Fanfic: "Useful Arts" by Rivkat . [Clark/Lex] . [N8]
Sv . "I could betray you again," Lex said, testing.
Clark leaned forward. "That would piss me off. But it wouldn't make me stop loving you. And I can tell you, I know that for a fact. I think-the choice we have is whether love is going to make us happy, or miserable. My guess is, happier's more likely together."
"I'll get it," he said, not trying to move away.
Clark pulled back just enough that Lex could see his smile. "You don't need to," he said. Lex could feel the truth of it against his body. He closed his eyes and leaned into the embrace. Clark had changed him, was still changing him, and the one thing he hadn't let himself believe-that he might change Clark-seemed like it might be possible after all. He hooked his arm around Clark's neck, pulling him down, trusting Clark to keep them from falling.
"Clark," he said for the first time since he'd given up hope. His face pressed against that alien skin, the smell still the same, the heat of it. "Clark."
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