My goodness, you don't mess around, do you? When you tear them apart, you go full blast! The way you write Clark here feels a lot more vulnerable than anything I've read of yours with Lois. Clark passed out on the ground from heartbreak is definitely not my favorite thing, but I guess going 48 hours without sleep will do that to you. Although if I'm being honest, he's just spent so much time being strong and taking care of Lois that anything this emotional feels foreign to me! I love your ending though, letting him have that emotional low and then shooting him back up. Clark would find a way to get on, with Superman, with the Planet, with everything. I'm glad he's trying!

I also love his active role in trying to figure out what's up with the voice. It's been a good way to keep him in the action and make him more important than merely the victim of Lois's sympathetic story. You did a great job with Martha and Jonathan.

"I really do believe that we're all put here on this earth, or whatever planet we're put on, to do better than we think we can. To be kind, helpful, generous, and forgiving."
"You know something, CK? She's a class act."
"I've always thought so."