I'm on a roll here, maybe I'll actually post all of the chapters of a fic I've written this time
Maybe it was two times
"Are you okay?"
The words are whispered into Lena's hair as Kara hugged her tightly.
"I am now. I'll just be grateful when this all stops. Something happened though."
After Lena's explanation Kara laughed softly.
"I'm sure you're just misremembering, you are hurt after all."
Lena's apartment had been targeted. Two men and an alien of some kind had broken in shortly after Lena returned home from work. They had not told her who sent them but she would bet her company on the fact that it was Lex or Lillian.
The two men had pointed their guns at her, demanding she hand over the plans for something. She had never heard of what they asked for but it was apparently something Lex had been working on at LCorp before he went mad. Lena had combed the entire database front to back when she first took over and had never come across it. Unfortunately, the men didn't believe her and this seemed to be the signal that the alien was waiting for. He, Lena assumed it was a he based on the deep pitch of voice, began to physically attack her, first striking her across the face before swinging his foot into her ribs.
"In what place are the plans?"
From the alien's inaccurate grammar, Lena deduced that he had not been on Earth for very long, or had perhaps interacted with humans as little as possible.
"I don't know! They're not at LCorp."
The alien hesitated for a moment before striking her across the face again.
"Let her go!"
Lena's head snapped around at the sound of Supergirl's voice. The woman had apparently taken out the two men if their crumpled forms were anything to go by. The hero was framed in the doorway of the balcony, hands on her hips as she glared at the alien.
"I cannot."
Supergirl raised an eyebrow but otherwise gave no reaction.
"I don't want to hurt you. But I will, if you don't leave her alone."
Again, the alien seemed to hesitate but remained stood in front of Lena.
*Why are you doing this?*
Lena couldn't see the alien's expression but from the flex of his hands and the small gasp Lena assumed that Supergirl had spoken his native language.
*You speak Valerian?*
Lena couldn't understand what was happening but the alien suddenly seemed less hostile.
*I do. I visited Starhaven as a child. You were a peaceful people then...*
The alien hung his head in what Lena thought was shame but she couldn't be sure.
*We still are. I had to do this, they have my wife and son!*
Lena was shocked at the desperation in the alien's voice. From the sadness that morphed to anger on Supergirl's face, Lena assumed that the alien was being forced into this.
*Who do?*
Lena had never wished to speak another language more than she did now. She assumed that it was not Kryptonian as it did not sound like the words that Lex sometimes muttered in his madness.
*Cadmus. The Luthor woman.*
Lena understood her own last name and the hatred it with which it was spoken. Judging by Supergirl's sidelong look at her, it was definitely her mother or brother behind the attack.
*We will get them back safely, I promise you that.*
The alien shifted, shuffling further away from Lena.
*What are you going to do to me?*
Lena thought the alien sounded worried now, or maybe fearful but it was hard to tell with the unfamiliar language.
*I'm going to let you go. Truthfully, I should take you in but you didn't do this willingly. Your wife and son, will they be able to find you when we rescue them?*
The alien nodded once before rushing onto the balcony and scaling the wall; Lena hoped she never saw him again. As Supergirl stepped towards her, Lena felt her knees buckling under the weight of what had just happened. Before she could collapse, Supergirl sprang forward and caught her.
"It's okay, you're okay. I've got you."
Lena clutched at Supergirl's cape as sobs shook her body.
"I thought...I'm glad you got here in time."
The hero wrapped Lena in her embrace, carefully not putting too much pressure on her ribs.
"You're safe now. Is there somewhere I can take you? I don't want you staying here tonight."
Lena nodded, still clutching at Supergirl as she whispered instructions.
"There's a hidden living space at LCorp. I had it added in case something like this happened. No one knows it's there, not even Jess."
Supergirl nodded and surveyed the apartment. There had not been much of a struggle but there was broken glass from the balcony door scattered across the room. The two men were still slumped against the kitchen cabinets, their guns across the room.
"I'll call the people I work for and they'll take the men in for questioning. We'll secure the place as well and try to find out how they managed to get up here unnoticed."
Lena nodded. She trusted Supergirl to do that without her input. Right now she just wanted to crawl into bed and cry for a while.
"Can we just go to LCorp please? I'm tired."
"Of course."
As Supergirl rose with Lena in her arms, the brunette groaned.
"Do we have to fly?"
Supergirl laughed, the sound vibrating against Lena.
"You should like flying! It's the safest method of travel, you know."
Lena huffed.
"You do remember how we met? You had to save me from a helicopter."
Supergirl blushed, she had actually forgotten that.
"I...well you should like flying with me then, I'm safe."
"I only like it sometimes. But yes, you are safe."
If Lena were honest with herself, Supergirl did make her feel safe. And flying thousands of feet off the ground really wasn't as scary as she thought it would be with the hero's arms wrapped around her.
When they got to Lena's office, she went straight to the hidden door on the opposite side of the room. After it was opened, she turned back to Supergirl who was still by the balcony.
"Are you coming?"
"Oh…yes?"
The hero followed Lena into the room, only to dash to her side as the brunette hissed in pain after trying to remove her shirt.
"Lena! Here, let me help you."
The hero carefully helped Lena out of her shirt, her eyes widening as the growing bruise across her ribs was revealed.
"We need to get you to a hospital!"
Lena huffed, placing a hand on Supergirl's arm to keep her still.
"I'll be fine, it's just some bruising. It doesn't even hurt that much. It's my face that's the problem."
Supergirl paused then, in her worry over the bruise, she had forgotten that the alien had also hit Lena in the face multiple times.
"Rao! You're bleeding, that needs cleaning."
Lena hadn't realised she was bleeding but when she raised her hand to her face she felt a small cut on her eyebrow (which she was sure would bruise) and her lip was split as well. Supergirl sat her down on the bed before looking around the small room.
"There's a first aid kit under the bathroom sink."
The blonde was back with the little box in her hands quicker than Lena could blink.
"Stay still, I'm going to clean your face for you."
Lena hummed but otherwise gave no reaction. She watched as the other woman covered a cotton swab with disinfectant before turning to face her.
"This will sting a little bit but I'll try to be gentle."
Lena nodded but froze in shock when Supergirl's hand gently cupped her chin in order to tilt her head to her to her eyebrow. She panicked internally, scarcely noticing the pain that shot through her face; she was too hyperaware of the strong hand on her jaw. If Lena hadn't already been sat down she was sure her knees would've buckled. Lena tried to distract herself by studying Supergirl's face. She suspected that very few people had ever been this close to the Super in a non-threatening situation. Lena's eyes roved over the other woman; taking in the way her cheekbones seemed to be carved of marble, running almost parallel with a strong jawline.
As Supergirl concentrated on cleaning the cut on Lena's eyebrow she pulled her lip between her teeth, drawing Lena's eye. Heat pooled in Lena's belly at the sight. The reaction caused Lena to blush, feeling guilty about reacting _that way_ to someone who wasn't her girlfriend. Supergirl quirked an eyebrow at the visible blush, causing Lena to blush further. Supergirl went back to cleaning Lena's face and Lena redirected her attention to anywhere but the alien in front of her.
"All done."
Lena was drawn from her observation of the tiles on the wall by Supergirl's quiet whisper. She was shocked to find the hero so close still. Their eyes locked and Lena thought she could spend forever drowning in endless depths of ocean blue. Before Lena could really comprehend what was happening, Supergirl was steadily inching closer to her, blue eyes darting down to her lips and back up again. Warning bells were clanging in Lena's mind but she was frozen, unable to believe what was actually happening. Was Supergirl going to kiss her? Clearing her throat, Lena shifted away from the Kryptonian. She couldn't believe she'd almost let Supergirl kiss her. She would never have forgiven herself for betraying Kara like that.
"Um…I think I should be going. Superhero…stuff, you know?"
Lena nodded, firmly looking anywhere but at Supergirl. She heard the blonde walk away. She turned quickly, ready to say something but she was too late; the superhero had already left.
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