Shards of Night by _Marcelo (PG-13)

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Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: The Kents, Clark, Lex, Mercy, Lois. Mostly gen, a touch of Clark/Lois.
Length: Short
Author on LJ: _marcelo
Author Website: N/A
Why this must be read:

Superman meets Lovecraft and it's glorious and creepy as only _marcelo could make it. He puts a wonderful Lovecraftian cast onto that most wholesome of heroes, tilting everything just a few angles off and making a whole new kind of sense to it. It might just be me, but I found the ending weirdly and eerily romantic and the whole thing very beautiful.

They knew he was going to be different from the moment they opened the small spaceship. How could it be otherwise? But as the crystal capsule seemed to melt into the dull angular metal, they saw...

Their eyes refused to see what was in front of them. Their brains, panicking, tried again. They saw...

A baby.

A beautiful, perfect baby.

Shards of Night