What a sweet ending to such a well-written tale. Lois and Clark only being able to see one another twice in those 2-3 weeks only hammers in the reason that a long-distant relationship wouldn't work for them. They're too busy to have "free time" to spend together (unless they give up sleep).
Of course, he'd (lunkheadly) want to surprise her.
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So Clark!
Stupidly, she'd thought it would be like before she went to Paris. She'd miss him, yeah, but it would be a low-grade thing, like a distant ache. Not this grinding, yearning loneliness. She sighed.
I love this! It's so Lois! Of course, she wouldn't realize HOW much their relationship had changed in France.
I love how she had been guarding CLARK'S desk from new hires who might unsuspectingly be assigned a desk that wasn't rightfully their's.
“Permanently. That is, if you'll have me?”

Just like Clark to inadvertently propose too early! Love it!
“Get back to work. This is a newsroom, not happy hour at Buckingham Palace!”
So Perry! Although, I can't see this kind of proposal there.

(There's a 'happy hour' at the Buckingham Palace?)
One little quibble:
Clark followed Lois back to her desk. Later, they needed to talk - after all, he'd practically proposed in the middle of the newsroom, and she'd accepted - but right now, he had a lot to catch up on.
Wasn't Clark already at Lois desk (with the two coffees) when she ran to greet him?
What a wonderful WAFFy ending to a story that wins on both A and B plots!

I enjoyed it very much!