Smallville; Lex/Lana; Epsilon
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Lex Luthor/Lana Lang
Theme set: Epsilon
Genre: Romantic/Drama
Rating: T
# 01 MOTION: ‘Mmmm I think it’s caramel with a bit of butterscotch?’ Lana mumbled; her tongue rolled around in her mouth, twirling the hard smooth candy, and Lex leaned in to say, ‘Share?’
# 02 COOL: Everything about him was changing: Lex had built an arctic fortress around his heart, and Lana would be the only one to convert him.
# 03 YOUNG: Lex looked at the birthday cake Lana attempted to make: it wasn’t very pretty but the thought did count; but, he just had to say: ‘Um, I have chefs in the kitchen that could make cakes if you wanted a cake, Lana,' she awarded him with a swirl of whipped cream on his nose.
#04 LAST: At all accounts, she appeared to have given up on Clark; at long last, Luthor can finally find satisfaction with that smug knowledge: Lana finally belonged to him.
# 05 WRONG: ‘How much longer will you keep this pretense?’ she yelled at Luthor, angry tears marring her fresh cheeks; he looked at her with an air of superiority that he could never shake off, giving her the answer: ‘Don’t you know what a mistake it is to misjudge me, Lana?’
# 06 GENTLE: She was so gentle to touch, he remarked quietly in his mind; his fingers that touched dirty corruptive things now slid softly along the silky cheeks he claimed were angelic.
#07 - ONE: He'd been afraid to ask, but he had to know, and when Lex finally did, she confirmed that her first love had never been the 'one'; Lex could swear that his heart skipped a beat.
#08 - Thousand: She couldn’t count the times Lex said he loved her; Lana couldn’t after a thousand.
#09 - King: ‘I was thinking of running for President, Lana, any opinions on that?’ he smoothly inquired; a mild serious tone injected in his voice as he adjusted his expensive tie in front of the mirror; and she drew her fine brows together, then smiled, ending with an answer: ‘I think it’s a wonderful idea, and just think of all the good you can do, Lex.’
#10 - Learn: She didn’t have to learn how to truly love Lex Luthor, it just came to Lana when he mysteriously disappeared; incidentally leaving her bereft and fearing she would actually lose him.
#11 - Blur: ‘My early life with Clark was all a blur, Lex, honestly,’ Lana’s voice wavered, ‘but with you, everything’s so clear.’
#12 - Change: The young Luthor looked at himself in the mirror, wondering if Lana’s influence would alter him or if she changed by his own persuasive authority.
# 13 WAIT: A Luthor kept up pillar of patience when it was absolutely necessary; when it was a matter of earthly cost; conversely, when Lex waited for Lana to say 'yes' to his proposal, there was a sense of quiet panic; but coupled with victorious pride when she accepted.
# 14 COMMAND: When he wanted to relax, he would take the crystal cap off the decanter, pouring himself a drink; and when he need to order his 'people' around he felt pretty powerful; yet, one look into Lana's questioning eyes, Lex couldn't properly swallow the rush of burning liquid, singing his throat.
# 15 HOLD: They sat on his comfortable couch and everything felt so romantic, so right: Lana would hold him close, her fingers idly traced the line of his jaw, touching the column of his throat, whispering naughty things that made Lex groan.
#16 NEED: There was only one way to understand Lex: she knew it by the touch of his lips; she knew it by the feel of his hands; and by the powerful way he craved her.
# 17 VISION: There was an alien device Luthor found in that special cave that gave him the vision of the future: What he saw with Lana later, he blanched with a kind of a speculative horror.
#18 ATTENTION: He was being followed as he drove off with her, he was always being followed; even when she was trying to get his attention, Luthor couldn't focus immediately on his woman, inwardly cursing their dangerous predicament.
#19 - Soul: ‘I like the way I influence you, Mrs. Lana Luthor, and even better that your last name remained with the same initial,’ he teasingly chided, setting his forehead gently against hers, ‘...now, can you my darling, take this weary soul and knock some sense into him?’
# 20: PICTURE: Lana knew that Clark kept a photo of her always; yet, with Lex, he had a painting done of her, now gracing above his private working den.
# 21 FOOL: When she walked into his life, years ago, she knew; Lana had known falling in love with Clark was foolish, but falling for Lex - she believed he could save her heart from breaking.
#22 - Mad: ‘You’re mad to think that I'd want to marry Clark ever, Lex Luthor,’ Lana huskily whispered against Lex’s cheek, whisking her wet tongue along his lower lip, ‘....especially as that you’re the better kisser.’
#23 - Child: Luthor’s father wasn’t the type to show baby pictures of his son to Lana; he wasn’t a proud type of father in that vein; apart from fearing what influence Lana would have on Lex if his son turned his back on the Luthor name.
#24 - Now: ‘It’s now or never, Lana, you better hurry up and get in bed or I’ll go in there and haul you up on my shoulders -,’ he opened up the bathroom door and she happily squealed in her new nightgown.
# 25 SHADOW: It was his usual self serving way, the way his tone dropped silkily dangerous when he addressed where she was; Luthor was a coward deep down, because he knew she went to see him again; always an unwanted hovering shadow over them.
#26: GOODBYE: Lana waved to him as she stepped off the plane; he would never let her go, even as she closed her arms around him, she'd never say goodbye again.
# 27 HIDE: She found that she had to bury her feelings when it came to Clark; however, being with Lex, she felt open and protected in a way that he alone focused on her and not the entire world.
#28 - Fortune: Lana had told him in the past, before their wedding that she didn’t need a wedding that would cost a fortune; yet, he couldn’t help but want to show off, especially to the world, to his archenemy Clark that this public display would prove that Lana’s his and his alone.
#29 - Safe: ‘How do you feel when you’re with me?,’ He whispered against her dark mahogany hair, breathing in the scent of warm honeysuckle, ‘Do you feel….safe?’ he asked finally; and as she heard that word, she couldn’t help but be reminded of Clark’s protection, making her close her eyes in regret for thinking it.
#30 - Ghost: Sometimes, when they’ve relaxed after a heated lovemaking, a powerful rush of emotions overwhelm them, taking their senses in overdrive; and sometimes, just sometimes, Lana could feel the ghost of her first love leave her heart each time.
# 31 BOOK: When she wanted something to read, he took her to his vast library; shelves upon shelves that she had to crane her neck to look to the top.
# 32 EYE: Clark had to question how he managed to drive his first love in Lex’s arms; he pondered the irony of his action, wondering if Lex and him saw things eye to eye with Lana.
# 33 NEVER: ‘I’d never leave you, Lex, never, not unless you want me to go…’ Lana tried to keep a straight face; her resolve wavered, but melted away as Lex confidently dipped to kiss her softly with the promise of glorious expectations.
#34 - Sing: ‘You know, Lana, when I ventured into that coffee shop with you, I didn’t realize then that we had such a good working relationship,’ he smirked confidently as he wound his arms his woman, proceeding to drop the question: ‘How about we go and buy one of those bars, fancy it up and include a karaoke in it,’ and as he suspected, she cheerfully laughed at the notion of singing.
#35 - Sudden: At the breakfast table, Lex usually ate light, smattering his English toast lightly with strawberry slices; he liked to entertain Lana with a rose or lily in a vase next to the freshly made morning fare, suddenly overwhelmed with a crazy desire to take her back to bed as he watched her eat her meal with succulent bites.
#36 - Stop: ‘Okay that’s it; that’s enough,’ Lana said with gravity, but soon burst into another fit of laughter the moment Lex made another face at her.
# 37 TIME: 'What about you take the day off, Lex Luthor and stay in bed?,' she coaxed him; the sparkle of intrigue in her doe eyes, and he lowered his, gazing adoringly at his Lana, 'We keep this up and you'll never get any time to rest.'
# 38 - Wash: The emotions that washed over them when the meteor showers fell all around was nothing compared to the coming challenges they would have to face together.
#39 - Torn: In the morning, Lana woke up refreshed, invigorated and quite perky; she stretched out in that delectable comfy feathered down bed as the morning sun streamed in; conversely, she just noticed that her night gown was ripped from the night before, causing the blood to rush to her face at the naughty memory of Lex’s eager hands.
#40 - History: Luthor couldn’t deny that Lana and Clark had a history together; after all, he idly pondered with a drink in his hand; he accepted what those two ‘had’ was the past and Lana’s future would belong with him.
#41 - Power: Lex Luthor had never been as hungry as he’s been lately; a steadily growing voracious appetite for power cultivated into his mind, taking hold of him in ways he never thought; it poured like a heady delicious drug; this feeling of power; it was like tasting the fountain of immortality; and damn, it's splendidly addictive as the feel of Lana’s skin and lips; and he would never lose that as long as he lived.
#42 - Bother: ‘Lex,’ Lana’s grave voice penetrated his senses, ‘No one is out to get you, not the way you think,’ her throat moved as she swallowed; ‘Most of all, not Clark, he’s the least of your problems,’ and her husband serenely smiled, taking her hand in his, ‘Don’t believe for a moment that your first love hasn’t stopped to bother you when you’re around.’
#43 GOD: Luthor liked the way it felt; how could he deny such power when he could with his endless resource, take what he wanted: he had Lana and wealth, leaving him with an insatiable desire to be nothing less than omniscient.
#44 - Wall: Sometimes there were walls around them: the emotional blockade would rush up like a tower of metal spikes for no apparent reason; ironically, it became a tennis match between them as to who would be the first to bring those barricades down.
# 45 NAKED: In the quiet stillness of the evening, the big dipper brightened next to its smaller brother; the couple stood suspended on the mansion’s veranda; the naked gaze in Lex’s as he turned to a smaller figure next to him - how close he wanted to be with her, for always, and forever - like the stars.
#46 - Drive: ‘Would you like to drive?’ Luthor asked her, his hand held a set of keys to a new car fresh off the carpet; and Lana’s hazel eyes lowered, she gently took keys, shooting her husband a teasing look, ‘Get in, handsome.’
# 47 HARM: ‘I could never hurt you, Lana,’ his genuine concern held sanctuary, ‘I would give you anything, anything you need and want’
# 48 PRECIOUS: ‘Well aren’t you precious?’ he laughed at her, one of the rare moments Lex revealed to Lana; she laughed with him; her dark lashes lowered while her arms wound about him.
# 49 HUNGER: She kissed him with all the hunger in the world; the tears mingled with that kiss, fervent and pierced with heated longing.
# 50: BELIEVE: ‘You believe me don’t you, Lana?’ his face distorted in angry frustration; afraid of seeing the disbelief in her face, but as he closely approached, she backed up a little - it nearly killed him inside.
Pairing: Lex Luthor/Lana Lang
Theme set: Epsilon
Genre: Romantic/Drama
Rating: T
# 01 MOTION: ‘Mmmm I think it’s caramel with a bit of butterscotch?’ Lana mumbled; her tongue rolled around in her mouth, twirling the hard smooth candy, and Lex leaned in to say, ‘Share?’
# 02 COOL: Everything about him was changing: Lex had built an arctic fortress around his heart, and Lana would be the only one to convert him.
# 03 YOUNG: Lex looked at the birthday cake Lana attempted to make: it wasn’t very pretty but the thought did count; but, he just had to say: ‘Um, I have chefs in the kitchen that could make cakes if you wanted a cake, Lana,' she awarded him with a swirl of whipped cream on his nose.
#04 LAST: At all accounts, she appeared to have given up on Clark; at long last, Luthor can finally find satisfaction with that smug knowledge: Lana finally belonged to him.
# 05 WRONG: ‘How much longer will you keep this pretense?’ she yelled at Luthor, angry tears marring her fresh cheeks; he looked at her with an air of superiority that he could never shake off, giving her the answer: ‘Don’t you know what a mistake it is to misjudge me, Lana?’
# 06 GENTLE: She was so gentle to touch, he remarked quietly in his mind; his fingers that touched dirty corruptive things now slid softly along the silky cheeks he claimed were angelic.
#07 - ONE: He'd been afraid to ask, but he had to know, and when Lex finally did, she confirmed that her first love had never been the 'one'; Lex could swear that his heart skipped a beat.
#08 - Thousand: She couldn’t count the times Lex said he loved her; Lana couldn’t after a thousand.
#09 - King: ‘I was thinking of running for President, Lana, any opinions on that?’ he smoothly inquired; a mild serious tone injected in his voice as he adjusted his expensive tie in front of the mirror; and she drew her fine brows together, then smiled, ending with an answer: ‘I think it’s a wonderful idea, and just think of all the good you can do, Lex.’
#10 - Learn: She didn’t have to learn how to truly love Lex Luthor, it just came to Lana when he mysteriously disappeared; incidentally leaving her bereft and fearing she would actually lose him.
#11 - Blur: ‘My early life with Clark was all a blur, Lex, honestly,’ Lana’s voice wavered, ‘but with you, everything’s so clear.’
#12 - Change: The young Luthor looked at himself in the mirror, wondering if Lana’s influence would alter him or if she changed by his own persuasive authority.
# 13 WAIT: A Luthor kept up pillar of patience when it was absolutely necessary; when it was a matter of earthly cost; conversely, when Lex waited for Lana to say 'yes' to his proposal, there was a sense of quiet panic; but coupled with victorious pride when she accepted.
# 14 COMMAND: When he wanted to relax, he would take the crystal cap off the decanter, pouring himself a drink; and when he need to order his 'people' around he felt pretty powerful; yet, one look into Lana's questioning eyes, Lex couldn't properly swallow the rush of burning liquid, singing his throat.
# 15 HOLD: They sat on his comfortable couch and everything felt so romantic, so right: Lana would hold him close, her fingers idly traced the line of his jaw, touching the column of his throat, whispering naughty things that made Lex groan.
#16 NEED: There was only one way to understand Lex: she knew it by the touch of his lips; she knew it by the feel of his hands; and by the powerful way he craved her.
# 17 VISION: There was an alien device Luthor found in that special cave that gave him the vision of the future: What he saw with Lana later, he blanched with a kind of a speculative horror.
#18 ATTENTION: He was being followed as he drove off with her, he was always being followed; even when she was trying to get his attention, Luthor couldn't focus immediately on his woman, inwardly cursing their dangerous predicament.
#19 - Soul: ‘I like the way I influence you, Mrs. Lana Luthor, and even better that your last name remained with the same initial,’ he teasingly chided, setting his forehead gently against hers, ‘...now, can you my darling, take this weary soul and knock some sense into him?’
# 20: PICTURE: Lana knew that Clark kept a photo of her always; yet, with Lex, he had a painting done of her, now gracing above his private working den.
# 21 FOOL: When she walked into his life, years ago, she knew; Lana had known falling in love with Clark was foolish, but falling for Lex - she believed he could save her heart from breaking.
#22 - Mad: ‘You’re mad to think that I'd want to marry Clark ever, Lex Luthor,’ Lana huskily whispered against Lex’s cheek, whisking her wet tongue along his lower lip, ‘....especially as that you’re the better kisser.’
#23 - Child: Luthor’s father wasn’t the type to show baby pictures of his son to Lana; he wasn’t a proud type of father in that vein; apart from fearing what influence Lana would have on Lex if his son turned his back on the Luthor name.
#24 - Now: ‘It’s now or never, Lana, you better hurry up and get in bed or I’ll go in there and haul you up on my shoulders -,’ he opened up the bathroom door and she happily squealed in her new nightgown.
# 25 SHADOW: It was his usual self serving way, the way his tone dropped silkily dangerous when he addressed where she was; Luthor was a coward deep down, because he knew she went to see him again; always an unwanted hovering shadow over them.
#26: GOODBYE: Lana waved to him as she stepped off the plane; he would never let her go, even as she closed her arms around him, she'd never say goodbye again.
# 27 HIDE: She found that she had to bury her feelings when it came to Clark; however, being with Lex, she felt open and protected in a way that he alone focused on her and not the entire world.
#28 - Fortune: Lana had told him in the past, before their wedding that she didn’t need a wedding that would cost a fortune; yet, he couldn’t help but want to show off, especially to the world, to his archenemy Clark that this public display would prove that Lana’s his and his alone.
#29 - Safe: ‘How do you feel when you’re with me?,’ He whispered against her dark mahogany hair, breathing in the scent of warm honeysuckle, ‘Do you feel….safe?’ he asked finally; and as she heard that word, she couldn’t help but be reminded of Clark’s protection, making her close her eyes in regret for thinking it.
#30 - Ghost: Sometimes, when they’ve relaxed after a heated lovemaking, a powerful rush of emotions overwhelm them, taking their senses in overdrive; and sometimes, just sometimes, Lana could feel the ghost of her first love leave her heart each time.
# 31 BOOK: When she wanted something to read, he took her to his vast library; shelves upon shelves that she had to crane her neck to look to the top.
# 32 EYE: Clark had to question how he managed to drive his first love in Lex’s arms; he pondered the irony of his action, wondering if Lex and him saw things eye to eye with Lana.
# 33 NEVER: ‘I’d never leave you, Lex, never, not unless you want me to go…’ Lana tried to keep a straight face; her resolve wavered, but melted away as Lex confidently dipped to kiss her softly with the promise of glorious expectations.
#34 - Sing: ‘You know, Lana, when I ventured into that coffee shop with you, I didn’t realize then that we had such a good working relationship,’ he smirked confidently as he wound his arms his woman, proceeding to drop the question: ‘How about we go and buy one of those bars, fancy it up and include a karaoke in it,’ and as he suspected, she cheerfully laughed at the notion of singing.
#35 - Sudden: At the breakfast table, Lex usually ate light, smattering his English toast lightly with strawberry slices; he liked to entertain Lana with a rose or lily in a vase next to the freshly made morning fare, suddenly overwhelmed with a crazy desire to take her back to bed as he watched her eat her meal with succulent bites.
#36 - Stop: ‘Okay that’s it; that’s enough,’ Lana said with gravity, but soon burst into another fit of laughter the moment Lex made another face at her.
# 37 TIME: 'What about you take the day off, Lex Luthor and stay in bed?,' she coaxed him; the sparkle of intrigue in her doe eyes, and he lowered his, gazing adoringly at his Lana, 'We keep this up and you'll never get any time to rest.'
# 38 - Wash: The emotions that washed over them when the meteor showers fell all around was nothing compared to the coming challenges they would have to face together.
#39 - Torn: In the morning, Lana woke up refreshed, invigorated and quite perky; she stretched out in that delectable comfy feathered down bed as the morning sun streamed in; conversely, she just noticed that her night gown was ripped from the night before, causing the blood to rush to her face at the naughty memory of Lex’s eager hands.
#40 - History: Luthor couldn’t deny that Lana and Clark had a history together; after all, he idly pondered with a drink in his hand; he accepted what those two ‘had’ was the past and Lana’s future would belong with him.
#41 - Power: Lex Luthor had never been as hungry as he’s been lately; a steadily growing voracious appetite for power cultivated into his mind, taking hold of him in ways he never thought; it poured like a heady delicious drug; this feeling of power; it was like tasting the fountain of immortality; and damn, it's splendidly addictive as the feel of Lana’s skin and lips; and he would never lose that as long as he lived.
#42 - Bother: ‘Lex,’ Lana’s grave voice penetrated his senses, ‘No one is out to get you, not the way you think,’ her throat moved as she swallowed; ‘Most of all, not Clark, he’s the least of your problems,’ and her husband serenely smiled, taking her hand in his, ‘Don’t believe for a moment that your first love hasn’t stopped to bother you when you’re around.’
#43 GOD: Luthor liked the way it felt; how could he deny such power when he could with his endless resource, take what he wanted: he had Lana and wealth, leaving him with an insatiable desire to be nothing less than omniscient.
#44 - Wall: Sometimes there were walls around them: the emotional blockade would rush up like a tower of metal spikes for no apparent reason; ironically, it became a tennis match between them as to who would be the first to bring those barricades down.
# 45 NAKED: In the quiet stillness of the evening, the big dipper brightened next to its smaller brother; the couple stood suspended on the mansion’s veranda; the naked gaze in Lex’s as he turned to a smaller figure next to him - how close he wanted to be with her, for always, and forever - like the stars.
#46 - Drive: ‘Would you like to drive?’ Luthor asked her, his hand held a set of keys to a new car fresh off the carpet; and Lana’s hazel eyes lowered, she gently took keys, shooting her husband a teasing look, ‘Get in, handsome.’
# 47 HARM: ‘I could never hurt you, Lana,’ his genuine concern held sanctuary, ‘I would give you anything, anything you need and want’
# 48 PRECIOUS: ‘Well aren’t you precious?’ he laughed at her, one of the rare moments Lex revealed to Lana; she laughed with him; her dark lashes lowered while her arms wound about him.
# 49 HUNGER: She kissed him with all the hunger in the world; the tears mingled with that kiss, fervent and pierced with heated longing.
# 50: BELIEVE: ‘You believe me don’t you, Lana?’ his face distorted in angry frustration; afraid of seeing the disbelief in her face, but as he closely approached, she backed up a little - it nearly killed him inside.