Exodus 1:11

"You shouldn't have done that," Lex said, sliding down the wall to join his brother on the floor.

"Now you tell me," the tall, dark-haired young man replied with irony.

"Father's furious."

"The overseer got what he had coming to him. You know that."

"But you're going to have to leave, and," Lex put a hand on Clark's arm, sending a jolt through both of them, "I don't know if I could take it if you left."

Clark's eyes drifted south, from Lex's blue, blue eyes to the mouth he'd wanted to taste again since their one stolen kiss.

Unselfconsciously, Lex bit his lower lip, "and anyway, now that Father's going to disown you, you're not my brother."

Clark captured that mouth with his.

In the morning, they'd be gone, lost in the warren of the Kryptonians' homes.

And in the afternoon, Lionel would formally declare Julian his eldest son.