It had been a long time since Clark had revisited Smallville; he hadn't seen the point in a long time. All the people who had featured in his life when he was younger had long since sprouted wings and flown away: his mother was in Washington with Perry White; Lana Lang -- one-time love of his life -- was a globe-trotting super-heroine; and Lois -- Lois Lane lived with him in Metropolis. The only thing left for him in Smallville was the Kent farm, not a living farm now but an historical landmark -- a testament to the life he had once thought would last forever.
But when the Sun set over the cornfields like that, Clark couldn't be sad that he had moved on -- because it was the most beautiful sunset he had ever seen in his life, and he had had to leave and come back in the knowledge that he would leave again soon to find it. The whole world was aglow, and Clark had never seen it before, because the world had never glowed quite like this before. The world had never glowed like this for him before he had realised what Lois was about; Clark had never realised that there could be a creature quite so wonderful as Lois Lane in the world -- and now he knew, he knew that the world was a much more beautiful place than he had ever given it credit for (and even when it was dark, it glowed).
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don't be shy, you learn to fly
Date: 2010-08-18 10:23 pm (UTC)But when the Sun set over the cornfields like that, Clark couldn't be sad that he had moved on -- because it was the most beautiful sunset he had ever seen in his life, and he had had to leave and come back in the knowledge that he would leave again soon to find it. The whole world was aglow, and Clark had never seen it before, because the world had never glowed quite like this before. The world had never glowed like this for him before he had realised what Lois was about; Clark had never realised that there could be a creature quite so wonderful as Lois Lane in the world -- and now he knew, he knew that the world was a much more beautiful place than he had ever given it credit for (and even when it was dark, it glowed).