Thanks for all the great comments. I'm glad the humor is shining through. I really wanted this to be a light piece.
I do find it interesting that even though the tv show established a relationship where the both of them wanted to wait until they were married before they consumated their relationship, and Clark hadn't been with anyone; fanfics tend to throw the two of them in bed after their first kiss (or sometimes even before).
Well, I have to beg to differ there. I think the show established that Clark wanted to wait until he met the right woman, not that he wanted to wait until marriage. He simply offered to wait until marriage because Lois was freaking out about it. (He said, "I *can* wait." not "I *want* to wait.") And since it was established that Lois wasn't a virgin, I'd say it's pretty logical that the right circumstances could have made her change her mind about waiting until marriage. I do agree though that it's odd and often out of character for them to jump in bed together very early on in their relationship, especially stories that throw them together before they are even friends, let alone dating. But in this case the relationship is about as serious as it can get, so I don't think it's odd that they are sleeping together. (But if you want to argue that it was ooc for them to sleep together in Playing for Keeps, I could see your argument though I'd continue to disagree. However by PbH it's already established that they are sleeping together so it shouldn't be surprising at all.)
Tank (who is trying to prepare himself for the onslaught of overly waffy vignettes that are inevitable during this season... bah humbug)
I have to tell you this cracked me up. Bah humbug, indeed.
Annie
