hackthis_archive | ‘I made my excuses to you all’

It’s a comeuppance kinda day in my book. I’m tired of Billy being the second choice, and Lex sitting about waiting on Clark’s sorry, lying arse.

Rule number one: If you don’t like the way things are going, change them

LOTRips: Closer than Others
Smallville: The End

There’s an undeniable satisfaction in shutting the door in someone’s face.

There’s a finality to the action that doesn’t come very often in life, no matter what emotions come after it. No matter what lies have come before. Shutting the door is shutting the door is saying ‘enough.’

Lex has had enough.

*

All Clark had to do was tell the truth. Just once.

Lex could’ve hung on longer if Clark had just come clean once about the car/the life saving/ the cracks in the pool table. But he didn’t.

Instead he looked over Lex’s shoulder. Or he shuffled his feet. Or he bit his lip and mumbled some half–assed excuse that it hurt Lex’s teeth to have to listen to.

But because Lex cared… because he wanted to believe.

It was okay.

Because Lex was in love.

*

Clark would say “I can’t.’”

And Lex would say “Okay.”

Clark would say, “You don’t deserve to know because you've hurt me.”

And Lex would say, “You’re right. I’m not worthy.”

But Lex was worthy. Lex is worthy.

He just denied that because of Clark.

Alexander has a destiny.

It will not be denied.

*

And everything was fine for while. Except for when it wasn’t.

And then Lex met Helen, and she didn’t lie. At least not a lot.

And that was… better.

It was certainly different.

*

But Helen wasn’t the right one.

So once again Lex became susceptible, and he let Clark lie.

And Clark lied. A lot.

And Lex let him. Because he was in love.

And then Clark went to college, and Lex followed.

So did the lies.

*

And then one day everything changed.

One day Lex was pushed too far.

He had an accident and was saved by a guy in spandex wearing Clark’s face.

Clark had chemistry lab on Wednesday afternoons.

He came home bitching about compounds.

And Lex blinked.

And he said, “Leave.”

And he shut the door. Finally.