Rated: G
Category: Drama
Spoilers: None
Note: Written for the 9/29/2004 Wednesday 100 Drabble Challenge: Fly!
Disclaimer: Not mine. Not mine.
Feedback: I fiend for it.
The Morning After
"Three overnight!" Lois beamed. "A robber in Gotham, a rogue plane in Paris and a kitten in Grandville."
"Yeah," Clark mutterd, "This article isn't gonna write itself."
"It's amazing," she swooned, "bulleting through the sky."
It had been amazing, once – soaring through the stratosphere at supersonic speeds, the panoramic world below, the wondrous heavens above. Once – before the world-weary nights, the ever-blurring identities, and the overwhelming guilt of sometimes coming too late.
"Haven't you ever dreamt of flying, Clark?"
"We're over by 200 words," he replied, curtly. She snatched the mouse.
"You're too earthbound," she snapped. Clark didn't reply.