Hee! Your icon makes me giggle.

I'm gonna go comfort myself by cuddling chibi-Rodney...

That sounds like a really good idea. You can go and reassure him that he'll grow up to be brilliant and intimidating, and more than a little scary.

Thank you so much for sharing this and please write more!

Thanks. This is one of those stories that works as is, and it's open ended enough that I'm sure readers can add their own idea of what happens next, of what the happy ending could be. But personally, I like breaking their hearts every so often. (It means that I then write Christmas fluff completely guilt-free.)