Clark, you idiot!
Ah well, he's always been more noble than bright. It is wrenching, but utterly believable to see these two characters "suffering in silence," letting themselves be driven apart by what is missing in their lives. Unable to find the contentment they once knew in each other. With luck, Clark grew somewhat wiser in the intervening seven years and won't let this idiotic plan of his fester and develop for too long.
Great first post.
Rac
