fic: The Right of Truth, part 1

[xparrot]

Next week we (hopefully) will return you to your regularly scheduled fic. For now - gratuitous Clex h/c, set in late second season. If I had been watching the show back then, this is just the sort of fic I would've been writing: slash angst-fluff, pretty much, exploring an issue about Clark's secrets (and in fact most superhero secret identities) that's been bothering me.

Warnings for a bit of good old fashioned Lex!torture in the beginning, and generally woobie!Lex. Also the Kents are perhaps not very nice here, which wasn't my intent, but how it worked out. Hopefully in an IC way, but still. (And may I say *sigh* that being an asshole is in character for SV's Jonathan...)

Smallville: The Right of Truth (1/2)
R, Clex, h/c; second season
Lex is kidnapped and it's Clark to the rescue as usual, but he might not be ready for all he finds.

Read it on AO3

Comments

[tasabian.livejournal.com]

Ooh, love this! This is the thoughtful, ethical Clark I would like to see on the show. Love how he holds his own with his parents and also with Lex (and notices the parallel between Lex and Jonathan's protection of him.)

And your dialogue is always so clever. Love this bit:

"A necessary nightcap. Fortification for facing my father."

"If you're alliterating, you definitely should be going to bed. Not staying up drinking."

Awesome!

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is who I want Superman to be, or become. Much easier to see it in earlier seasons, sadly...

Glad you're enjoying it! ^_^