I'm so, so glad to see you posting this. I was a little afraid you might have abandoned this story, since it's been a while since we got chapter three of it.
I am, of course, a sucker for the plain romantic romance of the love story between Lois and Clark. I'm not here for the ultimate heartbreak of their relationship, and never, ever for the premature death of Lois. (All right, all right, I should let go of that by now.) I'm not even here for the humorous aspect of their love story, even though I do appreciate it, especially when the humour is also sweet and warm.
No, ultimately I'm here for precisely what you're giving us in this chapter of this story. Such strong feelings of tenderness and love that they can't be expressed in Lois and Clark's words to each other, but they can be expressed in your words, in your story. And even though Lois and Clark can't say in so many words what they feel for one another, they can communicate their feelings, thanks to you. With you command of words and language, you can make us, your readers, feel and share Lois and Clark's emotions. You can make us sense Clark's terrible feeling of inadequacy and his crushing need to confess his horrible shortcomings. You make us feel his pain. His bleeding vulnerability and world-shattering honesty. His awful fear, and his desperate courage. And you fill us with Lois and Clark's utter, utter tenderness for one another. Their absolute need to give one another comfort, and to give and receive each other's love, which is so overwhelming that their hearts could burst from it.
This is what I'm here for, Angelic, and you gave it to me here. What can I say? Thank you. And... did I say thank you?
Ann
