Lena Luthor had never thought she would ever experience true happiness.
As soon as she saw Kara Danvers, she instantly wanted her, craved her, felt drawn to her, but she was a Luthor, the youngest Luthor, the only one left to deal with the fallout of the actions of her family, and she was cursed… So, she never dreamed in a million years that that sweet, beautiful, and perfect Kryptonian could ever love her; so what else could she do but hide her longing?
She hid her longing for just over three years when the unthinkable happened… She'd drunk dialed Kara and left her a forty-five-minute voicemail about all the things she loved about the blonde… She could have gone on forever, but her cell phone had died before she could.
That night had changed everything. Kara texted her the next morning asking to meet up because they 'needed to talk' Lena thought for sure it was over. That she was going to walk into Noonan's a scared and fragile woman and leave as a forever destroyed and permanently broken one.
However, when she got to Noonan's, she saw Kara's face, and before she could plead for forgiveness, her lips were captured by Kara's, and the rest was history.
Now, a year and an X-Kryptonite engagement ring later, she was living with Kara, getting to wake up every day next to the woman of her dreams, living in absolute bliss… Sometimes she still pinched herself to make sure that she wasn't dreaming, but as she laid there, with Kara's abdomen pressed tightly against her back, her strong arm wrapped around her, she knew that she wasn't dreaming, because not even in her wildest dreams could she be this eternally happy.
She turned around in Kara's tight embrace and smiled widely as she saw simmering blue eyes shining back at her.
"Morning Sleeping Beauty." Kara sang before she leaned in and connected their lips. Lena melted into the kiss; everything felt right in the world as she let herself get lost in everything that was Kara. She couldn't wrap her head around why Kara Zor-El Danvers would ever fall for her, but as long as she did, Lena would give all of herself to her.
They pulled back, and Lena cupped her hand around Kara's cheek. "I can't wait to marry you." She crooned. "Do you know how much of a hold you have on me?"
Kara squeezed Lena closer to her. "Probably the exact same hold you have on me. She whispered, pecking kisses all along Lena's neck, sending waves of desire through Lena's body. "And I can't wait to marry you either. Let's run away and elope."
Lena let out a haughty chuckle. "My, My, Miss Danvers, are we a bit anxious?."
Kara nodded against Lena's sternum. "Anxious to be Mrs. Danvers."
Lena's heart flipped in her chest, and butterflies came to life in her stomach. "I am too." She croaked out.
Kara smiled. "So then, let's do it? Tomorrow… as soon as the courthouse opens."
"Are you sure?" Lena had never been a fan of the big dresses and hundreds of guests, but Kara had been adamant that she wanted at least a small ceremony, with Alex, and Eliza, Winn, and James all there. Along with whoever Lena wanted to be there on her side. (Which was no one.) So, she wanted to make sure that this wasn't sleepy Kara talking, who would forget all about this in the morning.
Kara smiled. "You already have an engagement ring that is going to let you stay alive as long as me, so why wouldn't I want you to have the same last name as me already?"
"I just want you to be sure, Kara."
"I'm always sure when it comes to you, Lee. Always."
Lena's heart refused to slow down as she smiled. "I would do it in an instant if I didn't think you'd regret not having a ceremony."
"We can have the ceremony later, Lee. But making it official can just be you, me and Alex at the courthouse. I just want to be your wife."
Lena smiled and nodded her head as she stared into Kara's blue eyes. In less than twenty-four hours she was going to be Mrs. Lena Danvers.
She was finally going to be with Kara for eternity.
She was finally going to have true happiness.
She was finally going to be rid of the Luthor curse.
And it was all because of one drunken phone call…
She had never been more thankful for alcohol in her entire life.
"Okay."
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Lena was furious that she'd been called into the office, she'd wanted to enjoy the day with Kara, but she was even more angry that Kara had been forced to leave her day of rest to fight the last remaining remnants of Cadmus.
She watched on the screen as their kryptonite bullets bounced off of the Kryptonite suit she'd made for Kara six months ago.
She smiled proudly at the tv as she watched Supergirl knock out three of the four remaining imbeciles with her freeze breath alone, but when she saw the fourth man pull out what appeared to be a grey plant and fling it onto Kara's face she frowned… Kara was down within an instant.
The man slowly made his way over to Supergirl's unconscious body and moved her body with his foot to make sure that she wasn't playing. When Kara did not move, he began laughing hysterically for a moment before he started to run off, only to be decked in the face by a super-suited Alex Danvers and knocked unconscious before she rushed to Kara's side.
She immediately stood up from her seat and was just about to shut off her screen when she saw Alex set fire to the plant, causing it to crawl off of Kara's face.
She let out a relieved sigh as she watched Kara stand up and hug Alex just as the broadcast was cut off… Thank god for Alex Danvers, they all would be lost without her.
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Fifty minutes later, Lena walked up the stairs to the loft, humming contentedly as she played with her keys. She was ready to lay down on the couch, cuddled up into Kara, and relish in the fact that Kara was okay, and that tomorrow they were going to be wives; but just as she reached their door, she saw something that confused her… There were about twelve duct-taped boxes in front of the door.
Kara must've decided to put some of their stuff in storage.
She continued humming as she stuck her key into the lock, but when it didn't work, she frowned. This was odd. She knocked on the door, waiting for Kara to answer, but after five minutes of knocking, she assumed she was out being Supergirl once more
After a long day, Lena was a bit aggravated that her key stopped working at such an inopportune time, but nothing could bring her down from her high from knowing that she was about to marry the woman of her dreams. She was the happiest she could be, but when the door swung open, everything changed.
Lena looked up at Kara, expecting to see a welcoming expression like always, but instead, she saw a teary-eyed Kara standing in front of her with an angry expression on her face, and worry immediately took over her happiness.
"Kara? Baby, what happ-,"
"You need to take your things and leave, Lena."
Lena's heart shattered. "W-what? No, Kara… If the eloping idea doesn't sound good anymore, we don't have to do it. I can wait, I understand. I-,"
"No, the elopement idea doesn't sound good anymore. Marrying you doesn't sound good anymore." Kara spit back harshly.
It felt as if someone had stabbed her in the heart, and poured acid down her throat… Of course, Kara wouldn't want to marry her. She'd finally realized that she was a worthless Luthor and that she could do so much better than her. But Lena couldn't let her go without trying. She couldn't live happily without her... she would just... exist.
"Baby, whatever happened, whatever made you change your mind about me, I swear I'll do whatever it takes to fix it. I don't know what I did, or what I said, but-"
"More like who you did." Kara asserted coolly. "You had your fill of the overly dorky reporter, so you just moved on to an overly geeky assistant, huh? What's next? Overly insecure delivery driver? You're disgusting, Lena. I thought we were in love, I gave you everything I had, and you just threw me away like last week's spaghetti! I hate you, and I never want to see your face again."
Kara's words felt like a hot soldering knife jabbing into her chest. The accusation and the accusatory tone made Lena feel like dying. Just the mere thought of cheating on Kara made her sick. She'd never do that; she hadn't done that. "Kara, please. I have no idea what you're talking about. I swear to god, whatever it is you think I've done I didn't do."
She reached for Kara's arm, but Kara yanked it back as if she'd just been stabbed. "Don't touch me!" She demanded. "You need to leave, and I swear to god Lena, if you try to contact me again I'm going to file harassment charges. I'm done. I deserve more than this."
Tears were spewing from Lena's eyes; she couldn't believe what was happening… but what made it worse was that she actually could believe it... She was a Luthor, and Luthors don't get the girl… They don't get happiness.
They got just enough to make them happy, so that it could be ripped away from them and break their hearts.
That didn't mean she wasn't going to fight tooth and nail to make Kara see that she'd never cheat. That didn't mean that she wasn't going to try to win her back, but as the door slammed shut in her face, all she could do at that moment was fall to the ground and cry.
Cry for her engagement. Cry for Kara. Cry for the future she'd pictured with Kara.
She was sobbing on the floor, head rested on Kara's door when her phone went off, she was going to ignore it, but the familiar ringtone was enough to warrant her to answer.
"Alex," She sobbed. "R-right now isn't such a good time. But whatever she told you I need you to know that I would never ever cheat on your sis-,"
"I know." Alex interrupted. "I know you wouldn't, but right now I need you to come to my Lab… There's a lot to explain, but right now I can't. We need absolute privacy."
Lena sniffed, hope rising in her heart… If Alex believed her, that meant that there was a chance that she could persuade Kara to forgive Lena for whatever it was that she'd done, or to see that she'd never done it in the first place. "I'll be there as soon as possible." She avowed before ending the call and racing down to her car… There was no time to wait for her driver.
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As soon as Lena reached the DEO base, she shut off her car and rushed to Alex's lab.
As soon as her eyes focused on Alex, all the questions and worries that she'd thought up during her drive over, came spewing from her mouth involuntarily. "Alex, why is she saying that I cheated? Who does she think I cheated with? Why does she think I cheated? Have I been at the office too much? Is it Sam? I know she wasn't very happy when she found out about our past, but I swear we never even stayed over at each other's places when we were involved. It was one kiss and three dates, before we decided that we were better as friends, plus she's with you now anyway. Sam would never cheat on you. Who does sh-,"
Alex put her finger on Lena's mouth, effectively shutting her up. "Lena. Breathe." She ordered.
Lena inhaled deeply, then released her breath before nodding. Alex seemed to be pleased and slowly removed her finger. "Gray Mercy." Was all that she said, as if that was supposed to explain it all, which it did not… not in the least.
"What?" Lena asked, her heart aching, her mind swarming confusedly, and her heart longing to run back to Kara's arms.
"When Kara was fighting with Cadmus, they threw Gray Mercy at Kara, I got it to release her, but it still had time to manipulate Kara's conscious mind. Black Mercy, its cousin plant, makes your heart's desire come to life in your unconsciousness and slowly kills you unless you wake up from the dream. Gray Mercy makes your biggest insecurities but since I burnt it off of Kara, it didn't get to keep her in the dream-like state, which means she thinks that the dream she had is real… Her biggest insecurity must be that she thinks you're going to find someone better than her, which explains why the first thing she said to me when she woke up was "I can't believe she'd do this to me."
Lena's heart ached for Kara, and she longed to go to Kara and explain that it was all Gray Mercy's doing, but unfortunately, from what Alex was telling her, it was most likely not going to be that easy.
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