Okay, I'm back.
Ah yes! What a wonderful way to start the day. With another HEARTSTOMPING from Dave!
That's quickly becoming one of my favourite words.
Unless this is a dream fic or HG & his time machine shows up or maybe Martha has taken surgery at night school or maybe Mike the Guardian Angel resurrects Clark or....
Or the paramedics arrive in time, or someone there snaps out of it and performs first aid, or it's really just a flesh wound and Clark's being melodramatic... just don't read the sequel.
I love the bits about Lois taking his breath away when she'd been "just Lois" and he was "just Clark"...
That had to be one of my favourite parts. Thank you for noticing it.
And again, thanks for the comments and fdk.