Contingencies, 5/?

[xparrot]

I really ought to be in bed, but hey, I figure we'll need something to help us through tonight's new ep...of course I won't get to see that until tomorrow. Crossing my fingers hoping this story and our OMG brilliant!!1!! Lex-nalysis doesn't get screwed to hell by revelations in upcoming canon. Or else if the story does, that folks like it anyway. I should have it completed before the next ep, anyway...meanwhile the sis and I are getting back into full analysis mode. It's the only way for our tiny obsessive brains to manage!

There's an estimate here for Dark Thursday's casualties that gnine thought was too low, but I argue is conceivable in a world protected by superheroes. Maybe it's much lower; as far as I can tell the show never gives any actual numbers. So, a total guess, unless someone has supported figures.

Smallville: Contingencies, 5/? {6,412 words}
PG-13; Clark/Lex; 6th season; angst, drama, h/c
Lex, forced to his last resort, comes to the Kent home, and Clark must rise to the occasion, as he finds himself questioning his assumptions about his dying enemy.

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Comments

[gnine.livejournal.com]

I know you got my comments in person, several times over, but still gotta say, this:

He hadn't ever wanted a legend. He had just wanted a friend.

KILLS me! *sniffle* It's just so poignant and kinda totally sums up the tragedy of how their relationship is falling apart for both sides and you were making me cry YET again as I was just going back to reread it...(and that's with knowing everything to come! Wench! :-p)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Awww. And hee to the new icon! ^_^

[stitcher2ficcer.livejournal.com]

You sure have been into icon making lately, haven't you? I like this one.