The Wasteland by Jenn (NC-17)

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes. I'm back again. What can I say? I'm a chronic volunteer. This month I'm driving the Smallville van. Ah, Smallville. It's such a slashtacular fandom.

Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Author on LJ: seperis
Author Website: Indulgence
Why this must be read: Is a Smallville rec set complete without a story by Jenn? I don't think so. I've chosen "The Wasteland" because it's a wonderful, surreal futurefic, although darker and more world-weary than some of Jenn's other pieces. One of the things that makes Lex such a compelling character in this is that he's so obviously desperate for love, and so obviously unloved, and so obviously broken because of it. And there's no simple fix for that, especially in canon with a Clark that's fifteen and emotionally unready to give that kind of love. But what happens when everything in Lex's world turns upside down, and there's a Clark that's twenty-one? This story starts from that premise, and it's so heart-achingly good it makes me tingle every time I read it.

The Wasteland

Comments

[raveninthewind.livejournal.com]

Jenn was one of the first SV writers I read, and she gives a fabulous reading experience because she's written so many stories. I like her future fics the best, I think.

(*waves to a fellow chronic volunteer*)

[cupidsbow.livejournal.com]

*waves back*

I know what you mean, I always feel so lucky that Jenn has given her work to us. So many of them are re-reading favourites.