You made me cry! Holy crap! I'm sitting here sniffling and wiping tears out of my eyes so I can type. That was absolutely incredible, from start to finish. I just loved how you wove canon into your story, and made it so complete and believable.

I think you really got to me when Clark thought about how not all bruises were on the outside. And then, when he couldn't justify Lionel's lies, and realized what that said about him...God! I didn't really lose it until the end, however, when Clark said he'd cry for Lex.

I'm just...seriously, I'm blown away. This is like the best SV story I've read in a long time. Wow!