Lex F***ing Luthor by boundbyspells (R)

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Fandom: THE O.C
Pairing: Seth/Ryan
Author on LJ: boundbyspells
Author Website: Bound By Spells
Why this must be read:

This story is wonderful because it doesn't take itself too seriously and because of that, it completely knocks Seth's voice and characterization out of the park. It's amazing and funny and just the sort of trivial things Seth would think about when trying to keep himself from focusing on the real issue...Ryan being on a date.

Plus, I loved the whole comparision of the Seth/Ryan vibe to that of clark/lex from Smallville in the story, which made Seth even more neurotic.



Ryan had left around seven, leaving Seth to his own devices. Tonight, his devices had included the X-Box and the DVD player: one game of Halo, openly played, and one episode of Smallville, covertly watched.

The Smallville-watching thing was a... thing. Summer had once let on that she had the hots for Lex, and Seth--devotee of all things Summer--had swallowed his reflex ire over the Dawsonification of a great (albeit namby-pamby) cultural comics icon.

At least Summer hadn't expressed a love for Superman himself. While Seth secretly admired (and highly identified with) Clark's infinite capacity for acquiring random, unearned guilt, there was a shallowness, an almost vapid quality to Clark that Seth found unappealing. Lex, now... Lex possessed a certain villainous joie de vivre that—

No. He was not lying in bed thinking about the charms of Lex Fucking Luthor.

This was all Ryan's fault. If Ryan had just stayed home, Seth wouldn't have suffered through another episode of that damned show and its damned Krypto-hypnotic bald man.



So definitely check out this story: Lex F***ing Luthor