Non-HP Sandbox

[scribblinlenore]

I'm happy for all my HP-loving friends on their big day. But I feel a little left out on LJ today. So I thought of a game we Smallville peeps can play.

The Smallville Drabble-a-Thon

Our show offers so much to stir our drabble-writing imaginations, whether it's the long, lingering glances between Clark and Lex in pretty much every episode in S1, Pete checking out Chloe's ass in the rearview mirror in "Rush," or the Lionel-in-Clark lust for mamma Martha in "Transference."

Every episode of Smallville gives us something to write about, a missing scene to add, a wrong we'd like to right. So I propose a drabble-a-thon that does just that. Below you'll find a comment with the name of every Smallville episode that's ever aired. Choose one and write a drabble based on that episode. When you're done, leave it as a comment to the episode title. If you're having fun, do another one! My goal is to have a drabble for each one, so the drabble-a-thon will go on as long as that takes. *g*

Come on out and play! You know you want to. If you don't want to write a drabble yourself, have fun reading them and be sure and leave the authors some love in the comments to their drabble. And please, help spread the word!

And to my lovely HP friends, if you need a break, we'll be here.

ETA: By drabble, I mean something short enough to fit into the comments. It doesn't have to be exactly 100 words, although it can be, if that's what you prefer. Have fun with it!

Here's a running list of drabbles we have so far:
Pilot
Metamorphosis
X-Ray
Cool
Hourglass
Craving
Jitters
Rogue
Shimmer
Hug
Leech
Kinetic
Zero
Nicodemus
Stray
Drone
Crush
Heat
Red
Ryan
Dichotic
Visage
Prodigal
Fever
Visitor
Exodus
Exile
Phoenix
Extinction
Slumber
Perry
Shattered
Asylum
Delete
Velocity
Obsession
Truth
Memoria
Forsaken
Covenant
Jinx
Spell
Bound
Scare
Pariah
Blank
Ageless
Commencement

48 down, only 40 more to go!

Comments

Cool - I do miss s1 Clark

[vylit.livejournal.com]

He’s not nervous. He’s not. He’s just anticipating. Anticipating a not-date because a not-date is nothing to be nervous about. It’s two friends going out to a concert. Going to a concert in a limo, and god, who goes on a not-date in a limo? Clark tries to imagine asking Pete to go to a Radiohead concert with him in a limo and laughs. Pete would ask if he could bring along some girls.

“It’s an opportunity, Clark. Getting Lana away from the quarterback and showing her a good time is the first step,” Lex had said when Clark told him, and while Clark is trying not to think about it that way, because it is a not-date and getting his hopes up will definitely cause something weird and Smallville-like to happen, like a freak hail storm that will close the roads and get them stuck somewhere where he’ll trip and get mud on clothes.

Clothes.

He has no idea what to wear. If it was just Chloe or Pete, he’d grab the first thing in his closet and put it on, and yeah, they like to make fun of his plaid, but it’s comfortable and he’s use to it, so it’s not a big deal. But Lana – Lana doesn’t date people who look like farm kids.

You sound like a fourteen year old girl, Clark. Chloe’s voice snarks at him in his own head. And OK, maybe he does. A little. But it’s not like he’s been on a lot of dates or not-dates with girls, so it’s new territory.

Of course Lex would know what to wear. Those tight, long-sleeved dress shirts that cost more than Clark’s parents make in a year have half of the women in Smallville turning around to watch him when he walks down the street, and Clark has never, ever saw him look the slightest bit wrinkled, like Lex’s shirts wouldn’t dare make Lex look less than perfect. Maybe there’s something about really expensive fabric that makes it stay perfectly ironed, but Mr. Flannigan at the bank has a lot of money too, and he never looks so… put together.

He should call Lex. Lex would be the perfect person to call and ask. If what Chloe says is right, Lex has had more than his share of dates. And Clark can believe that, something about the way Lex moves, the way he holds his head when he looks at you. It’s like Lex doesn’t see anything else, doesn’t hear anyone but you, like everything in the world just pulls back a bit. It’s overwhelming and – and hot.

Not that Clark thinks Lex is hot. Well, he does, but in a purely observational way. Sure, he might stand a little too close to Lex and smile a little bigger for him than other people, but that’s because they’re friends, and not for the reasons some of the football players were snickering about in the bathroom. And, if sometimes, late at night, he thinks of Lex’s mouth, of the scar on Lex’s top lip and wonders what it would feel like against his fingers, against his lips… well, that’s just curiosity and Lex’s fault for having a soft mouth that looks like he’s just been kissed, for walking like sex, for that voice that promises…

Clark adjusts his pants and reaches for the phone. Maybe he’ll call Chloe instead.

Re: Cool - I do miss s1 Clark

[oxoniensis.livejournal.com]

Hee, you've really caught his awkwardness here.

Sweet!

Re: Cool - I do miss s1 Clark

[scribblinlenore.livejournal.com]

Awwww! I miss S1 Clark, too. He's just so adorably dorky with his not-date with Lana and his not-crush on Lex. Thanks for bringing back the good old Clark, doll!

Re: Cool - I do miss s1 Clark

[krichira.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwwww... Clark should skip his not-date with Lana and go have some not-sex with Lex! ^__^ S1 Clark is so cute!

Re: Cool - I do miss s1 Clark

[justabi.livejournal.com]

Awwww! And, if sometimes, late at night, he thinks of Lex’s mouth, of the scar on Lex’s top lip and wonders what it would feel like against his fingers, against his lips… well, that’s just curiosity and Lex’s fault for having a soft mouth that looks like he’s just been kissed, for walking like sex, for that voice that promises… Very hot in a sweet awkward kind of way that I love.