The Moment I Saw You Cry- Smallville fanfic
Title: The Moment I Saw You Cry
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Chlark
Spoilers: General season 5; heavy on Reckoning
Disclaimer: If I owned Smallville, Clark and Chloe would have gotten together a freaking long time ago. So, yeah, whatever.
Summary: Chloe tries to comfort Clark during his greatest time of need.
Note: This story is told from Chloe's point of view, in 1st person. I typically don't enjoy writing like this, but this was my answer to this week's theatrical_muse question for Chloe, and it fit the prompt so well, so here it is.
When I awoke the morning after the senatorial election, everything seemed fine... more than fine, really. There were birds chirping and people bustling and all that good stuff.
But everything was far from fine.
As I sit at my desk at the Planet, my cell phone rang, and I wasn't exactly surprised that it was Clark. He sounded upset, though. About what, I didn't really know. I could just sense that he needed me, and I left immediately, not even telling my boss I was going. If I got in trouble, I got in trouble. He was my best friend, and if he needed me, I'd be there for him. No question.
I remember it was rainy in Smallville that day, and when I pulled up at the farm, he was sitting outside, in the rain. He looked.... lost. Hurt. Scared. And then I got worried. Really worried.
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed
I pulled him into the barn, and up to the loft, demanding to know what had happened. I hated more than anything to see him that way.
And then he told me.
His father... he was dead.
Jonathan Kent, one of the greatest men I ever knew, was gone.
I was dumbfounded at first, and was at a complete loss of words, but knew I had to find something to say or do to comfort Clark in some way.
And then... he did something I've never seen him do.
He cried.
He cried, right there in front of me. And I thought it'd kill me. That's probably the last thing I'd ever wanted to see. And then I realized that what he needed the most right then was not a comforting word, but a shoulder to cry on. He needed someone to just hold him and make him know that someone cared.
And that's exactly what I did.
I put my arms around him, and I held him, and I let him cry on my shoulder. I didn't even have to say anything.
I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything...alright
I think that day was when I figured out something I never truly realized. Clark Kent is so much more mortal than anyone even realizes. He's got this amazing heart and soul, and they both hurt, just as much as anyone else's does. He's a fighter, and a survivor, and he's probably the most incredible being on the face of this earth... maybe in this entire universe. And I'm lucky enough to even know him. I hope that, in his time of need, I've been half as incredible as he is.
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry
Rating: PG
Pairing(s): Chlark
Spoilers: General season 5; heavy on Reckoning
Disclaimer: If I owned Smallville, Clark and Chloe would have gotten together a freaking long time ago. So, yeah, whatever.
Summary: Chloe tries to comfort Clark during his greatest time of need.
Note: This story is told from Chloe's point of view, in 1st person. I typically don't enjoy writing like this, but this was my answer to this week's theatrical_muse question for Chloe, and it fit the prompt so well, so here it is.
When I awoke the morning after the senatorial election, everything seemed fine... more than fine, really. There were birds chirping and people bustling and all that good stuff.
But everything was far from fine.
As I sit at my desk at the Planet, my cell phone rang, and I wasn't exactly surprised that it was Clark. He sounded upset, though. About what, I didn't really know. I could just sense that he needed me, and I left immediately, not even telling my boss I was going. If I got in trouble, I got in trouble. He was my best friend, and if he needed me, I'd be there for him. No question.
I remember it was rainy in Smallville that day, and when I pulled up at the farm, he was sitting outside, in the rain. He looked.... lost. Hurt. Scared. And then I got worried. Really worried.
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed
I pulled him into the barn, and up to the loft, demanding to know what had happened. I hated more than anything to see him that way.
And then he told me.
His father... he was dead.
Jonathan Kent, one of the greatest men I ever knew, was gone.
I was dumbfounded at first, and was at a complete loss of words, but knew I had to find something to say or do to comfort Clark in some way.
And then... he did something I've never seen him do.
He cried.
He cried, right there in front of me. And I thought it'd kill me. That's probably the last thing I'd ever wanted to see. And then I realized that what he needed the most right then was not a comforting word, but a shoulder to cry on. He needed someone to just hold him and make him know that someone cared.
And that's exactly what I did.
I put my arms around him, and I held him, and I let him cry on my shoulder. I didn't even have to say anything.
I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything...alright
I think that day was when I figured out something I never truly realized. Clark Kent is so much more mortal than anyone even realizes. He's got this amazing heart and soul, and they both hurt, just as much as anyone else's does. He's a fighter, and a survivor, and he's probably the most incredible being on the face of this earth... maybe in this entire universe. And I'm lucky enough to even know him. I hope that, in his time of need, I've been half as incredible as he is.
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
It was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry