^^I'd add, too, that specifically in Bride, no matter what was going on or what sparks had been flying around Clark and Lois for however long or even in just that episode...when Lana returned, it literally blind-sided Clark. Then Doomsday crashed the wedding, etc. So when he finally caught back up with her at the hospital, he was trying to comfort her, he was trying to be that "rock" for her. And she made the choice to leave. A wise choice, IMO. Clark was left to muddle through the "closure" of his and Lana's dead relationship.
I think the nature of Lois and Clark's relationship at that point was beginning to come to the surface once Infamous happened, again in Hex, with what Chloe pointed out to Clark, and with what Lois told him about the "work/trenches/sparks" thing, and then culminated in Stiletto, where it all began to come together for them. At least, opening the door for him to see her in a different light, which led to him ackowledging and then falling completely in love with her.
Also, in all the years that Clark's known her, while she'd shown some signs of vulnerability with him, she's always been the "big girl", always been able to take care of herself. If he didn't realize he'd hurt her in Bride, and then she comes back in Infamous and brushes it off...I'm not sure he should have acted any differently. He tried making it up to her, IMO, by giving her his story to write. And seeing how she reacted to his secret, and everything else, after turning back time, he knew to make things different. He picked her up at the airport, he made an effort to be her friend. I truly think he wanted to be at that cafe that night. But after what had happened with Lana, and what had happened in the original timeline...I think he really just wanted to protect her.
After what he told Brainiac 5 in Homecoming, that all he's tried to do is protect Lois after what happened to Lana, it's no surprise, in hindsight, that he didn't show up at the cafe.
I think the nature of Lois and Clark's relationship at that point was beginning to come to the surface once Infamous happened, again in Hex, with what Chloe pointed out to Clark, and with what Lois told him about the "work/trenches/sparks" thing, and then culminated in Stiletto, where it all began to come together for them. At least, opening the door for him to see her in a different light, which led to him ackowledging and then falling completely in love with her.
Also, in all the years that Clark's known her, while she'd shown some signs of vulnerability with him, she's always been the "big girl", always been able to take care of herself. If he didn't realize he'd hurt her in Bride, and then she comes back in Infamous and brushes it off...I'm not sure he should have acted any differently. He tried making it up to her, IMO, by giving her his story to write. And seeing how she reacted to his secret, and everything else, after turning back time, he knew to make things different. He picked her up at the airport, he made an effort to be her friend. I truly think he wanted to be at that cafe that night. But after what had happened with Lana, and what had happened in the original timeline...I think he really just wanted to protect her.
After what he told Brainiac 5 in Homecoming, that all he's tried to do is protect Lois after what happened to Lana, it's no surprise, in hindsight, that he didn't show up at the cafe.
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