Wow! Nice reunion. Jonathan has rarely been shown to be emotional, with the exception of the time he thought Martha was having an affair, but here he showed the compassion and support we'd always known he had in him. Martha seemed a bit more subdued than I expected, but that can easily be explained by a level of discomfort in not having seen her son in 10 years.
As for Lois, she's finally about to get her turn. Thanks for these parts:
Besides, she was pretty certain there would be time for Clark and her to renew their relationship later... she just hoped it wouldn't take too long. The restraint was killing her!
It was killing some of us, too!
His head snapped up when Lois entered the room. His heart flipped as their eyes met and she smiled brightly, sending a rush of excitement through his body.
<<Damn! She is still the most beautiful woman I've ever seen.>>
He let his lips spread slowly, the grin reaching out to add a little twinkle to his eyes. Lois offered him a wink before she disappeared back into the kitchen, causing Clark to almost have to reach out and grasp a chair to keep from falling down. Lois was flirting with him and… he liked it.
<<Correction. I love it!>>
"What would you say if I told you I wanted to come all the way home?"
<<Where did that come from?!>>
"I'd say…" Lois swallowed, her mouth suddenly very dry. "Welcome home." This time it was she who stepped toward him, putting them just inches apart.
Clark's hands moved to her face, gentle thumbs caressing her cheeks. Her hands lifted to grasp his waist, her whole body trembling in anticipation. He was going to kiss her… she hoped. And every fiber in her body was screaming in excitement.
"I haven't felt emotions like these in years," Clark whispered.
She could feel his soft breath on her face and it only served to further inflame her roaring desire for this man. "Clark," she breathed, unable to stop her heart from racing in her chest.
He should stop. He shouldn't be doing this. He was such a mess. How could he possibly offer her any kind of life? How could he stop what he was feeling either?
He leaned forward and gently touched her lips with his own. When he pulled away to look at her, she closed the distance and crushed her lips to his. The flame was stoked and Clark wrapped his arms around her and gave as good as he got. The world faded for the two lovers. They were both coming home again and it felt wonderful.
Clark groaned when Lois shoved her tongue into his mouth. Reluctantly he became aware that they had an audience and broke the kiss to hug her.
"If we keep this up, there won't be a talk tonight," he whispered in her ear. He was shocked to realize where his thoughts had drifted. Is *that* what he wanted? Was it what she wanted?
"Talking is overrated."
It seemed that maybe she did want the same things he did. Clark held her just a little tighter as he laughed, his hands rubbing up and down her back. "God, lady, I missed you so much."
Finally some WAFFs after all the WHAMs
"Would you like to stay with him tonight? Or you could take him with you?"
Clark looked over at Lois, his hand coming up to hold her face. He'd been fighting the demons in his head long enough… ten long years. And he'd been alone long enough. "What if I said I want to stay… with you?"
In the immortal words of Jimmy Olsen, "Way to go, CK!"
Dan is shown here to be a very good guy. Being rivals in the TV show, they despised each other. Reconciled to Lois being only a friend, Dan's opened himself up to being Clark's friend. I like this Dan.
Question: Since almost all of Clark's talk takes place "offscreen" does Dan know Clark was Superman? I'd imagine Clark would have to explain why he had no powers for nine years or else Lois and the Kents would have trouble understanding. I suppose they could have guessed, but I figure he'd have to tell them about the kryptonite in front of Dan. Does everyone know that Clark only recently regained most of his powers? Also, did Clark tell him how Travis Devon found him and made him his son?
Some more questions that I just thought of: if it's so easy for Clark, the financial novice, to take down LexCorp, why did Travis Devon need him? Why couldn't the richest man in the world take out Luthor by himself sometime in the last ten years? Though it's not an important part of the story, do you plan on telling us exactly what Lex did to Travis to make them hate each other so much, assuming you've filled that in yourself in your own mind?
"Hostile take-over of LexCorp. I've been taking over or shutting down his businesses one by one. I wanted enough picked away so he couldn't fight the take-over." He saw the look in Lois' eyes. "Don't say it. I know what I was doing wasn't very healthy, but I had to do something."
"I wasn't going to say a word." She reached out to rub his arm. "Clark, we can sit here and tell you all day that we know what happened and that we understand, but we'd be wrong. We can't ever know. You have to find your way. Besides, taking his assets isn't so bad."
I think Lois would be approving of this. There's nothing wrong or illegal with taking down Lex financially. If anything, it's a very legal way to show Lex that he'd been beaten in his arena. That would hurt Lex more than killing him or putting him in jail. I guess she didn't expect a Clark Kent to ever indulge in revenge, no matter how moral.
This was a great part! Finally, Clark seems to be on a path of healing, he and Lois seem prepared to try being together again, and he's bonding quickly with his son. Now take down Luthor and give us some more WAFFs!