I mentioned this story in the
FDK Scavenger Hunt: May 2025. This month's theme is Hair.
“You dyed your hair,” he said softly.
Lois gave a dry half-smile. “Five years and that’s what you lead with?”
I agree with Lois. Lame, Clark.
Lois finally looked at him.
“You’ve faced alien armies and military tribunals,” she said, her voice dry. “You’re telling me I’m the scary one?”
Yeah, I guess that's the reason she was known as "Mad Dog Lane".
“I’m sorry,” he said finally. “I didn’t know how to come back to us when I was so different, so changed, so broken. It seemed easy. I would come back to Earth and let the yellow sun work its magic, then we could be us again. I never let myself consider that I would be too broken for the sun to fix me. And by the time I realized that...”
He trailed off, swallowing hard.
Some things never change. Clark is still a lunkhead who thinks he knows what is best for everyone. I know, he was broken and scared, but he should have trusted their love.
Clark took a deep breath before he continued. “Lois, I want to transfer my powers to you. I want you to be UltraWoman again.”
A pregnant pause held between them. After a moment, Lois seemed to recall herself. “Excuse me?? Is that why you’re here? The only reason you came?” Hurt and frustration filled her like a torrent. “It wasn’t because you finally came to your senses or because you learned about your son and wanted to have a part in his life?!” She wasn’t screaming but her words carried the force as though she were. “It’s all about the stupid superpowers?!? How dare you? How dare you do that to your parents, your son?” With that, she turned and stormed into the night.
Here he really, really messed it up. With so many things still unsaid between them, this shouldn't be his first concern.
“I didn’t think she’d take it that way.”
“That’s because you were thinking like Superman,” Jonathan said. “Not like Clark. I suspect you’ve been doing that a long time.” He continued as he moved to the porch swing and sat down. “If you hadn’t, you would have known better than to bring that topic up like that.”
He's not only phisically damaged. He's emotionally damaged, too.
I hope they can overcome the challenges and I hope to see Clark bonding with Jerome. He's still very distant.
Andreia
