I had forgotten how close Clark came to kissing Lois as SM in this part. I do not think his feeling her hair really counts as keeping proper distance as SM. I think
, of I guess I can't say that because it relates to a later episode.
No wonder Superman had almost kissed her. It had almost impossible to resist a come-on line like that. It took all of his willpower, and one call for help, to distract him from pressing his lips to hers.
I think either you want to change "had" to "was", which is the simplest way, or say "Had been almost". I am pretty sure the way it is right now just does not work.
