Prompt: Satchel
Fandom: Smallville
Rating: G
Word Count: 143
“Is that the same backpack you carried at Smallville High?” Lois asked as Clark dropped the bag in question into his bottom desk drawer, the one with a lock that Lois had yet to pick.
“Why does what I bring my lunch in matter?” And his Blur costume. That black Armani duster he’d worked for months to pay off after his first exposure to red Kryptonite was finally coming in handy.
“I don’t think it fits your image as the Planet’s new ace reporter. If you must carry a bag, at least upgrade to a messenger bag. Preferably something in black.” She would prefer black.
“One page two background article does not an ace reporter make.” The article wasn’t as flashy as Lois’ front page expose, but it had detailed Metropolis’ former mayor’s corrupt activities.
“It’s a start. Ditch the book satchel, Smallville.”