Team MetaHumans // 5 Drabbles

[sue-dreams.livejournal.com]

Team: Metahumans
Challenge: Apples
Rating: all under PG-13
Characters/Pairings: Clex, Clark, Lex, Martha, Jonathon, Nell

Title: Spilled Milk
Characters/Pairings: Lex, Clark, Jonathon, Martha, Nell
Summary: Martha is in tears. Lex is on the case. And that's terrible. (link totally unrelated)


"She ~cried~~," Clark said sadly.

Lex kept his silence as he helped clean the kitchen. There was quiet from the living room, where Jonathon was comforting Martha. Lex knew quite a lot about disappointed parents, though he was used to being the cause. Or a mitigating factor.

This wasn't something he could fix. Or was allowed to fix, according to Clark. Nell winning Best Pie not the end of the world. Even if she'd stolen Martha's sour apple recipe.

Revenge would be a dish best served cold. With a side of ice cream. And the Kents would never have to know.


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Title: Bob's Your Uncle
Characters/Pairings: Lex, Clark, Clex
Summary: Lex can't seem to find the limit to the things he'd do for Clark.


"It's a good cause."

"I'll donate the money."

"You'll improve your standing in the community."

"The only people to seem me will probably your friends, and their opinions won't change, Clark."

Clark licks his lips and leans in to whisper. "You and me, wet... sharing a towel... imagine my eyes tracing each drop of water as it glides down your skin."

It's not the same thing ~at all~~, and Lex would tell him that if he could find his voice. Instead, he puts a fifty down and goes bobbing.

After, Clark licks water and apple juice from the corner of his mouth.


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Title: Forbidden Fruit
Characters/Pairings: Clex, Clark, Lex
Summary: Some things are worth waiting for.


In May, Clark warned him away from his secrets.

In August, Clark stopped a bus in Lex's view. He didn't explain. Didn't lie.

October, Lex bought bushels of apples, watched Clark lick juice from his fingers. Clark's hands were sticky when they cupped Lex's face. "I can tell you. I ~want~~ to, and-"

Lex silenced him. "That's more than enough." He could smell the apples on Clark's skin, barely resisted tasting them.

"What if it's not?"

"We'll make it enough."

Lex would rather have Clark than his secrets. It was really just a matter of time until he had both anyway.


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Title: Biblical Knowledge
Characters/Pairings: Clex, Clark, Lex
Warnings: Misquoting the Bible.
Summary: Clark wants the truth to be known.


"I believed knowledge was the prize. It justified my curiosity. But forbidden fruit is sweet in the gaining and dangerous in the knowing."

Clark tensed. "Is that something I should recognize?"

"An observation."

"You don't... want the apple?"

"Clark, you ~are~~ the apple. There's no other such fruit in all of Eden."

"'Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide in the shadow of my wings.'" Clark stepped closer. "Would it really be so bad, Lex?"

Lex didn't move away as Clark's lips touched lightly on his. "You're temptation to a starving man."

"Then, please. Come feast with me."


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Title: In Vino...
Characters/Pairings: Clex, Jonathon/Lex, Martha, Clark, Lex, Jonathon
Warnings: Cross-gen of a sorts.
Summary: Sometimes, even the wine isn't excuse enough.


It's both horrifying and yet strangely transfixing. Apparently, all her men have had a bit too much of the apple wine.

As Martha watches, Jonathon and Lex finally pull apart from each other, her husband looking glassy and Lex smug. He plucks something from his mouth. "See?" He holds up the knotted cherry stem triumphantly.

Clark's, "My turn!" is a tad too eager, Lex's agreement too quick.

Martha's the only one sober enough to put a stop to it, but Clark is too swift. He's plastered on Lex almost instantly . She doesn't think either one of them remembered a cherry.

Comments

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

Love these! ^__^ I was trying not to read until I'd finished my set, lol. But you took a different direction completely.

The first one is great... Martha lost the pie contest, oh no! The link is hysterical. ^^

Your summary on two is perfect. Clark knows the perfect way to get Lex. :) In more ways than one!

The third gives me a bit of shivers at the end... I was all prepared to go happy and then went, uh... o.o Nicely done!

(Amusingly enough, the apple isn't actually mentioned in the bible as the forbidden fruit. But it's totally bible fanon.) The boys' dialog is wonderful - so evocative, so rich. I could see them during it.

And, um, yum on the fifth! I take the fifth and so does Martha and Jonathan. ROTFL... :) That one is kindof yummy, and now we'll go away and hide... ;D

[sue-dreams.livejournal.com]

I know the apple wasn't mentioned in the bible, but when I was brainstorming ideas on this prompt, it was one of the ones in my notes. (This wasn't how it was supposed to play out. :D)

I'm really glad you liked them! I know the third got...shadowy? It's not overly dark, but it's not quite the happy I was aiming for in the beginning.

The fifth one... I loved writing. It amused me greatly. Martha won't let any of the boys ever forget it.

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

LOL - when I was thinking about the drabbles, I looked 'apple' up on wikipedia - it had the whole bible fanon bit up there and I was pretty amused. Even more amused when you ran with that part! I like how we all ended up with fairly different stories - I was worried we'd be too close.

Smallville needs its darkness as well as the light - that's our balance. :)

For some weird reason, I actually like Lex/Jonathan in a slightly horrified yet fascinated way (much like Martha, I imagine). Your drabble reminded me of this and I had to go searching on sv_inquiry for some. I feel so dirty now. ;p Yay for apple-wine in the house! ;D

[sue-dreams.livejournal.com]

I saw your post on sv_inquiry. I've seen one story where it mentions Lex and Jonathon having had an affair in the past. It comes up because the Clex is just beginning to explore their relationship.

It doesn't go into detail at all though. I hope you've had good luck in your search.