You definitely saved the best for last.
I chuckled at the check-in scene.
"Well, you can't fix me." She paused, unable to continue the lie. Clark had been 'fixing' her from the first moment they met; healing her heart, teaching her to trust, to care, to love.
Beautiful.
But then he realised what she'd said. 'Rescue something.' He shot off into the air searching the city for the scenario he had in his head. There was bound to be one.
A cat stuck in a tree? (And why do I want to respond to the last quoted sentence with a Highlander line?
)
Caught at the top of a tree in a small back garden the black and white kitten had obviously been too adventurous for its own good.
Yup. Treed kitty.
Would she ever believe anything he told her again?
A short journey from the ridiculous to the sublime.
"A fool in love … with you."
Awww.
Stars sparkled above her. They also sparkled far below her; the lights of Pensacola.
Nicely phrased.
To borrow Patrick's word, a delightful story.Thanks for sharing it with us.
Joy,
Lynn
p.s., Thanks for posting this part so quickly.
