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[hero_farmboy]

I can't... I can't do this. Not again.

I can't.

It's not fair.

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[dovelike]

I'm so sorry, Clark.

[hero_farmboy]

Everyone leaves. Just when I get them back, they leave.

[dovelike]

*simply hugs him, knowing there is nothing she can say to make it better.*

[hero_farmboy]

*buries his face against her shoulder*

Promise you'll never leave. You and Zoe, you'll never leave.

[dovelike]

We'll never leave. You're stuck with us until the Universe ends.

[hero_farmboy]

Good.

He said he was proud of me.

[dovelike]

*hugs him tighter, encouraging the same*

Because he has every right to be. You're a son to be proud of.

[hero_farmboy]

*returns the favour*

I let him down. All these years, that's all I ever did.

[dovelike]

No you didn't. You made him proud.

[hero_farmboy]

He didn't know. He didn't have time to find out. I guess I should be thankful for that, at least.

[dovelike]

*tightens the hug further, glad Zoe is spending the evening with her grandmother*

Don't. You are a good man. I know this is truth.

[hero_farmboy]

Maybe. Maybe I am a good man, but I wasn't a very good son. Not to him, anyway.

[dovelike]

I fail to see how you arrive at that conclusion. You didn't even know he was hear until you and Oliver went to Turkey. And then you went looking for him.

That is what a good son does.

[hero_farmboy]

But I failed. I didn't find him in time. If I had, this could have all been avoided.

[dovelike]

You tried. That's all anyone can do. Now I'm going to shut up and hold you.