anger, his oldest and most loyal friend, the only one that will never abandon him, a friend that fuels him to live, spitefully. it slowly conquers his expression, jaw locking tight, teeth clenching and eyes closing with the inmense effort he is making to calm himself down. breathe in. breathe out. don't throw anything at him. don't scream. " funny, clark. i thought i would be judging. " he follows up the joke without bite, voice lowering to almost a whisper. these fights with clark — well, they make him feel alive.
lex scoots forward, at the edge of his office chair, elbows coming up to rest as his mahogany desk, fingers intertwinning underneath his chin, hovering. forcing a smirk onto his rage-twisted visage, he speaks, biting. " friendship ? " a laugh, bitter and cold. a raise of his left eyebrow, a tilt of the head as he lays it onto his own hands. " thank you, clark. you are such a great friend. worrying about me and my father, about luthorcorp. " words are spit, playful and cutting, as he stares at his one and only friend. " it quite stings, that you don't think i know by now who my father is. who i am. "