Woohoo!! Another one I knew right away.
Brief Encounter, by Wendy Richards and Yvonne Connell.
How about this?
Clark took one deep breath. "I'm Superman."
Lois wasn't sure she heard him correctly. Her brain had suddenly ceased to function. Whatever possibilities that had passed through her mind before this moment, whatever she thought Clark might be going to say, what she thought she heard certainly wasn't it.
"What?" There was a quaver in her voice.
"I'm sorry, Lois, I know I should have told you sooner. You have to believe me when I tell you how much I wanted to tell you before this, but I just didn't know when it would be the right time."
"You're Superman?" Lois was still dealing with the original pronouncement.
Clark nodded once and levitated a couple of feet off the seat of the couch. Lois' hands flew to her mouth as tears flooded her eyes. Clark reached for her but she pulled back and scrambled off the couch. Her hands left her mouth to clench hard at her sides, her teeth finding her bottom lip as her tears fell in earnest.
"Lois, I'm sorry. I know you are upset. Please allow me to explain. I know you are probably mad because I didn't tell you sooner. You probably don't think I trust you, but believe me I do. It just has been so hard recently with all the confusion in our relationship and everything. If you and I could just... what?"
Lois was just holding up her hand and shaking her head in denial. "You don't understand. This is the worst thing you could have told me."
Kaethel
