Chloe knelt down by Lana's grave, her knees sinking into the fresh coat of snow surrounding a gigantic mountain of flowers.
"Lana? Can you do me a favor? Please…"
Chloe burst into tears again, heavy sobs making her entire body shake. "The only way that Clark and I can get through this…is with each other, I know that we have to do it together, you were my best friend, and now you're gone, and he's all I have…" Her voice trailed off as she caressed one of the beautiful flowers. It was so like Lana; the flowers. She would have loved them, and…she would never see them. She would never see anything again. She would never be there again.
"Lana…I love him…"
There was a slight breeze, and Clark was suddenly standing above her.
"Clark…" she whispered, wiping the tear stains from her faces as she struggled to her feet. "I, I…"
Clark knelt down where Chloe had been only seconds before. He pulled a folded slip of paper out of his pocket, and started digging at the frozen dirt at the base of the grave. He was methodic, over and over, digging at the same spot. Slowly but surely, he created a small hole, he shoved the piece of paper inside. He covered the hole with dirt, and then he gently brushed the snow off of the gravestone.
Chloe heard his small intake of breath as her name appeared from beneath the coat of white. She again found herself in the snow, but this time beside Clark rather than on her own. She reached out and placed her hand over Clark's as he traced the letters in Lana's name, and they moved as one.
Clark's hand trailed over the edge and into the snow, and Chloe held on tight to him, using her other hand to turn his face towards hers. "Clark, I…"
At the same time, Clark stuttered, "Chloe, I, I…"
"I know, Clark."
He shook his head. "No…Chloe, I…I…wrote her a letter. I told her that she was the only one I would ever love, that she was the only one for me, forever and ever. I only had eyes for her."
Chloe's eyes drifted towards the ground. She couldn't even meet Clark's eyes; not with the thoughts that filled her head. "I know, Clark."
"But…"
"It's okay," Chloe answered.
"But Chloe.." It was Clark's turn to raise Chloe's face to his. "I can't do this alone. I need you to help me, I need to be here with me. There are just too many pieces to put together, I need…" His voice broke in mid-sentence.
"I can't…I can't do this alone either, Clark, I don't even know how to begin."
Chloe and Clark fell together there in the snow, and that was enough. They didn't need to be in love, just together. Just there, in that moment, holding each other up.
Eventually, the pieces would meld back together, and that would be their forever.
But for now, in the snow, the comfort of each of them to the other was all that they needed.