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Heart's Desire One Shot
Oct. 11th, 2013 10:50 pmLex had heard about this cloud first from island rumor, then asking a few who had experienced it themselves. He had wanted to know all about this latest island phenomenon before he experienced it himself. After all, it was very rare that an island occurrence was voluntary. And if anyone knew the dangers of island phenomenon, it was people who had been around the island for a while, like Lex.
He stood just outside a patch of cloud, just staring into it's depths. He was actually genuinely afraid of what he would see if he walked into the cloud. He'd had the visions of white suits and blood raining from the sky. He'd read the books and seen the movies of being the villain of Clark' story. What if that was his true heart's desire? What if that was all a Luthor could ever hope to want? Hope to be. It's what his father had wanted for him after all...But his father had also taught him that Luthor's were not afraid of anything.
Finally, Lex took a breath and started walking into the fog.
His hands were hanging loosely at his sides as he walked and he was startled when suddenly small hands grasped his left hand. He stopped suddenly and looked down...at the most beautiful little girl he'd ever seen, equal perhaps only to Anatoly's daughter.
The little girl had bright red curls that framed her face and bright blue gray that sparkled with restrained humor. It was a very Luthor look framed in a Sergievsky face. Lex knew without a doubt that this was his daughter, his and Anatoly's. He actually felt tears in the corners of his eyes when he realized that he wasn't going to see world domination, red and blue spandex or some symbol of control and power. This little girl was his heart's desire.
"Daddy, why are you crying?" The little girl asked, tugging on his hand for him to come down to her level. Lex obeyed without a thought, kneeling down so they could look eye to eye and he could see her concern for him. "Is everything okay? Can we still go play?"
"Everything is perfect." Lex said as he regained his composure, his eyes never leaving the sight before him. His right hand came around and touched her cheek. "We can go play right now if you like." The smile that earned him almost caused the tears to return, it was so bright and positive. The girl didn't appear to be jaded and guarded, as a true Luthor child would have been by her age. She looked happy.
"Okay! I have a surprise for you!" She tugged on his hand for her to follow him and Lex stood to do so. They walked out to a beach area where it was clear she'd been playing in the sand already. "Look, I wrote my name!" Scrawled in the sand and decorated with shells and debris were the letters L-E-N-A. Lena. His daughter's name was Lena. "Will you come build a sand castle with me daddy?"
Lex answered the only way he could. "Of course. I would absolutely love too."
He stood just outside a patch of cloud, just staring into it's depths. He was actually genuinely afraid of what he would see if he walked into the cloud. He'd had the visions of white suits and blood raining from the sky. He'd read the books and seen the movies of being the villain of Clark' story. What if that was his true heart's desire? What if that was all a Luthor could ever hope to want? Hope to be. It's what his father had wanted for him after all...But his father had also taught him that Luthor's were not afraid of anything.
Finally, Lex took a breath and started walking into the fog.
His hands were hanging loosely at his sides as he walked and he was startled when suddenly small hands grasped his left hand. He stopped suddenly and looked down...at the most beautiful little girl he'd ever seen, equal perhaps only to Anatoly's daughter.
The little girl had bright red curls that framed her face and bright blue gray that sparkled with restrained humor. It was a very Luthor look framed in a Sergievsky face. Lex knew without a doubt that this was his daughter, his and Anatoly's. He actually felt tears in the corners of his eyes when he realized that he wasn't going to see world domination, red and blue spandex or some symbol of control and power. This little girl was his heart's desire.
"Daddy, why are you crying?" The little girl asked, tugging on his hand for him to come down to her level. Lex obeyed without a thought, kneeling down so they could look eye to eye and he could see her concern for him. "Is everything okay? Can we still go play?"
"Everything is perfect." Lex said as he regained his composure, his eyes never leaving the sight before him. His right hand came around and touched her cheek. "We can go play right now if you like." The smile that earned him almost caused the tears to return, it was so bright and positive. The girl didn't appear to be jaded and guarded, as a true Luthor child would have been by her age. She looked happy.
"Okay! I have a surprise for you!" She tugged on his hand for her to follow him and Lex stood to do so. They walked out to a beach area where it was clear she'd been playing in the sand already. "Look, I wrote my name!" Scrawled in the sand and decorated with shells and debris were the letters L-E-N-A. Lena. His daughter's name was Lena. "Will you come build a sand castle with me daddy?"
Lex answered the only way he could. "Of course. I would absolutely love too."