Supercorp Prompt What happens when, after a few weeks of Kara working for Lena, Kara walks in on Lena with her ex at her office. What methods will Lena use to convince Kara to talk to her again so she can explain? Will they tell each other how they feel? How far is Lena willing to go to show Kara & make her understand just how much she really means to her (& vice versa)?
When Lena heard that Kara had been fired from CatCo she felt terrible; after all, she was the one who had convinced Kara to publish her story online.
As fate would have it, an opportunity to help came up the following week; Jess wanted to take some vacation days as she had the bar exams coming up. Lena convinced Jess to take off the next few months, paid of course, to really focus on her exams, and assured her that she would find a temporary replacement, and that yes she would fully vet them for any links to Cadmus, as Jess had opened her mouth to protest.
That evening over dinner, Lena mentioned to Kara that Jess was taking some time off. Kara paused for a moment and pursed her lips. 'You know I could cover for Jess?' Kara questioned, 'I was Cat Grant's assistant, plus I'm kinda looking for a job...'
Lena had mulled it over, there was no question that Kara was more than qualified, plus she had encouraged her in the endeavour that got her fired… the problem was the unspoken nature of their relationship; the stolen glances, the flirtatious banter. If she was being truly honest, Lena wasn't quite sure if they were friends out to dinner, or something more…
In the end Lena agreed to a trial period but was slightly worried about what adding a professional aspect to their relationship would mean.
Kara was a natural and had settled into her role with relative ease; Lena's schedule ran in a very similar manner to Cat's had. Nothing flustered her, nothing that is, until a red head wearing a very expensive Prada suit breezed towards Lena's office.
'Excuse me!' Kara called out, 'do you have an appointment with Ms. Luthor?'
'I don't need an appointment darling' the woman replied, the British accent dripping from her lips, 'Lena always has time for me.'
Without another word, the woman pushed the door to Lena's office open. Kara was up from behind her desk as fast as she could while still appearing human.
'Kara, where was the place you wanted to try for lunch?' Lena said upon hearing the door open, not looking up from her computer.
'Is Kara your girlfriend or secretary?' the intruder quizzed.
Lena looked up and her eyes widened in shock as she saw who was in her office. She purposefully left the question unanswered; both..?
'Zoe?!' Lena gasped in surprise and stood, smoothing down the front of her skirt, 'you look amazing!'
'Not too bad yourself Luthor' Zoe replied, raking her eyes slowly over Lena's body as she walked towards her.
Lena spotted Kara hovering in the doorway and felt a twinge of guilt. 'Kara, this is Zoe Simmons' Lena introduced, 'CEO of -'
'Simmons Industries' Kara interrupted, 'I knew I recognised you...'
'We knew each other back in Metropolis' Lena explained, unsure of how much she wanted to divulge to Kara.
'Oh, don't play us down darling; you were my first love!' Zoe chuckled, 'we dated for three years before Lena made the move to National City to run L. Corp.'
Lena smiled and watched Kara's reaction; she saw the slight widening of her eyes in surprise combined with a flash of what Lena could swear was jealously.
'I'll… er… leave you to it then' Kara coughed out while backing out through the doorway. She sat back down behind her desk and sighed heavily; slightly unsure of what to do with the new information that Lena had had a romantic relationship with a woman. She had been harbouring a rather large crush on the youngest Luthor for a while, but just assumed nothing would ever come of it. She had been content to develop a close friendship with Lena, no matter how much she craved more. The news that Lena was open to dating women changed everything...
Kara decided to busy herself with sorting the documents needed for the press conference that weekend to distract herself from the fact that Lena was in her office with her rather attractive ex…
She suddenly swore under her breath as she realised the bulk of the information she needed was sitting on Lena's desk from when she had given it to her the day before. She walked back towards Lena's office and hesitate for a moment before knocking and quickly entering.
'Ms. Luthor, I need the documents I gave- shit!'
Of everything she had expected to walk into, she had not expected to see her new boss, her friend, the woman she was really trying not to fall in love with, kissing the woman she had recently discovered was her ex.
'I'm so sorry!' Kara flustered and swiftly left the office, the image of the two women kissing, fingers caressing cheeks, firmly etched in her mind.
A few seconds later Zoe sauntered out of Lena's office, wiping a smudge of brighter lipstick than the one she went in wearing off the corner of her mouth. She nodded and smiled in Kara's direction before getting in the elevator.
Lena slinked out of her office a few moments later, coat over her arm, looking slightly embarrassed. 'Did you still want to go for lunch?' she questioned softly.
'I have too much work Ms. Luthor' Kara mumbled, unable to meet Lena's gaze, 'I'll have something later.
'Kara...' Lena started, 'I…'
'It's OK Ms. Luthor, I should have waited for you to call me in, rather than just barging in' Kara breathed out slowly as she reached for one of her highlighters.
Lena sighed, her incredible IQ unable to put into words how much Kara meant to her, so left in search of food. A little while later, the bundle of documents finally finished and neatly piled on Lena's desk, Kara decided to walk to Noonan's for some lunch.
Lena returned from lunch to find Kara's desk empty and her stomach churned; she had been hoping to talk to Kara, to explain herself. Seeing Zoe again, the easy manner in which they joked with each other had brought back a lot of memories. They had parted on good terms, both of them wanting to focus on running their families' businesses, but a rush of excitement had led to a lapse in judgement.
She placed the paper bag with the sticky bun in on Kara's desk and went back to her own to continue working, smiling sadly at the neatly arranged paperwork Kara had placed there.
Kara returned to her desk and stared at the sticky bun, unsure of what it meant. Was it an apology bun for being caught kissing her ex? Did Lena feel bad? Why would she feel bad? Was it because she had feelings for someone else? Kara shook her head to bring herself out of the spiral of thoughts she was having.
'Kara, can you come in here please' the intercom buzzed.
Kara took a deep breath before rising from her chair. She reached the door and found herself hesitating again, unsure of whether she should knock or not. In the end she just pushed the door open and walked in to find Lena staring out of the window.
'Yes Ms. Luthor?' Kara said, trying to keep her voice even.
Lena whipped round upon hearing Kara's voice, a smile on her lips. 'Kara, I wanted to explain about earlier -'
'There's nothing to explain Ms. Luthor' Kara interrupted, 'you were reconnecting with an old flame, it has absolutely nothing to do with me.'
'It has everything to do with you...' Lena exhaled.
Kara met Lena's eyes for the first time and the CEO cringed at the hurt she saw in them.
'Please, let me explain -'
'There's nothing to explain. Let me know if you would like me to make any dinner reservations for the two of you' Kara turned to leave the office but stopped as she heard Lena's voice break as she called after her.
'Ka-ra, please. I slipped; I kissed her because I was too scared of my feelings...' Lena faltered, 'I… She's safe, she always was. Zoe is my what if… what if I had stayed in Metropolis? What if we hadn't both bowed to the pressure of our families?' Lena paused and decided she had to lay out all her feelings, 'it wasn't her lips I wanted to kiss...'
'Who do you want to kiss?' Kara asked quietly, almost too scared to hear the answer, scared because what if the answer wasn't the one she wanted to hear?
Lena stepped towards Kara, 'I think you already know who...'
Kara unconsciously moved towards Lena, her breathing heavier at the implication of Lena's admission.
Lena had the slight height advantage on Kara due to the heels she was wearing and bowed her head forwards until it rested against Kara's. 'Tell me I've imagined this, tell me that this isn't real' she whispered.
'I can't...' Kara uttered.
Lena bit her lip.
'Can I kiss you?' Kara requested.
'Please...'