Tumblr Prompt: Lena takes Kara to a planetarium
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The one thing that Lena loves about summer is how long the days are.
During the summer, she can work past 8pm and still get to enjoy the walk home in the sun; but in the winter, it seems like even if she leaves work at 5pm it's still already dark. Not that she gets to leave work at 5pm often, but still.
Tonight the sky is dark outside her office window, despite the longer days - meetings with R&D taking up most of her day. Maybe tomorrow she can talk Kara into having lunch in the park, that way she can at least enjoy the sun for a little bit. She knows Kara won't mind, the woman could practically live on the sun and still crave more of it. Ever since Lena had installed sun lamps in her shower, it had become practically impossible to pry Kara out of there. But Alex had said that a good dose of sunshine first thing in the morning helped to kickstart Kara's powers after a night without the sun, and Lena wanted to be sure her superhero was in tip top shape, especially since the hours of daylight will soon start to wane when summer turns into fall.
Her eyes search the sky, always looking for that familiar streak of red and blue.
Her girlfriend hasn't been by tonight, and Lean would be worried, but the news hasn't alerted her to any massive disasters, and besides, Alex would have texted her by now if something major was up. So she sits in her desk chair and sips her merlot, torn between wanting to pick up dinner and head home or to stay here and enjoy the view. She knows that Kara will be able to find her either way, the superhero had told her not long after they started dating that she could hear Lena's heart beat from miles away. Kara had been afraid that Lena would freak out over such an 'invasion of privacy', but Lena had been nothing but flattered. The thought that Kara cared enough to seek out the sound of her heartbeat, to make sure she was alive and well; it made her feel warm inside.
The stars are barely visible above the National City skyline, the bright lights of the city drowning them out. Still, it's a beautiful night, and Lena takes her time to enjoy it. After moments or hours, she isn't sure, the red/blue blur she's been waiting on slows to land on her balcony; Kara's easy smile brighter that any of the city lights.
The tall, lithe figure practically floats through the open door and Lena returns the smile easily.
"I was beginning to think you might be out all night."
Kara's eyes twinkle in the low office lights as she bends down to press a chaste kiss to Lena's lips.
"Sorry, there was a car jacking down by the beach and then I got an idea for a date that I wanted to make happen."
"A date?"
"Yeah, if you're not busy."
"For you, Supergirl? I'll clear my schedule." Lena winks and finishes her wine, setting the empty glass on her desk. "Do I need to call a car?"
"Flying, will be more appropriate for where we're going, actually."
"Ooh, you sure know how to get a girl excited."
"Up, up, and away?" Kara gestures for her to step out on the balcony and she waits for Kara to follow her before locking the door behind them.
"Up, up, and away."
She wraps her arms around Kara's neck and waits for the superhero to lift them into the sky but one of Kara's hand falls to her cheek, fingers gliding around to cup the back of her neck, the other tight around her waist.
Soft lips cover hers in a searching kiss, and she quickly loses herself in the ebb and flow of Kara's tongue against hers. Her heart is pounding in her chest when Kara pulls back, going into overdrive when she realizes that they're floating high above National City.
"I love it when you do that." She breathes, fingers tangling in golden blonde locks.
"I know." Kara grins down at her, that cheeky grin that she gives when she's trying to be suave and Lena doesn't see Supergirl, but instead the nervous reporter that first came into her office.
"Someone's modest."
"I have to keep my girl happy!"
Her heart stutters at the words 'my girl'- she knows that Kara doesn't mean them in a possessive way, just a statement of fact; because she is Kara's, her whole heart and soul and the reminder is enough to send her head spinning.
"Where are we going?" She finally asks when her body has adjust to the feeling of being in flight.
"It's a surprise, we'll be there soon." She feels Kara's lips press against the top of her head and relax's into the superhero's embrace, content to watch National City speed by beneath them.
Eventually Kara slows, bringing them to a slow and graceful landing on top of one of the mountains at the outskirts of National City.
"Welcome to the National City Observatory and Planetarium."
Lena looks up at the giant dome, apparently deserted with no lights leaking through the windows.
"Are we going to . . . break in?"
Kara rolls her eyes playfully.
"Please, like National City's most famous alien wouldn't have a key to place that studies the planets."
"Sorry, I forget you could charm your way into a dragon's lair if you wanted to."
"Only if you were the princess." Kara's smile blinds her, even in the moonlight, and she has to remind herself to breathe.
Kara leads them inside, and the smell of Chinese food immediately accosts her nose. It's dark, and she has nothing to guide her but Kara's hand, warm and soft in hers. They come to a stop, and then the room they're in lights up. Lena's eyes slowly adjust and she takes in her surroundings. They're in the middle of the dome, and there's a giant picnic blanket set out, take out boxes and wine set out like a feast. The ceiling of the dome is lit up with a projection of the night sky, the stars and planets bathing the room in soft illumination.
"This is beautiful." She breathes, and she can feel Kara's eyes studying her.
"Would it be too cheesy if I said, 'Yes, you are'?"
"Cheesy? Yes. Too much? Not at all."
"Then you, Lena Luthor, are more beautiful than all of the stars in this room combined, and I see them all when I look into your eyes." Kara is looking at her like Lena's the only thing thing she's ever wanted, and she feel the tears sting at the back of her eyes.
She leans forward to capture Kara's lips with her own but it's cut short when Kara's stomach lets out a loud rumble.
"Sorry, I got so caught up in everything that I forgot to grab a snack." The superhero grins sheepishly and Lena tugs her down to the floor.
"Let's eat then, and you can tell me about the stars."
They eat in mostly silence, Kara occasionally pointing out a constellation. It isn't until the food is gone and the wine is warm in Lena's belly that Kara pulls her close against a stack of pillows, cape wrapped around them like a blanket. She lets her head fall against Kara's shoulder, breathing in the way she smells of the night air. Kara's hand tightens around her shoulders and Lena feels her take a deep breath.
"This isn't the current night sky, you know."
"It isn't?"
"This is how the sky looked roughly nine years ago."
She's silent for so long that Lena is worried that that's all she's going to say, but after a few moments she speaks.
"Krypton exploded thirty six years ago. Because of it's distance from earth, it still appeared whole in the night sky until. . ."
Her voice trails off and realization dawns on Lena.
"A little over nine years ago."
Kara's chest shudders with a shaky breath.
"Sometimes . . . I just like to come look at it. How it was before it all ended."
She falls silent again, and Lena squeezes her hand.
"Show me where it is?"
Kara reaches a hand up towards the sky above them.
"That bright light? That's Rao. And there, just to the left; is Krypton."
"I bet it was an amazing place."
"It was. It really was. . . I wish I could take you there, you would have loved it. My parents would have loved you. I'm sure you would have been on the science council - an excellent match for a daughter of the House of El. I think you would look even more beautiful under a red sun - if that's possible"
Her voice trails off, and Lena allows herself to think about what Krypton must have been like. She thinks about the pain that Kara must have went through, must still go through. The loss of a planet is an agony that she can't even begin to imagine.
"'And I'd choose you; in a hundred lifetimes, in a hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I'd find you and I'd choose you.'" She whispers softly. "Have you ever heard that?"
"No, but it's lovely."
"Kiersten White wrote it, and every time I hear it, I think of you. We already know that the multiverse theory is true, and I firmly believe that there's a universe where Krypton is still there, where you and I are together on it."
"How do you know?"
"Do you know how many different variables had to fall into place for us to be together right now? I think all the other universes probably have it easy."
Kara laughs, a soft sound that makes Lena feel like she's home.
"I suppose they do."
Lena snuggles tighter, pulling the cape around her shoulders.
"Tell me more about Krypton, about what we would be doing if we were there right now."
"Well, at the end of summer, there was always this huge festival, everyone would get together to celebrate all of the scientific advancement made that year, to thank Rao for all of the wonderful things."
Kara's voice is reverent as she describes her home planet, as she takes Lena on a tour of its cities and wonders; and as she speaks Lena can't help but to dream about the universe where she joins the House of El, where she's never a Luthor but instead a respected member of Kryptonian society. Where she and Kara spend every night watching the setting of a red sun.
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