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Fic Friday: 'Sensational journalism'
Apr. 1st, 2016 04:55 pm“Just because it sounds exciting doesn’t mean you should be going after it,” Chloe sighed.
Lois was a little baffled with her cousin sometimes, honestly. Chloe wasn’t really happy that Lois had—entirely by accident, really—started growing into Chloe’s old territory not just of reporting but at the Daily Planet. But then, Lois suspected there was more. Her little cousin’s idea of her present and future was shifting, and whatever it was she was dealing with and wasn’t sharing, it was big. She wished Chloe would let her help with that load…
But as long as she wasn’t, Lois was going to just keep doing what she was doing. “Hey, was I right?”
“Yes, but—”
“Are sales up?”
“Yes…”
Lois smiled. “And was it the right thing to do to make sure people knew?”
“Well, yes…”
“So what’s your problem?”
Chloe threw up her hands. “Just—did you have to almost get yourself killed to do it?”
Lois shrugged. “Hey, if the boiler hadn’t sprung a leak, I’d’ve thought of some way to get myself out. Pretty handy that it did, though.” And lucky, too, that the bad guys had gotten tangled up in the ruins of the chain link fence long enough for authorities to get there… but having luck like that was just part and parcel of being Lois Lane.
“What are you two arguing about?”
Both women turned as Clark walked in the door. Chloe was giving him a flat look, and Lois rolled her eyes internally. No use taking out her irritation on the farm boy, honestly! “Just a headline-worthy breaking news story from yours truly.”
He smiled a little at her. “Did you almost get yourself killed again, Lois?”
“Nah. Regulation day at the office.” His smile just grew as Chloe scowled at them both. “Come on, Smallville. Chloe needs a pick-me-up and I deserve a reward. Coffee and pastries, you’re buying.”
“Why me?”
“Do I see you doing anything for this by-line?”
Lois smiled with satisfaction as she grabbed her purse and swept out the door, leaving Clark stifling a laugh behind her as he urged Chloe out of her chair to join them.
Lois was a little baffled with her cousin sometimes, honestly. Chloe wasn’t really happy that Lois had—entirely by accident, really—started growing into Chloe’s old territory not just of reporting but at the Daily Planet. But then, Lois suspected there was more. Her little cousin’s idea of her present and future was shifting, and whatever it was she was dealing with and wasn’t sharing, it was big. She wished Chloe would let her help with that load…
But as long as she wasn’t, Lois was going to just keep doing what she was doing. “Hey, was I right?”
“Yes, but—”
“Are sales up?”
“Yes…”
Lois smiled. “And was it the right thing to do to make sure people knew?”
“Well, yes…”
“So what’s your problem?”
Chloe threw up her hands. “Just—did you have to almost get yourself killed to do it?”
Lois shrugged. “Hey, if the boiler hadn’t sprung a leak, I’d’ve thought of some way to get myself out. Pretty handy that it did, though.” And lucky, too, that the bad guys had gotten tangled up in the ruins of the chain link fence long enough for authorities to get there… but having luck like that was just part and parcel of being Lois Lane.
“What are you two arguing about?”
Both women turned as Clark walked in the door. Chloe was giving him a flat look, and Lois rolled her eyes internally. No use taking out her irritation on the farm boy, honestly! “Just a headline-worthy breaking news story from yours truly.”
He smiled a little at her. “Did you almost get yourself killed again, Lois?”
“Nah. Regulation day at the office.” His smile just grew as Chloe scowled at them both. “Come on, Smallville. Chloe needs a pick-me-up and I deserve a reward. Coffee and pastries, you’re buying.”
“Why me?”
“Do I see you doing anything for this by-line?”
Lois smiled with satisfaction as she grabbed her purse and swept out the door, leaving Clark stifling a laugh behind her as he urged Chloe out of her chair to join them.
