Notes:
Trying to lengthen my chapters because I have always hated short chapter updates when reading fanfic. Also trying to add more meat and potatoes to my writing. Meaning I've noticed I just write action and no flowery descriptions. To me this makes the story seem very disjointed.
Also realized that I never mention that flashbacks are in Italics. I hate seeing "Flashback" in a story. I feel like it takes away from it somehow (being a nerd don't mind me).
So, get ready for the most verbose edition of Kryptonian Warrior.
Chapter 3 When We Fell In Love
Tears that had flown freely from Lena's eyes were quickly dried by brisk winds that forced her to snuggle deeper into the strong arms carrying her. Arms she'd once trusted to keep her afloat through anything. She had adored the sense of security as they soared above the clouds, that was to say, once she had gotten over her initial fear of flying.
Lena had been working overtime in her university's lab lately. After seeing the anger on Kara's face when those beautiful blue eyes saw the misery that another Superman fight had caused one of BP's oil rig to spill had destroyed a bit more of Earth's ecosystem, several ideas had ran through her mind on how to help with cleanup. If Lena was being completely honest most of her daily thoughts centered on the blonde, making it impossible for her work not to be sabotaged too.
The takeover had been suttle. She would see a puppy on campus and imagine Kara's cheeks flushing red in a excitement as she tried to hide the fact that she wanted to cuddle the creature. Or when she would go too long without eating, hunger pains causing her to remember a time last week when Kara devoured two extra large meat lovers pizzas and a pint of ice cream all in one setting. Now it had escalated to the blonde being the first thing she thought of in the morning and the last thing before she went to bed.
Even now as she lowered her prototype Oleo Sponge into a water tank filled with oil she wondered if Kara would want to go for swim later. The idea of long bare legs and chiseled abdominal muscles floated about in her mind's eye so much that she didn't hear the click of the lab door opening. Causing her to jump when strong arms encircled her waist and drop the sponge into the water tank, splashing her and her capturer. She struggled in her captor's arms.
"Lena! It's me!" The blonde who had been running on Lena's mind squealed with laughter, all while using Lena as a shield against the splash of water and oil.
The brunette abruptly stopped struggling with an annoyed groan when she realized it was Kara who had manhandled her.
"Oh my goodness, Kara. You scared me half to death. Was that at all necessary?" She pulled at arms that surrounded her middle making them release her, so that she could retrieve the sponge that had absorbed the oil and sank to the the bottom of the tank.
"It was funny. And I wanted a 'Lena Hug'" Kara chuckled as she rested her chin on the brunette's shoulder, arms bracketing Lena's waist from behind has she placed her hands on the work bench in front of her. A tingle ran down her spine and a faint blush rushed to her cheeks when Kara spoke, "And from the smile you're trying to hide I can tell you wanted a "Kara Hug" too."
It was true. Lena had never been a very tactile person growing up, especially being raised in the Luthor household. There was not very many people looking to give Lena Luthor a hug just simply because. That what made her interactions with the blonde so different. She made Lena want affection that she had once deem trivial.
Pulling Lena away from her work was a herculean task but Kara was up for it.
"Have lunch with me?" eyes pleading and pout on full force "I brought your favorite and I know the perfect place."
With that she produced a smile that could rival the sun, which must have been very convincing because Lena pulled off her lab coat with little to no hesitation.
"So, where's this perfect spot?"
"Are we going to the roof?" Lena wasn't surprised that Kara know her way around the campus so well. Any and everything there was explore Kara had found her way into every nook and cranny.
"It's a surprise Lee." With the airyness of a someone who was taking a stroll across the university quad Kara pulled her up another flight of stairs "You're not afraid of heights, right?"
"No. But the roof isn't usually open for general use."
How exactly did Kara think they would get up there without an access card. Everything at National University was under lock and key. Come to think of it, how exactly was Kara able to get into the labs to begin with.
That didn't seem like a problem for the blonde, because with a slight shoulder check to the door, leading to the roof swung open. As Lena stepped out in the glairing summer sun she notice setup off to the side under a small overhang was a picnic blanket with an assortment of food. This girl was real a sweetheart. Lena couldn't imagine the last time someone had gone out of their way to care for her like this. With unshed tears of awe in her eyes she approached the blanket and took a seat.
"Really Kara. When did you have time to put all of this together?"
Similar to a ball of sunshine Kara smiled brightly and sat down beside her. "I thought, with all the hours you've been logging at the lab. You'd appreciate little break." With that she began to sort out the food. In the picnic basket was a number of different sandwiches and bottle of Lena's favorite wine. All these little moments made Lena believe Kara wasn't the hard ass she first tried to present herself as.
For the first half of lunch they sat in companionable silence, but once Kara had devoured more than half the picnic basket content she began to fidget, eyes shifting back and forth from the sky to Lena.
"I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Lena searched Kara's eyes hoping to convey that whatever it was there would be no judgment on her part. The blonde quickly stood and began to pace.
"Rao, give me strength," she whispered under her breath. She had faith in her heart that Lena would not hate her, but a small voice in the back of her head, that sounded suspiciously like Alex, warned her against revealing the truth to her.
Steeling her resolve Kara took deep breath and turned to the brunette. "Okay, Lena, I'm going to tell you something about me that only three people in my life know. Can I trust you?"
"Of course," Lena stood as well, approaching the blonde and taking her hands, "you can trust me with anything." Preferably your heart Lena thought flippedly.
"There is something about me that I have run from for most of life, but know I wish to embrace who I am..."
"Oh my god you're straight!" Lena interrupted abruptly dropping Kara's hands and stepping away. "I was reading the signs all wrong. I..why do I always do this to myself. Falling for the straight girl is so cliche." She rambled on, cheeks flushed with embarrassment.
"No, Lena I'm not straight," Kara rushed to correct her, "our kind does not prescribe to human's need to a categorize an individual's sexual preference."
"That's great! I mean I don't want you to think that I'm only pursuing you just to get into your pants… Dear Goddess I didn't mean to make it seem as if you would readily reciprocate any of my advances…" Lena had not intended to just so unceremoniously drop that she had any intention of pursuing Kara in the first place.
"Wait? Our kind?" What Kara had said had finally caught up to her processing system
"Lena, I'm HER!"
Eyes bright with exasperation for Lena's cute ramblings Kara step back and throw her arms out wide as if to say look at me the real me. And Lena looked completely confused.
"Her? Her who?"
"The Her! The one that saved the drunk sorority girl who was almost abducted last week."
"The girl from Sigma Pi? Your not in a sorority. I'm pretty sure you don't even go here." At this point Lena's arms were crossed her chest and the eyebrow of doubt was arched.
"No, not the girl who was attacked. The woman who saved her. That was me!" Crinkle at full force, Lena didn't know what to think. She only ever so the crinkle for two reasons, Kara was trying to a hide something or annoyed with a situation.
"I don't understand"
"Okay." She rushed into Lena's personal space, easily lifting her into bridal carry. Lena was astonished at the seamless easy at which she had a been just lift into the blonde's arms and a little outraged that she had no say in the matter.
"KARA! Put me down right now. Have you lost your mind?" Paying no heed to the brunette woman's shouts Kara walked quickly to the roof edge. Lena's eyes were wide with fear. The sunny disposition and goddess like features a were all tricks to entice lonely coeds into falling for her, then with no warning she struck.
"KARA! Stop, please." By this time they had reach the edge of the laboratory roof.
Seeing how distraught the brunette had become stop and turned away from the ledge. "I would never hurt you. You know that, right?"
"Please Kara just put me down. I want to go back inside."
"Look at me Lee." Lena hesitantly looked up. Pleading bright blues met teary red rim greens.
"Ohh Lee. Just trust me ok. I won't hurt you. I won't let anything hurt you."
Then they were falling backwards.
If anyone had been around they would have heard Lena's terrified screams blended with Kara's ruckus laughter. As the brunette's arms tighten around her neck after a second she realized that there was no weightless feeling of falling. It felt as if she was lying comfortably on top of the blonde.
"Open your eyes Lee." Laughter was evident in the blonde voice. With some hesitancy Lena opened her eyes and gasped. She couldn't believe what she was seeing they were floating seven stories above the ground. Leaning back just a little to look into Kara's laughing eyes.
"We're flying?" The brunette was to astonished to say anything else. Gently flying upright.
"Where to beautiful?"