It seemed to be an instinctual thing, whenever Superboy was stressed out or tired. After a long mission or hours into a team movie night, his thumb would sometimes just slip into his mouth. He always noticed quickly, and his cheeks would flush as he removed his thumb from his mouth, hoping nobody had noticed- but Kaldur always did. It was the most prominent of Conner's childish behaviors he was aware of... but part of him wondered how many more he had no knowledge of.
He dwelled on the issue as he reviewed the security footage from Mount Justice for the day. Usually, Red Tornado handled the review and wrote the daily report, but on weekends he wasn't present at the mountain, so the responsibility fell onto Kaldur. What he saw was mostly mundane, considering he and Conner had been the only two at the mountain all day. Conner having a bowl of cereal for breakfast, himself training, nothing too interesting- until he scrolled to the live feed of the main living space, where he saw something that gave him pause. Conner lay dead asleep on the couch, thumb in his mouth, which was decently typical. Kaldur had seen versions of this exact scene many times while reviewing Mount Justice security footage. What was different about this particular occurrence was the large wet spot across the boy's crotch. Kaldur decided to...
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