I Can't Beleaf That I've Fallen For You
Prompt: Fall (I'm British so they say autumn a bit)
Growing up on Krypton for the first thirteen years of her life, Kara hadn't seen a lot of plants so when she got to Earth, she was confused by just how many plants were outside, just growing peacefully in the wild. The first time Kara experienced autumn, she was so confused.
She'd spent a lot of time outdoors after she'd moved in with the Danvers family; exploring this strange world she'd arrived in. There was so much for her to see and every blade of grass, every petal of each flower, every lump of dirt and every individual leaf was exciting and fascinating as the one before it. This was where Kara's love of nature started.
Although the Danvers' house was much bigger than the pod she had been trapped in her pod for twenty four excruciatingly long years, the house still felt claustrophobic. Everything was now so confusing; Kal-El was no longer a baby and all of a sudden, she had a sister who she had to share a room with and who didn't want this new person in her life. Being outside allowed for her to feel free from the feeling that the walls were closing in around her and when she had a nightmare she could go outside alone and feel the cool breeze against her skin and have the smell of fresh grass fill her nostrils.
Her love for Earth's nature made her feel guilty occasionally because if she was enjoying the nature she had found on Earth, she wasn't missing Krypton. She felt guilty for not missing her family and her planet, even for a second.
One thing which helped her to bond with Eliza and connect with this strange planet she had then been on for one month was gardening. Eliza had noticed how the Kryptonian would calm down when she was outside so suggested it after Kara and Alex had had an argument about something that when she looks back on was super unimportant, but at the time it was the worst thing that could happen to the girl from Krypton who had lost absolutely everything and absolutely no sense self anymore as everything was lost when her planet exploded.
The day after the argument, Eliza helped Kara to plant some flowers and from that day on, Kara felt she had a purpose on this new planet if she couldn't take care of her cousin. Every night before, she watered her plants and she would spend her days taking care of the soil as well as the rest of the Danvers' garden.
The first time the blonde Kryptonian saw the leaves on the trees turn orange and brown as the seasons moved from summer to autumn, she ran into the house as tears streamed down her face. "Eliza? Why are the trees dying? Did I do something wrong?" she asks Eliza.
"Oh no sweetie. It's just the seasons changing. On Earth, when autumn comes around, the leaves of some trees turn brown or orange and then fall off in preparation for winter."
"Oh." The tears stop falling down her rosy cheeks. "I thought I'd hurt them and caused them to die. We didn't have many trees on Krypton, or seasons. It was the same all year round."
After her initial panic, Kara fell in love with autumn and it quickly became her favourite season. As more of the leaves of trees change from green to orange, red, brown, yellow and deep purple, she becomes fascinated by the ever changing colours and the first time she steps on a fallen leaf and hears the crunch it makes underneath her feet, a huge smile spreads across her face and she can't wait to be able to step on another.
Feeling the leaves crunching beneath the soles of her shoes may just be the happiest Kara has felt since arriving on Earth. She wasn't sure why the leaves make her so happy but once there are large piles of leaves on the ground, it is hard for Eliza to get her inside the house as she jumps from pile to pile.
The first time Kara told Lena about her love for autumn, particularly it's crunchy leaves, the brunette had thought nothing of it as autumn is also her favourite season. But one night, only a couple of weeks after they had started dating, after Kara had had a particularly awful day, both at Catco and as Supergirl, the two had spent an hour crunching through the crisp autumn leaves which were piled high on the ground of National City's largest park at four in the morning. That night pair had been in the park at a ridiculous time of the morning so that they wouldn't be interrupted or no one could judge them for jumping into the leaves like children, but it was mostly so that the leaves wouldn't have been swept up by the park maintenance team yet.
From the moment Kara opened more of her heart to her best friend and now girlfriend, both women began to share more personal information with each other. But in the moment Kara opened her heart up to Lena, the brunette knew for certain that she loved the blonde Kryptonian with all of her being.
The next time autumn rolled around, Kara and Lena were once again walking through the park, this time in the afternoon, with the crisp autumn leaves beneath their shoes. They stop for a short while, halfway round the park, where Kara produces a flask of pumpkin spice latte from her left coat pocket.
"Pumpkin spice latte for my adorable little pumpkin?" Kara offers her girlfriend, Lena blushing at the nickname as she does every time Kara uses a silly nickname for her. "Cream?" Kara asks with a cheeky grin as she produces a can of whipped cream out of her right coat pocket.
"How did I not notice that in your pockets? Do you have a Mary Poppins bag in there or something?" Lena says playfully.
"Cinnamon?" Kara asks with a cheeky grin as she produces a small jar of ground cinnamon and a bag of marshmallows out of her right coat pocket which causes Lena to chuckle "Marshmallow?"
Lena playfully punches Kara's arm as she giggles. "Just... What... Do you have anything else in there?"
"Just another bag of marshmallows and some conkers." Kara says, fishing the items out of her pocket.
Well, I'll say yes to the cream and a bit of cinnamon, why on earth would you put marshmallows on a pumpkin spiced latte? That's disgusting even for you Kara and way too much sugar! You'll be bouncing off the walls if you're not careful."
"Don't be silly, my little cinnamon roll. They're not to put on my drink; they're just a snack. I'm not a complete monster!"
"Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if you were going to; I've seen you eat some weird things!"
The scientist and the superhero continue to joke around, sat next to each other on the park bench, as they sip their hot drinks. When their drinks are almost finished, Kara tips her head back to down the last of her sweet drink. "Aah" The blonde says with a satisfied sigh once the last drop has been drunk. She turns to Lena who takes one look at her girlfriend who bursts out laughing as soon as she sees her. "What?"
When her girlfriend attempts to suppress he laughter and offers a weak "Nothing", Kara pouts.
"Leeennaaaaa! Please tell meee" she whines.
The brunette gives up when Kara starts giving her best puppy eyes which she knows will always get her what she wants when it comes to her girlfriend.
"Its just.. you've got a bit of cream on your nose and you look super cute. Especially with those eyes."
The blonde smiles softly at her girlfriend. "Stop being so cute, Lena."
"I'm not adorable one, especially because I'm not the one with a dollop of squirty cream on my nose. Now come here so I can wipe it off for you"
"Oh no, I think your nose also needs some cream on."
"No, don't you dare Kara Zor-El Danvers" Lena tries to duck her head out of the way to prevent a white blob being put on the tip of her nose. The only thing which saves her from a creamy fate is a leaf blowing in front of their eyes before it delicately lands on Kara's soft, blonde hair. The orangey-brown leaf startles the Kryptonian as it twirls past her gaze who quickly drops her finger enough for Lena to lick the cream off her slender digit. Kara protests weekly but Lena stops her by pressing her lips against Kara's in a short, sweet kiss.
As the blonde smiles, her brunette girlfriend sticking her tongue out and licking the cream off Kara's soft skin before sliding her right hand to cup her face, using her left hand to gently take the leaf out of Kara's blonde curls. "Make a wish" The billionaire says as she holds out the leaf as it rests on the palm of her hand.
"Lenaaa" Kara giggles "Even I know that you make wishes on eyelashes; not random leaves or any other object you put on your palm side of your hand."
"I mean, you can make a wish on whatever you want; eyelashes, stars, birthday cake and so many other things so why not leaves?"
"You raise a good point, but still..."
"Are you going to make a wish or not?" Lena asks, her thumb lightly grazing over a rosy cheek. Kara nods and squeezes her eyes shut comically tight before blowing at the leaf on Lena's pale, creamy hand.
"What did you wish for?"
"You know I can't tell you that, sweetness. Otherwise it won't come true." she pouts
"Surely you don't believe that superstition? It's clearly not logical for telling a wish to someone for it not to come true? Surely, if anything, telling someone will help it to come true so people can help?" Kara had started sniggering just after Lena started talking. "What?" Lena asks, confused by her girlfriend's actions.
"Did you really just ask if I 'be-leaf' that superstition?"
"Of course I didn't. You know I don't have your same love of puns, Kara. You're such a dad with your dad jokes and your puns..."
"That is totally unbe-leaf-able that you'd think that puns or so called dad jokes are anything other than brilliant and hilarious."
"If you say so, Kara." Lena say playfully.
"I do say so, so you'd better believe it, sweetums." Kara says as she sticks out her her bottom lip
The brunette rolls her eyes, almost comically so, at her blonde girlfriend's antics. She packs up Kara's thermos flask and cups into a random plastic bag that's deep in the depths of her handbag before standing up and starting to walk away. "I can't be-leaf that I've fall-en for you. You're ridiculous!" She calls over her shoulder with a huge grin on her face before mock running away from Kara, who stares at her for a few seconds with her jaw dropped before chasing after her girlfriend.
"Lena Luthor!" Kara calls, thankful that the only other people in the park are far enough away that no one could hear that the billionaire scientist was frolicking through the park, so care free and just, well, happy. In public the youngest Luthor is stoic, professional and put together but this side of her was reserved for those few who could break through her protective barriers.
"What?" Lena asks innocently when the blonde catches up to her.
"Did you really just say not one, but two puns in one sentence?!"
When the brunette bats her eyelids in mock innocence and asks "What about it, darling?", the blonde lunges at her and picks her girlfriend up with ease, swinging her round onto her back. "Put me down you oaf" she complains when her girlfriend continues to walk around the park with her on her back, though she wraps her arms tighter around the Kryptonian's strong, muscular frame.
"I won't put you down, especially not until you admit you admit that puns are great!"
"I will never"
"Well then, I guess you're not getting down then" Kara says triumphantly, knowing she'll get Lena to crack at some point soon.
With her girlfriend on her back Kara continues walking around the park; making sure to step on every crisp leaf carefully to fully appreciate the crunch beneath the soles of her feet and jumping into each piles of leaves.
After a short while, they continue in silence, as Kara walks around the park, her girlfriend still on her back clinging to her like a baby monkey clings to it's mother. Minutes pass before either of them breaks the silence, both content to simply enjoy each other's presence and their proximity to each other, without the need for words. "You know that I love you, don't you?" Lena pipes up.
"Of course I do. And I love you too, so very much." Kara responds with a huge grin plastered across her face, which Lena obviously can't see but instead, can hear in the way the blonde speaks.
"Every time we go to a park, particularly this one and especially in autumn, I'm reminded of just how much I love you. The first time we came here together, you shared so much about your past, bearing your soul for me to see and I could see just how much of a wonderful and special person you are. It was the first time that I was completely certain that I loved you and that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. I knew I loved you before, but after that night, I knew what we shared was so much deeper than a crush and was in fact; true love."
Kara's eyes begin to mist up at Lena's words and effortlessly swings the brunette around onto her front, so their chests were touching. With her strong arms wrapped tightly around her girlfriend, she lightly kisses the brunette's forehead before putting her down as to not draw attention to her strength she shows when she picks Lena up for too long in public without straining or getting out of breath. With Lena's feet on the floor, Kara goes to release her girlfriend but Lena pulls her back in for another hug. "You're a soppy little so and so sometimes Lena, but I love you for it so much."
"You're the one who makes me soppy, but I forgive you." The hug is released, both women missing the warmth of each other's embrace. To fill this void-like feeling, their fingers interlock and give each other a quick squeeze. Kara's stomach rumbles and they both laugh. "Do you want to head home? After we walk through that lovely looking of pile of leaves over there" the brunette points at particularly crisp looking pile of autumn leaves, "and then we can go home. But stop by Noonan's and pick up some dinner with extra sticky buns and about five portions of potstickers? How does that sound?"
"That sound's perfect."
Hand in hand, the Kryptonian and her girlfriend crunch their way through the autumn leaves. Kara feels just as excited as she did when she was a teenager and discovering all that Earth has to offer. As much as she loves autumn and no matter she how beautiful as she found it to be, in her eyes, Lena was infinitely more beautiful and it was no question as to which one she loved considerably more.
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