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The Wasteland by Jenn (NC-17)
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:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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
Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Author on LJ:
seperisAuthor 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