Interstitial, When a Strawberry Is...

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Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Title: Interstitial
Author: Punk
Characters: Clark, Lex
Prompt: 22. UST
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: This is a future fic where Clark and Lex meet again after years of not being friends. The UST is palpable from their first meeting, and by the time they get together, you're practically panting for it.

But he's no longer invulnerable. A sharp edge can cut him open, and somehow his skin remembers a wound from seventeen years ago. Twenty-two years old, and his powers seem to be leaving in the same uneven way they arrived.

Link to the story: Interstitial

Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Title: When a Strawberry is Pushed into a Mountain
Author: Thamiris
Characters: Clark, Lex, Chloe
Prompt: 24. Future Fic
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: This is a collegefic where both Clark and Lex jump to some pretty stupid conclusions, and it ends with sex and beat poetry, two of my favorite things ever. What's not to love?

"I don't want to bother him. Could you tell him...that I need some help with poetry?"

"Anything else?"

"Just that I hope he can read poetry better than he can read me."

Link to the story: When a Strawberry Is Pushed into a Mountain

Demarcation, Delayed Reactions

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Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Title: Demarcation
Author: Livia
Characters: Clark, Lex
Prompt: 44. Mask
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is a great story about Clark trying to live behind the masks that he's created. He's Clark Kent and he's Superman, and he has to keep those two being separate, no matter what the cost. Superman sleeps with Lex, and Clark struggles to keep his emotions in check. It's lovely, and the end is great.

"You're lying to me." It stung. But so did using his knowledge of Lex against him. To Clark it felt like cheating, it felt like this whole night and how all the lines he'd drawn so carefully were just blurring away. Like everything else on this earth, there was nothing strong enough to stand up to Clark, to hold him in.

Link to the story: Demarcation

Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Title: Delayed Reactions
Author: Sleeps With Coyotes
Characters: Clark, Lex, Lana
Prompt: 43. Denial
Rating: NC-17
Length: medium
Brief summary: In this great fic, Clark and Lex are desperately trying to have sex, but they're denied at every turn by one Smallville-level catastrophe after another. You'd feel bad for them if it weren't so darn funny.

"Well...do you want the comforting lie or the sad truth?" Lex asked, clearing his throat as the completely inappropriate laughter bubbled up again. It really wasn't funny--the smell alone precluded any hint of humor at this point--but it was so totally Smallville, he just couldn't help it.

Link to the story: Delayed Reactions

Short poll

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I'm redoing some of the prompts in the table, since we've had the last set for a long time. We'd love to hear your opinions on the prompts - which ones interest you and which ones don't. The purpose of this community is to be a comprehensive and useful rec archive, and in order to do that, the prompts should be what you want to read. To that end, your suggestions are strongly encouraged. Please take a few seconds to fill out this short poll. Thanks!

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Red Tape, A Nice, Friendly Game

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Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Prompt: 45. Trapped
Title: Red Tape
Author: Lenore
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: In this AU, Mayor Lex Luthor makes Superman marry him by pointing out that he is an illegal alien living in Metropolis. The story is sweet, angsty, romantic and full of the usual Lex manipulation that every good Clark/Lex story needs.

"My point," Luthor took a calm sip of water, "is that you're an illegal alien."

Clark's mouth fell open. "Excuse me?"

"Technically speaking. You have no citizenship. No visa. No green card."

Link: Red Tape

Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Prompt: 46. Reccer's Choice
Title: A Nice, Friendly Game
Author: Koi
Rating: NC-17
Length: long
Brief summary: Lex and Clark are stuck in Lex's mansion in quarantine after a usual Smallville catastrophe. They decide to play a game, and it's pretty much the hottest thing ever. Really, why did Clark think it was a good idea to make a bet with Lex?

"Tell me about this game."

"Easy. If you can make me come, you win."

The laser gaze moved up and down his body, in a way that suggested Lex already considered it his territory; Clark wondered if this were the equivalent of trash-talking. If so, he'd never considered that trash-talking might make his cock jump. Lex said, slowly, "Yes, the goal seems straightforward." His voice dropped a register, and Clark felt himself flush. He ignored it.

Link: A Nice, Friendly Game

Being Friends, Hyperextension

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Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Prompt: 08. Friendship
Title: Being Friends
Author: Suz
Rating: R
Length: short
Brief summary: Lex isn't used to having friends, but he's pretty sure this isn't what friends do...Hilarious!

Friends, apparently, liked to touch a lot. Lex had never particularly enjoyed it when people touched him without permission - no doubt some aspect of his childhood brought to the fore - but Clark was *Clark*; he had unspoken permission to do things that no one else would dare to even think of.

Link: Being Friends

Claim: Smallville, Clark/Lex
Prompt: 09. Hurt/Comfort
Title: Hyperextension
Author: Rose Emily
Rating: PG-13
Length: medium
Brief summary: This is one of my all time favorite stories. Basically, Clark is in college and trying to deal with being a student, working his internship at The Daily Planet, being a superhero, being Lex's boyfriend and being a good son. Eventually all the stress comes to a head and it's Lex that has to help him.

Clark decides that a swift exit is in order. Dr. Laird and Perry and the citizens of Metropolis all seem to be urging him to simplify his life. Maybe this is the simplest cut to make. It's by far the most painful, but Lex seems to want it. And Clark has no energy to fight him.

He wants to turn around, wants to head back to the elevator, but his feet seem to have developed a new superpower - superinertia. They just won't budge.

Lex is pacing, and Clark hears him gather a breath, preparing for another round of invective. Then he stops. Stops walking, stops talking.

Link: Hyperextension