The sixth time, she took her partner’s name off the byline and sent it off to the city desk editor.
Oooof well!! Can't blame her!
She had half a mind to ask him where he’d been all day, but held back. He couldn’t tell her, and so she knew that she couldn’t ask. And anyway, she knew where he’d been. The televisions in the bullpen covered every single Superman rescue today; nearly every one had been preceded by the police scanner’s cracking voice and her partner bailing out on her. Not that either of them could say any of that out loud.
“Sorry about that,” he apologized again.
“It’s too late now. I sent it off to editing. Take it up with the editor if you want to change it.”
I just love Lois's characterization here. She's not just mad and betrayed, she has a very tangible problem - a partner she can't work with!!! It's annoying as hell!! And the worst part being that she knows and he could tell her but he just doesn't and so they end up with this! You've approached it perfectly!!
He didn’t need to pull her down with him, forcing her to cover for him and do the work they were both supposed to be doing just because he had decided to do something else with his time. It wasn’t up to her to make this life he’d chosen work for him—especially since he hadn’t asked her for her help. No one could hold down two full-time jobs—especially when one of them was supposed to be covert!—on their own, especially jobs as urgent and unpredictable as a reporter and a superhero.
You know what? Fair!!
Because looking away from the real reason Clark was leaving required her to focus on the excuses he was giving her instead—and most of them were so absolutely half-baked and lame that they insulted her intelligence and obliterated the trust she’d thought they shared between them.
Aww! I get it, Lois!!
“Did you forget to add my name to the byline?
“Nope,” she said, pointedly dropping the page to her floor as if ending the conversation.
His jaw clenched.
“Lois, that’s hardly fair—“
“I think fair went out the door when you did,” she bit out, standing and crossing her arms over her chest.
Go Lois, taking no prisoners!!
And he was going to have to. Right now. Or else risk someone’s life. She wasn’t going to potentially get someone killed again just because she was peeved at her partner.
“Just get out of my sight,” she bit out caustically, blinking back tears even as she gifted him an excuse to leave so that he wouldn’t have to come up with one.
What a
moment!!!
I'm really liking Jimmy's insights, too!
Great story, thank you for sharing!! ❤❤❤
