ONCE A YEAR I SHARE HIM
DISCLAIMER
Lois and Clark is the property of USA...I think. I just know it ain't me. Takes place after Lois and Clark got married and she knows he's Superman, but not really after a particular episode. Slightly AU in that it refers to Smallville's Pariah. Smallville belongs to the WB, which will soon be the CW.
Once a year I share him. And it's that time again. But I can't complain. How could I? I'd give anything to erase the pain in his eyes when he thinks of her. Nobody else understands. Jimmy, Perry, the copy boy. They all come over to our desk and ask me how I can handle my own husband spending time with another woman. But all I do is smile and change the subject. They'd never understand. They had never lived in Smallville. They'd never understand why it had happened. Once a year I share him. It's that time again. Tonight, he'll be hers for a while. Then he'll come back, quiet and morose. I never know how to comfort him. To this day, I'll never forget the look of utter devestation on Clark's face when he found Alicia dead...murdered by Tim Westcott. I think it was the only time I had ever seen him cry. And it broke my heart. Once a year, I share him with her. Sometimes we go together and lay flowers on her grave and we just sit there. For him, it's to remember how special and normal she made him feel. I always feel guilty because I had been so mean to her. And then she was cut down by some insane psycho who wanted to kill meteor freaks. Once a year I share him with Alicia. The first girl he had ever trusted with his secret. The one who was ever able to understand how hard it was to have to hide her powers from the world. Once a year I share him...and that's okay.
THE END