You're welcome. I love that story--the little snippet we get of Clark and Lex's relationship in it is so lovely, and I love the way you depict Lionel in it. (I miss season 1 Lionel, back when his evil was a lot more ambiguous). I particularly like this bit:
It was riveting, in a distinctly unpleasant way, to be confronted so unequivocally with proof that one's child was a sexual being. It was one thing to know it - and Lionel had known there was nothing chaste about Lex since his son was 15 - but quite another to see it for yourself. Lionel felt more naked than they were, and resentment, pure and bitter, flared in him to know there were still ways Lex could throw him off balance.
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It was riveting, in a distinctly unpleasant way, to be confronted so unequivocally with proof that one's child was a sexual being. It was one thing to know it - and Lionel had known there was nothing chaste about Lex since his son was 15 - but quite another to see it for yourself. Lionel felt more naked than they were, and resentment, pure and bitter, flared in him to know there were still ways Lex could throw him off balance.
By the way, that may be the cutest icon *ever*.