Every time this fic updates is like a ray of sunshine breaking through the clouds and I'm sprinting over to throw myself in it.
MY HEART! This is all so precious. Also, what is wrong with me? but.. then again, the same thing is wrong with you :P I love how you show his progression here, getting more outspoken, learning, but it's not all at once and done and dusted. It takes a while, even though he is of course a very (super?) resilient kid who learns quickly. You nail the speaking cadence of kid Clark, I can just hear it. I am HERE for parental attunement and soft coded dads and little remnants of the past rearing their head but being gradually changed.
also, such a relief that Ms Jones sees it the same way lol I was SO worried
