"Teach me, eh?" Hans climbed over him, leveraging his weight to press Henry's body further into the ground and planting his lips against Henry's brow as he spoke. He traveled lower, a loving assault that ended just below his chin.

Commission Based on 'amor et virtus' by Nerdybirdnerd on AO3

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"It's a stepping stone."

"To what?"

"That's like Apollo asking Icarus why he's building wings. Look, Clark, you have everything you've ever wanted. I'm sorry if I'm still searching."

"What if you don't win? What if you get to the Capitol and realize you still haven't found what you're looking for?"

"Well there's always the White House."

sorry this exchange is actually INSANE. Apollo the sun God and Icarus who died because he couldn't help but fly too close to the sun, melting the wax on the wings they'd created to escape? Okay???

Plus the fact Clark will never understand that Lex wants the senate seat to finally have something of his own, separate from Lionel. Followed by the casual, softly-delivered admission that Lex can't stop, won't stop looking for external validation, for something to prop up his fractured sense of ego and value and self, not until he becomes maybe the single most powerful person earth? chillchillchill