Interesting twist on Clark keeping his secret. Now he is not worried about himself about getting Lois in danger. At least, that's what he's saying but is there a deeper issue involved. Will he come up with a new excuse in a couple of weeks? Or will Luthor be so elusive that Lois will run out of patience.
About their little mid-air tiff. I'm almost 100% it was in this fic that Superman took Lois into the sky to have a fight after rescuing her from the vault during the Invisible Man, right? So, are they developing a habit of cleaning the air mid-air?
I did wonder if you would give Clark the alias 'Mike' after Lois called herself Susan. And there he was - Miguel

Good to see you're back from the holidays. And the Ficathon. Well, you know what I mean
Michael