A Year Later

Specks of red, orange, and gold splashed onto the white canvas sitting beside the open window that held the view of Metropolis and its mile-high skyscrapers and balls of fire that had been popping up over the city for the past hour. The last rays of sunshine were fading and a slight breeze made its way into the nearly empty apartment, but Lana Lang resisted the urge to shut the window.

After daubing some pink onto the canvas, Lana placed her paint brush down, and stood up, stretching her legs. She then made her way to the freshly coated kitchen and made a pot of tea, pouring the steaming liquid into two cups.

A few sips later, Lana wandered back to the bedroom, careful to avoid the boxes that were still lying around from their recent move. As she turned the corner into the room, she smiled as she spotted a red cape and blue tights fitted around the contours of her husband's muscular frame.

"Sorry I'm late..." Clark Kent apologized quickly once he saw her. "I got sort of tied up at the police station...the chief wanted me to give them a description of some new robber in town...wondered if I had seen him..."

Lana smiled, ignoring his rambling as he changed out of his costume and into sweatpants and a red tee. Finally, when he was done, he looked at her expectantly.

"Hi."

"Hey," he replied uncertainly. After a moment, they burst out laughing and Lana ran up to him to embrace him.

"You still need to unpack those boxes over there," she reminded him as he bent down to kiss her.

"Yeah, I will tomorrow morning. I'm taking the day off tomorrow."

"You are?" Lana asked, mildly surprised.

"Yeah, I asked Perry for a couple of days off so that we could get settled into our new home," Clark explained, arms around her petite waist.

They swayed back and forth for a bit before Clark lifted a hand to wipe away a smudge of pink on her nose. His eyes drifted over to the wooden box carved with two entwined swans on its front that sat on the nightstand beside the bed. Slowly, his eyes found hers and they smiled, both understanding what was going on through the other's heads.

"So, did your predictions ever come true?"

Lana crinkled her nose, a smile playing on her lips. "Yeah...yeah, they did."

The End

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