I was thinking about this when I was all bleary eyed at 2am and up with DS1.

If this wasn't being told through flashbacks, I'd think that Lois got pregnant here, but since it is and there's no evidence of a child anywhere... Surely Clark would have mentioned that to his parents.

I was thinking something else too, but I'm coherent now and I'm not sure what it was, so if you'd send the rest to that very special "ML FIC" spot in my inbox, I'd be happy to see if anything else in it jogs my memory...

Carol