Lara,
I just read this after taking the AU Kerth quiz. I'm *so* sorry for not commenting on this last year. My reading has been sporadic and my fdk even worse, but let me lay your worries to rest. This was a fantastic story and (along with everyone else) I would *LOVE* to see more in this universe. What impresses me the most is that you wrote such a good AU story *with an a-plot* for a ficathon!
"You can't go back there!" Lois argued, shocked. "What if they see you? They'll kill you!"
Aaaannd, it looks like the shock of being rescued by someone without a costume short circuited something. Lois isn't quite firing on all cylinders, is she?
Lois was appropriately prickly for S1, while Clark was gratifyingly confident. His choice to play by her rules and then reveal his secret to Lois certainly helped them to get past all that other stuff that kept our favorite couple apart. Oh, and going under cover as husband and wife *never* hurts.
"Hey wait," she called, pushing the door open again. "Isn't this the part where you hand me your phone number on a little folded note with 'call me' written on it in nice, big, hopeful print?"
My favorite line.
Like Sue, I enjoyed the banter between these two, as well as getting a glimpse of Batman lurking outside Lois' apartment. Made me laugh at the parallels between the implied Bruce/Batman/Lois triangle here and Clark lurking outside Lois' apartment window in the Pilot.
Lois smiled. "I'll tell you anyway. Besides, I hear it's what
friends do, trade secrets and life stories. I already know most
of yours from Perry, so it's only fair, I guess..."
Oh, it looks like Lois has a crush on that Kent guy. Turn-about is fair play.
Looks like Perry was match-making again. Loved it that Perry helped Lois get her position at the Gotham newspaper and then kept in contact with her over the years. Lois really needs that father-figure influence in her life. She probably needed to have that steady, loving, supportive male influence in her life to counterbalance all the negative experiences she had with her father, Paul, Claude, etc. I think it's critical to her ability to finally trust someone like Clark.
So ... if you're still lurking around the board these days, I hope you'll consider picking this story up someday and finishing it. Would love to see how the Batman/Superman/Lois thing played out.
Pretty please with high-tech gadgets on top?
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