"They'd snoop on you for being my roommate before they'd worry about you being involved with the helicarrier incident," he said with a laugh in return.

"'Finally, something interesting about Smallville'," he mimicked, his voice husky and jockish. Steve "The Slinger" Lombard was one of the ones who especially liked to give him trouble. Despite being of seemingly sound mind and body, he'd neglected to join a single sports team at school which, in Lombard's world, meant that he was either to be pitied or despised and possibly both.

"And Cat would be after you in a heartbeat trying to get your number. She's... got something of a type."

Namely male and breathing.