Quick summary - this takes place after Lois & Clark started working together at the Daily Planet, so somewhere after/during season 8. It's total AU. It might have some familiar references but that's it. It's already complete (I swore to myself I'd never start another long story again without finishing it so I didn't want to publish this until it was complete). I will write one-shots here and there involving these characters because I love them so much and there's more to tell. Enjoy!
Surprise Return-prologue
Prologue
Clark rolls over and smiles when he notices Lois, stretched out next to him, with nothing but a sheet covering her. She slowly stretches and opens one of her eyes.
His smile widens.
"Hi."
Her other eye opens and she returns his smile. "Hi," she says, almost shyly.
"You sleep well?" he asks. He gently pushes the hair back from her bare shoulder.
"Uh huh," she mumbles. "You?" She drapes her arm across his chest.
"Yeah." He glances over at the clock and there's a subtle change to his expression, but Lois still notices it. "You hungry?"
"Starving," she replies.
He leans down a little and kisses her forehead. She watches him closely as he gets out of bed and pulls his boxers and then sweatpants on. "Pancakes?" he asks as he grabs his t-shirt off of the floor.
"Sounds good. I'll be down in a minute," she replies, sitting up in the bed, loosely covering herself with the sheet.
He nods and leaves the room.
She lets the sheet fall to her waist and thinks about the night they shared. She couldn't believe it...she and Clark. They had been dating for a few months but there was always something holding them back from taking that next step. But something happened yesterday that changed Clark's mind. There was almost a desperation to their love making last night. But, it was still perfect.
She found her discarded underwear and smiled when she saw one of his flannel shirts hanging over the back of a chair, so she grabbed it and put it on. She was still buttoning it when she reached the bottom of the stairs.
"I decided to make bacon and eggs, too," Clark says. He smirks when he sees what she's wearing. "That looks much better on you than me."
She walks over to him, reaches up and wraps her arms around his neck. "I like it better on me than you, too." Her mouth closes over his.
He deepens the kiss and has to stop only to flip one of the pancakes.
She goes over to the refrigerator and gets the juice out. She then starts to set the table.
He glances over at her when he hears her sigh. "You okay?"
She nods and smiles. "Perfect. You have all my favorite pancake toppings out already."
"Of course." He smiles with some sort of satisfaction. They had a wonderful night together. It was more than Clark had ever dreamed or imagined it would be with Lois...but it was soon going to end. He debated on whether he should tell her or warn her, but he didn't want to be the one to remove that happiness from her eyes. At least not right now.
Maybe he was taking the coward's way out of it...but this was for everyone's best interest. For the good of the world.
"Did you hear me, Clark?" Lois asks. She's now standing on the other side of the counter from him.
"I'm sorry, what?" he asks, clearing his mind from his worries so he can concentrate on this moment.
"Did you want toast?"
He stares deeply into her eyes, memorizing every moment. "Yes, please."