The Heart of a King -- Part 4, Hothead, the Dodecal
By: PepperjackCandy
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Het, Genderbending
Pairing: Lex (sort of)/Clark

A/N: Um, yeah, well, not much worth reporting in Hothead, because it's all either exactly the same, or totally different, in a "how, exactly, do you show Dominic not coming to relay Lionel's demands and Lionel not coming to visit to ensure that the demands he's not making aren't followed through on?" way. So I bring you a dodecal (144 words) of what's left.

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Leo had learned long ago that she had to be aware of everything, and everyone, around her. Toward that goal, she devoted herself to learning everything she could about the employees at the plant, so she pored over personnel files as she sat in a comfortable chair at the Beanery.

Clark came to sit with her, something that she had, if she were completely honest with herself, been hoping for. He told her that he'd defied his father to join the football team.

Drawn to Clark as iron to a lodestone, Lana sat down on the arm of his chair, handing Leo a mug of cocoa instead of a cappuccino, as she told him that she'd quit the cheerleading squad.

As Leo watched them together, so young and charming, she decided that clearing Clark's way to Lana had been the right thing to do.

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Next "week" in Heart of a King:

Leo: I'm not a criminal mastermind.

Clark and Leo grin slyly at each other

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Nixon shows Leo a file

Nixon: It's your juvenile record. Fascinating reading. It must have taken a Brink's truck of your dad's money to keep all those people quiet.