Excellent, Jocelyn. thumbsup I always love reading scenes that saw on screen re-explored much more thoroughly. I love the details you added, like Clark checking for signs of lock-pick and Lois talking to herself on the couch. Of course, just like in the show I *wish* she'd had time to say that she needed him (*whacks Clark upside the head with a Kryptonite-coated two by four for interrupting her*), but he did hear enough to (hopefully) shift the basis of their relationship in the near future.

I rarely yell for sequels, but I think here it'd be nice if what Lois let out caught up to her. She *needs* him! WAHOOOOOO!!! jump

Kaethel smile

- I'm your partner. I'm your friend.
- Is that what we are?
- Oh, you know what? I don't know what we are. We kiss and then we never talk about it. We nearly die frozen in each other's arms, but we never talk about it, so no, I got no clue what we are.

~ Rick Castle and Kate Beckett ~ Knockout ~