Title: Heartbeats
Fandom: Smallville/DCU - Characters: Conner, Clark/Lex, Hope, Mercy, Cassie, others
Rating: NC-17 for violence - Words: 17,180
Type: drama, adventure, angst
Warnings: CHARACTER DEATHS! See hidden notes for more details if you need them.
Spoilers: General first few seasons.
Summary: Time is creeping by with no action from Lionel, and Clark and company continue on from where they were, but uneasily. There is family and friend bonding over normal things, and the Clex gets closer. Then, all their fears come true as Lionel finally takes his revenge. "Your father took away my pawn. So... I'll take the knight, rook, bishop, and even his queen. It's a fair price to pay, for my pawn."

Notes:
Next in the Not A Villain series after Changes Unfathomed. 11th in the series (12th if you count the prelude). This isn't the end – there's about three more left. (See the Master Post for links and summaries to all stories.) Betas by Sue Dreams and Tainry. Cross-posted to Archive of our Own.

Hidden Warning Notes: (roll mouse over space below to reveal the hidden warning)

Two-thirds of the story is regular things, with family and friend bonding and normal, everyday for them things. The climax doesn't come until late in the story. I tried not to be too extreme on it, but there are a lot of incidental deaths as bombs go off. Of the characters we know and love... Justice dies, but it's quick. Mercy is wounded. Hope is unknown. And Lex... Well, Lex dies. But we all remember what Lex's meteor power is, right? There is angst, as Kon goes through his own wounding while realizing about the others, but then things get better and the story ends on a hopeful note.

( Heartbeats )

Changes Unfathomed

Link to Part One or AO3.

Part Two of Three

( Changes Unfathomed, Part Two )

Title: Phased Worlds
Fandom: Smallville/DCU - Characters: Wonder Woman, Chloe
Rating: PG - Words: 10,477
Type: drama, adventure, au
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none
Summary: Wonder Woman returns to Themyscira, taking Chloe with her. When she finds out that she cannot return, Chloe is not happy.

Notes:
Interlude in the Not A Villain series after Making Plans. (Really, the conclusion to a three-parter that started with Islands, but it was too long for one story from the start.) 9th in the Conner series, "Not a Villain" (10th if you count the prelude). (See the Master Post for links and summaries to all stories.) Betas by Ronda and Sue, thank you! :) Cross-posted to Archive of our Own.

( Phased Worlds )

It's grown so much, it needs a Master Post now... Snowballs in June.

( Master Post List of Stories and Extras in Not A Villain )

This is just a quick write-up about the DCU and Smallville characters used in the Not A Villain series, because not only do I cross over Smallville with DCU, but I cross DCU within itself. My set of heroes and villains aren't all from the same comic ages. I'm also retconning like crazy to match my own world. :)

Some of the upcoming Not A Villain series will be interacting more with the Justice League world. The various characters are described as they are encountered in the stories, so there's no need for readers to have a knowledge of DCU background. This guide is more to settle expectations for those who do know DCU and might be more familiar with a different set of heroes.

So here's my guide for the DCU and Smallville characters and what parts I use from canon for my universe.

( Character Guide in Not A Villain )

Title: In the Now
Fandom: Smallville - Characters, Pairing: Conner, Clex
Rating: R?NC-17 - Words: 5,111
Type: drama, angst, romance
Warnings: none
Spoilers: General Smallville
Summary: Clark is at home after a harrowing adventure, only to find that life had gone on while he was away, and that he has some things that need fixing, if they can be.

( In the Now )

Title: Behind the Masks
Fandom: Smallville - Pairing: future Clex suggested
Rating: G - Words: 3,236
Type: drama, adventure, romance, humor
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none
Summary: Bruce worries about what Clark and Conner are getting themselves into with this new relationship with Lex, and he does some investigating of his own.

( Behind the Masks )

Title: Particle Steps
Fandom: Smallville - Pairing: Clex, w/Conner
Rating: PG - Size: 15,699
Type: drama
Warnings: none
Spoilers: general early SV, DCU Conner, Red, Ryan
Summary: Third in the Conner stories. Sequel to A Complicated Life and Not a Villain. Conner, Clark, and Lex take the next steps back to each other. During the travel, they learn more about themselves. Minions help… and enemies interfere.

( Particle Steps )

Title: Not A Villain
Fandom: Smallville - Pairing: pre-Clex, w/Conner
Rating: PG - Size: 11,778
Type: drama, adventure, romance, angst
Warnings: none
Spoilers: Some 1-2 season episodes, plus a few 4-5.
Summary: Sequel to A Complicated Life. Lex doesn't show up for dinner (big surprise), and Conner and Clark track him down.

( Not A Villain )