FDK: Paper Cut - 03/11/23 01:52 AM
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/11/23 05:46 AM
I love it! I'm always a bit of a sucker for hurt Clark being helped by Lois...
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/11/23 08:38 AM
Just wonderful. I love it when Lois comforts a hurt Clark. Thanks so much for writing this.
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/11/23 11:50 AM
Lovely little fic. Thanks for sharing!
Speaking of poor hurt Clark, of whom many of us are fans, I reread one of my favourites, Break, recently. Any chance of a follow up to that?, she asked hopefully...
Speaking of poor hurt Clark, of whom many of us are fans, I reread one of my favourites, Break, recently. Any chance of a follow up to that?, she asked hopefully...
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/11/23 03:47 PM
Poor Clark!
I like the changes you made. Clark flying out of the window the moment Lois digs a bullet out of his shoulder seemed incongruous to what had happened the prior episode!
I like the changes you made. Clark flying out of the window the moment Lois digs a bullet out of his shoulder seemed incongruous to what had happened the prior episode!
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/13/23 12:42 AM
PuffyTiger - Me too! 
bakasi - Thanks for creating the plot bunny! I had fun writing this
gr8shadesofElvis - Glad you enjoyed it ^_^ As for Break, I might one day do a follow up. I have a very tiny sum-up outline for it at the moment, but would you by chance be interested in being a soundboard for me for it? Let me know
Toomi8 - Yeah, this had certainly been rougher than in canon, but much more realistic imo.
Thanks for the reviews!
bakasi - Thanks for creating the plot bunny! I had fun writing this
gr8shadesofElvis - Glad you enjoyed it ^_^ As for Break, I might one day do a follow up. I have a very tiny sum-up outline for it at the moment, but would you by chance be interested in being a soundboard for me for it? Let me know
Toomi8 - Yeah, this had certainly been rougher than in canon, but much more realistic imo.
Thanks for the reviews!
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/13/23 02:04 AM
Finally got to read this one (RL has been busy). I LOVE IT! Nice revelation, too! 
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/14/23 10:43 AM
Thanks for a great story! I agree with you, this was rougher but much better than on the show. Lois learned the secret and didn't blow up--and it was in character. Nicely done!
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/15/23 04:07 PM
I always enjoy a revelation where Clark has to spill the beans, but Lois accepts the situation without being upset. The papercut was a perfect clue. Way to go!
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/16/23 09:43 PM
Hi Blueowl!
I’m pretty sure I read that oxymoron. Clark must have been tortured.
Torture? Or, rather loisnapped, chloroformed, and now woken up to get the hidden story notes from her?
/eyes rewatch/ Oh, was it already that many weeks ago?
Invulnerable blood flow. Not even Superman can stop it.
So, *that’s* how you cross GGGoH with Madame Ex.
Which reminds me, what if Madame Ex was actually Lex’s Madame and used her used her manipulative psychology to procure willing women for Lex in exchange for a finder's fee.
/Psst/ Lex was shot in front of her and because of her during Fly Hard. They even hit the same spot. Which means another bunny! Lois could treat Superman with the citrus chewing gum concoction.
She could try the snake bite approach.
They did it on the West Coast all the time. Half the gun slingers even survived the procedure. And for some of those, even the infection that came after.
He’s a bird!
You could leak such great surveillance videos from it. “Reporter stabs Superman”.
Or the power cell of his pacemaker.
Great catch!
Oh that’s good 
Really, Clark?
*Really*, Clark?
Better call Jimmy. He’s better at the whole ‘car procurement ' thingy.
Considering the events leading up to this, she can consider herself lucky that he didn't ask if she shot Superman.
JIMMY: She was eating chocolate bars by the box. I figured 'better safe than sorry’.
LOIS: Hey, Henderson. Yes, it’s me. Yes, I need another form 2/46B. You finally got those pre-printed ones? Great. What? No, no property damage files this time.
Superman: But it hurt! A lot.
Almost like when he imagined Lois and lex on their honeymoon?
SUPERMAN:
No, not that bad. Maybe a burp instead of projectile vomiting?
It’s what you call self-sabotage?
She could just go with: “Clark? Where do you keep your sugar?”
Awwww
She’s adorable!
Awwwwww
Oh, he’s awake enough to notice.
Adorable . Simply adorable!
Michael
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: ‘Trust Me, I’m a Reporter’ by Yvonne.
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Cold water splashed onto her face, disturbing the haze of unnatural sleep that was wrapped around her before an even more intense cluster of droplets landed and threatened to enter her nose.
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Why was she holding a gun!? Oh no! Was this the gun Arianna had?
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bleeding heavily from a hole - A HOLE?! - in his left shoulder. He was pressing his hand against it, but it didn't seem to be doing much to stop the flow.
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Her brain tried to process what she was seeing. How?! How could he be hurt?! He was Superman! He was invulnerable!
Which reminds me, what if Madame Ex was actually Lex’s Madame and used her used her manipulative psychology to procure willing women for Lex in exchange for a finder's fee.
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She had seen injured people before, even people who’d been shot, but never like this. Never someone she knew
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‘Out’? As in, she had to somehow get it out? The bullet? How could she do that?
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She was no doctor, and even if she was, how would she be able to extract a bullet outside of a hospital?
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His heart was hammering frighteningly fast. She could feel it humming, humming, under her palm.
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Superman released a cry she never imagined he was even capable of as he arched his back
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An ominous green glow seeped through flesh before she saw the crystal surface. Relief flooded her. It was the bullet!
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She quickly wiped it clean to fully see, hoping it was whole. It was.
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”You’ve never. . . .” She paused, uncertain, but then she decided to plow ahead. “Seen your own blood before, have you?”
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No. I have. I once got a paper cut," he said, still staring at his bloody fingertips.
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I was exposed to kryptonite and lost my powers for a bit last year," he explained, closing his eyes.
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so I could call Clark and have him meet us there in a car."
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Lois, Superman!" he gasped, rushing out of the car. "What happened?!"
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She was suddenly grateful Jimmy hadn't gotten the correct size, even though before she had been quite annoyed upon learning these undercover clothes were far too big on her to be convincing.
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. I’ll stay here with Superman and call Henderson at some point. Arianna did kidnap me, and I’ll need to make a statement.”
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But, no offense, I don’t really count a paper cut as an injury,” she pointed out with a tentative smile.
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"It's an odd pain. It's almost like . . . I feel silly for even saying it, but it's almost as if my stomach was beat up and spun around?"
SUPERMAN:
No, not that bad. Maybe a burp instead of projectile vomiting?Quote
And then she realized. It wasn’t possible. Unless. . . .
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There was no way. Just no way.
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. . . Discovered your secret. . . . Realized what I could have lost. . . . Reconfirmed what I have known for a while — I love you.
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his eyebrows raising the way they always did when he was trying to keep up with her on stories or figure out how to dissuade her from doing something reckless.
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“You look just as baffled as you did when I told you to put your paper cut in your mouth.”
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His quiet, broken laughter halted instantly, and he stared at her for a long moment. “You–?” he breathed.
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“I have pen and paper on the desk in my room if you want to begin making a list of questions. Just be careful,” he warned. “Paper cuts hurt.”
Michael
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 03/19/23 06:48 AM
Thanks for a great story! This is much better than the episode. I liked the revelation and that Lois didn’t get mad. I love that Clark was found out by a paper cut. Yes, paper cuts hurt!
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 04/14/24 05:38 PM
I love how descriptive your writing is here! Really drew me in from the first moment! Excellent work with the tension and urgency!
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I always love the idea of Superman experiencing the new, strange, human feelings! The nausea, the hot tea!
Hee, I love how she approached the subject!! It was a very sensitive moment, definitely not the time for a flurry of feelings to come out! This was perfect!!
Great story, thank you for sharing!! ❤️❤️
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"No. I have. I once got a paper cut," he said, still staring at his bloody fingertips.
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I always love the idea of Superman experiencing the new, strange, human feelings! The nausea, the hot tea!
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“You look just as baffled as you did when I told you to put your paper cut in your mouth.”
Hee, I love how she approached the subject!! It was a very sensitive moment, definitely not the time for a flurry of feelings to come out! This was perfect!!
Great story, thank you for sharing!! ❤️❤️
Re: FDK: Paper Cut - 04/15/24 12:52 AM
I can't believe I didn't respond to all these comments before now! Grief! Thanks so much for reviewing, everyone!
Queen of the Capes-- I completely get RL making fanfic time non-existent
Glad you liked the story
Shallowford-- Yeah, I'm partial to those reveals too. I like the self-realization approach with grace and tenderness
Morgana-- When I got the papercut idea it wouldn't let go ^_^
Darth Michael-- Glad you enjoyed it all, and thanks for the many thoughts
As for Lois having seen Luthor shot, does he count as someone she knew? 
Songbird-- I felt after everything Clark had gone through that day, he needed a bit of a break
Anna B. the Greek-- Superman having to handle/cope with very human things is also a favorite of mine :3 Glad you enjoyed
Queen of the Capes-- I completely get RL making fanfic time non-existent
Glad you liked the story Shallowford-- Yeah, I'm partial to those reveals too. I like the self-realization approach with grace and tenderness
Morgana-- When I got the papercut idea it wouldn't let go ^_^
Darth Michael-- Glad you enjoyed it all, and thanks for the many thoughts
As for Lois having seen Luthor shot, does he count as someone she knew? Songbird-- I felt after everything Clark had gone through that day, he needed a bit of a break
Anna B. the Greek-- Superman having to handle/cope with very human things is also a favorite of mine :3 Glad you enjoyed