TM # 300 - This is...
Sep. 13th, 2009 05:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hero_farmboyThis is happiness, Clark has realized. It's not that he's never been happy before, not even he can say he's never been and actually believe it, but this seems different somehow. Lasting.
He thought he'd had that before, once, and he enjoyed it as much as he could. But it quickly became apparent that those circumstances weren't going to remain. They're good memories, though – happy ones, of course - and he wouldn't trade them for the world. Clark is well aware how much memories can mean, both the good and the bad ones, so he makes sure to keep in mind as many as he can.
This time, however, he's not afraid of losing what he has. He knows, not even deep down, but right on the surface of things he acknowledges, that this is what he's waited for. And it's not going anywhere. Ever.
That's the amazing thing about babies, he's discovered. There's joy in the simplest of things – a smile, a gurgle, a grasping of his finger in her tiny little fist. Not that the bigger concepts aren't incredible, too. He'd always been afraid he'd never really know how his parents felt about him. It's indescribable.
Clark has never been happier in his life. That much he's sure of. And knowing it's only going to get better just makes the stupid grin he's been sporting lately a permanent fixture.
He thought he'd had that before, once, and he enjoyed it as much as he could. But it quickly became apparent that those circumstances weren't going to remain. They're good memories, though – happy ones, of course - and he wouldn't trade them for the world. Clark is well aware how much memories can mean, both the good and the bad ones, so he makes sure to keep in mind as many as he can.
This time, however, he's not afraid of losing what he has. He knows, not even deep down, but right on the surface of things he acknowledges, that this is what he's waited for. And it's not going anywhere. Ever.
That's the amazing thing about babies, he's discovered. There's joy in the simplest of things – a smile, a gurgle, a grasping of his finger in her tiny little fist. Not that the bigger concepts aren't incredible, too. He'd always been afraid he'd never really know how his parents felt about him. It's indescribable.
Clark has never been happier in his life. That much he's sure of. And knowing it's only going to get better just makes the stupid grin he's been sporting lately a permanent fixture.
