Yet another amazing installment.
It was great to see the path of Clark's thoughts. I'm so glad that he dismissed the idea of shutting her out to protect himself. Although to do so would be completely understandable for someone in his position. It is amazing that he can allow himself to trust her at all and even more so given the scary alternative he conceives - that she could be a tool of Trask's. Lois's display of trust by allowing him to glimpse some of her insecurities went a long way. She needs him too!
And Clark accepted his powerlessness.
Her touch. Her hand in his. Her smile. In that moment, he knew that it didn't matter that heartache was coming as inevitably as an avalanche rolling down a hill. In that moment, he knew that he could hold nothing back from this woman.
She had shown such trust in him.
*sigh* He's her lobster.
"No," he said. "I was sure that you would never come back, but if you did, I wanted to be ready."
Awh
She smiled. "You are ..."
Amazing, incredible, super?
One day, she would walk away from him - just as she was walking away now. Except then, she wouldn't come back.
Luckily Lois has different plans.
Could that be why he seemed to have rejected all thought of escape? Was he convinced that if he broke out of the cell, there would be repercussions for his parents? ... Or was it because he believed that life outside of the cell wouldn't be significantly better than in it? Did he shy away from being chased like a criminal? Being hunted down like an animal? Being hated and feared for being different?
That's what I've been wondering since the door was left open that first time. Now, though, with Lois in the picture, it's a whole different ballgame.
"How do you feel about me going to Kansas?" she asked.
"Great but I insist you let me fly you there," he responded.
"This is what I do. I go into places, I find out information, and I get out."
"I just can't stand the thought of you being hurt," he said.
I'm on serious high alert for the other shoe to drop. I really hope that I'm just being overly paranoid, and that this is not foreshadowing. *looks around warily* I'm also equally worried something happening to Clark while Lois is absent.
But I won't think about any of this now b/c Lois is going to wash his hair AND she's attracted to him! Woohoo!
ETA: In my reread I realized I forgot to mention this:
That would keep his mind from giving licence to the thoughts that were poised like athletes on the starting block, just waiting for a signal that it was OK to break free and revel in all the other memories.
What a beautifully crafted sentence to paint such a picture of this thoughts.
