OMG.
I was totally cracking up at the beginning stuff, from Mayson taking a creative writing class to get closer to Clark, to "Giant Cosmic Kitten Unspool's DA's Air Tight Case" (ROTFL, that's a classic!) ... and then I got to this ...
“Yes, just tonight, in Mayson’s office, I realized that the name ‘Tempus’ means…everything to me.”
“To us,” she breathed, still not turning.
“Us,” he answered fervently. “Let’s go home. My home. Your home. Anywhere. But let’s go, Lois.”
And it was like this giant hand reached through my chest and grabbed my heart, clenching it and turning it into a huge puddle of WAFFy goo ...
Heh heh, I was sitting behind Mayson in class. <vbg>
Fantastic, CC! This was great.
Oh, and I have to add ...
“Unbuttoned?” Lois offered in her best talk-to-me tone.
“Undone?” Overrode Clark, sounding a bit too sympathetic.
“Un…spooled.” Answered Mayson, looking thoughtfully back at the two wordsmiths.
ROTFL! Wow, those would make great titles for other stories ... why don't you write them? <bg>
Kathy (who thinks CC definitely needs to get back to work on that third story of her series!

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