First thank you for going here. The death-fic.
Hopefully it will start a small trend with L&C writers.
That Superman is killed after 30 years as the hero is some comfort in the sense that he had a long career. In the "real world" such an individual would likely be taken out/over quickly by the government.
But the 30 years and mention of smile lines - Superman if he had children lived long enough to see them grown. Another comfort.
The description of Superman lying in the snow is stark. The killer was devastating in his destruction of Superman. Clearly no coming back from the dead this time.
How did he do it? No indication of kryptonite. In the "real world" the government and others would eventually come up with weapons that could kill Superman w/o needing kryptonite. Maybe that happened here.
Pete's reaction and the mention of the gray hair and small wrinkles was perfect.
The big question is who is the figure in black? I'm thinking it wasn't luthor. The title makes me think it was an unexpected killer. Maybe government related? If so why now? presumably after 30 years Superman was in the twilight of his career with all the great deeds having been done already.
The body - will the government take and dissect it to find out how Superman worked or will someone protect him from that final indignanty?
Great story.
