Okay, so many of you have probably seen that Lex/Clark is a pairing in my Justice League A/B/O AU series, so I decided to write a story that contained the key moments of their relationship, up until the start of Secret Origins.

I hope you enjoy it, and please read and review ?

Young Clark Face Claim: .

Lex Face Claim: .

….

Clark didn't mind Amy Palmer.

Yes, she was an omega with an unhealthy obsession with Lex Luthor, but she didn't really pose any threat. Her parents worked in the mansion, meaning that they, Amy and her brother Jeff often stayed there.

Amy was harmless…. Troy however, was a bully.

Which is why is was strange to hear his cries of alarm in the locker room.

"Very funny, guys." They heard Troy exclaim nervously, as Clark rested against the lockers, suddenly feeling a little bit queasy. There were several loud crashes, followed by yelps of pain, until Troy finally cried out, "Stop it!"

"Troy, you okay?" Clark and Pete came rushing around the corner to see Troy lying on the floor, some weights by his feet, "What happened?"

"It attacked me…. It was like a ghost!"

…..

"Yes, Daddy, I know you're getting impatient…. Lex is playing hard to get but I'm sure I can make him come around… Bye, Daddy."

Lex smirked from where he was listening to the conversation from around the corner, "Let me guess…" He walked into the room, "…He wants to know if I'm selling this castle after you 'persuade' me to sell out my father." He shook his head, "Why? Does he want to ship it back over to Scotland?"

Victoria was clearly resisting the urge to hit him… until she spotted someone over his shoulder, prompting him to spin around.

Standing with a tray of drinks in her hand, was Amy, the omega daughter of his house assistant. "Amy, where's your mom?"

"… Flu, I think." Amy gave him a shy smile, "She asked me to cover for the afternoon."

"Have you met Victoria?"

Amy seemed to tense at that, before shaking her head, "No, not officially."

"Unfortunately, she's gonna be staying with us. I will be going out later with…. A certain friend, so don't let her bully you into doing everything for h- "

Suddenly, the tray in Amy's hand tipped and the drinks flew out at Victoria, drenching her dress as glass shattered on the wooden floors.

Lex had to turn away to stop Victoria from seeing his gleeful grin.

"I am so sorry!" Amy gasped, bending down to try and pick up all the glass, "I'll go get something to clean this up."

As she went to fetch a rag, Victoria glared at her leaving back. "She spilled that on purpose!"

Amy stopped in her tracks, as Lex rolled his eyes, "It was a mistake…. Wasn't it, Amy?"

"… Sure."

Amy left, and Victoria turned to Lex in disgust, "She's clearly got a thing for you, Lex."

"We're not together Victoria…. Jealously is not a good look for you." He smiled fondly in the direction of the door, "Her parents are a fixture…." He sighed, referring to Amy, "… I brought them here from Metropolis."

Victoria scowled, "Then send them back."

"You're not my Alpha Victoria…. You don't tell me what to do."

….

It wasn't until much later, that Lex realised something was missing. Victoria had made her way to bed hours ago (not without trying to pull Lex up with her), and now he was pulling apart the mansion in an attempt to try and find his watch.

And then he heard the floorboards creak.

When he spun around, he sighed in relief at the sight of Clark standing there, a bouquet of white tulips in his hands as he smiled fondly at Lex.

"Looking for something?"

"My watch…." He pushed himself to his feet and gratefully accepted the bouquet, "… Thank you. They look great."

Clark flushed slightly, shuffling from side to side, "Yeah, Ma says I cleaned us out and that if I wanted to give you any more flowers, I'd have to call Holland." His blush deepened at Lex's knowing smirk, "I-I just remembered that they were your favourite."

"… I mentioned that ages ago."

"Yeah I-I know… I remember stuff like that."

Now it was Lex's turn to blush, but before he could place the bouquet on the table, a sudden gust of wind seemed to blow it out of his hand and across the room.

"What was that?" Lex exclaimed in shock as Clark wandered over to the bouquet and picked it back up, neatening them out.

"Not sure… I'm surprised Victoria is still here?"

"Oh?"

"Well… you did turn her down… a lot. I thought she would have given up by now?"

Lex smirked, "Unfortunately, she's like a bull terrier with a bone… she just won't give up."

Wincing at the tenseness in Lex's voice, Clark shook his head, "Sorry, it's none of my business, really."

"It's okay. You are… close to me after all, it's only right you should be curious. Any news from the school?"

"I'm helping Lana out with the school blood drive… nothing very interesting." He frowned at the frantic way Lex was looking for the missing watch…. It was almost desperate? "Don't you have another watch?"

"… I've got hundreds." Lex sighed, "But, this one's special. My mother gave it to me right before she left."

Well, that changed things.

Sneakily, Clark used his x-ray vision to scan the room, frowning when he didn't see it anywhere. "I don't see it." He eventually sighed.

"What are you, part bloodhound?"

Clark smirked, "No, I live on a farm…. I'm pretty good at finding needles in haystacks."

As Lex chuckled, Clark gestured towards the other room. "How about I go check the library? You're always working in there, maybe you left it on the desk?"

"Yes… maybe." Lex nodded in agreement, "If you wouldn't mind Clark?"

"Of course not."

He smiled at Lex, before leaving the room and heading to the library… where he saw Victoria sitting at Lex's desk… on Lex's laptop.

Before he could even think about confronting her, there was a horrible banging noise from upstairs, like something being slammed against a wall.

He raced out of the room, followed by Victoria and then Lex as they all ran up the stairs, heading towards the east wing corridor. At the end of the corridor, a door was slamming against the frame, a glowing white light behind it.

"What's going on?!" Victoria exclaimed in shock as they all stared at the door.

Lex simply shrugged, heading towards the door and reaching out to grab the handle. Seconds before his hand touched it, the banging and the light died down.

There was a brief pause, before Lex finally grabbed the doorknob and pushed the door open, frowning at the bright light that prevented him from seeing anything in the room…. And then a powerful wind seemed to throw Lex away, propelling him straight into Clark, who was quick to catch the omega.

As soon as Lex was away from the door, the white light died down to reveal what was inside. They all made their way inside the room, only to wince at the writing graffitied on the walls.

LEAVE NOW

GO AWAY

Didn't leave much room for interpretation.

….

"Lex you have disappointed me."

Lex barely glanced up from his laptop screen, that contained all the photos he'd taken of the 'haunted' room. "Hi, Dad…. It's good to see you too."

"Would you mind telling me what she's doing here?" It wasn't a surprise that Lionel had heard about Victoria.

"Right now?" Lex smirked, "Probably snooping around for something, getting on my nerves, things like that?"

"Is having her in our house a ploy to get my attention…" Lionel smirked, "… Well done. It worked."

Lex rolled his eyes, "I don't particularly like having her here you know… and this will come as a shock but not everything in my life revolves around you."

"I understand…. You're just allowing yourself to be conned." Lionel shook his head, "I think we need to have a little chat about family loyalty." He stepped closer to his son's desk, "I assume you know that she was sent here to distract you? Sir Harry has been nipping away at LuthorCorp for months."

"I know… which is why we aren't jumping into bed together and LuthorCorp is your company. I'm just one of its many expendable employees as you made abundantly clear when you exiled me to this cow town."

"Empires are not brought down by outside forces. They are destroyed by weaknesses from within!" Lionel tried to force a smile on his face as he walked closer, "Lex, I've told you this Smallville is your test…. Right now, you're failing."

"Thanks for the update, but I know what I'm doing."

Lionel chuckled at this, "No, you don't…. She is playing the only card she's got, and I bet it's only a manner of days before she manages to sucker you into whatever she wants."

"Doubtful… I don't just bow down to every Alpha who says so Father, no matter what you think."

There was a brief moment of silence as Lionel narrowed his eyes at his omega son, as though trying to read Lex's mind. Eventually, he smirked at his son, clearly coming to a realisation in his mind. "So… you already have an Alpha in mind, hmmm? Influential, I hope?"

"… My personal life is my business."

"Not when it has the potential to affect my company…. Then it's my business!"

Silence.

Lionel walked around to the back of Lex and gripped the young man's shoulder, fingers digging in as Lex fought the urge to wince. "Listen to this…" he hissed, "… If you do sell out your family, then you will truly be alone in the world."

…

After sorting out the blood drive with Lana last night, and ducking out of giving blood by confessing to 'having a fear of needles', and then all the drama with Whitney and the medication he had in his bag, Clark really needed a coffee and some peace.

"Hi, Clark."

Clark glanced up, smiling at Amy as she approached his table, "Hi, Amy… Is everything okay?"

It wasn't an unsual question to ask…. Amy and he had never really spoke before. The fact that she was coming up to his table was odd.

"Yeah…" She sighed, taking a seat, "… just you know, all the weirdness at the mansion. Everything was fine until Victoria got there…." She then glanced over at him, "… Well, you're Lex's friend. What do you think of her?"

"… I really don't know her that well."

Amy seemed unconcerned with this, leaning in close to whisper, "Well, I think I figured out why she's sticking around…. I saw her in Lex's bedroom going through his things."

Immediately, Clark was suspicious. She had a thing for Lex… what if she was making things up?

"What were you doing in Lex's bedroom?" he asked warily.

"H- Helping my mom."

"And Victoria didn't see you?"

Amy shook her head, "No… See, Lex is the only one who ever treated me like I was there."

…

Unnerved by what Amy said and what he saw Victoria doing the previous night, Clark made his way to the mansion, shown into Lex's study in the library by Mercy.

"Clark!" Lex beamed at him, "What brings you over so late? Doing a little ghost-hunting?"

"No, I came here to talk to you about Victoria." Clark glanced around, "Where is she?"

"She's taking a bath, probably hoping I'll join her at some point… Why? Is there a problem?"

"Last night when I was in here, I saw her…. I really don't know how to say this."

"She was going through the files on my computer?"

Clark frowned, "Yeah, how'd you know?"

"Very little happens in this house without my knowledge…. Have you seen the bodyguards I have?"

Clark took a seat opposite the omega, "… You don't seem very upset about this?"

"We're playing chess, Clark… It's a game. Like I said, we knew each other a long time ago."

"Well, you don't obviously don't love her, and she goes behind your back… Why do you want to keep her around again?"

"It's complicated… Thanks for the heads up."

"That's what friends are for." Clark smirked, "I guess I shouldn't even bring up that Amy's got an obsession with you."

Clearly amused at the statement, Lex shook his head. "It's a teenage crush, nothing more. She is another omega after all, it just wouldn't work." He then chuckled, "Don't tell me you're jealous?"

Clark chose not to comment, clearing his throat and changing the subject, "

I found something out about Whitney. I saw a prescription in his bag for Amlodipine, it's a- "

"- Heart medication." At Clark's questioning glance, Lex shrugged, "My mother was on it before she had her surgery."

"Is that why-" Clark paused, realising the sensitive subject matter and stopping himself, "- I'm sorry.

"…. She was sick for a long time, Clark and Father wasn't helping matters. It wasn't fatal, but Father could have helped more. With all the stress of being married to him, she decided to leave… The watch I lost…. my mom gave it to me when she knew she had to leave. She found a Napoleon franc from 1806 and had it made into the face."

"Why Napoleon?"

Lex chuckled, "You ever see the painting of Napoleon's Coronation by David?"

"… No."

"Napoleon's mother couldn't make it to his coronation, but when he commissioned it Napoleon told David to paint her in as if she were there… right in the centre. Even though she couldn't be there physically he brought her into his life through sheer force of will… There to share in his greatness."

"It's a good story."

"… It's a good watch." Lex sighed, "I may not know where she and my sister are, but that watch makes me think that she might still be proud of me."

"Was she an omega?"

Lex nodded, a soft smile on his face. "Yeah… she was strong though, she didn't take Dad's shit…. That's why she left."

"And she didn't take you?"

"… She tried. Dad told her that if she even tried to take me with her, he'd have her arrested for kidnapping. He argued that as my Alpha guardian, he had legal rights to me…. It was different for Lena."

"… Your sister was an Alpha?"

"Yeah…. Although, with Mum raising her, I bet she's a nice one."

Sensing that Lex didn't really want to speak about this anymore, Clark pushed himself to his feet, heading around the desk to give Lex a hug. "I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah…. Thanks Clark."

As Clark headed towards the front door, he suddenly heard a smash coming from the upstairs bathroom. Quickly, he sped up the stairs, making his way through the door, only to see Victoria's leg hanging over the side of the bath.

"Oh God…" he muttered, lifting her out of the bath and placing her gently on the ground, quickly using her dressing gown to cover her," … You're gonna be okay."

Before he could call out for Lex, something smashed into his chest and sent him flying into the bathroom mirror, glass shattering and landing all over the ground. As he tried to catch his breath, Clark used his x-ray vision to try and see the intruder.

Walking towards the door, stepping on a piece of glass as they went, an unseen skeletal figure was making their escape.

Something was really wrong here… and it wasn't anything to do with ghosts.

Especially not with that blood on the broken piece of glass.

…..

After finding the green gloop that turned Chloe's fingers invisible (leading them to believe their 'ghost' was rubbing it all over their body) and confirming that Chloe would test the blood against Amy's from the blood drive, Clark decided to head to the study hall.

As he walked in through the doors, he quickly spotted Whitney looking down-trod at a nearby table. Walking closer, he wasn't surprised when Whitney looked up and sneered at him.

"Whatever it is, I'm not interested."

Remembering the argument Whitney had had earlier with Lana, Clark decided to ignore him. "What about Lana? You interested in her?"

"What is it with you and my girlfriend, Kent?"

Clark rolled his eyes, "Nothing…." He sighed, "We're just friends. Why doesn't anyone believe me?"

"Think I don't see how you look at her?"

"At least I pay attention!" Clark blurted out, not caring for Whitney's tone, "You've got an unbelievable girlfriend, and you don't even know it. What's your problem?"

"How I deal with my girl is my business! She's my omega Kent!"

Before Whitney could leave, Clark blurted something out again. "I saw the heart medication in your bag…. What's going on, Whitney?"

"… It's my dad. He's been in Metropolis all week, you know, for tests."

"…. Is he gonna be okay?"

"Doctors don't know."

At the guilty look on Whitney's face, Clark sighed wearily. "You haven't told Lana yet, have you?"

"…. I figure she's been through enough pain in her life with her parents. I didn't want her to go through it with me.

"I don't think you give her enough credit…" Clark scolded, "… Even though she's omega, Lana is strong… She'd probably understand better than anyone."

With Whitney slightly shamed by Clark's comments, Clark decided to leave his studying to another day, wanting to head home… until he got the text.

MEET ME AT THE TALON? - LEX

Clark smiled, changing direction and heading for the Talon in town. Inside, he quickly found Lex and sat opposite him, "Hey, how's Victoria?"

Lex sighed, "She's resting up in Metropolis for a few days until I can get some answers…. If I'd known a 'ghost' is all it would take, then I would have orchestrated that ages ago… "He then noticed the look on Clark's face, "… Everything okay?"

"You ever gotten information you wish you hadn't?"

"In my experience, there's no such thing as too much information…. I assume you're talking about the quarterback?"

"… His father's sick."

Lex winced in sympathy, "That's too bad."

"Yeah… and I was going to help Lana out with the blood-drive for the rest of the week, but now, I'm worried that- "

"- that everyone will think you're taking advantage." Lex nodded in understanding as Clark sighed wearily.

"What would you do?" he asked.

"Who, me?" Lex thought to himself for a few moments before smirking, "Help out anyway…. You keep saying you don't have any feelings for Lana, so why back away? You've got nothing to be guilty, right?"

Clark hesitated for a brief moment, prompting Lex to shake his head. "See, that's what I like about you Clark…. You actually think about things like that."

Before Clark could say anything, a familiar voice piped up from the side of Lex.

"Hi, Lex!"

"Amy…" Lex gave her a kind smile, "… this is a surprise."

"Well, I just saw your car outside, so I thought I'd come in and say hi."

"Well, I appreciate the gesture."

As Amy chattered eagerly, Clark noticed that she was being very careful not to let her sleeve ride up, prompting him to use his x-ray vision and see what was going on.

It took all his willpower not to gasp… she had Lex's watch… he recognised the details onto it. Holding it back, he turned his attention back to the conversation.

"So now that Miss Hardwick's gone, hopefully things will be back to normal!" Amy exclaimed with glee.

Lex sighed, "Unfortunately, Victoria will be back in a few days."

At Amy's disappointed expression, the male omega suddenly became very serious. "If she does anything untoward towards you, you only need to tell me."

Amy seemed as though she was going say something along those lines, before shaking her head. "No, no…. nothing happened like that."

There was a tense silence, before she awkwardly waved at the pair, "Well, bye," before heading out the door.

Lex was almost amused by the obvious crush that she had…. Until he glanced over at Clark, who was frowning in the direction that Amy had left in.

"Clark… What is it?"

"… it's probably nothing." Clark sighed, "… but her shirt sleeve rode up a little and…"

"… And?"

"… She had a really nice watch on…. It looked like the one you described, but it was probably just my mind playing tricks on me."

"Hmmmm…" Lex narrowed his eyes in thought, "… maybe."

….

"I don't know what to say, Mr. Luthor." Mrs Palmer sighed wearily, as she allowed him and Clark access into her daughter's room, "Amy's been having trouble in school, but I can't imagine she'd steal or hurt someone!"

Mrs Palmer seemed genuinely distressed, causing Clark to sigh wearily, "I hope I'm wrong…." He focused on a cupboard near Amy's bed, opening the door only to wince.

There were pictures after pictures of Lex, clearly cut out of magazines and decorated with little hearts.

"… Looks like she's been collecting you." Clark hissed.

Lex also looked shocked by this find, his eyes falling on something in the back of the cupboard. As he reached in and pulled it out, he sighed in disappointment. "My watch."

"W- We had no idea, Mr. Luthor…. Please don't call the police." Begged Mrs Palmer.

Lex tried to give her a reassuring smile, "I'm not interested in retribution or publicity, but Amy needs help…. Counselling, medical treatment, whatever it takes, just send me the bill." He took a deep breath, "But I think it's best if you and your family moved out…. I'll pay for everything, the house, utilities, everything…. Please don't worry about that."

Mrs Palmer seemed to collapse in relief, tears in her eyes as she nodded at Lex, "Yes, of course."

….

As Clark headed out (a meeting with Lana about Whitney apparently), Lex continued to show his support to Mrs Palmer, who was clearly distressed by what had been discovered in her daughter's room today.

The fact that it was an omega having this level of obsession with another omega, only made it harder for her to accept. It just wasn't natural.

"I just wanted to feel close to you!" Amy begged as she and her family made their way to the full car, trying to appeal to Lex's better nature.

Lex simply shook his head, sighing as the other omega's eyes filled with tears.

"Jeff is gonna pack everything else…. "Mrs Palmer explained, "My husband will be back in the morning to pick it up…. Again, Mr. Luthor, I- "

"- It's okay." He interrupted, giving her a reassuring smile, "It's okay…. Everything should be sorted for you when you get there. Drive safely."

As they drove away, Lex pulled out his phone and started to call Clark, wanting to keep the young Alpha informed on the situation… and then the phone was knocked out of his hand.

"Who's there?!" he called out, "Come out and show yourself."

He frowned when he realised that the wind seemed to be forming around an unseen figure. An unseen figure who struck him across the face, knocking him unconscious immediately.

…

"Okay, so, bad news on the Dracula front!" Chloe announced as she made her way into the barn, striding up the stairs to Clark's little hideout, "The drop of blood on the mirror was type A. Amy Palmer was type O."

Clark frowned in confusion, "But she had a shrine to Lex in her room."

"She may be Lex-obsessed, but she's not the one that tried to off Victoria…." She then handed the paper over, "… Check the paper."

Clark scanned over the paper, only to frown when he realised something, "Amy's blood type doesn't match, but look at Jeff's."

"Her brother? He's always been so quiet!"

"Practically invisible…." Clark suddenly came to a realisation, shooting to his feet and racing towards the door, barely pausing to glance back at Chloe, "… I'll catch up with you later!"

….

Lex winced as his arms started to ache, having been tied tightly behind his back whilst unconscious. His cheek felt bruised and judging by the sting in his lip, the punch had also split his lower lip.

"Don't you understand?" hissed an unseen figure, "She loved you! How could you send her away?"

"W-Who are you?"

"Suddenly, you care…. Master Lex with his castle, his plant, his expensive cars. When did people ever matter to you?"

Lex frowned, recognising the voice, as he weakly forced himself into a seated position and then to his feet, "Jeff? Where are you?"

"Servants are supposed to be invisible…." Hissed Jeff from out of nowhere, "… We tried to hide, fade into the woodwork. My parents lived with it, pretended it didn't matter, but Amy wanted more. And I'm through pretending!"

Shoved from behind, Lex felt back to the floor, yelping as his shoulder struck the hard, wooden floor. "What have I ever done to you?"

"You threw her out like she was nothing!"

"I thought she was attacking Victoria!"

"That was me…. I wanted to scare her. Make her leave. I wanted everything back to the way it was for Amy… But you're not interested in love."

Lex frowned, "That kind of love could get me arrested. She's a little young for me, Jeff!"

"It's not stopping you with Kent is it? You hang off him like a good little omega, and he's just as young!"

"I won't do anything with Clark until he's of age! And he knows that! Amy would never have accepted that!"

"You ruined her life!" A sword was removed from the wall and wildly swung around, "Our lives! I'm not gonna let you hurt her again!"

The sword flew through the air, embedding itself in the wall beside Lex's head…. And Lex wasn't ashamed to admit it, but a little omega whine escaped him at this.

And then he heard someone banging and rattling at the front door.

"LEX! IT'S ME. OPEN UP!"

"Clark!" Lex cried out, intending to tell the younger man to run away…. But a little voice in his head stopped him.

Clark was an Alpha. Clark could help.

The front door was slammed open just as the unseen figure grabbed the back of Lex's head and slammed it against the stone wall, knocking the omega out once again.

….

"Lex!" Clark cried out as he spotted the omega lying on the floor, but before he could race away, a sudden wave of nausea stopped him in his tracks.

"Stay away from him, Kent…. This is your fault too!"

Using his x-ray vision, Clark spotted a skeletal figure standing in front of the fireplace. "Jeff, what happened?" he asked.

"Chemistry, Kent. Some plants don't absorb light, they refract it. I found a weird green rose on the grounds, and I studied it. And then I used the oils to become what I've always been…to Lex, to the people at school, everyone!"

As Clark tried to make his way over to Lex, a stone mace suddenly came out of nowhere and smashed him in the cheek… it felt a little like a light tap to Clark, but he still stumbled back in surprise as the

"Oh yeah…" Jeff hissed, as Clark tried to locate him, "… I've heard Luthor talk about you. Like you're something special…. Well, I'm special too!"

Something wrapped around Clark's neck, cutting off his breathing and causing Clark to grunt and gasp in an attempt to get the vital oxygen that he needed. His hands reached up to the pressure around his neck, quickly grabbing it and throwing Jeff towards the scaffolding that was near one of the walls (some kind of painting restoration if Clark remembered correctly).

Jeff grunted as he hit the metal bars of the scaffolding, stunned slightly as paint tubs rattled overhead, tipping over and spilling red and yellow paint all over him… meaning that he could be seen perfectly.

One more hit knocked him out completely, giving Clark the chance to call the emergency services… and make sure Lex was okay.

…

After freeing Lex and making sure everything was alright with him and watching the police and paramedics load Jeff into the back of an ambulance, Clark and Lex found themselves sat on the stone steps leading up to the home.

"What do you think's gonna happen to Jeff?" Clark asked, his hand creeping towards Lex's, who gently took it, accepting the silent support.

"A lot of serious therapy… The bigger question is how he made himself invisible."

Clark shrugged, "He kept yelling something about plants… it didn't really make any sense."

When Lex hissed and rolled his head around on his neck, Clark frowned in concern, "How's your head?"

"I've survived worse…." Lex chuckled, "… Can't say the same about my father's antique collection."

"… Sorry."

"Don't be…. My mother always hated that room. 'War's in our nature,' she said. 'We don't need to put it on display.'"

"… I'd like to meet her one day."

Lex turned to him and smiled gently, "Yeah… she'd probably love to meet you too."