Old School Clex

"Are you? Embarrassed, I mean." Clark really hoped that Lex wasn't. He could feel the wealth of knowledge just brimming to the surface. He wanted to hear Lex's words wash over his skin. Just like when Lex went into lecture mode on their weekend pool games. Clark always liked to sit back, close his eyes, and focus on Lex's voice. Most of the time he'd wake up a little later with Lex's clicking away at his keyboard, he'd apologize and offer up a smile, then Lex would forgive him and they'd go get ice-cream in the kitchen.

Lex couldn't help it, his laughter just burbled out into the room followed by word's his mouth didn't screen past his brain before speaking.

"Nervous about discussing sex with a gorgeous young man such as yourself, hardly."

Lex looked at Clark immediately after realizing what he'd just said and was shocked to see Clark beaming back at him.

"That's great! So, I guess I can skip over the warm up questions and go straight to the stuff I really need to know."

Lex was so relieved he hadn't just screwed up the only relationship he held dear that he slumped back into the arm of the sofa and slugged a little more water.

"Shoot."

Clark was thrilled that Lex was so open to talking to him. He seemed relaxed, which was always good. Looking at his notes, Clark asked the question that was driving him the most crazy.

"So, do all guys have erections?"

Lex couldn't help the resultant cough and choking that a question like that caused. After getting himself under control, which including Clark crowding closer and patting his back firmly before stroking down over his shoulder and rubbing his knee, Lex looked Clark in the eye before speaking.

"Thank you, Clark. I'm fine now, and yes, all guys do have erections at some point in their life. However, not all guys can sustain an erection. There are many reasons, of course, some medically related, some mentally related.."

"Mentally related?"

Allowing the interruption, he had a feeling there would be lots of them, Lex continued.

"Yes, mentally. Some guys feel a lot of pressure from their partners and so they have difficulties. Some people have been taught an unhealthy view of sex by an authority figure and so they feel disgusted by themselves, while others have been traumatized at a young age. Then there are those who have yet to discover that while they were taught to be attracted to the female form are actually wired to be attracted to the male form, meaning their gay."

Lex looked deep into Clark's eyes looking for any sign of disgust. He didn't want to scare the young man away or loose a good friend just because he was to quick to introduce Clark to the joys of gay sex.

"Huh. Well, I'm pretty sure it's not medical, everything else seems to work fine. Mental makes the most sense."

Lex watched as Clark went over the discussion in his head and waited, and waited, he took another long drink of the water that was sweating in his hands and waited some more.

"I guess I'm gay!"

"What!"

"Well, it makes the most sense. No trauma, I've never had a partner to be pressured by, I'm totally not disgusted by the idea, so that only leaves one answer. I'm gay! I'm gay."

The last statement was whispered into the air as if Clark was tasting the words on his lips, practicing them to see if they fit. With a final nod, Clark slumped back into the sofa.

"So, after all this time. I'm not a sex freak, I'm just gay! Lex, you have no idea how relieved I feel knowing that."

Clark smiled at his friend. He wanted to thank him, show Lex how much this information meant to him. Clark reached out and squeezed Lex's knee in appreciation.

"So, Lex. After all this time of helping me figure out girls, you think your up to helping me figure out guys?"

The blinding smile that followed that statement almost, almost, made Lex miss it's content.

"Clark, there is nothing more than I would like better than to teach you the joys of gay sex."

"That's great Lex, I hear were supposed to have high wind warnings all weekend and I like to be prepared."