Beautiful fic, Jessi. Interestingly, an important part of this vignette is how Clark fools Lois with his dual identity. But instead of irritating me, you make me feel for Clark very much. He wants to be with Lois is his Superman persona, too, but he feels unable to:
A look she couldn't quite read came over his face before he shook his head. “I should get going.”
“Right. Of course. You probably have something more important to be doing,” she agreed quickly, hoping she didn't sound too disappointed.
He gave her an almost regretful smile, then passed the blankets into her arms. “I hope you have a wonderful Christmas, Lois. You deserve it.”
On the other hand, he is absolutely delighted that Lois has come to spend Christmas withhim, Clark Kent:
Jonathan's welcome had been just as amiable as Martha's, and Clark had seemed thrilled to see her. In fact, up until a couple minutes ago, he hadn't left her side.
He was thrilled to see her... he had flown her out himself, though of course in his own eyes he wasn't himself when he was Superman, but it's not as if he could be surprised that Lois was in Smallville... and yet he was thrilled to see her. That's adorable.
Lovely fic, Jessi!
Ann
