Had to take a break, but I'm so glad to be getting to this chapter!
“Yes, it was great,” Lois replied, careful to pat down any stray tendrils of enthusiasm.
Perfect instinct for Lois here, and also so comedic since we know that Martha will know better!
“If the editor was someone else, someone more aligned with Clark’s values, do you think he would consider it?” Lois asked, keeping her tone casual.
“I doubt it.”
Little heartbreak!
In truth, it was hard to know what Clark actually wanted because he was so intent on not failing in his responsibilities.
I love that you're concentrating so much on this character trait. It makes so much sense here and is so true to form.
“Lana!” she said, sounding pleased. “And Levi! Come in.”
The plot thickens! Wow, Lana's must have her finger on the pulse of the small town gossip!
“It seems everyone is talking about that. The only two people not talking about that are Clark and me.” She looked at Lois with troubled eyes. “I don’t want to hurt Clark. He’s been hurt enough. If he really wanted to marry me, if he thought that was best, I would marry him.”
So complicated. And poor Lana.
“I was so excited when I heard he took you out last night. I have been terrified he would come and propose to me.”
So glad Lois is here because, like, has NO ONE asked Lana what she wants? And, of course, they haven't. I've seen this sort of thing before, but it's so sad. Such a very real detail about this close-knit communities.
“But it’s something Clark would do – put his own chance at real happiness aside so Levi could have a father and I could have someone to look after us.”
Ooof, another little heartbreak.
“If you do decide to stay, I’d like to be friends,” she said.
But Lois wasn’t going to stay. “I’d like that, too,” she said.
Aw, Lana. And I think this is the moment I'm going to start rooting for Lois to give up Metropolis, instead of Clark giving up the farm. I don't know what you have planned, and I suspect I'll be over the moon for whatever you end up writing, but I think I'm throwing my hat in the ring in favor of Smallville, since so many of these relationships rely so much on Clark in ways we don't usually see. And it's easy to see how Lois fits in.
It should have made things simpler.
But somehow, it didn’t.
But I can just imagine the absolute FIT she'd end up throwing if Lana was interested in chasing Clark, lol.
He was so, so excited about seeing her again. He had thought about nothing else as he had driven the tractor and baler along row after row of raked hay. The anticipation was exquisite.
Awwwwww!
Lois was there. She looked up from the tomatoes and smiled, melting his heart and squeezing the breath from his lungs.
Double aww!
“I don’t need to rest. How heavy are the bales?”
Good girl!
“You are only to do the first, second and third layers. Don’t lift them any higher. I’ll do that.”
“OK,” Lois said, not sure if she would obey.
Love every part of this! SO fun the way you apply their character traits to this totally different scenario that we see them at the Planet in the series.
"I did it that way last year.”
Of course, he had… right around the time his father had passed away.
She had to try to protect him from those memories. Or at least be there so he didn’t have to remember alone. “I’m coming, too,” she said firmly.
Very astute of her. I love this detail.
“You won’t hit me,” he said.
She wasn’t sure that anyone could be fine after the amount of physical work he had done today. “Are you sure?”
This is a really sweet navigation on both of their ends.
Who would have thought that chasing down a story and storing away hay would produce similar feelings?
Yaaaaaas, Lois, come to the farm life....
Great chapter! The tension between the hay and the rain feels very real!
