SHATTERED: Angsty Clex Recs
Read these with a box of tissues! Full of the unavoidable angst between the boys!
Title: Bare the Cross
Author: cjandre
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, kink, First Time, Hurt-Comfort, Episode-Related [Pilot?]
Summary/Review: Something crawled down his spine and curled up, shivering, in his belly. It wasn't nice and it wasn't warm, and it didn't even know what normal was, but it was all for Lex.
Title: Cheater and Betrayer
Author: justabi
Rating: NC-17
Summary: What do you do when you can't trust your best friend?
Review by kitkat3979: Cheater made me hurt so badly that I couldn't read the end of it until the sequel was written.
Title: Desperate Measures (16 K)
Author: Kalia
Category: Angst
Rating: PG
Summary: Jonathan investigates why Clark has been acting strangely recently.
Rec by pepperjackcandy
Title: Family Tree
Author: hyperfocused
Pairing: Clark/Lex, Jonathan/Martha
Length: short
Genre: Drama, Established Relationship, Futurefic, Hurt-Comfort
Summary/Review: Bloom where you are planted, or A Tree Grows in Smallville.
Title: Getting to Know You
Author: ingrid_m
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: short
Genre: Angst, Drama, Episode-related (Exodus)
Summary/Review: Getting to know all about you. [character death]
Title: Golden
Authors: cjandre and reetchick
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: Drama, First Time
Summary/Review: Lex smirked at his wishful thinking, but he knew that whatever the situation, he could handle it. Then, confronted with the sight in front of him, he realized that maybe he couldn't handle it at all. [alien!Clark]
Title: In the Between
Author: nifra_idril
Pairing: None, really. Chloe,Lex
Length: Medium
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Episode-related [sort of; Covenant]
Summary/Review: "And what do you do?" she laughed. "While I'm getting better, I mean."
Lex gave her a gentle grin. "I help."
Title: Incarnadine
Author: rivkat
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Medium
Genre: First Time, Angst, Kink
Summary/Review: The Fan-Fiction Writer's Union (NY Local #527) required "Red" follow-up story. Disturbing content; read at your own risk. Contents under pressure.
Title: Interstitial
Author: runpunkrun
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: First Time, Futurefic, Angst
Summary/Review: He doesn't know why this is happening. [sort of reverse alien!Clark]
Title: Psychobabble
Author: rageprufrock
Review/Summary talitha78: The best part of this story, besides its delicious length, is Clark's internal voice. He is very much a teenager and his confusion about his feelings for Lex comes through clearly. This story is by turns hilariously funny and really touching.
Title: Source Figure
Author: escapetocity
Genre(s): Angst
Review/Summary by talitha78: This is a lusciously long, plotty story. Very interesting, almost experimental stylistically, with multiple points of view. I love the melodrama (I mean that in a good way) of Clark's kidnapping and the frantic efforts to get him back. A lot of angst and intense emotion, and a very satisfying ending.
Title: Two Are One
Author: Chibimom
Review/Summary by talitha78 : Read this story when you want to indulge in extreme emotionalism and angst. Very much an escapist pleasure to be savored. Yum!
Title: Two Halves
Author: dolomir_k
Review/Summary: What I like about this story are the early scenes where Clark and Lex are raised as "brothers" by Jonathan and Martha. They are so cute together, and I love that the attachment formed between them as children is re-ignited when they meet again in later life. The whole notion of destiny and soul-mates is very enchanting.
Title: Bare the Cross
Author: cjandre
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: Alternate Universe, Angst, kink, First Time, Hurt-Comfort, Episode-Related [Pilot?]
Summary/Review: Something crawled down his spine and curled up, shivering, in his belly. It wasn't nice and it wasn't warm, and it didn't even know what normal was, but it was all for Lex.
Title: Cheater and Betrayer
Author: justabi
Rating: NC-17
Summary: What do you do when you can't trust your best friend?
Review by kitkat3979: Cheater made me hurt so badly that I couldn't read the end of it until the sequel was written.
Title: Desperate Measures (16 K)
Author: Kalia
Category: Angst
Rating: PG
Summary: Jonathan investigates why Clark has been acting strangely recently.
Rec by pepperjackcandy
Title: Family Tree
Author: hyperfocused
Pairing: Clark/Lex, Jonathan/Martha
Length: short
Genre: Drama, Established Relationship, Futurefic, Hurt-Comfort
Summary/Review: Bloom where you are planted, or A Tree Grows in Smallville.
Title: Getting to Know You
Author: ingrid_m
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: short
Genre: Angst, Drama, Episode-related (Exodus)
Summary/Review: Getting to know all about you. [character death]
Title: Golden
Authors: cjandre and reetchick
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: Drama, First Time
Summary/Review: Lex smirked at his wishful thinking, but he knew that whatever the situation, he could handle it. Then, confronted with the sight in front of him, he realized that maybe he couldn't handle it at all. [alien!Clark]
Title: In the Between
Author: nifra_idril
Pairing: None, really. Chloe,Lex
Length: Medium
Genre: Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Episode-related [sort of; Covenant]
Summary/Review: "And what do you do?" she laughed. "While I'm getting better, I mean."
Lex gave her a gentle grin. "I help."
Title: Incarnadine
Author: rivkat
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Medium
Genre: First Time, Angst, Kink
Summary/Review: The Fan-Fiction Writer's Union (NY Local #527) required "Red" follow-up story. Disturbing content; read at your own risk. Contents under pressure.
Title: Interstitial
Author: runpunkrun
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Length: Long
Genre: First Time, Futurefic, Angst
Summary/Review: He doesn't know why this is happening. [sort of reverse alien!Clark]
Title: Psychobabble
Author: rageprufrock
Review/Summary talitha78: The best part of this story, besides its delicious length, is Clark's internal voice. He is very much a teenager and his confusion about his feelings for Lex comes through clearly. This story is by turns hilariously funny and really touching.
Title: Source Figure
Author: escapetocity
Genre(s): Angst
Review/Summary by talitha78: This is a lusciously long, plotty story. Very interesting, almost experimental stylistically, with multiple points of view. I love the melodrama (I mean that in a good way) of Clark's kidnapping and the frantic efforts to get him back. A lot of angst and intense emotion, and a very satisfying ending.
Title: Two Are One
Author: Chibimom
Review/Summary by talitha78 : Read this story when you want to indulge in extreme emotionalism and angst. Very much an escapist pleasure to be savored. Yum!
Title: Two Halves
Author: dolomir_k
Review/Summary: What I like about this story are the early scenes where Clark and Lex are raised as "brothers" by Jonathan and Martha. They are so cute together, and I love that the attachment formed between them as children is re-ignited when they meet again in later life. The whole notion of destiny and soul-mates is very enchanting.