Nope, this is not by MetroRodhes!
Here another quote from this TOGoM rewrite:
Martha smiled again and hurried into the
kitchen so that Clark couldn't see the emotions on her
face. She had been extremely worried that he'd given up. He
only helped himself enough to make it through the day. He
had withdrawn completely and had almost stopped talking to
them. She and Jonathan felt he had to deal with all the
different things he was feeling, so they hadn't pushed him.
But just that morning she saw the fire die from her son's
eyes. He felt useless, and he was angry. She had prepared
herself for the worst. The man she just walked away from
was definitely not the same one she'd seen earlier. It was
amazing how one small woman could change a man's outlook
just by being in the same room.
Simona
