whom he had momentarily forgotten was still there, despite having just pulled him out of the concrete pool moments earlier.
This got me the first time and it struck me again here. He's just so happy to be back in Lois' world that reality totally escapes him.

He’d happily add a layer of cake to his shirt in exchange for another hug.
Awwwwwww.
“It’s ok. I have more suit jackets that you can borrow.”
This made me smirk, too. I love the way you write his dialogue!
unnecessary flip of her hair.
I loved this detail.

He had been right; he had missed something, which had annoyed her.
I really like when he's attuned to this. Season 1 Clark is always my favorite because it felt like he had a higher emotional intelligence, and you did a nice job of capturing that here.
Chicken, he berated himself.

I really like this one, and it was nice to re-read it. I also really liked this whole thing coming from Clark's POV.