Love, love, love the chapter. (I would have done longer feedback, but I couldn't wait until the kids were asleep for the night to start reading, and wound up reading in sections throughout the day.)
I love that there's a slow, tentativeness to their new relationship. They love each other, but they still have so much to repair between them, and, especially in Lois' case, so much lingering guilt. They need time, they need to feel out each other still.
I hadn't thought much about how Clark would feel (maybe always feel) on the anniversary of the story. I love tha you included it.
I can't wait to see what you've cooked up in the epilogue. A proposal? A wedding? I doubt it's Lois back at the DP, though I wish she would. At first, I thought Clark's new place was going to be the house on Hyperion from canon.
As always, powerful and beautiful with phrases to swoon over!
