Disclaimer: I don't SV or anyone/anything from the show.
Title: It Falls Apart
Rating: R for language.
Spoiler: All of season 6 and future episodes as well.
Summary: A secret relationship falls apart...
AN: I've been recently introduced to the fandom and I've spent many months reading too many fanfics on the Chloe and Lex pairing. It's a little intimidating to be posting a fanfic in a community filled with many talented writers. But somehow I got bitten by the Chlex bug. These days I'm annoyed with Clark, impatient with Lois and hating Lana more and more each day. The only reason why I still bother watching SV is because of Chloe and the off chance that there'll be a Chlex scene. And now I've gone to screaming at the TV for not giving me what I wanted, a Chlex scene, so of course fanfictions enter the picture, I believe I've come full circle and so I had to write this, hopefully it'll work out, now I've babled on enough...on with the story.
Chapter 1
Lex Luthor strolled into his study and headed straight to his bar. Poured himself a glass of scotch and gulped the drink without preamble.
He poured more alcohol into the glass and stared into the nothingness. He doesn’t want to admit it but he was relieved, relieved that she was going away for the weekend. The entire wedding thing was getting on his nerves. Of course he was not about to admit that to anyone but he must have been insane when he proposed.
Lana Lang, he knew he made a mistake the moment they consummated their relationship. What started as a means to hurt Clark Kent backfired completely, now he is bound to marry the pink princess and…wait for it, they are expecting. Biggest Mistake of his life!
She was gone for the weekend. Ever since she actually realized the extent of his wealth, she has been spending his money left and right. So now she was on her quest to finding the perfect wedding dress.
He should get another concussion and maybe this nightmare would end already. It’s bad enough that he is marrying the insipid brunette but so far he lost the only bright spot of his life. Not that he would ever let her know that.
“Bad day?” a voice from the couch broke his reverie.
He slowly turned around to find the one and only Chloe Sullivan smirking at him.
“What can I do for you Ms. Sullivan?” Lex slipped on the ever reliable Luthor mask.
“I am here to tender my resignation, Mr. Luthor.” She flashed him a wide smile.
“I’m not aware that you are under my employ.” He raised his brow at her.
“Come now Mr. Luthor, let’s not be coy. I’m here to resign as your fuck buddy.” Her smiled widened, if that was possible.
“I haven’t been in your bed for months at a time; I can hardly call us fuck buddies.” He bitingly replied. He knew exactly how long it’s been.
“It’s been only four months and you know very well why we haven’t been doing the wild thing.” She gave him a condescending look.
“You allowed my relationship with Lana to interfere with incredible sex.” He shrugged and was just about to dismiss her completely. “And there is the matter of you being in an actual relationship.”
“You know as well as I do that Jimmy would never have been a factor in, what did you call it? Incredible sex? And I’m actually blaming you for my ‘relationship’ with him. You practically goaded me into jumping in the sack with him.” Chloe rolled her eyes at him.
“I did nothing of the sort.” He put down his drink on the end table and crossed his arms across his chest.
“I did actually consider Clark, for like two seconds but been there done that. Jimmy is the complete anti-thesis of you, him being so nice and innocent, so I opted for him instead.” She stated as she slipped her feet out of her high heels.
“Clark is still in love with Lana, you and I both know it.”
“I never figured that you, of all people, would underestimate my feminine wiles. Just because I never mentioned that Clark was disappointed when I dismissed our kiss after Dark Thursday, doesn’t mean I couldn’t have had his body.” She stood up and closed the distance between them. “All I have to do is stand in front of him, show him a bit of cleavage and give him my own version of the doe-eyed look. And maybe just discretely rub against him to seal the deal. After all it worked with you didn’t it?” She smiled slightly and waited for his response.
He was quiet. He never expected to know everything about Chloe but the thought of her kissing Clark was enough to turn his stomach. In fact he could vividly recall actually throwing up when she told him what happened during the beginning of their senior year. Of course she had no idea that he threw up after she left, he had the Luthor name to uphold after all.
“Since as you said, it has been four months Chloe, I have been under no illusions that our arrangement is still in effect.” Lex walked behind his desk and put the much needed space between them while she grinned at his use of her first name.
“You’re right. After learning that your progeny is inside the one and only Lana Lang, your appeal pretty much disintegrated.” She shrugged and walked back to the couch, “Congratulations by the way.”
Lex’ lips tightened at her words. He didn’t know which words angered him more. Her automatic dismissal of his sex appeal or the offhanded way she offered her congratulations.
The truth of the matter is that they’ve survived a lot more than other…there is no exact label for what they were, but their ‘arrangement’ survived so much, from his treatment of her during the meteor shower, to her treatment of him during the same instance. They have done a lot of things to each other but they always somehow managed to rise above it all and enjoy each other’s bodies.
But apparently it couldn’t survive his sexual relationship with Lana. The moment he took Lana Lang to his bed was also the moment that Chloe put a stop to their sexual relationship. And he found himself completely unsatisfied with sex for the first time in his life.
“Is that the reason why you are tendering your resignation?” he eyed her critically.
“I’m an only child Lex, I tend to dislike sharing. However, recent events also contributed to my decision.” She leaned back on the sofa and stretched out her legs.
“What events?” he was completely nonchalant.
“Well there is your impending marriage to Lana, my breakup with Jimmy, and of course Lois and Oliver Queen’s journey towards Splitsville.”
“What does Lois and Queen’s breakup have anything to do with our arrangement?” he couldn’t help himself any longer, he stood up, walked over to where she was and sat across from her.
“Lois kissed Clark and now the two of them are hot for each other, thereby negating the idea that Clark is still hung up on Lana, just thought I should tell you. Anyway, Ollie and I hooked up.” She murmured as she crossed her legs, he couldn’t help but think she was trying his patience with her every move.
“You fucked Oliver Queen.” He practically snarled at her.
“Fuck is such a vulgar term for what we did. It was more than that…it was transcendent.” She finished somewhat breathlessly.
He looked at her skeptically. “You actually want me to believe that you had transcendent sex with Oliver Queen. You sure have a knack for snagging other women’s leftovers.”
Chloe gave him an amused smile, “What can I say, in the dark I can certainly pass for Lois, only Oliver screamed out my name instead of my cousin’s. I have to commend you for that, if you hadn’t taught me that trick with my tongue-”
“Enough!” he bellowed. It was bad enough that he was stuck with Lana until she bore his child and now he had to find out that the one good thing in his life is involved with his enemy, his hands clenched into fists in fury. “Are you telling me that you’re dumping me for Oliver Queen?” he utilized his height and stood over her.
“Dumping is such a strong word. After all we were never really anything to each other. We fucked that was that. And I figured that since I could make two boy billionaires scream my name, why shouldn’t I make a living out of it? Gotham City here I come! Watch out Bruce Wayne!” her laughter rang throughout the room.
“So you’re not ending our arrangement because of Queen, you’re ending it because you want to try out your charms to any available billionaire in all fifty states.” He was pacing as he tried to reign in his rage.
“If only Bill Gates was single, he would totally be the holy grail. But alas he is married.” She shook her head in mock sorrow.
He watched her coolly as she giggled at her own joke. “Fine, whatever was between us is over. I hope you had no visions of me begging you to stay with me. I have no desire for anyone who was bedded by Queen.”
“Now there’s a challenge. You, my friend, are in denial. You’re trying to convince me that you don’t want me but you do. I’m betting the four months that you haven’t had me is driving you to the edge.” She arrogantly retorted.
“Chloe you seem to overestimate your own self-worth. You were just a warm body that kept me entertained.” He scathingly replied.
“For almost two years Lex? If you wanted just another warm body then you could have found someone else, a body less argumentative than mine. You are deluding yourself if you think that you don’t want me. Even now you are aching for me.”
“It seems like you are the one deluding yourself. I’ve had enough of this conversation. You said your piece. Feel free to leave.” He turned away from her.
“Really Lex, there is absolutely no need to become a drama queen. I honestly felt that I owe you the courtesy of informing you that we are through.” He could tell that she was pouting even though he wasn’t facing her.
“And you’ve done what you’ve set out to do.” He replied quietly.
“Okay then.” She slipped her feet back in her shoes.
“For what it’s worth, I truly enjoyed our time together.” He uttered with as much sincerity that he could muster.
Chloe laughed softly at his words, “Of course you enjoyed our time together Lex. I would have known if you hadn’t. Brownie points for trying to sound as sincere as a Luthor can ever be.”
He faced her and smiled half-heartedly.
“Goodbye Lex.” She uttered quietly as she turned away from him that he almost missed it.
“Chloe, would I have had a chance if I actually begged for you to stay with me?”
“Begging won’t change anything between us. Maybe if you try building a time machine and go back in time, stop yourself from fucking Lana, maybe we’ll have something to talk about.” She turned away from him and walked out.
TBC
AN2: Okay so I know this has been done before, the entire Chloe and Lex have been together since the summer of her 'death', but this is mostly about their present relationship, or non-relationship since Chloe just broke things off. Hope you enjoyed reading...feedback would be much appreciated.
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