24 Hours by Wendy Richards.
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Clark Kent is Superman...
Lois woke with a start, her calf muscle drawing up into a
charley horse.
Ouch.
She alternated pointing her toes and drawing them back, trying
to work it out. She sat up in bed and reached down to rub and
soothe the protesting limb.
Now, what had awakened her so suddenly?
Clark Kent is Superman...
The thought was screaming at her. It was true. He was Superman.
It was as plain as... as vanilla ice cream without chocolate
sauce.
She shook her head trying to clear some of the fog. Had that
realization just come to her? In her dreams?
No. No, it was coming back to her now. Clark's parents had been
kidnapped. Nigel had wanted her dead. She'd petitioned Superman
to freeze her so she would appear to be dead, and just before
he'd done as she asked... he had touched her, cupped her
face...
Just like Clark!
Clark had touched her the same way, only hours before, when
she'd told him she would do anything to help him get his parents
back.
And she had... up to and including almost dying for them. And
yet...
She hadn't even known whom she was doing it for.
Superman.
