Awww... I was so enjoying this. Clark driving. Walking down the street eating ice cream. The sharing of their fears. Clark gathering Lois to him as she tells him the story of Linda. This:

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Comfort that flowed unerringly into all the crevices of her heart where pain had festered. Comfort that carried healing.

And such sweet love.
Just when you've got me lulled into a feeling of comfort and hope, Clark goes and thinks:
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It had been his greatest fear - and now he was sure.

He could never be what Lois needed.
Aaarg! wallbash

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