Beautiful, Dave!

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Until she turned him away, pressed his face into her shoulder and held him to her.
I liked the subtle, almost reflex but very telling actions of the two of them - Clark, who doesn't kill, watching the man die, and Lois, who doesn't do tender, turning him away from the sight.

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Her friend. Her friend who'd almost died.
I love seeing this scene from Lois's point of view.

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"Okay," she said, and she hoped she'd be enough.
Ah, if she only knew... 'Small Prickly Woman Single-Handedly Saves -Figuratively Speaking - the World's Superhero. Again.'

I liked this small piece immensely. And it set the stage so nicely for a potentially longer piece or two. So how about it, Dave? Care to continue the idea? Please?

~Toc

TicAndToc :o)

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