A/N: hey guys!
soooo, it's me again, back in the Supercorp trash can (kidding, I never left)
this fic is gonna have several chapters, I don't know how many yet. this is a fake dating au
a huge thank you to mysticnic11 for making sure I somewhat make some sense.
as English is not my first language, you may find some mistakes. feel free to point them out and I'll correct them ASAP
Trigger warning for slight mention of abuse (in other news, Lillian is a b****)
Diclaimer: I do NOT own Supergirl, but Supercorp does own me.
Lena Luthor has never been one to hide in front of danger. Since she was a little girl, she has been confronted to more trauma and abuse than she cares to admit.
But if there is one thing Lena Luthor is hiding from, it's her mother's constant pestering about her none existent love life (or so her mother thinks).
As a Luthor, Lena is used to keeping things to herself, not displaying any emotions to her rivals, which has been helping her making her way through a sea of sharks as a business woman.
But when her mother asks that day if she finally has someone in her life, Lena's eyes squeeze shut in an attempt to stifle everything surrounding her.
Lena is well aware that her mother still doesn't accept her sexuality. When she had told her family she was a lesbian, Lex had been the supportive one. Lex Luthor, the most anti-alien person on the planet, filled with hatred, had been the supportive one in regards of her sexuality.
Except Lex had gone insane and Lena is now alone once more. Alone to face her mother and her never-ending comments about how lonely Lena is, and how 'concerned' Lillian Luthor is. As if Lena's mother hasn't been the one to shy her away from everyone in the first place.
"No, mother, no significant other at the moment," Lena replies, keeping her gaze fixed on the paperwork on her desk, clutching just a bit tighter at the pen in her hands.
Her mother snorts.
Lena's eyes shoot up to be greeted by her mother's cold stare.
"Why are you here?"
Lillian Luthor doesn't even flinch at the harshness of her daughter's tone of voice. "Can't a mother come to visit her daughter at her workplace? Especially since we haven't seen each other in months now."
That Lena is also well aware of. Those months have been most welcomed in her life, without her family hovering over her constantly. Except her family constantly is hovering over Lena, no matter how much distance she tries to put between them. The multiple interviews she's had to endure, facing the wrath of angry journalists blaming her for everything her family has ever done never lets her forget that.
"We haven't seen each other in months because we both made it clear the last time we saw each other that we had no interest in keeping up pretenses anymore." Lena takes in a shuddering breath. "We don't love each other, that's pretty clear."
Her mother narrows her eyes at her words and for a brief moment, Lena thinks she feels actual daggers piercing through her body.
"It is indeed pretty clear," Lillian simply replies, tone as even as usual. "I do have one favor to ask though."
Lena's eyes widen in shock. The nerves of that woman…
"I don't owe you anything," comes Lena's stern reply.
"I took you in, Lena."
"Only to abuse me!"
She hadn't meant to yell, but she can't keep it in any longer. Seeing her mother flinch and realizing she has stood up from her chair, Lena composes herself and sits back down, clutching at her desk a bit too tightly when she notices her broken pen on the floor underneath her desk.
"Whatever it is that you need, you won't get it from me."
Her mother sighs. "The Luthors' annual party is in two weeks."
Lena's right eye twitches and she raises her eyebrows. "You're still planning on doing that? Even after everything Lex has done? Will anyone even bother to show up?"
The Luthors had been organizing a huge and eccentric party every year for as long as Lena can remember. She had thought this year would be the end of that tradition though.
Her mother nods. "We're a powerful family, Lena. That hasn't changed."
Lena snorts and shakes her head. "Right, everyone hates us now, but go ahead, pretend that nothing has changed when Father is gone and Lex is in jail for the rest of his life."
Lena fights back her tears, but it's even harder when her mother reaches out and lays her hand on the CEO's desk.
"We're the only two Luthors left. We need to be there for each other."
Lena's watering eyes meet her mother's stern but surprisingly soft ones. She blinks. Another attempt at manipulating her, no doubt. Lena gives in anyway.
"I'll be there."
She doesn't take her mother's hands, only sits back further in her chair and waits for Lillian to leave. The older woman obviously has one last request.
"I would feel more at ease if you had someone accompanying you there."
Lena's brow furrows. She certainly hasn't been expecting that. "Why would I need someone to accompany me this year especially?"
"Because like you said, people don't trust us anymore. They think Luthors are inherently evil, we need to prove them wrong," her mother tries to explain.
Lena suppresses a smirk.
Good luck with that mother, you're the devil incarnate.
"How would me being in a relationship change that?"
"You're a lesbian Lena, you and I both know that, but the public does not. Seeing you there with another woman is sure to divert the attention from our allegedly evilness. And I get to play the supportive mother."
Lena can't believe it. Her mother hates her sexuality, but she suddenly wants to use it for her own benefit? Yes, sounds exactly like Lillian Luthor actually.
Her mother gets up and Lena follows her to the door of her office.
"Make sure it's believable. Good luck finding someone who's stupid enough to like you."
Her mother leaves and it's all it takes for Lena to collapse onto her couch, silent tears dripping on the soft fabric.
"Supergirl!"
Kara's head hits something hard as she sits up on whatever it is she's sitting on. She winces and drops her gaze, looking at her surroundings.
Oh right. She's fallen asleep in the DEO's med bay, again. It is the second time in just a few hours. She glares at the shelf on top of her, the cause of her painful awakening.
"Supergirl."
She turns her head to look at J'onn standing across from her, across from Alex's hospital bed actually.
"You should go home and get some actual sleep." Before Kara can protest he adds, "I'll watch over her."
Kara turns her face to look at her sister's bruised face on the bed. She curses again the alien that has inflicted this to her and takes a deep breath as she remembers that they caught him, and he's now rotting in a cell inside the DEO's facilities.
She wants to stay, doesn't want to leave Alex.
As if he has read her mind (even though she knows he can't, and wouldn't even if he could), J'onn says, "She won't wake up until tomorrow morning. We gave her a sedative remember?"
J'onn's soft eyes make it easier for Kara to breathe. She exhales and gets up from the chair beside the hospital bed.
"Okay," she gives in. "Call me if she wakes up anyway, she's stubborn enough to do that."
J'onn laughs and Kara smiles a weak smile. He walks over to where she's now standing and lays a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I will. I'll keep a close eye on her, I promise. Now go."
Kara takes one last glance at her sister and she fights back her tears at the sight of the fragile form of her sister laying down on the bed, Alex, her big sister, usually so strong, but here so defenseless.
"Actually no, call me no matter what."
"I will," J'onn says softly.
Kara nods again and squeezes his hand on her shoulder before leaving the DEO, flying home to an empty apartment.
Kara is awakened only an hour later by a soft knock on her door. At first, she's not sure she really heard it, perhaps it was yet another nightmare.
A second knocking. This time she's sure she's not imagining things, and she gets up, squinting her eyes to see who's standing behind the door.
She certainly wasn't expecting to see a dark-haired woman raising her fist to knock a third time. Before the woman gets the chance to do so, Kara opens the door, glasses back on her nose.
"Lena!"
"I'm so sorry to show up unannounced like that it's just that…"
Kara opens the door wide enough for the other woman to get inside, and she closes it as Lena pauses. Kara isn't sure why the CEO is here, but apparently Lena isn't entirely sure either.
"Do you need anything?"
"No!" Lena exclaims and drops her handbag on Kara's couch. "Yes."
Kara's brow furrows and she wonders if Lena is okay.
"Would you be my fake girlfriend?"
A/N: soooo hope you enjoyed!
reviews are always appreciated! :)