Erin,
This story continues to be fun to read. I'm dying to find out how they solve the "want-to-be-together-but-don't-want-to-move" problem.
I think you have a continuity(sp?) error, however. When Clark and Lois show up in Metropolis:
"Yeah, thanks." She smiled and adjusted the heavy blanket higher on her chilled neck. "I guess winter's coming, isn't it? You can sure feel it out here, a lot more than you can in the Bay Area."
Clark nodded. "You really can." He stepped back and spun into his Clark clothes. When he finished a few moments later, he smiled at her expression.
"No matter how many times you do that, it always amazes me." She grinned at him and shook her head.
But later on, when Clark is getting ready to do his patrol...
"What is this for?" he asked with a pleased smile.
"No reason," she murmured against the spandex of his Suit he hadn't yet changed out of since their arrival. "It's just when I think I know everything there is to know about you, you surprise me with something new. What else am I going to learn about you this week, staying here with you?"
Looking forward to how Lex's help "handles" his L&C (and Sman) problems.
Also, if Lois doesn't want her editor to know she's in Metropolis, she isn't keeping a very low profile...