AHH I've been waiting for this like you wouldn't believe, so glad to see the update.
Yeah, I like seeing Jonathan's softer side, and him stumble a bit on the way, too. I could rant and rant about how men's parental role is often diminished or confined to areas that are deemed "manly" enough- like playing sports or going fishing, definitely no communicating about icky things like... feelings. I have that recent Apple advert in mind, where the daughter's goldfish passed and they are having a funeral in the yard, and the joke is that the dad didn't remember the pet's name- but mom did- and has to be saved by some phone feature the older daughter knows about.
Clark is starting to communicate his needs here, too, and it is PRECIOUS and doing all sorts of things to my heart.
Also I am somehow viscerally worried about Ms Jones being fair. Stg, if she comes back complaining about unsafe farm equipment or something...
Wonderfully written and tugging on the heart strings as always <3
