What a wonderful ficlet Friday treat this is!
She should be out celebrating instead of spending her sixteenth birthday at home with her sister.
Her parents are just the absolute worst.
Should I tell her that I’ve decided to go back to drifting after I broke up with Lana? That I believe it's easier to upend my roots altogether than continuing to live in the same city as Lana or move to Metropolis where Lois is so tantalizingly close?
Nooooo....
I just can't deliver another blow.
YES! Good! I love that you had him come around on this much more quickly than in the series when he tried to break up with her for her own good.
“I'm so glad you came,” she whispers, her voice cracking with tears that she's managed to keep in until now.
OMG, you really get points for writing the loneliest kid on the planet.
For a while we just stand there, leaning onto each other for support.
Ok, the two loneliest people on the planet.
“At least Mom is in rehab trying to get her life back on track. If she manages to go through with it this time, maybe Lucy will have a sixteenth birthday worth remembering.”
This is such a balanced combination of bitter and hopeful.
Suddenly I'm embarrassed about the pen and notebook I got her to write down the notes for her next big story.
Awwww! But that's such a good gift! At least someone takes her seriously.
With a sudden rush of excitement, I pull her towards the window. I’ve never taken anyone flying before. Not as Clark.
Shut the front door - this is SUCH a good gift!!
And suddenly I remember what I learned from her and why I have to make this work, regardless of where I am. No matter how dire life is, it needs a little fantasy.
As much as I still have trouble with the age difference (just a personal thing), in spite of Clark's clear above-board behavior, it's little moments like this that really make this series incredibly touching.
I wink at her. “Past the second star on the right and straight on ‘till morning.”
Annnnnnnd I'm dead. OK, that's a PERFECT, magical tie-in.
This whole series has been so intimately melancholy - can't wait to see where they go next!
