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So Lex comes to me and says, Jack, Jack, Jack. What were you thinking, saying you couldn't write happyfic? I glared at him. Lex, I said, when have you ever come to me with a happy story to tell? You're Lex. You do angst like it's going out of style. And he just grinned and whispered in my ear.

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I love Superman. I'm not in love with him, that love is all for Clark, but I love what he gives us.

I love that Clark can avert disasters world-shaking or pedestrian without worrying that someone will see him, because I know how he loves doing it. I love that he's a hero, and I love letting him go be one. I love watching him do it, knowing he's enjoying himself, anticipating the special, private celebrations that always follow his return. Sometimes that entails a kiss, sometimes more involved intimacy, sometimes just watching his eyes dance with joy across the table after he's ducked out of a restaurant to catch a derailed train or plummeting plane between courses.

I love that Superman allows Clark to be Clark. When the suit is off, or covered up, he may be listening with one super-sensitive ear for signs of trouble, but he's learned to relax between emergencies. I love that he can just be himself, shrug off that burden that's been passed to Superman. He can go to work at the Planet like a mortal, if mild-mannered, man. He can laugh with his friends and walk in the rain and visit his mother often. He can love me without that love being crimped in the vises of his lies and mine.

I love that all the things that make Superman seem so mysterious to the public are private jokes only the two of us know all of. I love that Superman is Clark's and mine, and Clark is only mine, and I his.

///

Sometimes Lex is just a big softie. Hey, he made me say it.

Edited to Add: I did actually expand this after all! It's now complete and called True Love and Falsehood.

Date: 2002-07-13 06:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pearl-o.livejournal.com
God. Today I am sappy like a really sappy thing.

I enjoyed this very much.

Aww

Date: 2002-07-13 09:09 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Well, I suppose as I am your husband, I should put something up here. Very cute, and glad to see you do something less than angsty.

See, now you know I love you cause I never post on these things.

Awww...

Date: 2002-07-13 09:42 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Wow, Jack, that was so sweet! And unusual- how often does Lex actually like Superman? Very nice stuff. You're working on another nice long fic soon to be posted, I hope? Please, please?

Joan
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Date: 2002-07-13 11:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] valisme.livejournal.com
Very nice, very sweet. And, echoing a comment above, unusual to see Lex liking Superman for any reason. Interesting reversal there.

He can laugh with his friends and walk in the rain and visit his mother often. He can love me without that love being crimped in the vises of his lies and mine.

I loved these lines.

Bless! Bless! Bless!

Date: 2002-07-14 03:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pandarus.livejournal.com
Oh, now that's a refreshing change! It's also entirely plausible & I did love the inside-jokes thing, and the naughtiness of them both knowing that whilst Clark was "in the restroom" after the soup course, Superman was rescuing people from another disaster.

Adorable.

*points*

Date: 2002-07-14 03:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wileykit666.livejournal.com
*And points some more*

*Jumps up and down on spot whilst pointing and shouts*

"You see? You SEE?!?!"

I *knew* Supes could be a good thing for Lex and Clark. It just took the right person to come along and get their Lex-whisperings down on...er...screen.

*mwah* Love you, babe.

feedback from jack's harem

Date: 2002-07-14 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
i ended up liking it in spite of my initial reservations. while reading your introduction, i was all 'oh no. happy!lex. sappy!lex. this does not compute.' but you make a very good case for this kind of lex.

i really liked
watching his eyes dance with joy
and
He can love me without that love being crimped in the vises of his lies and mine.

/insert heaving-bosom sigh here/

hugs from the harem
mosself


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Oh yeah...

Date: 2002-07-14 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] andariell.livejournal.com
This I like A LOT. This I can work with *nods*

Lovely, Jack. I haven't delved into your longer stuff yet (I am woefully behind in reading) but given this preview? Whoo-hoo! *g*

Lex whispers so nicely. He really should be encouraged to try it more often.

I love Superman. I'm not in love with him, that love is all for Clark, but I love what he gives us.

*happy sigh* Oh yes. Definitely yes. I can see this as a possibility and I love that.

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