He followed her as she moved, carefully easing his way onto the mattress beside her. He turned his palm in hers and gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "As much as I would love to spend every minute from now on just being here with you," he started, looking at her in the eyes, "you know that I have other obligations. I think you need to tell me about what's been going on here, Lois."
He wanted to do this. He wanted to just pull her into the bed with him, throw his arms around her, and spend the rest of eternity with her. Just like that. But he had barely been in the city for a day and he could already tell that there were a lot of horrible things going on. Superman was dedicated to protecting lives. He had to remember that.