Darth Michael: Thank you for continuing to read and comment.
You brighten my day.
Oops? So, did it explode or did he fold it up with his fingers?
It was crisp toast. His fingers shattered it with too much force.
Also, aren’t Kryptonian females rather pliable? /points at the professional caregivers/
Lois only knows of one Kryptonian at the moment.
Sounds like she failed Marketing 101.
I was going for "jumped in without thinking first".
This way, Clark will know exactly what to expect instead of having the brushed-up version of a roommate to make the offer more attractive.
Exactly.
CLARK: /confused/ It’s a Lois volunteering to share my bed. What’s the ER talking about? /huh/
Do you mean that she could show up like she just went in search of the Super-Godzilla and he's say "okay"? Except for one little, tiny, flaw... His fear of killing her.
“You know sharing an apartment.
Ooooh! I found the place where you took the comma from, three parts ago or so.
Um...Oooookay? After the "know" then?
You. Me. Living together,” she said.
ELLEN: In sin.
GRAMS: Oh, shut it. She’s a grown girl and he’s man-pretty.
CLARK: /shifts uncomfortably/ Yes, I'm a HE.
Oooops.
Sorry. Fixed.
Also, yes. After all, he’s a Kryptonian. They’re rather dense.
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“This isn’t about me being afraid,” she growled.
Riiiiight.
Haven't we established that Lois has a vision problem? i.e. that she can't see what's right before her eyes.
No. Not *here*. He really *is* stupid. She’s afraid of her place.
Perhaps he's proving a point.
Here would give him the option to think that she meant as roommates. Her in her room. Him in Lucy’s old room.
ER: /reads between the lines = "Lois wants to jump Clark's bones!"/
There is a reason that this story arc is called "between the lines".
Lifting his buttery fingers to her lips, she stuck one into her mouth to lick it clean.
ER: /Surprised that EW would distract the reader in the middle of this important conversation./
CLARK:
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The reader?
No, he’s very…dense at the moment.
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Gfic.
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/scratches head/ Is ‘tripping the patented Clark Kent overload switch’ your invention or was it some other author?
Points to over younder where little Michael dealt some cards.
But that way she’d be repeating the previous action 9 more times?
So, she'd skip his toes?
So, he’s telling her that she’s acting like a golddigger trying to find a nice pad to stay at? Hmm…considering his place, actually, just a stereotypical ‘60s woman trying to snag a reasonably well-situated husband. Does he really think this is a wise insinuation to make?
CLARK: /holding now empty bucket of ice water/ Nope, that worked just as it was supposed to.
LOIS:
Actually, he’s more the ‘creepy, stalker guy’.
LEX: Hey! What about me?
CLARK: Yeah, I look good next to that guy!
LOIS:
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Is Jimbo still available?
Wouldn’t it be awkward if she broke up with him in a couple of months because of this?
Because he wouldn't move in with her NOW? Or do what he feared?
DAN: Meet me and move on?
ER: /shocked that he forgot that a woman is allowed to change her mind at any time/ But…but…but…she…earlier…she…what?
LOIS: Just because I want him to take me to bed once we move in together doesn’t mean he gets to spell it out first.
She didn't say anything about sleeping together. She was just hungry for butterfingers.
Is that his ‘your robe should be made of lead’ gaze?
No, that was his dense act slipping.
Right. Because she’s going to not be all over him when he sleeps next to her.
CLARK: *Over* the covers.
LOIS: Makes him easier accessible…
LOIS: Hey! No sleeping on the ceiling! Get back down here!
So, basically, any sort of ‘I’m available sign’ above his head.
CLARK:
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Ooops. Broken.
Friends with Cat? Not having gotten any for several years of knowing Clark?
Ding! Ding! Ding!
CAT: The latter. We've known each other for years.
Yeah, sounds like she’s trading sex for a place to sleep.
LOIS:
When you put it that way... My place doesn't seem so bad.
Afraid he’s going to fly off to an emergency as soon as she shuts off the light in the bathroom?
CLARK: Really, someone was calling for help. I promise, Lois!
He’d prefer her not jumping into things with both feet? Kryptonian physiology this, invulnerability that.
Not literally jumping on things with both feet.
CLARK: Can we just not experiment in that department, please?
“Sometimes ripping off the bandage quickly is the best way,” she countered.
She wants to rip his clothes off?
CLARK:
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LOIS: I didn't *say* that!
CLARK: /gives Michael a 'can you believe her' look./
He kinda does. For instance, he sleep floats.
Only when female guests stay over.
JIMBO: Sooooo, never?
I believe she said, “We’ve slept together before, you know,”
“And as I recollect, it was quite nice… sleeping together, that is.”
Oh, when she was shot.
Also when that crazy non-environmental woman was after her.
CLARK: I don't know what she's talking about. I didn't sleep.
You evil, evil writer. /that's not allowed!/
What? /adds some buffer to my EW badge/ Why not?
You've met Lois, right?
She going to spend her days on a treadmill if she moves in with him, huh?
Why would Clark move the treadmill that Lex gave Lois to HIS apartment?
CLARK: Nope, that sucker is toast.
LOIS: The reason why I lobbied for sharing the space underneath the covers. Also great for taking the edge off, plus, extra bonus calories burner, too!
CLARK: Right. I've never had a need for a treadmill at my... oh.
Oh, it wasn’t actually breakfast. Also, she a bit jealous that Clark’s a better reporter than she is?
Not jealous. Envious.
LOIS: He is so NOT the better reporter. The better reporter doesn't have super powers!
LOIS: No, I’m not jealous. But I will be starting an investigation into the malpractices of the Kerth board’s members.
Don't spread that around, Lois, or someone might steal that article idea.
Can someone hiding an alien invader be considered ‘innocent’?
Who are you? Trask? Wayne Irig wasn't innocent?
Ooooh! It’s from canon! /clap/
I made reference to it oh... um... way back... um... in Section I. If anyone recalls.
Also, why she’s stuffing herself at Mike’s!
Why not? Best cake in town.
Maybe he scanned the envelope and realized he’d have to make like a tree and leave?
Good guess. But it was actually an emergency. Sorry.
Maybe it’s a prearranged meeting that combines companionship with a blonde with food and some legal exchanges?
Hey! That's my story! I mean. I don't have any idea to what you could be referring.
What if he showed up dressed as Superman?
LOIS: /damned if I do. Damned if I don't./
Well, they are trying not to associate Lois with Superman much, because otherwise he'll be accused of stealing Clark's girl.
Lois! Not out here n the open.
She's picturing them in her MIND. Not out in the open.
Oh, those kind of sins. Envy. Not Lust.
Give her a minute.
Oh, look, it’s gluttony that combines envy with lust
Okay, another minute.
FDK response to be continued...
