Smoochies successfully avoided, thank you!
I know it's silly of me not to have mentioned this before
but I love the way you evoke snapshots of bit character people and scenes. Lois' sneaker sucking at the station floor. Clark's memories of the journey. Just beautiful!
Thanks for posting this early enough for me to catch instead of my usual falling behind over the weekend. And, by all means, post MORE!
Hazel, who read a smaller section than everyone else because of all the PG-13 stuff, so can reasonably expect a new section ASAP