Awwwwwwwwwwww, Alicia - I came in briefly from a crowded afternoon of beta-reading and some Archive work, looking for something to unwind with, and this was the perfect thing to read while taking a short break. Thank you!

Sweet, waffy - I'd guessed that he was looking at Lois, but that was all, so the ending was a cute surprise - and the prose and descriptions of all those views he'd seen during his life were beautifully written.



LabRat (now going back to work with a smile on her face...)

Oh, this is great, Alicia! I liked taking the "scenic route" through Clark's life You had some great descriptive prose in there. And the ending was so very sweet.

PJ

Very sweet little story! I loved it! Well keep up the great work!

Awwwwwwwwwwww... it's a sweet little story

I loved it

Meni

Not wishing to buck a trend....

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, Alica!

That was fantastic, the descriptions were wonderful.

Thank you,

Helga

Hi,

Cute story.

I'll go along with the rest of them. <g>

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Your prose was gorgeous! I could picture each scene in my head, and the ending was just. awwwwwwwwwww

Caroline

I also guessed that the view was Lois--the little girls were a wonderfully beautiful added touch.

So very nicely written.

Barb.

Very cute!!

See you soon.
AnnaBtG.

Great fun, Alicia!

The ending was of course...Awwwwwwww
Thanks,
claire

Wonderful!

Alicia

What a wonderful story!

Thanks for sharing this lovely vignette!

Tricia

AAAAAAAWWWWW from me too, Alicia!

This was simply wonderful. So WAFFy!

Ursie

Waffy, sweet and ditto to all the above

I love that song by Lonestar. If you have ever seen the music video for it different people are looking from the "front porch in" and they see what means most to them inside whether it be a spouse or family. Everytime I hear of it I think "Yeah, that relates to L&C" So great job and write more. Your work is superb.

I absolutely love this little vignette!

A day or so ago I was wandering on Yahoo's Launch Music Videos & Lonestar's video for "My Front Porch Looking In" is there!

Lonestar

Alicia,
ditto others
waffy and sweet
merry

Aww, very sweet, Alicia. I like it. And a great tag line at the end, about the view being inward, not outward.

One question, though:

Very sweet ... are you assuming adoption or two cases of recessive genes popping up in your descriptions of the girls? I can see Clark having some red hair in his background due to the brief glimse we got of his biological mother, but I know I'd be surprised if Lois gave birth to a blue eyed blonde with as dark as her and Clark's coloring is.

Very nice vignette, though.

Kathy

Actually, the odds of two brown-haired people, each of whom had a parent who was NOT brown-haired, producing a blonde and a red-head are not that bad.

I bet I can find pictures of some real-life cases, if you like.

Edit: OOOPS! Bad rivka! I forgot to comment on the actual fic! I really liked it! So sweet . . . <happy sigh>

Very nice, Alicia!!

I heard the song yesterday and it gave me a smile to picture Clark thinking about Lois and girls!!

Just lovely!

Missy

Awwww, that was very sweet, Alicia. And the Eifel Tower is really something special (having seen it recently <G>), so the comparison from Clark there is great.

Saskia

Wow, thanks, LabRat, Pam, Blayne, Meni, Helga, Maria, Caroline, Barb, Anna, Claire, Jose, Tricia, Ursie, LoisLaneWannaBe, Isislnc, Merry, Kathy, Rivka, Missy, and Saskia.

I never thought this litte story would get such a response. It was an idea that I had when Annie and I were talking about the songs we like .

Yeah, that was my exact reaction to the song . I hadn't seen the video because sometimes I forget that I have CMT (when I was at school, we didn't get CMT). Thanks for the link to the video, isislnc . I really loved it!

I am so glad you all liked the discriptions of the different scenic views Clark has seen in his life. It was a little hard for me because, since I don't fly, I've never been farther west than Chicago, farther east than the Atlantic Ocean, farther south than Florida or farther north than Toronto ie places I can drive to in <24 hours . So I relied on my reactions to pictures to write this story.

I am also glad that the ending was a bit of a surprise. For those that knew the song, maybe it wasn't exactly a surprise <g>.

As I said on IRC, I purposely left that up to the readers to decide. I did have a thought on the subject, and I was leaning towards adoption, but I didn't want to push that thought on anyone. While *yes* it is *possible* for Lois and Clark to have a blonde haired child (Ellen was blonde IIRC) or a red-haird child (I believe Lara was red-haired), I think it's highly unlikely and even though I believe hair and eye color is a case of incomplete dominance (it's been a while since I took genetics), it is unlikely. Plus we really know almost nothing about Kryptonian genetics. However, I like to believe that they are very similiar to human genetics or else they wouldn't be able to mate at all.

But, as Rivka said, I do know someone whose parents were very dark (stereotypical Eastern European Jewish, actually, dark hair, dark eyes), who is blonde haired with blue eyes (actually people tell her she looks aryian). And her sister is exactly the same -- blonde hair blue eyes. So, it is *possible*.

So, I leave the decision of whether the children were adopted or actually Lois and Clark's biological children up to the reader.

I am thinking about possibly writing sort of a companion piece from Lois's point of view, so watch for it .

- Alicia