The Crack Inside by Mareen (NC-17)

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Fandom: SMALLVILLE
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Author on LJ: mareen
Author Website: The Unholy Trinity
Why this must be read:

In Season 1’s Hourglass we see a vision of the future: Lex is president, standing in a field of sunflowers that blacken and crumble to bones under his touch, while the sky rains blood on his awestruck face; Clark sits alone in a vast graveyard, markers for everyone he loves, save Lex.

This is that story - their final goodbye - and it will fuck you up, for serious.

The Crack Inside

Comments

[svmadelyn.livejournal.com]

I've loved that story for such a long time and the only person I've ever seen rec it up until now was me. Excellent taste! *g*

[twigged.livejournal.com]

I almost couldn't find it again, which would have sucked because I really wanted to rec it. Now I've got it safely saved on my hard drive. *g*

[gefallene-seele.livejournal.com]

mareen, for more about the author, she just writes seldom into it

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Thanks. :)

[suzycat.livejournal.com]

WAaaah! That's beautiful!

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Fucked you up, didn't it? I warned you.

[elleesttrois.livejournal.com]

Another incredibly painful story. Although at the tmie I first read thisone, I didn't have the same reaction to as I did the others. I haven't fathomed why not.

I do love that Mo didn't flinch and ignore or step around the premonition. She stepped to it head on--even more so than most would call for. She took it to it's literal extreme. I can see Lex's obsession taking him that far.

[twigged.livejournal.com]

You know, I love fluffy romances just as much, but the fics that stick with me tend to be brutal. This is just one of those fics (like Mercy) that had to be written, and we're lucky that (in both cases) the authors who did write them were more than up to the challenge.