and then wrap both his arms around her at once.

they are getting closer.
Lois would melt against him, running her fingers through his hair.

more touching.
See, I said she no longer had mundane fantasies.
Oh, yes, much better. Her fingers would explore the ridges and valleys of Clark’s muscular chest. Mmmmmm.
Wait, how does she know his chest is muscular.
Lois:I saw him without a shirt, remember.
Their kiss would grow deeper, tongues dancing with tongues,

even closer.
and his hands chastely holding her against him. Chastely?
So much for her not having mundane fantasies.
Well, that wasn’t any fun, but it was a reasonable guess knowing her unofficial secret boyfriend.
That was not what he did in the hospital.
Ugh, she hated that word. She wasn’t a ‘girl’, and Clark certainly wasn’t any ‘boy’.
The unmarried are not fully adults.

That is my best theory on the terminology though.
She would have to come up with a better word to describe their relationship to one another.
Lovers?
The millions of adults in relationships around the world would thank her.
Well, I have known people who seemed to use "fiance" to describe relationships where the man did not seem at all committed to actually marry.