So I have this folder filled with links to maybe a hundred fics that I enjoyed and meant to eventually rec but never got around to. And because I'm currently going through something of an organization phase, I figure it's about time to start clearing out the folder. And so, my first rec is a Clark/Lex Smallville fic in which Lex writes Clark a letter. Beyond quotes from said epistle there's very little Lex, but there's a lot of Clark as a result and that's always of the good.

Of Epistles and Epiphanies by Nifra Idril

There is no salutation. It begins like this:

I want you to know that I am not of sound mind, and that if I were, I would never have written this, and having written (or rather, being in the process of writing it) I already fully regret the impulse. However, having started, I can’t turn back.

Which is just so typically Lex that Clark chokes on his coffee as he sits in front of his computer, reading his morning email before class. In the background, Clark’s roommate Devon whispers sweet nothings to whoever he’s sharing a bed with today, and it sounds like the pair of them are getting ready for another round of theatrically loud sex on the top bunk.

Clark prints the email out, and reads the rest of it outside, twice. Then he folds it in two very, very carefully, fits it into his wallet, and goes to class.