Changes

By Songofthedarquephoenix

Rated: PG13- Character death.

Submitted: February, 2009

Summary: He was a constant in life. No one thought he would
die... but then he did.

A/U: This fic is dedicated to Fred, my beloved friend who read
more fanfictions with me than I can count. He passed away early
Tuesday morning, February third in his sleep after a long battle
with mortality. Godspeed, little buddy. Note, this is in multiple
archives.

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It was funny really, the naive belief that he would always be
there. He was the stronghold in life, the one constant that
everyone depended on. Things changed over the years,
acquaintances came and went, tomorrow's paper became
yesterday's news and life went on. He was as faithful in his
duty as the sun comes up each day. It was simply who he was.

Who ever heard of the sun refusing to rise? Sure, deep down, one
knew that eventually the sun would implode and refuse to shine,
but that was in the far distant future. A future none would know.
Thus, why his absence was so profane. None who knew him could
imagine it without his steadfast presence.

True, things existed before without him, and undoubtedly things
would continue to function without him, but none could deny the
void his absence created. When he arrived, unannounced and
unsure, things fell into an easy routine and it was hard to
remember how life was before.

No one, not in a million years, ever thought he would leave. No
one thought he would die.

But then he did.

The Planet would run Clark Kent's obituary in the morning.

THE END