Are you trying to make me cry? Because I won't. *wibble*

That was quite lovely, though, even if a bit angsty. I skimmed over the character list at the beginning so there were a few pleasant surprises along the way. Like Windom Earle interviewing Albert: That's a great idea. And Diane! I am beginning to like Diane far too much considering she's a character no one has ever seen, and I blame it all on you. You make me think about her too much.

The last part was wonderful. Terribly sad, but works great as an end to Cooper's character arc. I was going to say it could be part of a multi-chapter epic because there's a sense of lots of things happening behind the scenes, here, but it wouldn't work quite so well if we knew what lead to this moment beforehand.

At the time, though, it felt like half a lifetime passed between the slam of the gun and Cooper’s body – Cooper’s body, but not Cooper – hitting the ground.

Love that line. It could have been the first line of that part.
In fact, the last part could stand on it's own, but then we wouldn't have the Windom Earle interview, and that would have been too bad.