Drabble and loss

I wrote this (spoiler for Exodus) for the wednesday100. I like this one better that the one I did last week and it was cathartic for me to write it because ( Read more... )

ETA: The End of Hope

Martha was sure it was a girl. Jonathan wanted to be surprised, but Martha took Clark aside and asked him to peek. She managed to hide her disappointment when she learned it was a boy, but it took her several weeks to adjust to the loss of her daughter.

Pictures of Clark as a smiling toddler consoled her and she looked forward again to the birth of the son she knew they all would cherish.

Martha sobs in Jonathan's arms. That baby is gone too. She needs to leave, to go home to Clark and hold her only child.