Fic: Breaking Smallville (G)

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

Title: Breaking Smallville
Fandom: Smallville/Breaking In
Pairing: none (hints of past Clex)
Rating: G Words: 757
Type: humor, drama, a touch of angst
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Smallville season finale, episodes of Breaking In
Summary: Superman answers a cry for help and finds an old friend.


Disclaimer: Only mine in my dreams. This story was written for free entertainment purposes only and may not be reproduced for profit or altered without permission.

Notes: Smallville/Breaking In fusion cross-over. It was supposed to be sheer silliness, but got a bit more serious while I was writing. For the CW Land challenge 3.15 Cross-posted to Archive of our Own.

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Breaking Smallville

A helpless terrified cry; somebody in trouble.

Superman detoured from his flight, diving towards that cry, knowing he had to get there in time. There was something about that cry...

He scooped up the man falling from the building and flew to the ground with him. The other man's arms and legs were tangled tightly around Superman in clinging terror and it took a few moments to disentangle them. "It's okay," Superman tried to reassure him.

There was finally some space between them and they got their first look at each other.

"Oh man! Superman!!! Oh my God! I'm your biggest fan and you rescued me?!" The spiky hair bobbed around as the tall man looked all around him, bouncing on his feet. "I've got to tell the others! Holy Balls! Superman! Rescued me!"

Superman took a cautious step backwards, but he couldn't retreat, his gaze on the man's face. Despite the hair... "Lex?" He asked, his heart in his throat.

The man blinked but didn't let it phase him. "I'm Dutch, man. Seriously, biggest fan!" He pulled up his shirt and revealed his bare chest, muscles defined and eminently touchable.

Clark looked, recognizing the chest as he had the face, if the hair still baffled him. He gulped.

"Oh." Dutch reached up and pulled one of his shirts down, showing a blue t-shirt with a familiar red and yellow symbol that had been hidden inside the outer shirt.

"Can I get your autograph? Can I get five? Ten? Those must sell for bucks! 'Cept I need to frame them and put 'em up. Oh hey, I bet your piss would ace all the drug tests! Can I get some?" Dutch reached out and grabbed Clark's hand, pumping it up and down eagerly. "I totally need to shake your hand, I'm so excited!"

Clark couldn't do anything but stand there, stunned, letting the words in the accented yet still familiar voice wash over him.

"Dutch! Oh my God, Dutch! You fell off the roof!"

"Mel!" Dutch turned towards the slim girl with long dark hair in the figure-hugging suit and swept her up in a hug. "Mel, I'm fine. Look! It's Superman!"

"Superman...?"

The girl turned towards Clark and for a moment Clark could only see Lana. But this woman was a lot more confident than Lana had ever been and she paused only a moment before offering an open, friendly grin. "Thank you so much, Superman. We were terrified when Dutch fell."

"Oh hey! Maybe Superman can help us with the job!" Dutch showed all his teeth in a smile that Lex had never come close to. Except, perhaps, that time when Lex had been alive after the island and had finally come home again.

"I don't think so, Dutch." Mel was gently tugging Dutch away.

"Oh, that'd probably be like cheatin', wouldn't it? Since nothing can really be secure against Superman." Dutch continued to babble while Mel managed him carefully. The affection they showed each other was open and sincere.

They looked good together, even if Clark couldn't wrap his mind around a Lex who wasn't paranoid against the world. Dutch was...

"Wait! Superman!" Dutch broke away from Mel and dashed towards Superman again, halting just a foot away. "I have to hug ya!"

Enveloped in strong warm arms. Hugged like he couldn't break. Pure happiness.

"Thank you, Superman! You're the best!"

As the two people walked back inside the building, Clark launched himself into the sky.

Clark had hated Tess for a long time after he'd found out what she'd done, wiping out Lex's memories so completely that Lex didn't know him anymore. Tess had done it for Clark, but Clark had never wanted that. Never wanted to see a Lex that hadn't known him, hadn't known anything at all. Clark had gotten Lex into the best hospital he could, had attended Tess' funeral, and had tried to go on with his life. He'd not followed Lex's progress, leaving that to Chloe, not wanting to know. Now he knew.

Dutch. He'd grown hair. Possibly the clone hadn't carried the meteor mutation. However, it was definitely Lex. Dutch had none of Lex's brilliance, none of the sharp wit and piecing gazes that could see through Clark in an instant. But he was happy. Open, friendly, everything he was feeling was on his face. Happy.

Clark flew back to Metropolis, not knowing what he should feel. The memory of hugs, both years ago and moments ago. He'd lost Lex; but at least Dutch was happy. Perhaps Clark would come back and visit him again.

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END

Story note: I'm ignoring the bit about the President. Hey, for all we know, it was a tv show playing in the background!


Dutch totally loves Superman!


Screencap credit to ctbn60


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Comments

[sue-dreams.livejournal.com]

I see what you mean about the seriousness creeping in. ^___^ Oh, Lex. Fanboy to the end. And now an excitable fanboy.

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

I was writing from Clark's pov - it was inevitable. ;p

Excitable, bouncy, puppy-like fanboy. ;D Dutch is so much fun. Clark can't help but fall in love with him again. ^^

[sue-dreams.livejournal.com]

You know, when I saw the first few episodes with you, I really objected to the lead guy getting the girl... because A) that means she'd have been dumb enough to break up with Dutch and B) the lead was kind of douchey about trying to get her...

But if the outcome is that Dutch!Lex gets Superman? A Clark who is so happy that he's happy? I am for that.

[fruitbat00.livejournal.com]

God I love this. Dutch is SO cute and adorkable. I prefer your ending to the Smallville one anyday *g*

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

DUTCH!!!!!!!!!!

I love Dutch so much. ;D Cute, adorkable, utterly huggable... Clark's got to love him too, now. :)

[josephina-x.livejournal.com]

OMG, that so works so excellently! Brilliant!

And, god, up until now I'd only been thinking of Lex-memory-fix things, not what would happen if he didn't remember... I can almost hear the bunny hordes advancing. *tells bunnies to go awayyy!*

Totally unrelated: I'm pretty sure there was an old, pre-52 DCU comics storyline when Lex was president where he temporarily lost his memory and because some weird hippy-ish, 'fight The Man!' guy, or something. It was weird and a little funny. I'll have to go look it up at some point. ...I like your version better, though:)

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

It was the last day for that challenge and I kept tossing around various ideas in my head but Breaking In hadn't even occurred to me until I was driving home and then it all just clicked. Lex loses his memory... and becomes Dutch! I know, I was all about the memory-fix things too (or just denial ;p), but this is kindof fun like this.

Pre-52 comics were so much fun! Golden and Silver era are really my favorites. They played with the characters and while there was evil there was also kindness and depth and everybody had background... I don't remember the hippy-Lex, but I love the idea! Under the rigid exterior... there's something quite sweet and fun. :)

[josephina-x.livejournal.com]

*lol* Well, I'm really glad it clicked!

...Ok, I broke down and tried to look up the 'hippy-Lex' and it was way more 'fight The Man!' than I remember, so that's probably why you don't remember; it was out in early 2002. (Apparently the hippy-ish part was him wearing a red wig and being all 'down with corporate America!' -- how he was going about -doing- it? not so much -- through corporate terrorism in Metropolis.) The explanation for the memory loss was that he was infected by mind-nanites or something. He was getting along a -lot- better with Superman, though. I tried to find the original scans_daily post, but I couldn't -- best I could do is: http://www.mania.com/adventures-superman-600_article_32341.html

I remember it ended on a happy?/sad? note with Lex remembering and ending up back in the White House but being really regretful (almost angry) about not being that other self (too responsible to give it all up and continue on once he remembered his past?). ...But yeah, when he wasn't right in the middle of blowing stuff up, apparently he was a much nicer Alexander during that time ^_^;; Definitely more under the surface.

I shrug at current DCU comics depth. They had an interesting Lex storyline in Action Comics a little while ago that, well, had more depth into him than I'd seen elsewhere recently (e.g.: the Superboy and World of Krypton comics). I felt it absolutely nailed his current comics incarnation of the character in the last issue of that run. Not sure what things are gonna be like post-Flashpoint, though. (I worry about how much the 52-issues thing is or is gonna -end- -up- being a publicity stunt before business-as-usual. I'm not sure I trust the upcoming writer's rewrites. Guess we'll see.)

[jlvsclrk.livejournal.com]

I loved the idea of Dutch meeting Superman, and you captured his joie de vivre perfectly. And then comes the turn - wow! Didn't see that coming at all.

Dutch had none of Lex's brilliance, none of the sharp wit and piecing gazes that could see through Clark in an instant. But he was happy. Open, friendly, everything he was feeling was on his face. Happy.

Brilliant! With Clark, I felt so sad for the loss of Lex's brilliant mind, and yet... Happy. Is that enough? I hope Clark does visit him again.

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

Ah, woops? Didn't actually mean for that to be a surprise! I'd had it in mind the whole time, guess I didn't put enough in at the start though. But yeah, Dutch meeting Superman was just really fun because Dutch is so *bouncy* and Clark... isn't, lol.

I now totally have all these ideas floating through my head for Clark coming back as Clark to meet Dutch and the first thing Dutch does is take off the glasses and put them on himself, "Cool!" and then redo Clark's wardrobe while he's standing there to manscape him while Clark is all stunned.

(And then Cameron gets all defensive and protective about Dutch because of course he's hacked into the records and figured out who Dutch is and doesn't want Clark anywhere near him, despite the whole Mel thing...)

[ctbn60.livejournal.com]

Yes creating a whole batch of stories on this universe would be GOOD!!!

[josephina-x.livejournal.com]

Yes! Yes please, this! *seconds*

[french-noodles.livejournal.com]

will totally read this!

[ctbn60.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I smiled through the whole story! I loved when he picked up his shirt and got his chest instead of the t! lol And the fact that you said mel looked like lana. I was like awww and that Dutch was happy! Yeah it was perfect. I hope Clark goes back! Nice mix here!

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

I loved when he picked up his shirt and got his chest instead of the t! LOL! That just seemed like such a Dutch thing to do! ;D And gave Clark a nice eyeful... One thing about Breaking In was it sure gave us a LOT of nice chesty MR to drool over. :)

Dutch is a very happy person. Even when he's moping, he's just so... cuddly when he's doing it. I wanted Clark to see that. And heh, yeah, Clark will have to go back now. See my reply to Jen for thoughts on that! :)

[phoenixnz.livejournal.com]

Oh god, I adore you right now. This is just wonderful. You really capture MR's portrayal of Dutch so perfectly. His bounciness, the 'fanboy' in him (and in Lex). Absolutely amazing piece hon. I would love a revisit some time in the future.

Breaking Smallville

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Sorry I missed this comment originally. I'm glad you liked it. I was having fun, and writing it while having Breaking In playing in the background. ;D Dutch was a fun character in a fun series, and I enjoyed mixing the universes a bit.

[eternal-moonie.livejournal.com]

Very NICE crossover sweetie!!

[seagull2eagle.livejournal.com]

Thank you! ^^

[oliver95.livejournal.com]

Melancholic and happy at the same time!