Author's notes: Hello, I'm branching out into Smallville fic. Nice to meet you.
Warning:None at this time other than what was listed in the Story summary.
Martha Kent was just serving dinner when the doorbell rang. Since she was already on her feet, she gestured for her husband to stay seated. "It's probably one of the neighbors."
As she neared the door, she heard the unmistakable sound of a squalling baby. Feeling a sense of urgency, she reached for the door knob.
She swung the door inward to reveal her one and only child, holding a red-faced baby screaming at the top of its lungs.
Clark met his mom's eyes with a pleading look. "Mom… I-I can't get her to stop," he yelled over the baby's colicky cries. With his hand supporting the baby's head, he lightly bounced the baby up and down in his arms.
Martha felt Jonathan behind her as she reached out to hold the baby, cooing and clucking at it.
Looking guilty, Clark handed her over gingerly and then stepped inside after his mother.
Swaying and humming, Martha danced around her husband and son rocking the baby as it cried. Once she had settled into the rocking chair, she had calmed the child.
Resting his head on his arm against the door frame leading to the living room, Clark sighed heavily.
"Did you find her or…?" Jonathan asked gruffly, after closing the door. They both watched Martha rock in the large chair and lightly rub fingers against the baby's back.
Clark straightened from the wall. "She's…," Clark started, threading his fingers together and then undoing them. "Lara's been bawling like that for..." he paused. "For ages," Clark finally finished. He rubbed his face and his eyes tiredly.
"Get some sleep, son. We'll talk about this once you wake up."
Clark looked humbly towards his mom with his eyes flicking towards Lara.
"Shoo. I can take care of her," Martha whispered softly, humming between words.
With the weight of the world off his shoulders, Clark trudged up the stairs and collapsed into his old bed, falling instantly asleep.
It was a few minutes later that his parents decided to pack up the food and go for a short drive when Clark's snoring began to rattle every wall fixture in the house.
TBC.