Pairing: Clex
Genre: Tragedy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Spoilers: Requiem
Warnings: I said I'd never write a fic set after this ep, but I had to. I just had to. But it hurts, oh it hurts.
Summary: Clark honors Lex's wish.
A/N: written for
sv100 prompt: past prompt/ flame.
Clark sped away from the scene, the headwind drying his tears before he could even cry them.
In his haste to reach what he sought, he nearly shattered the loose floorboard. Only when he touched the sheaves of paper did his trembling hands grow still.
‘Clark,’ read Lex’s even yet complicated hand, ‘no matter how wide the gulf between us grows, I find I cannot stop loving you. And I have tried.
Burn this.’
As he cradled Lex’s letters, Clark realized he was smearing the pages with his ashes.
His eyes stung briefly; then flames claimed Lex’s words as well.