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Seasons of Drabbles - Summer Round 2025
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2025-08-24
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Investigation Warranted

Summary:

"I just need a lead," Lois says, persistent as when she dragged him into a goddamn pocket dimension to rescue said boyfriend.

Lois thinks that Lex Luthor's oh-so-convenient translation of the recording by Clark's parents is worth probing further and for some reason, Michael is once again being roped into helping.

Notes:

Dear oceanscalamity - I hope you enjoy this little work in the Superman universe! Inspired by your prompts, I wanted to write Lois being her relentless journalistic self on the trail of something else that warrants further investigation - namely, the very convenient-to-Lex-Luthor's-aims translation that Lex managed to have produced in the space of minutes xD

In the film, everyone insists on the authenticity of the footage but no-one questions the actual translation, and I know I'm not the only fan who found that a little weird 🤔 After the dust (literal and metaphorical) has cleared, I think Lois would follow up on that, and she's dragging our resident super-genius along for the ride xD

Work Text:

"And you're not being relentless about this because the translation made your boyfriend sad?"

Lois leans against his desk. "Luthor gets linguists without knowledge of Kryptonian to instantly decode a recording and you don't find that suspicious?"

"Somewhat," Michael concedes. "What does it have to do with me?"

"I just need a lead," Lois tells him, persistent as when she dragged him into a goddamn pocket dimension to rescue said boyfriend. "Doesn't Guy have - space contacts?"

"I'm not Guy."

"Well, aren't you the brains of the outfit?"

Michael snorts. Damn straight. Aloud, he says, "I'll see what I can do."