Title: Demarcation
Author: Livia
Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Categories: AU, Future fic, Drama, Harlequin
Length: Long
Warnings: none
Author on LJ: liviapenn 

Review:
This one pushes my personal definition of Harlequin a little but it does have Clark and Lex working together on a case as the catalyst for getting together… and oh never mind: I liked it, and it’s a romance, so it counts.

Demarcation is an AU wherein Lex never goes evil but he and Clark do drift apart. They haven’t spoken in years, not for lack of caring but simply by neglect, until the two of them end up investigating a case together, throwing them back into each other’s lives. BUT it’s as Lex and Superman. The story even features a gorgeous Superman/Lex sex scene – normally that’s a scenario that discomforts me (often because it feels wrong when the partner wouldn’t normally sleep with Clark-as-Clark), but Livia strikes just the right tone for the scene and it works perfectly.

Plainly put, it’s a happy futurefic where Clark and Lex come together easily (more or less) and naturally. If you’re used to buckets of angst with your Clex, it comes off as a little low-key, but in the best, put-a-little-smile-on-your-face way.

Demarcation