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Lena rushed into her office. It was late and no-one was working, so no-one saw how distraught she must have looked. On the drive over she was contemplating the consequences of what she had just done and now, in her office, overlooking the city, everything dawned on her. She had no family left. Her father was dead, her brother in maximum security for life, and she had arranged for her mother to be arrested for attempted murder of countless alien citizens. She sat down in her chair and sighed. She had to get out of there before the police came. She could rest easier knowing she did the right thing, but at the cost it came at. She was alone, truly. She was an excellent actress, playing the part of the grateful orphan; who had been adopted by the rich and powerful Luthors. But now there was no-one else for her. She had been alone countless times before, and Lillian only ever showed her off at events, adopted not because they wanted her, to gain more publicity, and more power. Lena was nothing but a tool in the Luthor game, and now she was the last one. Her adoptive family’s legacy fell on her. She was slowly changing that legacy, from manic obsessions and illegal alien experiments, to saving aliens and using LCorp for a force for good.
She got up and went straight for the whiskey, but hesitated. She wasn’t going to turn to the drink every time she felt alone. If that were the case, she’d have liver poisoning ages ago. No, she went for the water next to it. She poured herself a glass and walked out onto her balcony. No-one knew what she had done, save her mother. Everyone else thought the virus malfunctioned, and Lena would have it stay that way. She didn’t do it for the thanks. She did it because it was the right thing to do. There was no-one here to see her so she didn’t have to keep herself held up. She slumped down, leaning onto the balcony, glass of water still in her hand. The night air was chilly, but she still had her coat on. She looked out over the city. None of them had any idea what had happened, they just continued on with their lives. She turned around, placed her glass on the table next to her and leaned against the balcony, closing her eyes, breathing in deep, the crisp, cool air. She opened her eyes and in front of her was Supergirl.
Supergirl had a hesitant look on her face. The last time they talked was at the missile launch, where Lena was still pretending to be on her mother’s side.
They both stood there silently. Lena went to speak, but her mouth was dry. She went to take her glass off the table when Supergirl came up close to her and pulled her into a hug. Lena stiffened, and then she melted into Supergirl, her strong arms the only thing keeping Lena upright. Lena wrapped her own arms around Supergirl and held her close. Lena was on the verge of tears. She couldn’t remember the last time someone had hugged her. They stood there, holding on to each other, for who knows how long. All Lena knew was that it felt right.
“Thank you.” It was barely a whisper, but Lena heard. The tears welled up in Lena’s eyes, but never spilled. They pulled apart and Lena instantly missed the warmth that Supergirl brought. She looked into Supergirl’s eyes and she saw awe.
“You saved me. I don’t know how to thank you.” Supergirl confessed. Lena was speechless. The amount of times Supergirl had saved Lena’s life, this didn’t even count as repayment. Lena opened her mouth and closed it again, no words being enough to tell Supergirl that what she did was no big deal, and she didn’t deserve her thanks, let alone a hug.
“You saved all alien life tonight. We all owe our lives to you Lena.”
“You don’t owe me anything.” Lena found her voice.
“I do. I owe you an apology. I was too quick to judge, and I know you, you’re a good person, with a bad family, and I let my prejudice for them cloud my judgement of you.”
“Everyone expects the worse from me, why shouldn’t you?”
“Because I am not everyone. I’m your friend. I should know better.”
Friend. The word stuck with Lena. Supergirl continued to ramble on, but Lena was focused on that word. She had friends before, never close ones. Ever since moving to National City, she had two friends, Kara Danvers and Supergirl.
She looked and saw Supergirl staring at her, “We are friends right?” She asked
“Yes,” it came out scratchy, so she cleared her throat, “Yes, we are friends.”
Supergirl’s entire body relaxed and the smile that was absent from her face came back with a vengeance. It honestly made Lena’s heart skip a beat when she was the one who made Supergirl smile like the sun.
“Good, because as my friend, I would like to share a secret with you.”
It got Lena’s attention.
“I was gonna tell you soon, because we were growing close…”
Grown close? They had only met a few times, and the only other person she spent time with was…
“Kara,” it was a whisper, but Supergirl heard it, and she stopped mid-sentence her mouth hanging open.
“How did you know?” Kara asked, after composing herself.
“You and Supergirl are literally my only friends in the city, well you’re one person, so,” Lena said. “As Supergirl, we’ve only worked together a handful of times, but as Kara, we’ve hung out, gotten to know each other, so I deduced it was you Kara.”
“Oh,” Kara was stunned. “Well that makes sense, and you are a genius.”
Lena smiled at that, “I wouldn’t use the word genius,”
“I would. You held a gala to lure those guys into a trap and destroy the alien tech they were using against the people, and you,” Kara paced excitedly, “You played your mother, you played everyone, made us, made me, believe that you were on her side, and then you pull it off again, by making the virus inert. Lena you are a genius, a wonderful, beautiful, talented genius.”
Beautiful, the word repeated in Lena’s head, and the way Kara had said it, with absolute glee on her face, her heart started beating faster, the thumping was getting louder and louder in her ears. She looked down to try and drown out the sound to no avail.
“Lena? Are you ok?”
She looked up and saw Kara standing close, too close, her hand on Lena’s arm, rubbing it gently, soothing her.
“Yeah I’m fine, it’s been a long day, you know with being attacked by that thing, and you know everything else.”
“I understand. Do you want me to leave?”
“No!” Lena said, a little too quickly. “Stay please. I really don’t feel like being alone right now.”
Kara smiled. “That’s great, cause I kinda wanted to invite you…” Kara spoke so fast and hushed that Lena didn’t hear the last bit.
“I didn’t catch that last bit.” Lena said, smiling, Kara was being so adorable, and yes Lena had a huge crush on the reporter.
“I wanted to invite you to thanksgiving dinner.” Kara said shyly.
Lena laughed lightly, “Kara, thanksgiving has gone.”
“I know, but we were gonna have Thanksgiving dinner, and then a wormhole opened up in my living room,” Kara paused and took in Lena’s confused face, “Long story, so we never got have dinner because everything else happened, so tomorrow we decided to have dinner at my place.” Kara explained.
“So dinner with you and your family?”
“Yes. Me, Alex, my mom, James and Winn.”
“Kara, I’d love to join you for Thanksgiving. Just tell me the time and I’ll be there. Do you need to bring anything?”
“Just your c…self,” Kara tripped over her words. Lena was sure she was about to say ‘cute self.’ She saw the way Kara looked at her, other women had before. She was no stranger to their gaze, and she recognised it well. She was going to play into it and make Kara squirm. A little payback for Kara coming in and pretending to write a puff piece.
“Alright that’s sorted. Wanna go for a fly around the city?”
Lena was stunned at this sudden forwardness. She hated flying but Kara was pouting at her.
“Um, I…” Lena stammered.
“It’s totally okay if you don’t wanna, I just thought it would be nice,”
“No, I understand,”
“I mean I’m not gonna drop you, if that’s that you’re worried about.”
“No, I have complete faith in you, I just don’t like flying that’s all.” Lena blurted out.
“Oh,” Kara said in a small voice.
“It’s just something irrational that comes up in me whenever I have to fly somewhere,” she saw the dejected look on Kara’s face and continued on, “But flying in Supergirl’s arms would be very different, I assume.”
Kara’s face lit up, “You’re gonna love it, I promise.”
Damn hormones.
Kara scooped Lena into her arms and took off slowly, rising higher and higher into the city, the sounds and sights becoming smaller and smaller. The air up here was colder, so Lena snuggled in closer to Kara.
“Lena, I’m sure my armpit has nothing on the view of the city from up here.” Lena looked up to see Kara smirking, and then she looked down, and her breath was taken away. The city lights were stunning, they moved like a living organism, the cars below were dots speeding around. Lena turned back to Kara to find her staring directly at her.
“It’s beautiful,” Lena whispered leaning back into Kara for warmth, tilting her head up so she could see Kara’s face.
“It sure is,” Kara whispered back, leaning down so their foreheads were pressed together, lips mere inches apart. Lena could hear Kara’s heart beating faster, and her own drumming in her ears. There was nothing up here to distract them, so Lena closed the gaps between them and captured Kara’s lips in her own.
The kiss was soft, sweet, gentle, there was no need to deepen it. it took Kara a second to respond, but when she did, it was enthusiastically. Her lips moved against Lena’s and it made Lena’s head spin, and not due to the fact they were still up in the air. Their lips separated, only for a moment before they latched back onto each other.
They finally separated. Kara looked at Lena with wonderment in her eyes, and Lena looked blissful, she felt like it too. She had just kissed Kara after months of wanting to.
“That was,” Lena tried to find her voice, “Incredible.” She felt them being lowered, and she took the opportunity of Kara trying to find a rooftop, to pepper small kisses along Kara’s jawline, causing Kara to tighten her grip on Lena. Lena smiled into the kisses and gently scraped her teeth along Kara’s perfectly sculptured jaw.
“If you keep doing that before I find a roof, I’m gonna drop you,” Kara said quickly.
Lena chuckled and kissed her jaw one last time, “Fine, I’ll behave.”
Kara ended up back on the balcony of LCorp; she dropped Lena, who sorted herself out, before pushing Kara up against the balcony wall and kissing her with full force. This kiss was desperate, needy and hot.
Kara moaned into the kiss, melting into Lena’s touch, hands coming to undo her coat.
Lena chuckled into the kiss, “Eager are we?”
“I’ve wanted to kiss you for a long time now, so yes, I am eager.” Kara said, turning them around and switching their positions. Lena liked this, being trapped between Supergirl and a wall. Lena’s hands dragged up Kara’s strong arms, she shuddered, because she thought of how strong Kara was and it made Lena weak. She ran her hands over Kara’s strong shoulders and down her toned back, pulling her closer. Kara was much too happy to oblige and stepped in closer, leaving virtually no space between them. Kara had managed to get Lena’s coat open and now her hands stayed in her coat, resting on Lena’s hips. Lena was more adventurous and her hands travelled past Kara’s waist and rested on her ass. She squeezed lightly, making Kara moan into her mouth. Lena decided there and then she had a favourite sound. It was Kara moaning. So she squeezed again, and slipped her tongue into Kara’s mouth, and the moan Kara made was downright sinful and it sent a rush through Lena, making her head spin. With all the effort she could muster, she pulled away from Kara, noting the little squeal Kara made.
“I needed to get us to solid ground so we could do that.”
Lena laughed.
“Come back to my place,” Kara started. Lena raised her eyebrow.
“Not for that, okay, well maybe a bit more of this, but I want us to be in a relaxing atmosphere, and you know, somewhere warm.”
“I see your point. Take me back to yours Kara.”
“No distractions!”
“I’ll try to resist, but now I’ve had a taste, I want more, and now.”
Kara gulped, picked Lena up and flew off to her apartment.
True to her word Lena didn’t distract Kara on the fly back, but as soon as they landed in Kara’s apartment, Lena was on Kara in an instant. Lena was insatiable and Kara loved it. unfortunately for them, Eliza was staying at Kara’s and Kara heard the bathroom door open and close, so she pushed Lena away, who was about to protest when Eliza walked into the room.
“Ka…Supergirl…” she started.
“It’s okay mom, she knows.”
“Oh okay.”
“Hi Mrs Danvers, I’m Lena Luthor.”
“I know who you are, please call me Eliza you saved my daughter and every single alien living in National City.”
Lena blushed, she didn’t think she was going to meet Kara’s mother until tomorrow.
“It was nothing.”
“No, it wasn’t. You saved her, saved everyone, I don’t know what to say.”
“Mom, you’re embarrassing me.” Kara mumbled.
“Oh, okay, well I’m going to turn in, it was nice meeting you Lena.”
“Likewise, goodnight Eliza.”
“Goodnight.” And she walked out the room.
Lena and Kara looked at each other. “I’m gonna go change, literally will be a second.” Kara said, and before Lena could nod her head, Kara was back and in pjs.
“Lena smiled and shamelessly let her eyes roam Kara’s body. “Cute.” Kara blushed.
They sat down on the sofa, Lena removing her coat and placing it on the side.
“So, we can’t do what we were going to do because of your mom,” Lena started.
“Yeah, I forgot she was staying here. Sorry.”
“No, no need to apologise. We can talk about how Kara and Supergirl both played a significant part in my life and they were the same person, and we can talk about your disguise.”
“My disguise?”
“Glasses, is that all it takes to fool people?” Lena asked, baffled.
“Apparently, oh and my acting skills.” Kara said proudly.
“What acting skills?” Lena giggled.
Kara looked hurt by Lena’s words, but it was an act.
“Kara when you are Supergirl, I admit, you act tougher, but you are adorable as both Supergirl and Kara Danvers.”
Kara smiled.
“Well I act like an average person and I blend in.”
“Never,” Lena said seriously, “You could never blend in, not to me anyway.” Lena confessed and Kara blushed.
“Wait a minute. When we first met and I showed you the prototype for the alien detection device.”
“Yeah,” Kara said, looking at her hands, “About that, I’m sorry.”
“Why? What did you do?”
“When you weren’t looking I kinda used my laser vision to fry the circuits, just a little bit, so it would read negative.”
“You broke my prototype?”
“I’m so sorry; I didn’t mean to…hmmmm.”
Kara’s hasty apology was cut off by Lena’s lips on her own.
Kara melted into the kiss, but as soon as it started it was over.
“What was that for?” Kara asked, opening her eyes to a smug Lena.
“You ramble a lot, it’s okay, I know why you did what you did, you had to protect your secret. I’m not mad Kara, I promise. I don’t think I’ll put them on the shelves anyway. They’re too dangerous, even if they would make a lot of money.”
“You know, if I ramble more, you can shut me up like that way more often.”
“Noted.” Lena said grinning.
They talked all through the night about everything. Cadmus, Lillian kidnapping Kara, how they made her deplete her powers so she could get her blood drawn and used to access the medusa virus, which only spewed the hate for which felt for her mother even further. They talked about all the times Kara had come to Lena for help and then solved the problem as Supergirl. Lena realised at the gala that she never did see Kara and Supergirl at the same time, just seconds after each other. She laughed at how Kara had said golly, because it stuck with her, “Really Kara who says golly?” “I panicked okay.”
Eliza found them wrapped up in each other in the morning. Kara resting her head on Lena’s. Lena lying on top of Kara with Kara’s arms wrapped around her. They both had small smiles on their lips. Eliza couldn’t be happier, both her girls finally happy with who they were. She took a picture on her phone and sent it to Alex with the caption looks like you’re not the only one crushing on a lady. To which Alex quickly replied with :O I’m on my way. Eliza tried to be as quiet as she could, but she placed a mug a little too loudly on the counter and it woke both the sleeping ladies up.
Kara’s head shot up and because of their positions, Lena was unfortunately startled awake.
“Mom?” Kara asked, a little dazed. And then she looked down to see Lena rubbing her eyes, and lying back down on Kara’s chest. It set something alight in Kara, and she so wished her mother wasn’t there so she could do something about it.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you two up, I’m just gonna make a coffee and then go back.
“No need Eliza, we’ll join you for coffee, I know I need some right now.” Lena said getting up off Kara.
Lena straightened out her dress and walked towards Kara’s room. Kara ran off after her.
One freshen up later, (they didn’t dare do anything in case Eliza decided to walk in) and a change of clothes for Lena and they sat at the table with Eliza who had two more cups of steaming black coffee waiting for them.
“I didn’t know how you liked it Lena, so I left it black, so you can add whatever you like in there, and Kara you keep changing your preferences, so the same.”
“Thank you so much Eliza, this is too kind.” Lena said.
“No worries, you two looked tired, so I may as well, and I did wake you up.” Eliza explained.
“Well I like my coffee with just a bit of skim milk, no sugar.”
“Is that because you’re sweet enough,” Kara blurted out. She realised what she said and Lena and Eliza both looked at her, Eliza thinking she was head over heels for Lena and shaking her head, and Lena looking at Kara like she was the most ridiculous thing on the planet, but it was wonderful, because it was aimed at her. Kara blushed deeply and grabbed the sugar and creamer and poured some into her coffee. Lena grabbed Kara’s hand, and kissed it, and Kara’s face went as red as her cape. Eliza smiled. Lena was good for Kara, she could see.
“Alright children, I am going to get changed, and then get started on this dinner. Kara will you be doing the turkey?”
Kara looked up from her coffee cup and nodded.
“You’re cooking the turkey?”
“With my laser vision.” Kara grinned.
“It’s quite the sight, and it always turns out incredible.” Eliza said.
Kara beamed, and Lena smiled as well. She never knew this kind of warmness with a family before and it felt nice to be in the middle of the light banter between mother and daughter. Strange but nice. It must have shown on her face because Eliza was reaching out for her hand.
“Are you okay Lena?” she asked, worry on her face.
“Yes, it’s just I never had this kind of relationship with my mother, she was more the show off your adopted kid to the press and be cruel to her in private kind of woman.”
Kara looked shocked, Eliza smiled, “That is no mother. That is a woman who will use anyone, even a child to get power and points in any way she can. No need, you’re with Kara now, and with Kara, comes me.”
Lena’s heart swelled and tears threatened to spill.
“She’s a good mom.” Kara said,
“Good? I’m great. I’d like to think I’m supportive of my children.” Eliza joked.
“Thank you Eliza, it means so much.” Lena said, trying not to cry.