Title: For Him
Author: StarMajesty
Date Written: May 2014
Fandom: Post-Series Smallville (Not DCU, not comics, not movies, not animated series, etc)
Categories: Gen, Angst
Summary: Just because they were no longer a part of his life, didn't stop their world from revolving around him.
Characters/Pairings: Chloe Sullivan (Anne Queen); Martha Kent
Rated: G?
Disclaimer: I don't own Smallville or the characters used herein.

AN: I got out of SV a long time ago. Like, I was still in high school a long time ago. My ten-year reunion is this weekend. Yeah… Anywho, I got out because I knew DC was never going to let Clark be with anyone other than Lois (although apparently they've made a universe where's he's with Wonder Woman?) and I just LOVED the character of Chloe Sullivan. But I saw the writing on the wall. In 20 foot tall block lettering. Chlois was not happening and TPTB were not going to treat my beloved character with much dignity. So I got out. Sort of. Couldn't stay away. Then I find out how terribly they treat the rest of the characters. Ugh. I don't want to get into it. So, basically, what I do know of "canon SV" has been gleaned from wiki articles and other fic works. I don't even remember what the last actual episode I watched was (maybe Exile?). Don't expect accuracy; just try to appreciate the interpretation. Although meant to have a timeline, you could consider this a series of post-series vignettes and drabbles.

Prologue

"Chloe!"

Anne Queen (formerly Chloe Sullivan) smiled and rose to greet the older woman with a hug, "Martha, I'm so glad you made it."

"I almost didn't," she replied, "this last mess took a bit of time to clean up." Chloe nodded and furrowed her brow with understanding.

"It wasn't easy on my end either. He's being careless, Martha. But he's made his choices and we just have to live with them… we're not here to talk about him. Sit down, relax. I already ordered our usual."

Anne Queen and Senator Martha Kent had been meeting for lunch once a month for years, on top of the regular weekly phone calls. At first, it had started as a way of reconnecting with a happier time in both their lives. After the possession by Braniac, a wedding she never wanted, theft of her memories, deaths of Jimmy and Davis and the loss of her self, Chloe had reached out to Martha, searching for some tether to the world. Clark had effectively cut her out of his life. Her father had never been a part of that world and she couldn't burden him with it. He didn't understand why she had sacrificed so much to stay in a world she never wanted, but it had gone unacknowledged that somehow Clark was at the center of it all. And Lois? As much as she had moved on from the hurt, it didn't stop hurting.

With all the grace of a former farmer's wife, Martha Kent collapsed dramatically in the chair opposite of her and Chloe had to stifle a giggle. "It's a good thing paparazzi aren't here!"

Summoning the energy to open her tired eyes, Martha smiled, "Thank God I still have you, Chloe."