Very funny! I, too, was a bit worried until the last line.
It might be as funny if the same story were set after Clark and Lois get married. Then Lois would have an even more urgent motive to dissuade Perry from printing the headline. And perhaps he could muse that 'the lady doth protest too much' and wonder why?
I have enough of my own plot bunnies taking up room in my cranium as it is. Anyone may have this one - with my urgent blessing!
You're pretty sneaky. Lynn. It was an excellent read.
