Practically speaking, very little has changed at Luthorcorp in the days since Martha Kent decided to take a leave of absence. The company already employs numerous eager young graduates who - at least at first - like nothing better to be at Mr. Luthor's beck and call all day, taking his verbal (and occasionally physical) abuse while telling ( Read more... )

The library. Lionel's refuge from abuse as a child, and his kingdom as an adult - every book specifically selected, read, and analyzed. He can quote much of them from memory, these beautiful tomes, many valuable early editions, some simply practical copies littered with his own notes and observations. They are, in many ways, his greatest fortune. ( Read more... )

Lionel arrives in New York City with only the clothes on his back, having spent the hour's flight very eagerly anticipating his first true meeting with the "Red Queen". He's witnessed the aftermath of her escapades - Martha bruised and bleeding and shaken in his arms - but never the woman herself, never the brutal confidence and utter fearlessness ( Read more... )

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ooc: Takes place the night before Martha's wedding... whenever that turns out to be.There had been the tiniest note of concern in her voice when she'd agreed to make the trip across town and come to see him, mere hours before she's due to marry Perry White in an intricately-planned ceremony. Presumably Lois Lane, at whose apartment he'd finally ( Read more... )

Martha wants to see him.

Normally, this would be a joyful occasion, particularly since she's agreed to dinner at his apartment. Relations between them have been a little strange, recently, following the postponement of her wedding to Perry White, and Lionel is happy that they're seeing each other once again.

The reason for this meeting is, ( Read more... )

Leo Luthor is yawning over his books in the print shop when Morgan swaggers in, a sheaf of papers in one hand, an unopened beer bottle in the other. It's early evening, and while Leo has spent most of the day in school, he suspects that Morgan has spent most of it in bed. He pushes a journal over the desk with ink-stained fingers. "There it is. Or ( Read more... )

Having his own private helicopter is just one of the many benefits of being the richest man in Kansas. Being able to drop everything and head off with his lover on vacation to Star City at a moment's notice is another ( Read more... )

It's a constantly-recurring theme in their relationship: far from worrying about the state of her own marriage, and how it might be affected by her affair, Martha tends to concentrate on how it affects Lionel. She's concerned about him, he knows. She doesn't want him condemned to a lonely existence while she spends most of her time with her husband ( Read more... )