ext_9160 ([identity profile] scribblinlenore.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2005-08-18 02:13 pm
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We Grow Stronger In Sin by Kirsten Sea (NC-17)

Direct Link: We Grow Stronger in Sin
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing/Character(s): Lana/Lex
Rating: NC-17
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] littledrop
Author Website: a little drop in the ocean

This is the second of my recommendations that focuses on relationships other than Clark/Lex or stories told from another character's point of view. This one is actually both of those.

Why this must be read: Because, as Kirsten puts it, this is "not your average Lex and Lana." In the first place, it's an AU. Lex, apparently, never came to Smallville, became a geek instead of a businessman, and he and Lana meet when Lana goes off to college at MetU, where Lex is a grad student. Those are the surface differences. It's what's under the surface, though, that makes it so fascinating.

To me, this story is like getting a peek into the very secret thoughts of Lana Lang, and, baby, she's nobody's Pink Princess. Kirsten shows us with ruthless honesty that Lana knows how people perceive her, knows that she's been defined by their expectations more than her own, and now she's off on a voyage of self-discovery, sexual and otherwise, to take back what's rightfully hers.

This Lana and this Lex have a kind of a train-wreck quality about them, with obsession and control issues a-plenty, but they sure do make it hot. Kirsten warns that the story has sex play that may make some people uncomfortable. It certainly hit my kink for a woman sexually dominating a man, hit it hard, and if that's your kink too, then this is an absolute must read.

We Grow Stronger in Sin

[identity profile] bitchygrrl.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Good rec. I hadn't read this in awhile thanks for reminding me of it.

[identity profile] katkim.livejournal.com 2005-08-21 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I loved this fic, seriously. Lex/Lana are so weird...and slutty. Great rec.