Note: I currently intend for this SuperCorp short to be three chapters. Lena knows that Kara is Supergirl.
In this chapter, it's New Year's Eve and Lena's hosting a party. Kara wants to tell Lena how she feels about her.
Kara checks her watch.
Five minutes to midnight.
She fidgets nervously, adjusts her glasses and looks up from the floor to see Alex and Maggie smiling at her, their arms around each other.
"Just tell her how you feel," Alex says. "It's Lena. It'll be fine." Alex puts a reassuring hand on her sister's shoulder, and she feels the Kryptonian relax slightly as she nods.
"It's a big step, Kara, but it's pretty clear that she likes you too," Maggie says.
"Do you think?" Kara is barely audible over the music blaring from the speakers.
"We know," Alex's tone is sincere.
Kara knew too, or at least she thought she did. She lit up when she was around Lena. Her stomach fluttered when they met for lunch, her heart raced when Lena's gaze met hers and their eyes were fixed, lingering for just a second too long to not mean something. She melted when their hands brushed or whenever Lena bit her lip and furrowed her brows when she was thinking deeply. Lena was her every thought, and Kara's feelings for her had bubbled away and grown with each day. She wanted to tell her but just didn't know how.
Kara looks past Alex and Maggie and sees Lena talking to some acquaintances from work. Lena must sense it because her piercing eyes meet Kara's striking blue ones mid conversation, and the CEO smiles while continuing her exchange.
Kara quickly returns the smile before looking away, something that doesn't go unnoticed by Alex and Maggie.
"Don't be shy Kara," Alex says. "It'll go much better than you think."
The music stops and the room falls silent as Lena takes to a small stage and is handed a microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you all for being here tonight. May the next year bring you fortune and happiness. Let the countdown begin!"
A screen at the front of the room flashes to show that there are thirty seconds until midnight. Lena allows James to take a few photos for Catco Magazine before she makes her way off the stage, but Kara tears her gaze away again, sucking in a deep breath and exhaling through gritted teeth.
"You've got this, Kara," Alex reassures her sister. She notices Lena walking towards them and smiles at the younger woman. Kara is staring into space and isn't aware of Lena until she's beside her.
"Hey you guys, are you ready?" Lena asks.
The whole room, including Lena, Alex, Maggie and James, begins to count down from ten.
Kara remains silent, instead trying to regulate her breathing.
Five
She's going to do it.
Four
She told Alex and Maggie that she'd tell Lena how she feels, and it is what she wants.
Three
So she will.
Two
She takes off her glasses.
One
"HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Alex and Maggie share a long kiss, as do others in the room while some clap and cheer, but Kara doesn't see or hear anything because Lena turns to face her. Before she can wish her best friend a Happy New Year, Kara's lips are on hers.
Kara's hands are on Lena's cheeks, tracing, caressing her jaw line, her lips gently meeting Lena's, but also colliding with an intensity and purpose that she's never felt before. Butterflies flutter in her stomach and she can hear Lena's heart rate increase, thumping hard. Kara's hands find Lena's hair, which had been let loose for the occasion, hanging lightly over her shoulders, and she lets it entwine in her fingers, its softness tickling her palms.
Kara feels Lena tense. She pulls away from the CEO and looks into those beautiful piercing eyes, those eyes that are looking right back, not in surprise, not in shock, but with excitement, those same eyes that crease lightly at the corners as Lena smiles.
Kara hears whispers and mutterings, and she's sure Lena can too, but she blocks them out.
"S-sorry," Kara stutters, unfolding her glasses to put them back on.
"Don't apologise," Lena whispers, stopping her. 'Don't ever apologise."
Their eyes linger on one another for a second longer before Kara studies Lena's features, the rosiness of her cheeks as she blushes, the perfect shape of her jaw and the way that she gently pulls her bottom lip in-between her teeth. She's thinking.
Then their lips are together again, all thoughts gone, all sounds drowned out by the beating of Lena's heart. Kara's hand finds the small of Lena's back while the CEO's cup Kara's face. They feel the warmth of each other's touches, the body heat radiating between them. This time, when Lena's heart accelerates it's not because of the surprise. It's because she's kissing the beautiful Kryptonian for whom her feelings run deeply, have run deeply for a long time. Adrenaline rushes through her veins like electricity and she feels something strange, something she's never really truly felt before; happy.
When they break apart, Lena bites her lip again before a broad smile lights up her face. Kara looks at the ground nervously as she lets out a little giggle before looking back into Lena's eyes, a grin cast across her features.
Lena loops her arm through Kara's and they both turn to face Alex and Maggie.
The duo is staring at them, shocked.
"You said tell her," Alex says. "Not eat her face off!"
"It seemed the easiest, most straightforward way to do it. I don't think I'd have got the words out." Kara fumbles her glasses back on. If she could blush, she would.
"Well, Little Luthor, you've managed to silence Little Danvers. Congratulations," Maggie teases, a cheeky glint in her eye.
Lena blushes again. She removes the arm that she'd entangled with Kara's and takes her hand instead. It's soft, a little bigger than hers, but it's warm and comforting.
Neither leaves the other's side for the rest of the night. Lena introduces Kara to everyone she talks to until people start to filter out, heading home for the night.
Soon, it's just Kara, Lena, Alex and Maggie left, along with a few cleaners. James had left earlier to ensure that his photos made it in time for print, but not before congratulating Kara and Lena.
"So, we can leave movie day for today if you want," Alex says to Kara as they help to clear away some of the rubbish. They were supposed to be having a full day of movies instead of just the evening. The eldest Danvers looks over at Lena, who was having a conversation with Maggie. "We both totally understand."
Kara stops what she's doing. "No, no, of course not. We can't cancel movie day!"
"Only if you're sure."
"I've never been more sure of anything," Kara says, but she's not really talking about movie day, and Alex knows it.
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"Hey."
"Hey!"
Lena walks out of Kara's bedroom to find the blonde sitting at her dining table eating a stack of pancakes and flicking through today's edition of Catco magazine. She's wearing an old t-shirt and comfy bottoms that belong to Kara but fit her just right.
"Why didn't you wake me?" Lena asks.
Kara gulps a huge mouthful of pancakes before she answers. "You looked so peaceful, plus I know you hardly ever sleep so I thought you deserved it." She smiles at Lena. "Pancakes?"
"Sure," Lena replies, taking the seat next to Kara. The Kryptonian dishes out a stack of warm pancakes onto a plate for Lena.
They sit in silence for a minute, and both of them think about how wonderful the last twelve hours had been.
Although Lena didn't normally like big scenes in front of a lot of people, she had enjoyed her kisses with Kara far too much to care. The Kryptonian had flown them home for the first time and Lena had enjoyed the feeling of the wind as it whipped through her hair, the feeling of weightlessness, which she was sure wasn't just down to the flying. She'd caught sight of herself and Kara in the mirror when they'd got back to Kara's apartment. Her hair was matted like a bird's nest while Kara's had remained perfectly smooth and silky, her light curls still bobbing around her shoulders. When Lena had questioned her as to why her hair didn't look like a knotted mess, Kara simply responded, 'I guess it's just my Kryptonian charm," and flashed Lena her most innocent smile accompanied by a shrug.
They had fallen asleep not long after, exhausted from the excitement of the day. They had huddled and curled into each other, feeling their individual body heat becoming one big bundle of warmth. When Kara eventually opened her eyes, they'd squinted in the late morning light creeping through the curtains until they focused on the hand draped over her side. She had smiled to herself before sliding out from under it and leaving Lena to sleep.
There's a sharp knock at the door which pulls both girls from their daydreams.
"Come in," Kara shouts.
Alex and Maggie enter juggling bags of popcorn and bottles of lemonade, a few DVD boxes peeking out from under their arms. They smile at Kara and then spot Lena.
Kara watches as Alex and Maggie glance at each other, smirks plastered across their faces.
"If we're interrupting, we can just go," Alex says, trying but failing to keep the smile from her face.
"Don't go on my account, Agent, Detective," Lena says before Kara can answer.
"How many times Lena? It's Alex and Maggie. We won't detain you if you call us by our names, y'know," Alex tells the younger woman with a faux-stern look.
"Kara?" Maggie asks as she and Alex wait for Kara's response.
Kara looks at Lena again, and the CEO gives a slight nod, indicating that she doesn't want Alex and Maggie to leave. She actually really wants them to stay. If last night turns out to be the start of forever, she wants to get to know them properly, better than she already does.
"Okay, movie day is on!" Kara exclaims, clapping her hands together.
They all scramble for a place on the couch. Kara wedges herself between Alex and Lena, her two favourite people, and as everyone shovels popcorn into their mouths and laughs at The Hangover, Kara's thoughts drift back to the previous night, how Alex had been right – she always was – and how excited being with Lena made her. The more she thinks about the woman sat by her side, whose tired head now rests on Kara's shoulder, making it shake every time she laughs at the movie, the more she feels herself falling further in love. She thinks back to when they first met, the first time they went out for lunch, the first time Lena came to movie night, and she thinks about how happy those times made her feel, but Kara knows, feels in her bones, that the happiest she'd felt with Lena was the moment that she knew that she loved her too.