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Six weeks after deciding to give a relationship between the three of them a try Chris found himself living with not only Clark, but Lex as well. Lex had tracked down his younger half brother, and had brought him to Smallville to help take over their father's company, only to have Lucas turn on him and steal his inheritance. Lex was left penniless since Lionel had taken LexCorp from him by extorting some board members a few weeks prior.
However, Lucas wasn't content with just the inheritance, he wanted everything that he felt belonged to Lex, and had decided to pursue him very aggressively. It was this reason he was hiding out in Dakota's stable in the barn. Lex had given him the mustang after he'd realized Chris was the only person the horse was going to let near it. That's what made hiding in his stall so perfect, people were usually so busy watching the rearing horse, they never noticed him.
"What are you doing out here?" Except Clark that is, he figured being unable to be hurt by anything other than meteor rocks had it's perks. Still the bigger boy never came into the stall as he didn't want to hurt the horse.
"Lex's brother made any advances on you?!" Clark actually looked angry to find this out, something Chris found pretty amusing.
"You're not jealous are you?" He could hear the laughter in his own voice, as he stood and walked out of the stall and over to Clark. "You really shouldn't, you and Lex are the only ones I'd ever consider doing this with." And he grabbed the younger boy by the back of the neck, yanking his head down and crashing their lips together.
"If jealousy will get me a kiss like that, then I'm extremely jealous." Came Lex's taunting voice. Chris just grinned as he stepped away from a dazed Clark and kissed the older man. "Now what exactly am I jealous of?" He asked when the kiss was broken.
"Apparently your brother was hitting on Chris." It was like a dark shadow crossed Lex's face at Clark's words, and Chris knew the man would love nothing more than to beat the little shit who had replaced him, and not because he was mourning the loss of his wealth, but because he could no longer deny how little he meant to his father.
"And I took care of it," His tone was placating, and he had a slight grin on his face, "he propositioned, I threatened violence if he came near me, he tried again, I followed through." The two looked at him in shock, before Lex started chuckling.
"I hope you got him good." They all turned to see Jonathan entering the barn, a slight grin on his face.
"Broke his nose," He'd grinned a little to himself, remembering Lucas hitting ground. For a moment he'd wished Wyatt had been there to see it. He'd been having thoughts like that more and more lately, wishing his family could be involved with his life here, to meet Lex, Clark, and the Kents. "Besides, he only wanted me because I'm with Lex, probably figured that since he was going to inherit, that he should have everything he thought belonged to Lex. He just didn't take the fact that I was an actual human being into account."
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"What's this?" Lionel asked as Chris slapped the folder down on the desk in front of him. It had taken some time, but he was sure he's finally found enough evidence to prove the man had broken the law when he'd take Lex's company.
"Proof of five counts of extortion, a possible 75 years in prison." He'd gotten good at computer hacking when he was twelve, and often would hack the San Fransisco PD to remove his family's names from reports. It had gotten to the point where he could be in and out in a matter of seconds with no one the wiser.
"How did you get this?" He could see the fury practically rolling off the man, and tried to hide his grin.
"The how's not important, what I'm going to do with it is another story." He'd Hacked the old sheriff's computer, then when he knew who to look for he hacked the computers of the different victims. It was one of the easier hacks he'd ever accomplished.
"Now, your going to sign Lex's company back over to him, along with the joint ownership to the Talon, or copies if those documents are going to find their way into the hands of the FBI." The fact that Lucas owned the partnership was not lost on him, he figured that was Lionel's problem.
"Extortion is not a federal offense." Lionel was smug, but Chris had done his homework.
"No, but wire fraud is." He tutted him, "You really shouldn't have used your personal account for those payoffs, what with it being overseas and all."
He wasn't surprised when the man called for a couple of thugs and had him searched, he was just thankful he didn't have Lucas do it, the other boy would have probably enjoyed it too much.
"And what's to say I won't just have you and these papers gotten rid of?" The man asked when to tape recorder was found.
"Oh my threat from before still stands, I've even been nice enough to include a copy of the tape." Confusion took up residence on the man's face. "All Lex destroyed was taped class lecture. I now have multiple copies of that tape, many in the safe hands of people I trust," Lex had beamed with pride and had gladly accepted the copy of the tape when Chris had finally come clean about it. Clark also had a copy of it, and had asked Pete to keep one. He'd mentioned giving one to Chloe and Lana, but Chris trust Chloe to look past the story, and Lana hadn't been his biggest fan after Clark got together with him and Lex, and no longer rushed to her when she called.
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"Well, it's not LuthorCorp, but I think it has the potential to be something greater." Clark and Lex both looked up from the books they were reading when Chris slapped a folder down in Lex's lap.
"What's this?" He asked, even as he opened the envelope, and started reading the documents over, "How did you...?" He trailed off, looking up at a smirking Chris in shock.
"Your father's not the only one well versed in extortion." He grinned as Lex handed the documents over to Clark to read, though it was clear to both of them he had no idea what they meant. "And while his computer was too hard to hack, there were others involved who's weren't."
"You hacked someone's computer?" Clark wasn't sure if he should be horrified or impressed, after all, Chris was only 17.
"More than one." Chris said as though it was nothing, like he was just making conversation. "My family showed up at a lot of crime scenes, chasing demons and all, it got a lot of people asking questions. I started hacking the police department's computers when I was twelve to erase any trace of us."
"You were hacking into computers at 12 years old?" He couldn't keep himself from sounding as shocked as he was.
"I didn't really have a lot of friends growing up," Chris shrugged as if it were nothing, but if anyone could understand how it felt to be friendless it was him and Lex. His parents had always been afraid of him hurting the other kids, and Lex had been ridiculed for being bald.
"You went to my father to get my company back?" Lex looked almost afraid to believe it.
"Well, yeah, your company and the Talon, but the second one was more because I want to be able to kick Lucas out when he comes in there." It was clear just how deep Chris's dislike for the other boy was, and Clark couldn't help but agree.
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Lex looked at his father as the man seemed to stare off into space, and decided it was time to talk, "I hope you realize that things aren't going to go back to the way they were, just because you made me your heir again. I'm done destroying who I am just so I can have your approval."
He'd been able to convince Lucas to work with him, and the two had lured his father to LuthorCorp in Metropolis. When he'd gotten there he found Lex tied to a chair, with Lucas pointing a gun at him. Lucas eventually revealed that he intended for Lionel to be the one to shoot Lex, handing him the gun, while pulling a second one. What Lionel hadn't known was that the guns were filled with blanks. He'd shown his true opinion of who he wanted as his son when he'd shot Lucas after he'd dropped his gun.
His father had offered him his inheritance back, if he agreed to keep quiet about Lucas. He'd also made the man agree that Lucas would be under his protection. He was already holding a place for him in the best institution in the world, but knew there was no cure for being a sociopath.
"Like it or not Lex, you are still my son." This seemed to be his father's way of making things better, "You have a duty to this family, to it's legacy." He knew that was his father's main issue with when he hooked up with men, if he were to fall in love with one the Luthor line would end.
"Yeah, well, I think we both know how I feel about the prospect of having children. Besides, it's not like I've had a good example of how to be a father." They both knew that wasn't his reason for not wanting kids, the real reason being, that he didn't think he could live with himself if he did what he did to Julian to his own child. If he had been worried about being a good father he would just try to emulate Jonathan Kent.
He still didn't remember much from that night, all he really remembered was staring down at the body of his baby brother with the pillow that had been used to smother him at his feet. His father had come into the room to find him like that, and had hit him so hard, when he realized what he'd done, it sent him crashing to the ground.
What he couldn't understand was what made him snap, what had made him want to kill his baby brother who he adored? What brought on the act that made his father truly hate him? Sure his dad hadn't been a great dad, but he had sporadic moments when he showed he cared, but those had all stopped after Julian.
His hopes of having a family of his own had all but died with his little brother...until he met Chris and the Kents. For the first time in his life he could imagine a future of quiet nights at home after working hard all day, him, Clark, and Chris cuddled up on the couch. Or the three of them laughing in the kitchen as Chris tried to make dinner and he and Clark tried to help, but turned out to be more of a hindrance. But these visions in his head never included children. He didn't want to risk it.
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An. It was suggested by ReflectionsOfReality that Lex be descended from wizards from Charmed, so if he has magic he will be a wizard not a witch.