Victoria,
Simple and outstanding!!!!
Thanks.
I loved Clark's acknowledgement of the original pact, his "impending doom" comment, and his new pledge to Lois. The "Clark stopped and waited for the heel to dig into his calf, but it never came." was priceless.
Really nice wrap up, nice emotion without it being too emotional, I guess more real than many of the endings of a lot of fan fiction.
Really? Thank you. *honoured*
You had them go through the process of first understanding their feelings for each other, then admitting them first to themselves then to each other, and finally their commitment to each other. This story while not canon catches the original canon concept extremely well. While ABC would never admit it, Lois and Clark was at heart a romantic comedy with a super hero thrown in to keep it from getting boring
.
Mike
You are completely correct. It was a romantic comedy. In fact, maybe ABC wouldn't admit it, but didn't Deborah Joy Levine (who was the original producer) say that she wouldn't produce it unless it's main focus WAS romantic comedy?
I loved this story from start to finish. Glad that there will be an epilogue so maybe we get to see a few words from Lois. Sarah
Thank you very much. Hope you like the epilogue ... and the words that come out of Lois' mouth. *giggles*
Beautiful, KK, just beautiful!
Thanks.
Amazing full-circle of their friendship, turned 'Pact', turned love story, turned wedding
. I really enjoyed how you brought this chapter together, brought the characters officially together, and brought about reference to their Pact made so many years before.
Well, it couldn't be ignored! The Pact was very important to the whole story.
I really loved the moment with Clark and his parents...him helping his mom, them having a bit of time to reflect on Clark's journey in life. Such a great bit of dialog as they spoke of Lois and Clark's relationship--I liked hearing Clark think back on initial reactions between him and his now wife
.
Well, yeah. Things were different when they met. Their first impressions ... were thankfully soon forgotten.
And Clark's speech--wow, I mean, WOW! Awesome
. So personal, so lighthearted, but also, so touching and romantic! As I mentioned, I REALLY loved him referencing back to their Pact, and with that, creating a new Pact--one for their life now together. Such lovely WAFF
.
Excited for Saturday!
Laura
Thanks. Everyone seems to love Clark's speech (which they are supposed to
and I hoped for) but I actually though it was nothing special ... rather simple really.
Awwww. Isn't Clark sweet? I did wonder when reading the chapter title if the new Pact was about kids.
Glad to see that it wasn't.
Children? Hmmmmmm
Interesting use of flashback to show why they were waiting.
“Lois, I want to take you inside and ...” he glanced down again. “If we hadn’t booked the church just this very afternoon then I would be taking you inside and holding you tight all night. But I want to carry you over the threshold on our wedding night. And it is only seven weeks away now. It will kill me to do it, but I want to make that night special.”
One note. Doesn't this imply that Clark thinks that it wouldn't be special if they caved early? (Is this what he's imagining his honeymoon would be like if they didn't wait? LOIS: Hey, Clark, toss me the remote. I want to see what's happening in the world. CLARK: Um... Lois, honeymoon? LOIS: Eh, been there. Done that. Nothing that can't wait until after I check the news.) I don't think that would be the case. It would (hopefully) still be special since they were now husband and wife. I believe he meant 'extra special'. It's also possible that I'm being nit-picky.
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Clark has no worries that the wedding night would be special and also would have no problem if they caved earlier. He nearly did. But the scene was written from Lois' POV. Clark's thoughts ... He swept her up into his arms and was about to take her into her apartment and ... you know ...
. But it was just that he had a stray thought about 'crossing the threshold', because of the way he was holding her, and realised how much
more special it would be on their wedding day. He still nearly walked into the apartment, but only the knowledge that there was a date he could aim for stopped him. If there had been no date booked ... then Michael would finally have gotten what he's wanted all along for this fic.
I love how 7 weeks flitted by, but those 7 hours to the actual wedding took FOREVER.
Well, isn't that just how life works?
I began to wonder if Jimmy knew some of Clark's secret, here:
“So was the journey easy?” Jimmy asked Martha and Jonathan nervously.
“Yes Jimmy,” replied Martha
“It’s a nice day, no bad weather on the horizon.”
“No, Jimmy,” said Jonathan.
“So there were no traffic jams in the centre of Metropolis?”
He seemed to be asking a whole lot of questions regarding their trip from the hotel.
Nope, he was just nervous and asking anything that popped into his head.
I doubt Bruce would use Kryptonite on him if he answered one call for help. On the other hand though, I could easily see Bruce handing the Kryptonite to Lois to use on him.
He was about to lean forward and take her mouth once more when he heard the clinking of a glass indicating that it was time for the speeches.
And here I thought the clinking of glass during a wedding reception was a call for the bride and groom to kiss. Go ahead and kiss her anyway, Clark. Your guests can wait another minute.
Oh yeah. He can kiss her if he wants.
“I promise to make you breakfast ... sometimes.”
A laugh rippled around the room, also spilling from Lois’ lips.
“I promise to wake you with coffee ... most days.”
She lifted one eyebrow in surprise.
“I promise to kiss you goodnight ... every night.”
Clark heard a dozen whispered awwww’s.
“I promise to tell you I love you ... every day.”
Awwww!
Isn't Clark the best?
Yep!
I did notice that he didn't mention outright that he was marrying Lois because he loved her but because he turned 35 and The Pact was initiated. Oh, sure, he implied that it was nice to finally be marrying her, but he didn't clarify that it was because of *her* and because he had fallen in love with her... and not just 'cause he wanted to get married. So, I'm too, a bit surprised Lois didn't kick him.
The wedding had plenty of lovey-dovey vows and declarations. And you can easily imagine that his speech continued past the fade out of it being a chapter end. No-one is going to be in any doubt that they are completely in love with each other.
I love that his new Pact includes disclaimers, such as "sometimes" and "most days".
Nobody can dance that truthful line quite as well as Clark. (Also, greeting Lois each morning with coffee is usually for his own safety, isn't it?) I watched Operation Blackout the other night, where Lois asked Clark direct questions about her personality and he gave her hemmed and hawed vague answers such as "No... not really." And "I wouldn't say that...exactly." and "You aren't.... usually." Clark's wedding speech reminded me of this.
Yeah. Completely in cannon with Clark's character.
I agree with Laura, this story was full of nice sweet WAFF. And I'm sorry to see it (almost) finished. I guess you'll have to write more.
Shucks. More writing? I'll have to see what's on my list (after I finish a SV fic that's been dangling for 2 years).
What a wonderful ending!
I loved your homage to the comics of the Justice League keeping the Big Apricot safe during the honeymoon and I also enjoyed the Dark Knight over Metropolis allusion -- Bruce having K in his cave -- and I don't mean Ms. Callan.
I'm all for allusions to the comics. I love them. I did say that this story took place in the larger DC universe.
But of course far better than that was Clark's speech, and best of all was the New Pact. It amazes me how with so few words, he/you could make the listener/reader feel such a wide range of emotions.
Thanks. Yeah, there actually were very few words in the new pact. LOL.
This was a perfect ending to the story. (On a more humorous note, I could easily see Lois keeping count of the number of mornings Clark made her breakfast or woke her with coffee, just to make sure he stuck to the pact -- in a humorous and not a petty way, of course. Of course, I can think of other ways with which Lois would probably prefer to have Clark awaken her...;) )
Oh definitely. Lois will call him on it if he doesn't keep up with this pact. And she'll probably not take 'other' morning activities as a substitute for the coffee. Not that she'll decline the 'other' activities. She'll demand BOTH.
p.s., Looking forward to Saturday's bow on top.
Hopefully it will be the 'scene at the end of the titles' that you are glad you sat in your seat to wait for.
Awwwww!!! Sniff!
Sniff! The Pact is almost over!
*comforts* Sorry, that you are upset.
But I loved The New Pact! Coffee in bed - sometimes is fine by me.
Me too.
The kiss they shared at Lois' apartment door was steamy, passionate and sexy as all get out! So glad they put the brakes on and waited.
Thanks. I really wanted it this way ... waiting for marriage, but I think Michael will be disappointed.
Two hours later and Lois was sitting on the couch, hair in alien sci-fi rollers, with Lucy painting her nails.
Oh Wow! Does this bring back memories of my wedding day!
I bet it brings back memories for quite a few brides.
