Originally posted by Terry Leatherwood:


Anyway, do post the next part soon! That's a nifty twist and I can't wait to see it untwisted.

Originally posted by Tank:

* Lois slapped Jimmy's arm off her shoulder and glared at him. "You wish," she said, while shaking her head. "Actually, he's married to a 400 pound harpy who keeps him on such a short leash that he has to fantasize about life in the fast lane."

Jimmy gave Clark a loopy grin and shrugged. *

It’s the alt-universe and Jimmy is actually the boy wonder who owns the Daily Planet. That’s how he got assigned as Lois Lane’s partner. That’s also how he gets the praise from Perry - because Jimmy is actually Perry’s boss.

Anyway, Jimmy decided he wanted to marry Lois. So he tries to get her to go out with him. She made it clear that while he’s a great friend, she has no romantic interest in him. Jimmy pretends to accept her answer, but...

In this universe, Lucy is much younger than she is in ours - only ten or so. Jimmy kills Lois’ parents. The judge, who has been bribed by Jimmy, makes a ruling against Lois getting custody of Lucy because of her high-risk career and orders Lucy into foster care. Jimmy comes riding to the rescue. Marry me and we’ll get custody of your sister.

Lois hesitates. After all, the idea of intimacy with Jimmy isn’t exactly an attractive option for her. He assures her that he won’t insist on that - until she’s ready. She sees no other way to get custody of Lucy so she marries Jimmy - making sure that he understands that this will be a marriage in name only. After all, Jimmy is so rich that they can afford to hire a nanny - getting rid of the ‘Lois in a high risk career’ argument. Lucy will obviously be well protected.

Lois, though, gets suspicious of Jimmy. It begins on their wedding night. At first she thinks she must have drunk too much champaign. That must be why she finds herself naked with Jimmy in bed, with a pretty good idea that they have, indeed consummated their marriage. But then she finds some little pills in Jimmy’s jacket and she realizes that she was drugged. She’s about to confront him, when she hesitates. If he’d do this, maybe he isn’t the nice, harmless guy he pretends to be. And so she begins an investigation of him - very carefully, though, as she begins to realize how ruthless Jimmy is. And in the meantime, she continues the role of grateful wife and partner and parent to Lucy.

Enters Clark. Lois doesn’t trust him. She doesn’t trust him in particular because it appears that Jimmy likes him. And she certainly doesn’t trust the chemistry she feels with Clark. But then Clark stumbles across something from her investigation into Jimmy. He confronts her. But because she doesn’t trust him, she lies to him. Clark thinks she’s lying to him and begins an investigation of his own - which leads him to Jimmy.

In any event, Jimmy doesn’t like Clark. His friendly act is just that - an act. Maybe he senses something, some chemistry between Lois and Clark, during the Messenger investigation. Lots of things happen in Jimmy’s effort to get rid of Clark. But the man seems to have nine lives. But in the end, Jimmy manages to have Clark set up for stealing from the Planet and thereby getting fired.

Anyway, at some point in the investigation, Lois gets herself into a tricky situation and is almost caught by Jimmy - but is rescued miraculously by Clark who is running a parallel investigation to hers. After the rescue, he hands over all the evidence he’s gathered, finally gaining her trust. Lois and Clark finally put together a case on Jimmy in the death of the Lanes. They trace the bribe money to the judge who was going to send Lucy to foster care. They even prove that Jimmy set up Clark and got him fired. Jimmy goes to jail. Clark gets his job back. Lois gets a divorce and custody of Lucy. As for Lois and Clark... well, the adventure of moving them from co-conspirators in the plot to bring down Jimmy to lovers is left for another story.

You can thank Classicalla for this idea.

“Wait a minute. Lois Lane? And James Olsen. You’re that Olsen? Of Lane and Olsen? The Hottest Team in Town?”

Then, turning to Clark and casually draping an arm around Lois’s shoulders, Jim continued, “Clark, I’d like you to meet Lois Lane, the Planet’s best investigative reporter, and my wife.”

* Lois slapped Jimmy's arm off her shoulder and glared at him. "You wish," she said, while shaking her head. "Actually, he's married to a 400 pound harpy who keeps him on such a short leash that he has to fantasize about life in the fast lane."

I thought it was fine, as is. Every guy deserves to have a gal. Enjoy life, Jimmy. It doesn't get any better than this.