similar effect on the reader as it does on the character. Nicely written.
Looking forward to the next hundred of these!
