Kara was properly scandalized to hear such blasphemy against her idol and literal goddess of a mentor.
"I'm serious, oh my god, you don't believe me do you?" Shayera looked at Kara's face then Lena's. "She's a literal meme in the community, wait, wait give me a sec," Shayera pulled out her cell phone and scrolled until she could hold up a picture of Diana turning her back on what looked to be a full boardroom, it was captioned as 'how about i do anyway?'. "That was the picture one of her student's took of her when she wanted to refute a huge archeological theory and technique that would've cost the university so the board pulled their support on it."
"I'm guessing she did anyways?" Lena tilted her head, irrevocably becoming more impressed by Kara's mentor.
"Hell yeah she did," Shayera scrolled to show a gif where a pair of sunglasses descended on Diana's face as an explosion blew behind her, "but they took her tenure even when she was right just because she caused such a shit storm for so many of the funders." She put her phone away. "They wanted her to jump through hoops and delicately handle the situation, but every day meant more issues so sometimes," Shayera's eyes sparkled, "you make your bed and you sleep in it."
Kara gulped. "I mean we didn't, we haven't actually…"
"You're too old for the sex talk kid, you two can figure this out if it really matters to you and, for the record, both you and Lena are the same age and certified geniuses," Shayera pointed at Lena, "the Luthors once held something that belonged to Diana so I've done my research and I don't think there's anyone more suited for one another."
"Umm." Kara said.
"I've got a documentary showing to host so you can stay or go, but I'm warning you that Diana will be sending you two a non-stop glare if you stay."
"We'll," Kara looked to Lena and after a nod, "we'll go."
…...
With Shayera's blessing, Lena supposed she had half of Kara's lesbian moms on her side.
Everything seemed to fall into place after that.
Kara invited her to lunches before statistical analysis, to companionable evenings at Kara's flat. Kara was an expert in many theoretical fields and Lena found herself challenged and intrigued.
They either worked on their own side projects or brainstormed together. Lena excelled in the hard sciences and was especially well versed in Kara's research since she participated in most of Kara's biomolecular engineering labs.
Kara was equally able to decipher and input on several of Lena's own projects for L-Corp. Many times leading to a much quicker solution than if Lena had worked alone even if she factored the small amount of time invested to get Kara caught up on L-Corp's research and development background.
The greatest obstacle to timely scientific breakthroughs could be accounted to how often they ended up on top of one another and tasting every inch of easily accessible skin. Just kisses for now, kisses that left them breathless and at times confused on why they hindered their enthusiasm for one another.