Lena sat in her office chair at Catco, trying to focus on her current report, but the incident with Kara was still fresh in her mind. It had only been a couple days and Kara was getting better, but because they had been spending so much time together. Lena leaned back in her chair, closing the file in front of her as she grabbed her water glass when suddenly the doors blew open and Kara came storming in. Lena quickly stood up, watching as Kara walked a straight path to her. Her friend clung onto her, making her stutter back into her desk as she wrapped her arms around Kara. She felt her friend's body shake and quiver against her. Lena rubbed her back, mouthing to Eve to lock the door before leading her to couch. Kara took a few breaths, covering her face.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"He's back-" Kara stuttered out. "And he-he's married. I l-lost him then I found him and now I- I have nobody again." She sobbed.
Lena moved away and placed a kiss on Kara's head, "You don't need him to complete you, Kara. You are an independent person who has great friends and family. The same ones who will be at that party tonight. Maybe you think you're alone, but you are so far from that. I can't speak for everybody else but I- I won't go anywhere. Not today, not tomorrow." Kara slowly nodded and wiped her tears away, leaning back over to hug Lena. She buried her face in the crook of Luthor's neck, her lips just barely grazing her pale skin. Kara finally pulled away after a few breaths before changing the subject. After the clock ticked past 5:00, Lena joined Kara to her apartment and helped her prepare for the party.
Once everyone got to the event, Lena decided to spend some time with Winn to talk about the latest in L-Corp tech. The only awkward part of the night was the side eyes from James. He was just being childish. Kara was more qualified than him and everyone who ever met them knew it. Lena avoided his eyes and just talked with the others. At some point, Lena couldn't find Kara and just spent the rest of the party with Winn and Alex.
That night- while Lena was lying in bed thinking about what to do about Morgan Edge and Kara- there was a knock on her front door, she hadn't heard it at first but as it got louder, she quickly got out of bed and opened the door. Kara stood on her doorstep with a bag, wearing her PJ's. She shrugged and walked back to her room with Kara in tow. She didn't ask any questions when Kara joined her in bed or when they ended up intertwined that night.
That morning she woke up to the smell of pancakes. Lena quickly got up and walked to her kitchen where she saw Kara making pancakes. She absolutely wanted sneak up on Kara and hug her from behind, but she had to play it cool, so she walked to the other side of the kitchen island. Kara looked up and smiled, she looked tired but the smile wasn't feigned.
Lena smiled back and asked "Is everything okay now?" Kara nodded and flipped the pancake. Lena walked to a drawer at her kitchen island and opened it. She grabbed the reserve key and walked towards Kara holding it out for her to grab. Kara looked at her in confusion before Lena explained, "You're always welcome here, so whenever you need me, or just a place to sleep, just drop on by." Kara grabs the key and pulls Lena into a hug.
"Thanks," she warmly chuckled next to Lena's ear.
She mutters "Thanks" in Lena's ear and Lena just smiled proudly. And with that they had their breakfast, later that day they went together to Catco. They went to Edge later that day and they even went to one somebody who knew Edge's bank situation, since it was a full on war between him and Lena he needed to be put down, not literally of course. But that didn't end well since they got attacked. But for some miraculous reason he got knocked out by Kara. She even said 'oops' which made Lena almost burst out laughing, luckily for her she didn't otherwise she would have had a problem or two.
She didn't say much, only finishing the call with: "Alright, thank you." She turned towards Lena, "Alex said the laser guy got lawyered up, so he's not talking."
Lena looked up from her screen and saw Sam walk in, "Hey, I couldn't get here any faster, are you okay?"
Lena smiled and said "Yeah, I'm fine." She looked at Kara and continued "Thanks to Kara." Kara smiled and blushed, while looking down and fiddling with her glasses.
"Do they know why he tried to kill you?"
"Morgan Edge hired him."
Sam raised an eyebrow and asked "Do you have proof?"
"Circumstantial, but the shooter used to work for the annual National City Tech Conference," She turned her laptop around for Sam to see, "and Morgan Edge hosts it every year."
Sam enlarged Morgan Edge's picture and coldly said "He shouldn't be alive." Lena looked confused at Sam before Kara grabbed the remote of the middle television and turned it up.
"That's- wow."
"We're hearing that as many as a dozen members of the One-Seven street gang have been found murdered. We should warn you, the images you are about to see are graphic-" The reporter continued talking but Lena didn't listen anymore, Kara stood next to her, the sweet smell of her own shampoo wafting off of her. When Lena turned around, Sam was gone.
She turned back to Kara and said, "Hey, I- I have a question for you." They had an near death experience so now is the right time Lena thought. Kara turned towards her and Lena said "Could- Would you like to go on a date with me? Say tomorrow?"
For some reason Kara smiled and nodded "I- I would like to." It went way easier than Lena thought, because Kara said yes. She said yes.
Suddenly Kara's phone rang, so she quickly answered. Not thirty seconds later she said "I- I need to go Lena, but I'll be there tomorrow. Don't forget about it." She winked before she raced out of the office.
Lena spent the rest of the day intently watching any news that had to do with Kara. She watched as a fight broke out between her and some villainess. Her heart beat faster at ever hit that landed on Kara. She watched the other woman beat Kara to a pulp, punching her through buildings and finally landing the killing blow that sent Kara flying into the ground. Her heart sank, watching in anticipation for Kara to rise from the crumbling asphalt, but she didn't. The cameras all centered around Kara's unconscious body. Lena raced from her office in her keds, pushing through everyone to get to Kara. She shoved her way through the crowd, her heart pounding in her ears to block out all of the various conversations. She felt like her heart was going to implode as she looked down into the hole Kara's body had made. She was about to cry when she remember that this was Supergirl, not Kara. She had to leave before she made a scene.
Lena shakily escaped and went back home, avoiding the press and the questions before getting back home and spending the rest of her night with the cold comfort of her whiskey. She escaped to her room in hopes of sleeping, but just couldn't. Seeing Kara, no Supergirl, was something she just couldn't take. Her almost lifeless body in the crater sent enough chills down her spine to make her feel sick to her stomach. Lena finally sat back up and walked to her lab. She refused to believe that this was to end of Supergirl, Kara would never give up, ever. She'd be back to fight another day, Lena just had to help her win next time. She went to her closet and changed into a new outfit before escaping to her lab. She spent hours in there, drawing and redrawing, taking time with her calculator and computer to come up with anything to help Kara. Having no windows in the room, the only thing the broke her studies was the blaring of her cell. She looked down at the caller i.d., James. She picked up her phone, honestly glad to hear from anyone who knew about Supergirl.
"James, you're running Catco," she told him, "I'm taking a leave of absence to aid in a personal matter. Goodbye," she quickly told him, before ending the call before he could tell her anything snarky.
Lena glanced at the papers, both crumpled and scratched, before going back to her work. A few more hours passed before Lena's stomach finally had enough fasting. She threw another paper off of her desk before finally getting the idea. It was like a flash of brilliance in her mind, so she again pushed off eating until she finished the first sketch. She glanced at the doodle, a Super-Suit. It covered her from head to toe to protect her from Kryptonite while simultaneously expelling it towards a target like Reign. She flipped over the paper and began to redraw it again, before finally taking a quick break.
As she prepared her lunch, Lena smiled to herself as she thought about the tools and materials she'd need. This was going to take time and secrecy, something she knew she could do solely because she knew she had to for Kara. She spent to rest of the day and into the late hours of the next morning building the suit's prototype. Lena spent her due diligence in perfecting every seal and wire so she wouldn't have to start over again in case there was a breach. The colours weren't her biggest priority, branding always came in last with her gadgets. At the moment, all she cared about was getting the burnt metal and plastic machine working. She bashed it and lit it on fire, testing and retesting the seals.
For her final steps, Lena began to paint the suit in Kara's iconic gold, blue, and red pigments. As she gazed at her work, she felt like something was missing. She walked around the suit once twice, then once more before finally realizing that there was not cape. She slumped her shoulders, unsure of what to do with the other iconic Kryptonian article of clothing. She sat back down and thought about the next layer of protection Kara could use. "
The suit isn't shock or bullet proof, just resistant," Lena thought. "If I just add something to take away the danger of a breach, then I think this would work."
"A shield?" she said out loud, her voice echoing off of the concrete walls.
Lena went back to her computer and put a few formulas in, testing the angles that the cape would have to be built with in order to withstand shock and flight. After another two hours, Lena finally printed out the prosthetic wing-like cape to back attached to the back of the suit. As she held the loose pieces in her hand, Lena was pleasantly surprised at how they fell to gracefully against the suit. She feared that they'd look too bulky and take away from the memory of her original cloth cape, but from what she was seeing, she had just built a more intimidating metal version of Kara's fabric and leather suit.
Finally feeling content, Lena went to her kitchen and grabbed a box of cereal, collapsing on her couch and eating handfuls at a time before passing out from exhaustion. She was proud of the work she put into the design, now it just had to be tested. Lena was sure it would work. As sure as Kara would wake up from her fall and fight, Lena was sure this suit would protect her love.
When Lena finally woke up, se put away the box of cereal and made some more nutritious food. She got up and started making oatmeal, grabbing some fruit and placing it in her bowl. She pulled out her phone as she stirred the bowl, typing in a message to Kara. Lena looked at the letters, the words, the phrase, and then their importance as she decided whether or not to tell Kara that she, a Luthor, knew that she was Supergirl.
She finally deleted the words and replaced them with a simpler "I have something for you, please stop by." Lena sighed and continued to eat before making herself look presentable.
It only took fifteen minutes, but from her bathroom, Lena heard Kara walk in- the noise from her pace and heeled shoes giving her away. She quickly finished up her hair and jogged down the staircase, watching as Kara awkwardly stood two paces from the front door.
"Hey," Kara greeted from the ground.
"Hey," Lena quietly greeted back, descending the stairs to meet her.
"Look, I'm sorry about missing out on the date, I-I just had a family emergency."
Lena simply nodded, "Follow me," she almost ordered.
Lena simply nodded, looking at Kara's tired eyes, and then searching for the scars or bruises Reign left, only spotting a small scratch from the night. DEO must have placed her under yellow lights so she could heal. She turned and led her into the cold lab. When she opened the door, she led a now starstruck Kara deeper into the lab where she placed the suit. Lena fumbled with her words as they walked further and further.
"I saw you fall, and I thought you'd need something to beat Reign," Lena said, surprised as her own words echoed off of the walls. "And... I thought it would be smart to make something for you, so, I, um... I made a new suit for you." She turned around as she finished that sentence, searching for a reaction, but only getting a dumbfounded stare. Lena clenched her jaw, waiting for a response. She turned back around and pulled out the suit, pulling it between them.
Kara shook her head, looking around the suit to her. "When you said suit, I didn't think you meant high tech, I thought you meant for, like, interviews," Kara fumbled, glancing between the shiny suit and Lena. "Thank you," she smiled, going around to hug her.
Lena embraced her back and explained, "It's nothing. After seeing you fall, I wasn't entirely sure you'd get back up, and I really wanted to go on that date with you. This will hopefully ensure that," she joked as she pressed a button on the helmet, making it faze out.
"This is amazing!" She beamed.
Lena smiled widely and went around to the table to retrieve the dark red cape. "This should help with the current prototype. You can attach it if you want or use your own, whichever is more comfortable. Um... but I was thinking, if you ever get in another big fight, that this could help you immensely. I mean, I fabricated it to seal out Kryptonite, and if the reservoir gets full, to repel it, say against any other Kryptonian named Reign?"
Kara glanced at the piece then to the inventor. Lena glanced at her reaction, spotting the mix of shock and awe on her face. Kara rapidly slipped her hands up to her jaw and pulled her close into a few pecks on her jaw, her cheek and finally a slightly longer one on her lips.
She pulled back, her cheeks flush with nerves, "Thank you, so much, Lena."
"Yeah, no problem," Lena whispered, feeling her face go pink.
Kara brushed her thumb against Lena's cheek and kissed her again. Lena leaned up into her, wrapping her arms around Kara's neck and resting a hand on her dense shoulder. Kara slid her hands down Lena's sides before finally pulling away. Lena glanced at Kara's lips, then up to her eyes, spotting how her light eyes were already dilated.
As the silence settled, Kara spoke up, "You probably need to sign a ton of paperwork."
Lena chuckled to herself, taking a step back and agreed, "Absolutely, even NDAs can have a ton of paperwork. I guessing we're gonna keep this a secret especially in the suit? No one needs to know that Lena Luthor fell for Kara Zor-El?"
Kara looked down at Lena and nodded, a smile appearing on her rosy cheeked face. "Yeah, so, how does this thing work?"
Edited by: AFY2018
