Poetic.
All through the fic you had the dialogue just right - the characters were described through their speech. And the whole mistletoe thing was lovely.
The fact that Lois has been fighting off negative messages all her life, and has to go to Smallville - away from her usual haunts - to get "detoxified" is very poignant. I think we can all relate to bad thoughts and negative self-image. Glad to see that Clark is there for her.
