pith (pith) wrote in pithia, @ 2007-09-23 21:49:00 |
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LKH-AB: Cold Comfort
Title Cold Comfort
Fandom: LKH: AB
Spoilers: anything up to CS, but really vague
Disclaimers: LKH owns the world and characters; the drabble is mine.
Hades' theft of Persephone begat the seasons. Perhaps that was why winter was so fond of murder. It wasn't only that the plants died and animals went into hibernation. It was the snow. It was lovely to behold, like a landscape of tiny diamonds, but also practical. It not only concealed a corpse for months, allowing him to get far away from the scene, but it also kept the remains from stinking. It filled in footprints. It was Mother Nature's version of a multi-purpose silencer.
A werewolf pelt draped over his shoulders, its life-warmth just starting to fade, Edward watched a fresh fall of snow drift over his latest hit. Within minutes, the body was completely covered; by the end of the night, it would be effectively buried, far enough from the ski runs and hiking trails that it would go undetected for weeks. By that time, he'd be long gone, back home planning another vacation, another death.