Fic: Waiting for My Real Life to Begin

[xparrot]

My first non-darkfic dip into Smallville canon proper rather than futurefic, and my second time with Clark's POV. This is actually a distant prequel to the Subterfuge universe, but stands on its own without any obvious relation in plot or tone to those later fic. It's a 5th season episode tag, taking place an hour or two after the final scene of "Mortal," and might be the first of a sequence of AU ep tags. I quite enjoyed 5th season overall, but in a "what it could have been" way more than a "this is the way it was" way, and AUing it amuses me.

Title from the Scrubs soundtrack, a musical number far too lovely for a silly comedy, which is just one more reason why Scrubs rocks so hard; when I was deciding what to call this story, my playlist shuffled to this song, and I'm not one to look a gift title in the mouth.

Smallville: Waiting for My Real Life to Begin {5,136 words}
PG; pre-slash (hints of Clark/Lex; references to canonical Clark/Lana), ep tag to 5x02, "Mortal"
Clark runs home from the Talon; Lex is waiting for him.

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Comments

[attaccabottoni.livejournal.com]

Eeeee, really?! My brain exploded at the "Lex and Clark trapped together" part. It's like a dream come true scenario for SV fangirls since S1. God, I don't care if they churn out anything that would ruin the opportunity for meaningful dialogue, just get Clark and Lex working together on something in each other's company for a definite period of time, and I will happily throw a party and dedicate a Thanksgiving Mass to the writers. I'm pretty sure there will be wiggle room for fanfic writers to fit Clex in that scenario, because the subtext is canon, damnit.

Yeah, the best I'd hope for is a lengthy snarktastic exchange reminiscent of "Tresspass" and I'll be a happy fangirl. :D