A Day Late (Chapter Four) - And happy birthday phantom_queen!
Many happy returns to Phantom_Queen who had a birthday yesterday! This chapter is all for her -- as a matter of fact, this whole fic is for her and all springing from her prompt oh, so long ago (I really want to start making better time on these charity auction fics).
I did want to post this on the actual day, but I had a gig, so...
Anyway, here it is. Horribly late (as seems to be my M.O.), but here. Would it help if this one had another, all-new, gorgeous banner from Bkwurm1? Because it does. :)
Title: A Day Late
Pairing: Chlark (some Chlollie and Clois)
POV: Chloe, Clark
Rating: R-NC-17
Warnings: angst, unfaithfulness, did I say angst?
Spoilers: Going from the finale (but without the flash-forward), roughly six months after.
Short summary: Chloe and Clark work on a mission, reminisce about the past, and get a little too close. Fall-out happens…
Banners and art by: Bkwurm1. More art to come as it goes.
Prompt from: phantom_queen
Chloe comes back to town, and Clark realizes that Chlollie have the kind of relationship he always wanted (partners who love, support and understand each other). I'd love to see Clark jealous over Chollie. There are a few things I don't want to see
1) Ollie can't cheat on Chloe
2) Chloe can't not love Ollie, or love Ollie but have always loved Clark more
3) Chloe can't automatically drop Olllie b/c Clark finally decides he's in love with her. She can't have always just been waiting for Clark to wake up.
I stewed and stewed on what kind of story to write with those parameters and this is what I’ve come up with.
Some of the themes and discussion in this fic might end up similar to How We Got Here, but with a different take on things. It's just hard to not end up discussing the great Chlark disconnect of season 9 and part of season 8. But I'll try to keep things as fresh as possible.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four (new)
Sneak peek:
Now The Talon had gone from a burned out shell to a Home Depot that effectively put the Fordmans out of business and the Kent farm held some other family. “You can’t go home again” never seemed more true. Then again, Smallville had never been her home the way Metropolis was. Even when she lived there, she could always see this city in the distance, knew she’d find her way back to it and The Daily Planet. Now, if the way Perry White had been welcoming her, she had a standing invitation to both. And she had to turn it down in the end.
I did want to post this on the actual day, but I had a gig, so...
Anyway, here it is. Horribly late (as seems to be my M.O.), but here. Would it help if this one had another, all-new, gorgeous banner from Bkwurm1? Because it does. :)
Title: A Day Late
Pairing: Chlark (some Chlollie and Clois)
POV: Chloe, Clark
Rating: R-NC-17
Warnings: angst, unfaithfulness, did I say angst?
Spoilers: Going from the finale (but without the flash-forward), roughly six months after.
Short summary: Chloe and Clark work on a mission, reminisce about the past, and get a little too close. Fall-out happens…
Banners and art by: Bkwurm1. More art to come as it goes.
Prompt from: phantom_queen
Chloe comes back to town, and Clark realizes that Chlollie have the kind of relationship he always wanted (partners who love, support and understand each other). I'd love to see Clark jealous over Chollie. There are a few things I don't want to see
1) Ollie can't cheat on Chloe
2) Chloe can't not love Ollie, or love Ollie but have always loved Clark more
3) Chloe can't automatically drop Olllie b/c Clark finally decides he's in love with her. She can't have always just been waiting for Clark to wake up.
I stewed and stewed on what kind of story to write with those parameters and this is what I’ve come up with.
Some of the themes and discussion in this fic might end up similar to How We Got Here, but with a different take on things. It's just hard to not end up discussing the great Chlark disconnect of season 9 and part of season 8. But I'll try to keep things as fresh as possible.
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four (new)
Sneak peek:
Now The Talon had gone from a burned out shell to a Home Depot that effectively put the Fordmans out of business and the Kent farm held some other family. “You can’t go home again” never seemed more true. Then again, Smallville had never been her home the way Metropolis was. Even when she lived there, she could always see this city in the distance, knew she’d find her way back to it and The Daily Planet. Now, if the way Perry White had been welcoming her, she had a standing invitation to both. And she had to turn it down in the end.