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“Sebastian Finn, I presume,” Henderson said.

“So... why'd you kill Dr. Winninger?” Lois asked.

“His Rosencrantz was atrocious,” Finn stated.

“But why come after me?” Lois asked.

“You could identify me,” Finn said. He sounded surprised that she would need to ask his motives.

“No, I couldn't,” Lois said.

Finn shrugged. “Well, that's the way it goes sometimes.”

“How does Barbara Trevino fit into this?” Lois asked.

Finn shook his head. “You can't make me talk… Superman may have been the Man of Steel, but I have a will of iron.”

“I hate actors,” Lois groused. Henderson just chuckled.
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His Rosencrantz is so bad he qualifies for federal aid! laugh

This may be taken straight from the episode - it probably is - but I loved it nonetheless. (And I don't necessarily share Lois's hatred of actors. wink )

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“I guess I'd just feel better if I could...” She looked over at the sofa.

“Stay here tonight?” Clark said, guessing her meaning.

She nodded and he pulled her into a hug. His heartbeat was slow and even and comforting and her head fit perfectly in the hollow of his shoulder.

"I live by three rules,” she had told Clark soon after they'd met. "Never get involved in your stories, never let anyone else get there first, and never sleep with anyone you work with.' Granted, she later confessed to him she had, at one time or another, broken each of those self-imposed rules. And now it looked she might just be breaking them again. The story had gotten her involved. And it very warm and safe in Clark's arms right now.

She knew he had feelings for her – a simple friend or co-worker wouldn't have shielded her body with his own as he had. But she was afraid of what would happen if she raised her head and kissed him. They had a comfortable relationship at the moment. They were friends – best friends. And she could destroy that in a moment if she had misread his feelings. Especially when she wasn't really sure of hers.

She had thought that Superman was the love of her life. But Superman was dead and gone. Clark was alive and here.
I so hope she will break her rules with Clark! Dandello, you shouldn't have told us about that Ivory Tower episode, where the two lead characters give in and make love. (Yeah, yeah, their writers made them do it... and guess what I hope that Lois and Clark's current writer, you, will make them do....)

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“Now you know why I don't ride busses,” Lois muttered to Clark. He chuckled.

“Your elitism is showing,” he told her as the bus stopped next to the Daily Planet building.
Yeah, I try to avoid them too... I mean, I've got my bike!!! laugh

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Not my bicycle, but I like that it looks so normal and ordinary.... laugh

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Lois looked around. Except for a cleaning woman, there was no one left in the newsroom besides her, Clark, and Jimmy.
No one is there, except for the cleaning woman, and she can't be a threat, of course... even though a woman, Barbara Trevino, is threatening Lois! :rolleyes:

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“I'll be back to pick you up in a little while,” Clark told her. Then he was gone and room felt cold.
I love that! Lois does love him now!

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Lois grabbed Clark's arm and smiled at him. “Come on.”

“Where are we going?” he asked.

“I thought you might take me home,” she said, giving him a cheeky grin.

“I thought you didn't need a bodyguard?”

“Who said anything about a bodyguard?” she asked, grabbing her coat.
I was almost wondering if this was the end of your fic. It felt a bit final. But surely it can't be, because the title of the chapter is A World Without Superman 10/?, which surely suggests that there is more to come. And you definitely owe us a lot more about what is going to happen to Lois and non-powered Clark! Well, you know what I want them to do together! Apart from Clark and Lois both finding out that Clark used to be Superman, of course. And it looks to me as if Clark is slowly regaining some of his "super" stuff, because he seems to heal pretty fast. The B-plot potential of this story is really, really great!

Ann