Beautifully written in a heart-tugging way. Poor Clark, always torn in multiple directions, always doing the greater good, even when it hurts him. I love the "Go eat cake" line at the end. Glad to see Kim is smart enough to keep that little secret. Thanks for sharing!
(Oddly enough, you posted this the day before we got hit with Hurricane Henri in CT - which hit on my daughters' birthday no less - and now that I finally get the chance to read it, the remnants of Ida is raging outside.)
