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hackthis_archive) wrote2003-04-06 06:42 pm
hackthis_archive) wrote2003-04-06 06:42 pm
Brokedown sputtering
Love can mend your life, but love can break your heart
-The Police ‘Message in a Bottle’
Smallville
I Never
Lex has never sat on a rotting fence and watched the sun come up.
He’s been awake during sunrise, and he’s driven off into the sunset. He’s been in clubs and bars and walked out into the morning light. He’s been driving home or walking away. Lex has been awake for sixty-three hours straight and been kidnapped more times than he would like to count.
He has never watched the sunrise.
*
Lex has never had money troubles.
He has never had to wear hand-me-downs or keep sneakers because they only have a hole in one toe.
Lex has always been immaculately turned out no matter the occasion. He has always displayed his sartorial best. He’s never had to put things on layaway. Lex doesn’t even know what that is.
Lex has never had to be frugal with his money.
*
Lex has never mowed the lawn or fixed a broken appliance.
He has bought appliances just to take them apart and reuse the pieces.
Lex has never had to replace farmhands.
Lex has never had to worry about scholarships and next year's harvest.
Lex has never had to do a lot of things.
*
Lex has never trusted a man.
He has trusted his mother, and he has trusted Pamela.
He has never trusted his father. He has never trusted Dominic or Phalen or even Bruce.
He has tried very hard to trust Helen, but there are mitigating factors that prevent him from doing that. Even though she's not a man.
Lex trusts Mrs. Kent, and he very much wants to trust her son, but something keeps holding him back.
It might be that Clark doesn’t trust him.
*
Lex has never been in love.
Clark says that he shouldn’t say ‘never.’
Lex says Clark wouldn't understand.
Clark says he's wrong.
-finis-
Dedicated to both my girls who continue to listen to me bitch and moan about my inability to write anything decent.
-The Police ‘Message in a Bottle’
Smallville
I Never
Lex has never sat on a rotting fence and watched the sun come up.
He’s been awake during sunrise, and he’s driven off into the sunset. He’s been in clubs and bars and walked out into the morning light. He’s been driving home or walking away. Lex has been awake for sixty-three hours straight and been kidnapped more times than he would like to count.
He has never watched the sunrise.
*
Lex has never had money troubles.
He has never had to wear hand-me-downs or keep sneakers because they only have a hole in one toe.
Lex has always been immaculately turned out no matter the occasion. He has always displayed his sartorial best. He’s never had to put things on layaway. Lex doesn’t even know what that is.
Lex has never had to be frugal with his money.
*
Lex has never mowed the lawn or fixed a broken appliance.
He has bought appliances just to take them apart and reuse the pieces.
Lex has never had to replace farmhands.
Lex has never had to worry about scholarships and next year's harvest.
Lex has never had to do a lot of things.
*
Lex has never trusted a man.
He has trusted his mother, and he has trusted Pamela.
He has never trusted his father. He has never trusted Dominic or Phalen or even Bruce.
He has tried very hard to trust Helen, but there are mitigating factors that prevent him from doing that. Even though she's not a man.
Lex trusts Mrs. Kent, and he very much wants to trust her son, but something keeps holding him back.
It might be that Clark doesn’t trust him.
*
Lex has never been in love.
Clark says that he shouldn’t say ‘never.’
Lex says Clark wouldn't understand.
Clark says he's wrong.
-finis-
Dedicated to both my girls who continue to listen to me bitch and moan about my inability to write anything decent.
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Simplicity - and more.
::still trying to figure out how I decided to friend you::
Must be the writing. ;) *g*
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Lovely, Thanks for sharing.
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It might be that Clark doesn’t trust him.
*sniffles* It's all very simple and very touching. A good glimpse into Lex. And Clark's right. Never say never.
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Rana would very much like to, but she feels such tasks are best left to experts like you.
Rana has often been smug that she has excellent taste in creative friends.
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:-*
Is charming. Good times.
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As with everything you write, there is a such a precise and exact feel to every moment that it's hard not to be there.
As always, outstanding!
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