Oh yeah, I feel like SH's definitely going to be a bit more careful moving forward, especially because of the circumstances of this particular crash out.

The way part 1 ends is with SH thinking that he doesn't know what he did to deserve the punishment, and it's not because SH is guiltless and thinks he hasn't been doing anything wrong throughout the fic, but because every other time HJ has snapped at him, SH has known why.

For example, the first time HJ spanked him SH had deliberately pushed his luck and had a moment to prepare mentally for HJ's reaction (which he knew would be bad.) Or the second time, when HJ used his belt on him, SH had known that what he did beforehand would exact punishment which is why he ran to his room—he knew he'd done something wrong and knew to expect HJ's wrath.

But this time, SH has absolutely no fucking idea what he did to piss HJ off which contributed to the intensity of his fear. To SH, he didn't do anything he just asked and answered a question. Taking that into consideration, one can imagine that SH will be more apprehensive when he approaches HJ for a while if doing something like asking an 'innocent' question is enough to garner a reaction that violent.

On HJ's part, he just really needed to be alone but his frustration coupled with the conditioning fatherhood has imposed on him means that communicating the desire for space didn't even come to mind (on top of the fact that SH ran away crying the last time he said something adjacent to 'leave me alone.')

But yeah, when you have a child and they whine and cry and demand your attention in whatever manner, you can't exactly tell them to leave you alone because you're overwhelmed and you need time to yourself, you have to see to their needs and put your own aside for later. Of course as your child grows and their mental capacity grows with it you can communicate more effectively and teach them that you also need space sometimes and to respect your boundaries but HJ being HJ did not do all of that. Hence, SH being needy and clingy as hell and not knowing what boundaries are where HJ is concerned...and it's come to bite HJ in the ass (HJ ofc couldn't have anticipated that SH would end up like this though so...sorry buddy.)

All of the nonsense piled up and HJ just couldn't take SH demanding any more attention from him in that moment so everything came crashing down and once it had, he took the opportunity to teach SH a lesson about ignoring boundaries and that coercion is also a violation of one's boundaries because SH is a repeat offender when it comes to those things.

On that note, yeah I think SH is going to stay away from cake for the foreseeable future 😅

About your question... “Will there come a time that he begins to view sh in such a way?” ...I'm not sure what you're referring to. Could you clarify ?

And thank you for taking precious time out of your life to read my fucked up freak shit ♡ I really appreciate it from the bottom of my heart and I'm so sorry for this long ass response omg <\3