Superman didn't break. He fell . Arrow-straight, faster than sound, the both of them a green-and-red comet aimed at the empty bay. He hit the water at an angle meant to spare her. It didn't.
The first time Xenia Onatopp felt truly alive was between a strangle and a scream. The second time was in the wreckage of a crashed spaceship. superman returns xenia
He pulled her from the dark. She woke in a white room. No windows. A bed that wasn't silk. Her wrists were bandaged. Her legs ached. Superman didn't break
And then—a hand. Warm. Unbreakable.