A/N:
Read this bit if you've not read "Kid Brother," otherwise, skip. Or read. Not my job to tell you what to do. (And the folks whose job it *is* to do what I tell them, even they don't, so there you have it.)
In an AU, Lionel found Clark after the meteor shower and, noticing his powers, adopted him. He also encouraged a sibling rivalry between him and Lex, with the upshot that Clark beat Lex up quite a bit and Lex often lied to get Clark in trouble. However, with Lionel dividing his paternal attention, Lillian was able to influence Lex more before her death. An isolated Lex tried to commit suicide but Jonathan Kent saw his attempt and so the Kents became another influence. Events drew the two boys somewhat closer in a precarious sort of way. Clark was exposed to kryptonite for the first time and Lionel, thinking that he was dying, forced Lex to help him examine Clark while he was still alive. Lex instead helped Clark regain his strength and Clark took him with him as he escaped. Lionel, though regretting subjecting Clark to the ordeal, was determined to get them back, especially since he used part of the results of his study of Clark to rejuvenate himself and assumed Lex's own identity, faking his own and Clark's deaths. Clark, who finally realized what it is to feel fragile and experience pain, starts wanting to help people, a resolve which is strengthened when his first rescue gets him kissed by two women. Lionel used Clark's crush on Lana to track Clark and Lex down in Gotham. When a mysterious, bat-like stranger intervenes in his attempt to capture them again, Lex is wounded in the cross-fire and Lionel, forced to decide between capturing Clark and letting Lex die, lets them go. Batman invites Clark to join the Justice League, as Superman, and Lex agrees to take over some of Alfred's responsibilities in back-office management for the JLA.
Okay, that's where we are now. The Muse decided that I should make this a sequel, more comedy-drama than the first, which was more drama.
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Lex had found the meeting draining and at its conclusion, at Alfred's suggestion, had gratefully retired to "put his leg up for a few moments," Alfred being too aware of young masculine dignity to suggest a nap.
He was just emerging from a pleasant haze when he heard Clark's eager voice. "Can I handcuff it to my wrist? It just looks like I should, you know?"
"That won't be necessary." That was Batman.
"Could I handcuff it to yours, then?"
"No."
"How about-"
"You don't need to handcuff anything to anybody, Clark." Lex stifled a grin.
"Okay." Clark sounded disappointed. "I'll just tell Lex I'm going, I'll be upstairs in a bit." He opened the door and came in, carrying a large case.
"What's that?"
"It's neat. Bats asked me to take this to a refugee camp. Vaccinations. Ordinary deliveries get hijacked and sold, so..." He grinned and sat on the edge of the bed, since Lex had tossed his slacks over the chair. "How you doing?"
"Just needed a quick rest." Lex raised an eyebrow at Clark's puzzled look.
"Oh. I thought you and Diana..."
"Yeah, we came back and had sex." Clark wriggled uncomfortably and got up to sit on the chair. "First we did it on the bed, and then in the chair, and then-"
"Uh, you are joking, right?" Clark had partially stood up and sat back down.
Lex let it go. "Joking. No, she's got somebody else in her life now, somebody...right for her."
"Oh. Uhm, I'm sorry."
Lex shrugged. "I don't think there is anyone who's right for me--some of us were just meant to be alone."
"Yeah. Well, at least, you can meet people your own species," Clark muttered.
"And then what?" Lex shrugged again. "Can't quite say I'm in the witness protection program." He smirked. "In a movie, of course, one of us would say that at least we've got each other."
"Lex! Ewwwwwwwww!" Lex blinked as Clark repeated his exclamation.
"I *meant* as siblings."
"Still, ewwwww."
Oh, so now Clark was in the pre-occupied with and yet self-conscious about sex stage...it would last only a short time and had to be properly taken advantage of. "Though, of course, since we're not technically..."
"EWWWWWWWWWWW!"
"Oh, I don't know, some people might find the thought of us together quite...exciting."
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!"
"But look, Clark, I'm already able to give you multiple ewwgasms, so..."
"Coming, Batman!" Clark was out of the room very quickly.
Read this bit if you've not read "Kid Brother," otherwise, skip. Or read. Not my job to tell you what to do. (And the folks whose job it *is* to do what I tell them, even they don't, so there you have it.)
In an AU, Lionel found Clark after the meteor shower and, noticing his powers, adopted him. He also encouraged a sibling rivalry between him and Lex, with the upshot that Clark beat Lex up quite a bit and Lex often lied to get Clark in trouble. However, with Lionel dividing his paternal attention, Lillian was able to influence Lex more before her death. An isolated Lex tried to commit suicide but Jonathan Kent saw his attempt and so the Kents became another influence. Events drew the two boys somewhat closer in a precarious sort of way. Clark was exposed to kryptonite for the first time and Lionel, thinking that he was dying, forced Lex to help him examine Clark while he was still alive. Lex instead helped Clark regain his strength and Clark took him with him as he escaped. Lionel, though regretting subjecting Clark to the ordeal, was determined to get them back, especially since he used part of the results of his study of Clark to rejuvenate himself and assumed Lex's own identity, faking his own and Clark's deaths. Clark, who finally realized what it is to feel fragile and experience pain, starts wanting to help people, a resolve which is strengthened when his first rescue gets him kissed by two women. Lionel used Clark's crush on Lana to track Clark and Lex down in Gotham. When a mysterious, bat-like stranger intervenes in his attempt to capture them again, Lex is wounded in the cross-fire and Lionel, forced to decide between capturing Clark and letting Lex die, lets them go. Batman invites Clark to join the Justice League, as Superman, and Lex agrees to take over some of Alfred's responsibilities in back-office management for the JLA.
Okay, that's where we are now. The Muse decided that I should make this a sequel, more comedy-drama than the first, which was more drama.
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Lex had found the meeting draining and at its conclusion, at Alfred's suggestion, had gratefully retired to "put his leg up for a few moments," Alfred being too aware of young masculine dignity to suggest a nap.
He was just emerging from a pleasant haze when he heard Clark's eager voice. "Can I handcuff it to my wrist? It just looks like I should, you know?"
"That won't be necessary." That was Batman.
"Could I handcuff it to yours, then?"
"No."
"How about-"
"You don't need to handcuff anything to anybody, Clark." Lex stifled a grin.
"Okay." Clark sounded disappointed. "I'll just tell Lex I'm going, I'll be upstairs in a bit." He opened the door and came in, carrying a large case.
"What's that?"
"It's neat. Bats asked me to take this to a refugee camp. Vaccinations. Ordinary deliveries get hijacked and sold, so..." He grinned and sat on the edge of the bed, since Lex had tossed his slacks over the chair. "How you doing?"
"Just needed a quick rest." Lex raised an eyebrow at Clark's puzzled look.
"Oh. I thought you and Diana..."
"Yeah, we came back and had sex." Clark wriggled uncomfortably and got up to sit on the chair. "First we did it on the bed, and then in the chair, and then-"
"Uh, you are joking, right?" Clark had partially stood up and sat back down.
Lex let it go. "Joking. No, she's got somebody else in her life now, somebody...right for her."
"Oh. Uhm, I'm sorry."
Lex shrugged. "I don't think there is anyone who's right for me--some of us were just meant to be alone."
"Yeah. Well, at least, you can meet people your own species," Clark muttered.
"And then what?" Lex shrugged again. "Can't quite say I'm in the witness protection program." He smirked. "In a movie, of course, one of us would say that at least we've got each other."
"Lex! Ewwwwwwwww!" Lex blinked as Clark repeated his exclamation.
"I *meant* as siblings."
"Still, ewwwww."
Oh, so now Clark was in the pre-occupied with and yet self-conscious about sex stage...it would last only a short time and had to be properly taken advantage of. "Though, of course, since we're not technically..."
"EWWWWWWWWWWW!"
"Oh, I don't know, some people might find the thought of us together quite...exciting."
"EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!"
"But look, Clark, I'm already able to give you multiple ewwgasms, so..."
"Coming, Batman!" Clark was out of the room very quickly.