twinsarein's Easter Basket

[babydracky]

Username: twinsarein

Favorite Female Characters: Chloe, Alicia
Favorite Male Characters: Clark, Lex, Jason
Favorite Pairings: Clex, Clason, Clollie, Clitney
Other: Don't enjoy infidelity in fics, Lionel (unless he's used for dramatic effect and evil), Lana. Do like slash, first times, happy endings, fluff, angst

What is your favorite part of Easter?: Dying

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[josephina_x]

This one lives in the Easter!Clark 'verse (originating fic lives here)

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Famous last words:

"People actually do that?"

And so it came to pass that Lex Luthor, scion of the glittering jewel that is Metropolis, was introduced to the idea of dyeing eggs to celebrate Easter by Clark Kent, farmboy and posterboy for Smallville healthy-living.

It didn't go well.

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"...You boil them first?"

This left Lex feeling a little better about the idea. Perhaps this was to help prevent accidents in the 'finding' portion of the egg hunt. Lex could see how accidentally stepping on an egg would not be nearly so messy if the egg in question was boiled.

It would also prevent a bad egg smell from pervading the area if not all eggs were found and retrieved, because apparently these egghunts sometimes occurred indoors...

Clark just gave him a look as Lex mused over this concept.

"You really haven't ever done this before, have you?" Clark's lowering tone converted it from inquisitive to a statement.

Lex fought the urge to roll his eyes. "Yes, Clark, I am the canonical poor little rich boy," he shot back sarcastically, with a smirk that bordered on a leer. He needed no pity. It wasn't as though this seemed like it was going to be much fun; it looked more like work to him.

Clark, however, had no such constraints on his behavior, and gave Lex a noteworthy eye-roll before staring back down at the large pot of water steaming on the stove.

"A watched pot never boils?" Lex tried.

Clark sighed gustily. "Does too so. Just watch."

"But then it'll never boil," Lex said, teasing. "I'll be stuck here forever with eggs left undyed."

Clark got a slow smile and stared down at the pot of water even harder. Lex got the sudden impression that Clark would be totally ok with that.

Lex suppressed a sigh and leaned back against the kitchen counter, surveying the rest of the kitchen and living room.

A few minutes later, the water was boiling.

And Clark promptly grabbed the egg carton and practically dumped all the eggs in.

Lex winced.

Luckily, none of the eggs broke in the pot.

Clark kept his focus on the stove, as he grabbed a teakettle, filled it with water, and started that boiling as well.

Lex frowned and raised an eyebrow. It was bad enough that Clark was practically ignoring him, but -- "We need more boiling water?"

"For the egg dye."

"Why can't we use the boiling water from the egg pot?"

Clark gave him another look. Apparently this was not how it was done.

"It'll smell like eggs if we do that," Clark explained, like this was common sense knowledge, going back to his pot-watch.

Lex blinked at him. "Won't the eggs already smell like--?" He stopped when Clark shot him another look.

"Fine, fine, no messing with Kent family traditions," Lex ended, raising his hands in surrender.

[twinsarein]

Oh god, I'm laughing so hard right now. Especially from this last exchange:

"We need more boiling water?"

"For the egg dye."

"Why can't we use the boiling water from the egg pot?"

Clark gave him another look. Apparently this was not how it was done.

"It'll smell like eggs if we do that," Clark explained, like this was common sense knowledge, going back to his pot-watch.

Lex blinked at him. "Won't the eggs already smell like--?" He stopped when Clark shot him another look.

"Fine, fine, no messing with Kent family traditions," Lex ended, raising his hands in surrender.

Priceless.

[josephina_x]

*g*

...It seems eggs smelling too much like eggs makes said eggs easier to find -- by smell. Supposedly. *gives Clark a one-eyebrow-up look*