A/N: This story like the Christmas one was written/started before the episode Fortune (and posted on k-site forums) So it will be AU in some respects from the events in that ep, such as Chlollie being married already.. other differences may be noticed.

Prologue:

Lois and I have a history with a certain day going awry. Valentines day is one of those days we want to celebrate but don't or try not too. One year, Lois ended up wearing red kryptonite laced lipstick, kissed me, and if you know my history then you know the rest.

Another year, I ended up breathing in some form of Kryptonite and causing others, including Lois to do as I wished. While that sounds like a good thing, its not.

Our first year of marriage we kept it simple, we gave cards and ate chocolate ice cream, second year we tried to branch out of our comfort zone and as Lois says 'embrace it'. But that ended in a disaster with Lois coming home from the restaurant wearing our dinner.

Third year, we tried dinner at home. It worked out really well, till Lois got food poisoning because I had the bright idea of picking up our dinner rather then cooking it myself.

Then comes our fourth Valentines as a married couple, which if history has taught us anything could have been avoided. But I was determined to give her the best non v-day valentines experience I could.

I made the mistake of talking to Oliver about it. Its not that I am blaming him, not his fault , but if I hadn't of opened my mouth to him then perhaps it never would have happened.

It came into our heads to take Lois and Chloe on a getaway and just have fun. Nothing overly romantic so it qualified for the non part of the non v-day. No cupids or roses but fun, relaxing, and private time to ourselves.

Oliver booked a cabin, a really nice one with plenty of room for the four of us. It had white water rapids near by, rock climbing, and was decently secluded.

With how I've had to keep secrets for years I thought keeping this one would be easy, it wasn't. I was so excited and nervous, nervous because as much as I knew Lois would like the idea, she would freak with it being so close to valentines day.

I almost ended up mentioning it too soon, timing was everything. In order to get her to agree I had to work the Kent magic. After a while I think she knew I was up to something, she even asked if I was planning on proposing again.

I wish I had gone with the second proposal idea, would have turned out far better.

Chapter One: A not so Rosy reveal ❣

It was nearing the big day and I needed to tell Lois about it. She was going to figure it out on her own sooner or later, especially as I had talked to HR and arranged for the time off. Lois would also need a long enough warning to make sure all her assignments were in, which meant I had to make my move and tell her.

There isn't that many things I am scared of but Lois can at times be one of them. Knowing she knew I was keeping a secret was making me a nervous wreck, I had spilled coffee on myself in the morning the day I decided to bring it up. She had been going on about an assignment then switch subjects, as she is prone to do, and asked me if I had talked to Oliver recently. That's when my control went on the fritz and I suddenly found coffee down the front of my shirt. If there was any thing more that was a dead give away I don't know what it is. I pulled my extra shirt out and gave my scowling wife the 'meet me in five in the storage room' signal.

Some say there is safety in numbers, this is not true when it comes to the wraith of my Lane. It was far better to handle it in private then to have her blow her top in front of our co workers.

If he hadn't known better Clark would have wondered if Lois had sold her soul, because there was just something unreal with how she could make him feel. One moment he was the man of steel and the next putty in her hands. Well, figuratively speaking of course..

Tongues, lips, hands explored, competed and enticed, while various other body parts were intertwined as they were caught up in passion against the storage room wall. Touching, feeling, caressing and groping.. it was a game of hid and seek, tag, and whatever else they could make of it.

Time and reason had been forgotten and it wasn't till they broke apart to breath that it hit Clark why they were even there.

"This wasn't what I was intending when I asked for you to meet me here" he ran a hand through his hair, marveling out how this woman had it in her to make him sweat. Lois Lane kryptonite.

"This is usually what happens when we meet here." Lois responded breathlessly, looking quite pleased.

" Lois!.. you didn't even let me finish my sentence before you jumped me.."

Grinning up at him, Lois ran her hand slowly over his chest, "You didn't exactly complain.."

"Its a little hard when you do that!"

"Well now you know how I feel.. I couldn't resist.. Why do you have to be like this?" she asked exasperated.

"Like What?"
he was genuinely confused, she had jumped him when he had something important to ask her, and she was acting like it was his fault! Why was he even surprised?

"This.."
she pulled away and she waved an hand up and down indicating all of him " everything..I come in here.." now buttoning up her shirt , glancing at him as she did, "not intending to attack, mind you, but then you just stand there in those glasses and that suit, all stuttery and I just melted."

"I don't stutter."

"You do stutter Smallville and its cute.. well sexy and that's the problem!"

"..and I wouldn't call that melting more like a physical assault!"

She put a hand on her hip and smirked "Assault? You didn't resist!"

Clark shook his head, as much as he would love to continue the banter he needed to get this vacation reveal done, for some reason he was more nervous at the moment then he had been when revealing he was the blur.

"Lois! can we please focus on why I asked you here?"

"Only if you button up, cause honestly how am I to focus when you have that skin tight suit on peeking out at me .. its just all sooo.." she did a little provocative shimmy and grinned at him. He knew she was teasing him, trying to make him loose focus.

"You're insatiable.. "

"You're irresistible! So deal!"

"Lois.. please.. let me say this!"

Lois made the zipping motion over her lips and leaned against the spare desk which tipped a little at an angle , reminding them both how its wonky uneven legs was their doing. Licking her lips, Lois traded an eyebrow raise with Clark before saying, "Okay..spill"

"What I am about to tell you..um.." O
kay this was harder then it should be, it didn't help with the expression on her face, ".. you may not like."

She started to open her mouth and he gave her a 'be quiet let me finish' look, Lois settled for pressing her lips together as he continued, " its just a part of it you may not like.. I really think you'll love it if you just.." the steel in her gaze was scaring him again. " Give it a chance.. its a good thing."

"Then why are you so nervous?" she asked glancing at her finger nails then back to him.

"I just know you might stress about the possibilities..."
he trailed off as he caught the look in her eye's. He was so screwed.

With one last quiet glance over him,as the pieces fell into place ,Lois pushed off the desk and began, "Wait! Oh Clark! tell me you didn't?"

"Well I..I..I.." there was that stutter, though at the moment she wasn't finding it sexy, and he was feeling tempted to just kiss her and pray it would quiet her down, but then he would be fooling himself.

She took a step toward him forcing him to retreat till his back was pressed up against the wall, "There isn't any other possible thing you could have done, why didn't I see it! I seriously thought.. never mind what I thought. " She pointed a finger in his face all but growling. Clark had never felt so vulnerable as he did at that moment, she had gone total pit bull, "You know we don't do Valentines day! "

Clearing his throat, he gave her a small smile, "Its not on valentines day.."

"Is it in February?"

He took a breath as she backed up, "Uh yes", his relief was short lived however.

"Then it counts!" she threw her hands up in the air.

"Lois, your being paranoid!"

"Am I Clark, Am I really? do you have to be reminded about the food poisoning, the catastrophe of a dinner the year before, and that was a beautiful dress!"

He started to nod in agreement about the dress but stopped at the look she gave him, so he switched back to the subject at hand, "We're setting ourselves up Lois.. we expect a problem so we get one. " She didn't immediately react so he continued, hoping he was getting through to her "Are we going to allow some sort of V-day curse to ruin a perfectly good get away?"

Lois rolled her eyes, "Clark, I am not going anywhere that close to V-day." then turned on her heel and headed for the door.

It was a split second decision, one he knew he might regret but his determination to secure this getaway with her was just a strong as her need to avoid the horrors of valentines day. Clark super sped in front, blocking her from the door.

Scowling, Lois crossed her arms "Clark..."

"Chloe and Oliver are coming too!" he blurted out, pleading with his eye's.

She just continued to stand there, so he added, "It just happens to be close to V-day"

"Clark, its not just V-day that's the problem..you know this!"

"Only if we let it.."

"Last year it wasn't just the food poisoning. Remember the roses you bought me the week before, someone swiped them from my desk."

"Lois..."

"Then the day before Valentines how we decided we would just go out to eat for lunch, it wasn't suppose to be anything special just us out but when we got there that car went by and splashed mud all over me."

"Lois.."

"The year before..the weekend before ..Do I need to go into details on that debacle? "

"No.. Lois."

"Look Clark. I appreciate the whole wanting to take me out.. getting away would be lovely but I am not going. Even if Chloe and Oliver are coming.."

"Lois!"

"We'll just end up dragging them into our cupids nightmare and I don't want to have that bad karma on my head..do you?"

"Lois please!" He dropped his head knowing he had failed.

"Sorry Smallville.." she put a finger under his chin, lifting his eye's to meet hers, " Its so sweet of you but its not happening. Why don't you go be a dear and talk to HR about us taking leave after cupid has flown the coop. I am sure Chloe and Oliver will have far more fun without us, don't want to reign in the newly married couple anyway."

Sighing, Clark stepped aside, Lois squeezed his hand then slipped out the door. He could hear her take out the reminder of her irritation on the new intern. Poor kid, he had the bad luck of being around whenever something wasn't right.

"Olson!..What did I say about listening to that woman, she's gonna be the iceberg to your success.. " it could have been worse at least she was being a mother hen rather then a demon "Oh come here, Jimmy..what have I told you? I bark a lot but I'm not going to bite you. Now why don't we have a look at your shots..."

Clark closed the door, then his eye's. She wasn't mad at him, that was good. Still how was he going to get that stubborn woman out the door and to the cabin.

The idea flashed through his head like the temptation of forbidden fruit. Clark knew he shouldn't even entertain the thought, Lois would kill him, or at the least exercise her detailed knowledge of his anatomy and hurt him.

Lois and I have an honest relationship but sometimes in order to do whats best for someone you have to keep a secret or two and be tactical. Like a surprise party.. Especially when the woman your doing it for is Lois Lane.

"Clark I have a to ask you personal question?" Oliver replied, after hearing Clark's idea on kidnapping his own wife so she would actually have this much needed vacation. He shuffled his papers, listening to Clark's deep sigh as it came over the speaker phone.

Mia placed another set of papers on the his desk and gave Oliver a look. He waved her off and mouthed, "I will, I will". Between her and Chloe he wasn't allowed to get away with anything.

"Sure.." Clark practically jumped in his seat when he thought he heard Lois' voice thinking she was coming back into the third floor bullpen, it was a false alarm, just Andrea the opinion columnist.

" Do you think that its possible for you to be castrated?" Mia turned from the office door and raised a brow, shook her head and left.

Clark was still busy on his end being paranoid about Lois returning that it took a moment for him to register what his friend said. When he did he jerked causing his coffee to splosh over the side of the cup, "What!..why.." frantically searching for a napkin.

"Because I seriously think its what Lois will do to you for this, and if it is possible I really don't want to be involved when it happens. Or anywhere near by.."

"Oliver! First Lois never would.. " he refrained from saying all the reasons why castrating him would only drive the woman crazy, "second..I am counting on you and Chloe to help me get through to her" he threw away the napkin soaked with coffee and put his head in his hand.

"Then why can't Chloe just call and talk to her.."

"Because a phone conversation isn't going to work, but Lois will melt once she is there with you two..and we are having a nice time."

"Uh huh, you do realize if its not castration it will be something as equally horrible."

Clark groaned "Just please can you do your part?"

"Yes of course I can. Look Clark, I want this to work too. But seriously man please try and think of an alternative!" He signed the papers not wanting Mia to get nasty, the girl could seriously be an issue.

"Oliver there is no alternatives.. this is the game plan, Lois has been asking and hinting at a vacation for months now. " this was no exaggeration, three times she had accidentally dropped a brochure or conveniently worked something into a conversation in the last two weeks alone. Always covering with something about a story, but Clark knew better. " I need to break this idea of the V-day curse anyway."

"I agree with you there Clark, but with Lois that's like facing down.. " Oliver couldn't think of a appropriate analogy, "the worst thing we could possibly face.. " he finished lamely while handing the papers over to Mia who had came back in the room.

"Right Clark.. I have one of those ever fun board of director's meetings before a shift so.."

"Okay.. See you in a week and stick to the plan!"

"Gotcha." Oliver turned to look at the window of his office at Starcity, thankful that if Clark blew it before they met up, he wouldn't be anywhere near metropolis.

A delicate female hand twisted the pretty blue and red sparkling glass. He wouldn't know what hit him and this time breaking the enchantment wouldn't be enough. The blue and red had a power over him all on their own. A power, that if wielded and manipulated right, would bring Superman down.

Careful research, patient planning and details meticulously worked out. It was all falling into place and she would even have a view this time to his destruction.

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