"Fallen Deeper"
Featured Characters: Lois and Clark
DISCLAIMER: I don't own ANYTHING in this story…very sad to say….
SIDENOTES: Sorry about not posting this up sooner, but I needed to do some more editing on it. And then Lost came on, and out of respect for that AMAZING show (SOOOO sad to see it end!), I waited to post this up til FIRST thing Monday (today). ANYWAY! THANK you sooooo much for the reviews. This is the last chapter--told by Jack's perspective--but there IS going to be an epilogue.
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CHAPTER 5: "Deeply For You"
Clark heard the Martian fly off to the rooftop. He knew his friend would be getting the crystals and taking them to a safe place. There needed to be no evidence of what happened up there. If anyone were to find those crystals, then it could be bad news for everyone. There were some humans that would be ok with the idea that there were aliens among them. But there were also humans that feared the unknown. And that fear could lead to bad things. Earth wasn't quite ready to know that people like him here. If they were to find out now, chaos would erupt.
Clark knew that John would keep the crystals safe somewhere until everything was calm enough that he could give it to Clark. Maybe Clark could take those crystals to the Fortress and could fix whatever damage Zod had done there. But that would have to wait, right now he had another matter to take care of. A much more important to him. And it had chestnut hair and the most gorgeous set of eyes he had ever looked into.
Lois. Once again, she had been the reason why he had survived--stayed here on Earth. Since the first second that he had met her, she had done nothing but save him. Every time there seemed to be no hope for him--that he had no place in humanity--she was the only one that would bind herself to him--somehow--and lead him back civilization. From when he landed in those cornfields years ago and she took him to the hospital where he would be reunited with his mother to almost a year ago when he had isolated himself from everyone close to him and she had pulled him back into existence as soon as he laid eyes on her to this moment when just several minutes ago, he was sure that his time on Earth was over but once he saw her face again, everything was set right. He was still here. And it was all thanks to Lois Lane.
He had no idea how this woman seemed to hold such power over him. But with every second that he got to know her, he fell deeper for her. And up until almost two years ago, when he began to work with her side-by-side on a day-to-day basis, he was seeing the real Lois Lane. She was unlike any person he had ever met. Every bone in her body was irrevocably good. There had been numerous times that she could have taken another route--have taken the easy way out--but she hadn't. Never had she done anything twisted--even when it could have been for something "good." Every person in Clark's life had in one way or another gone behind his back and made bad decisions for what they believed were for a "good" cause. However, Lois didn't because she had a very pure and incredible heart. And knew him better than anyone else--sometimes she knew him better than he knew himself.
For some reason every time he looked into her eyes, he felt naked. Stripped. She saw him for who he really was. And who he really was had nothing to due with him being an alien. Or being adopted. Him being a farm boy. Or having superpowers. That was not who Clark Kent was. It seemed as if only Lois knew who the Clark Kent really was. And this truth only made him fall deeper for her. Fall deeper into those brown, green eyes.
A sound from his right tore him away from his current thinking.
For a split second, Clark tore his eyes away from Lois. He saw there were a couple of people getting extremely close. Thankfully, he and Lois were in the shadows, so the people did not know they were there. However, once they were close enough, they would see his and Lois' silhouettes and put all of the pieces together. He couldn't risk that. His identity had to remain a secret.
He turned back to Lois. She was also now looking towards the civilians. "They're getting pretty close," she said in a whisper and turned back to him.
He nodded. "We need to go."
She didn't say a word, just gave a small swallow and looked at him intently.
He knew what was going through her mind. She was wondering if he was going to completely ignore that he had kissed her as The Blur and go on as if everything was the same.
When he had kissed her earlier on was because he had thought he was going to be leaving Earth and was more than likely not going to see her again. He had told himself that he wasn't going to reveal himself to her because it wouldn't be fair once it was taken away, but in that moment of reuniting with her after rescuing her there were constant thoughts in his head that it was going to be the last time he was going to be with her, he couldn't take it. Couldn't control himself. He had to kiss her. He knew that she would catch on and know he, Clark Kent, was none other than her super hero, The Blur. But in that moment, he wanted her to know.
Now, by the look in her eyes, she was wondering if he was going to continue lying to her. Keep pretending he was just a simple, mild mannered reporter.
He looked at her for several seconds more. Through his eyes, he let her know that he wasn't going to run away from telling her the truth. Not anymore.
He knew she was understanding him because her facial featured seemed to relax. She took a breather.
He didn't understand how they were able to communicate this way. No words, just simple looks. There were vibes coming off of them that he couldn't wrap his head around. It was as if their souls were the ones speaking to each other.
Clark bent a little and wrapped his arms around her back and legs, picking her up very easily and swiftly.
As if magnetically, her arms warmly wrapped around his neck. He loved the way it felt. Her arms around him. Perfect. Lately, it always felt that way. Any sort of contact they shared felt ever so perfect.
She gave him a small smile.
From his super hearing, Clark could tell that the people were now about a dozen feet away. Surely, they saw his and Lois' silhouettes now. Time was running very much out.
Clark knew he had just about five seconds.
He gave her a small smile and wrapped his arms more tightly around her. "No more secrets," he promised to her. With that, he began to speed off.
She let out a sigh and held on tighter.
He turned back to her and smiled. No more secrets.
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AUTHOR'S NOTE: I know, there's a lot of Clark inner monologue, but I REALLLLY wanted to explore his thoughts on Lois and how he knows she is completely "THE ONE" for him--especially after he has already admitted his feelings to her in the barn scene in the last episode.
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