They always say the more time that you spend around a person, the more likely you are to pick up some of their quirks. Lena thinks it's a little stupid, to be honest, but then again she's never really been around someone for very long.

Until Kara.

Lena feels like so many of the details of her life end that way.

'Until Kara.'

She eats dinners alone.

Until Kara.

She has no one to spend the holidays with.

Until Kara.

She works entirely too late, and she even works from home on the weekends.

Until Kara.

So it really shouldn't shock her when she starts picking up some of Kara's habits.

She smiles more.

She has weird cravings for potstickers.

She hugs people now? Apparently?

Most of them happen so gradually that she doesn't even notice, but occasionally she picks up one that throws everyone for a loop.

It's game night, and they're all gathered around the Monopoly board. Alex is winning out of sheer force of will, and in an odd turn of events Lena is dead last - one railroad and a hundred dollars to her name. It's almost comical really, how horrible her luck is. She rolls doubles past go and collects her two hundred dollars, trying not to squeal as she picks up her chance card and earns another hundred. She rolls doubles again and lands on the edge of the Jail square, taking a deep breath as she rolls again.

Doubles.

"Oh Rao, I am not going to Jail again! I've been there practically half the game!"

She expects someone to make a crack about how she's still losing, but when she looks up everyone is staring at her.

"What?" She asks self consciously. wiping at her lips to see if she's still got smudged lipstick from her 'popcorn making break' with Kara.

"What did you just say?" Kara's face is excited, the corners of her mouth darting up in a smile.

"Ummm." Lena's eyes dart around the room. "I've been in Jail for half the game?"

"Uhh unh, before that." Kara is practically bouncing in her seat.

"I don't want to go back?"

Kara shakes her head and breaks into a full on grin as her hands come up to clench in front of her face excitedly.

"You said 'Oh, Rao', and it was the cutest thing ever! I say that! And now you say it! And you didn't even realize it! Hashtag relationship goals!"

"You two have officially reached the peak of rubbing off on each other, it's sickening." Alex groans

"Oh they're 'rubbing off' on each other all right."

Everyone groans at Maggie's joke and then Winn is picking up the dice for his turn. Lena doesn't miss the way that Kara scoots a little bit closer though, or the way the smile doesn't leave her face all night.

Maybe hanging around some one long enough to pick up their habits isn't such a bad thing after all.