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Kara smoothed down her skirt, feeling incredibly nervous. She was going on a date with Shadow Agent tonight. She. Was. Going. ON A DATE. WITH. SHADOW AGENT. She had changed and changed again, until finally settling on this sundress. They had figured out a time, and Shadow Agent had promised to bring something to eat. Superwoman had promised to stay away and also volunteered to work with Shadow Agent's government friends to find Reactron. Even though Superwoman hated Shadow Agent's government friends. All for the sake of Shadow Agent finally getting a date.
A knock on her balcony door announced National City's Hero, holding a bag of take-out and… a bouquet of sunflowers. Kara felt like she was melting. Especially when she opened the door and Shadow Agent gave her a shy, little crooked smile.
"Hi." She held out the flowers to Kara. "These are for you."
"Oh," Kara took the flowers, blushing. "Thank you. Come in!"
Shadow Agent did so while Kara busied herself with putting the flowers to water.
"Should I take off my boots?"
"Well, it's okay-"
"But I think it bothers you. You should've said something last time, we would've taken off our boots." Shadow Agent sat down and pulled them off her feet, revealing that she was wearing plain black socks. Kara couldn't help but laugh a bit.
"What?" The masked superhero asked with a laugh.
"It's just… it's funny seeing Shadow Agent in only her socks in my apartment." Kara laughed again, seeing Shadow Agent wriggle her toes through the socks.
"I wore my nice socks for you." Shadow Agent joked. They were just plain black socks.
"Well, they look great." Kara laughed.
Shadow Agent smiled and fidgeted nervously for a bit before blurting out her next words.
"You look great, too. I mean. Not your socks, you don't have socks on. But like… your… everything." The hero fumbled with her words, mortified at her blabbering but felt like she was going to burst with joy at the smile she managed to put on Kara's face.
"Thank you."
"Nah, it's-ya know. Um. We should eat before the food gets cold."
Even with Shadow Agent's mask on, it felt almost normal as they moved around each other, with Shadow Agent setting up the food and Kara setting up the plates and cutlery, like they had done this before.
"That smells so good!" Kara gushed.
"Right?" Shadow Agent opened up the containers, revealing saffron rice and skewers of meat. Each dish seemed to have a whole grilled tomato on the side and there seemed to be a couple of handfuls of little butter packets. Shadow Agent also brought out two bottles of a white milky beverage called 'Doogh'.
"There's a nice little Persian food place on the other side of the city. They have a lot of other kinds of food but I felt like this was already a bit much."
"That must be nice, to fly everywhere." Kara chuckled as they sat down to their meal. "You could eat whatever you wanted for lunch!"
"Yeah, I could." Shadow Agent chuckled. "But I only do that when Superwoman or Wonder Woman are around. It's more fun eating with people."
"And Superwoman and Wonder Woman are the only two who could really fly out to eat with you?" Kara asked, interested in the daily life of superheroes.
"Well, there are others, but you know how you have certain friends for certain things?" Shadow Agent motioned for them to start eating. "Wonder Woman and Superwoman are my go-to people."
"So you guys are like… best buddies? Super buddies?" Kara grinned mischievously at Shadow Agent. Kara's good-natured ribbing was interrupted as she took her first bite of grilled chicken and let out a little hum of pleasure. She mimicked how Shadow Agent opened up a packet of butter and mixed it in with the rice.
"Don't ever say that in front of Superwoman, she'll totally start calling us that. But we haven't had time recently, to go out. Wonder Woman and Superwoman's been pretty busy, and all our schedules are kind of conflicting right now. Plus, we now have Reactron running around town, so I'm busier than usual, too." Shadow Agent shrugged.
"So why not the Batman?" Kara teased, getting a look of horror on Shadow Agent's face.
"Please. He's the worst when it comes to dinner conversation. It's always work with him. Sometimes I like that, but if Superwoman's not around to bring us back, I'd rather not. Plus, we get along until we don't." Shadow Agent used a fork to un-skewer her meat so she had a little pile on her plate. "But again, I don't have much time. Batman's a lot busier than all of us, and Gotham never has a down season for the crazies."
"You should take some time off to relax, you know? Spend time with people you like."
Shadow Agent smiled at Kara. "That's what I'm doing right now."
Kara blushed and looked down at her food, trying to stop the smile spreading across her face from showing.
"You really have a way with words, don't you?" Kara glanced up at Shadow Agent. The masked woman decided to take a risk, reaching out to place a hand on top of Kara's.
"Not really. So… I want to just make myself clear: I really like you, Kara Zorel." Shadow Agent coughed, could feel her face heat up underneath her mask. "I want you to know that and I want this to be something."
"Oh." Kara's little breathy exhale set Shadow Agent's stomach a-flutter. "I… I would like that."
"Really?"
Kara smiled again, laughing at the answering smile on Shadow Agent's face. Or what was visible of that face.
"Yes."
They sat there, grinning at each other like idiots for a few more seconds before Shadow Agent withdrew her hand and they started eating again. Kara couldn't have asked for a better date. Shadow Agent was super engaged and interesting and funny, and whether they were talking about the finer points of what made a good mango lassi and where to get the best in National City (they both agreed it was actually in CHINATOWN where a little hole-in-the-wall Indian restaurant was hidden, NOT Little India like some hipsters would say), or what kind of dogs they liked (they had strong opinions about mixed breeds versus purebred dogs, but they were both firm in the fact that they loved dogs and Shadow Agent had a preference for bigger sized dogs), they were in sync. It was almost scary how well they got along and how the serious Shadow Agent that the world saw disappeared, replaced by a playful and surprisingly snarky one.
"So what you're telling me is that she's only really mean, SOMETIMES." Shadow Agent rolled her eyes. They had migrated to the couch after they finished dinner, with coffee Kara had made. "Kara, you're just too nice. And I think you might have some kind of Stockholm syndrome."
"I swear, she's a really nice person." Kara insisted, but couldn't help dissolving into giggles at the look Shadow Agent gave her. This was honestly the best date Kara had ever had! Well, the time Alex had come over and they had watched Homeward Bound didn't count, of course.
Didn't count. Because Alex was unavailable.
"This is really good, by the way." Shadow Agent filled the sudden silence that had fallen on them while Kara was thinking. She hefted her mug of coffee and smiled at Kara.
"That's the one thing I can do really well," Kara laughed. "I got to drinking coffee when I was going to college at the time. I was a poor student but I also wanted to drink good coffee."
"But you're doing pretty well for yourself now." Shadow Agent looked around the loft.
"See, being Cat's assistant has it's perks. It pays well, at least." Kara said smugly. "She's like Miranda Priestly from 'Devil Wears Prada'. The movie, not the book."
Kara was able to read the confusion in Shadow Agent's eyes, her own eyes widening at the implications.
"Oh. My. God. You've never watched 'The Devil Wears Prada'?!" Kara scooched over on the couch.
"Um. No?"
"Alright," Kara picked up her remote and turned on the TV. "You're staying here to watch it. I will educate you."
"Am I going to like this education?" The hero watched Kara open up Netflix and quickly find the movie she wanted.
"You will. I promise."
Half way through the movie with their shoulders pressed against each other, Shadow Agent was half watching the movie and more watching how invested Kara is in this movie. She really wanted to put an arm around Kara, but didn't know how to go about it. Still debating on what to do, she was caught when blue eyes met her gaze accusingly.
"You're not watching."
"I am! Wait. Is this why you work for Cat?" Shadow Agent grinned at the affronted look on Kara's face.
"No!" Kara protested, a bit too loudly in Shadow Agent's opinion.
"Riiiight."
"No! Well-no. Just like. Cat's so awesome-"
"Kara." Shadow Agent grinned. "Did you take the job with Cat Grant because of this movie?"
"It's not the only reason." Kara muttered. The pout on the blonde's face was way too adorable, and the hero couldn't help throwing her head back and laughing. Kara turned her body to face Shadow Agent and the hero adjusted accordingly, unknowingly fulfilling her own wish of being able to put as arm around Kara's shoulders.
"Well, at least it worked out for you." Shadow Agent said placatingly, albeit with a sarcastic tone of voice.
"You are surprisingly mean." Kara leaned her head against Shadow Agent's arm, not at all put off by Shadow Agent's supposed meanness, and the hero just grinning at the accusation. Their smiles faded as they suddenly realized how close they were sitting to each other and the position they were in.
"Um." Kara chewed on her lower lip nervously and almost jumped out of her skin when Shadow Agent reached forward to cup the side of her face gently.
"Kara?" The dark-clad hero asked. Hoped that the blonde knew what she was trying to ask. Kara's face was pleasantly flushed, her eyes darting from Shadow Agent's eyes to her lips.
Kara bit her lip again and the Hero of National City couldn't resist anymore. Carefully cradling Kara's face, she leaned forward, aware that Kara's eyes were fluttering closed just before Shadow Agent closed her eyes too, as she kissed Kara. It was soft, achingly so, and sweet, and tasted very much like coffee. It was tentative and hesitant, and it felt like Kara was pouring sunshine right into Shadow Agent's chest.
Shadow Agent, who could hear almost everything in the city if she wanted to, felt like she had been dropped in a black hole devoid of anything else but the mad thrumming of her own heart and the hot wet sounds of Kara's mouth against hers, loud in her ears.
And when Kara made a little noise, halfway between a whimper and a sigh, the hero surged forward, knowing that they were falling horizontal on the couch but not knowing if it was her pushing Kara back on the couch, or if it was because Kara had wrapped her arms around Shadow Agent's neck and was pulling her down. Maybe it was a little bit of both.
"Kara-" Shadow Agent groaned, her arms having trailed down to encircle Kara's waist. She wanted to tug Kara as close to her as possible, but kept the grip easy, knowing she could break the girl if she held her too hard. She almost lost her mind when Kara's body suddenly rolled under her, undulating in a smooth, rocking motion that wrenched out a loud gasp from Shadow Agent as her hips jerked in reply.
"Stop, stop, Kara…" Shadow Agent groaned, breaking off their kiss and pressing her masked forehead against Kara's. The hero was breathing hard, like she had just run the circumference of the globe several times over. She could hear Kara's heart, racing alongside hers.
"G-Golly…"
Shadow Agent couldn't help it. She laughed at this sweet, sweet girl, and peppered Kara's face with kisses, unbelievably enamoured with this unassuming young woman.
"Kara," Shadow Agent grinned at the blonde. "I really like you. A lot. And I read, not that I researched this-" Shadow Agent was blushing. "-that you know, humans would consider this 'moving too fast'-"
Kara just had to lean up to trail kisses along Shadow Agent's jaw. She even kissed the nose of the hero's mask and giggled at the rubbery feeling.
"What is this even made of?"
"A material that feels like rubber, but the mesh is near indestructible." Shadow Agent answered dutifully, nuzzling the spot behind Kara's ear with said nosepiece. "But I know what you're doing, stop distracting me. Is this moving too fast?"
"Maybe." Kara licked her lips. She felt that from now on, maybe coffee will forever remind her of kisses with Shadow Agent. It was hard to even think with Shadow Agent's weight on top of her, pressing her down into the couch, but she whined when the hero pushed herself up and away and helped Kara sit up, too.
"Maybe we need ground rules."
Kara nodded seriously. And that was too cute for words, so Shadow Agent had to give her a kiss again, which ended up being a make-out session lasting a good few minutes and before they knew it, Shadow Agent was gripping Kara's hips and trying to stop herself from pressing deliciously closer to the blonde.
"This is not helping!" Shadow Agent protested, breathlessly.
Kara nodded, her face almost completely red as she realized her dress had ridden up quite a bit.
"Okay. Maybe if we… go to opposite ends of the couch-"
Kara gently caught hold of Shadow Agent's face and kissed her again, drawing the hero incrementally closer to her even as she tried to inch back to her end of the couch. Shadow Agent couldn't do anything else but chase after Kara's lips, relishing in the touch of her tongue, the heat of her mouth…
"Okay." Shadow Agent had to pull away, scrambling backwards until she hit the edge. "Wow."
Kara blinked blearily from her spot on the couch, looking thoroughly kissed. With fumbling fingers, she pulled her dress down, smoothed it out, tucked her legs under her as she scooted to her end of the couch.
"We need… like… what are those things that I read that humans like?" Shadow Agent was babbling now, completely unhinged, feelings and just… FEELINGS rushing up and making it hard to think about anything else except crawling over to Kara and begging for another kiss.
"Boundaries!" Shadow Agent said in a near-shout. "We need boundaries!"
"But," Kara asked innocently after a beat of silence, "if we've already crossed them, do we really need them?"
Shadow Agent laughed, the heated, urgent atmosphere broken up. Kara took it as her cue to try to crawl back to Shadow Agent, but managed to faceplant into the couch.
"Are you okay?" Shadow Agent couldn't stop a snicker from escaping out of the corner of her mouth.
"I heard that. Rude!" Kara pushed up from the couch, the full power of her pout directed at Shadow Agent.
"Aw, I'm sowwy." Shadow Agent leaned forward and pecked a kiss on Kara's lips as an apology. Kara made little whining noises until Shadow Agent gave her another kiss. Then another. Then they were back where they had started, the fire inside them stoked again as they moved against one another, Kara's hands circling around Shadow Agent's back and-
"KARA! KARA, OPEN UP!" A loud voice at her door made the two women jump away from each other like two teenagers hearing the sound of a parent pulling up on the driveway.
"Who is that?" Shadow Agent was squinting at the door, her modulated voice lowering to a growl.
"Let me go see." Kara was just as annoyed. She took a look at the mirror next to the door and quickly wiped at her smudged lipstick until it was back to almost perfect, turning quickly to motion for Shadow Agent to do the same.
"But this shade looks kind of good on me." Shadow Agent smirked, before she acquiesced and made herself presentable. Kara looked through the peephole, knowing who it was by sound but wanting to confirm it.
"It's my friend, Winn." Kara looked back at Shadow Agent, not wanting the hero to go.
"Do you need me to…?" Shadow Agent stood up, glancing over at her boots lined up at the door to the balcony.
"Do you need to?" Kara fidgeted with her hands. "I mean, if you have to, you can. But I can just tell Winn to go quickly…"
"Well, I don't want to force you to choose between your friends or me. I mean, they don't know that you're… we're… I mean…" Shadow Agent fumbled with her words, swinging her arms nervously. "That we're… are we dating?"
"Do you want to be?" Kara asked, all nerves, too.
"KARA, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THERE, LET ME IN!" Winn sing-songed. "I have potstickers! And pizza!"
It was saying a lot when Kara didn't even register that Winn was crowing about her favourite foods in all the world. She was so focused on Shadow Agent.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'd like that very much." Shadow Agent lifted up into the air, floating over to Kara to take her hands in both of her own. "But are you okay with… with me?"
"Why wouldn't I be?"
"KAAAAAAARAAAAAAAA!"
"Um." Shadow Agent winced. "Sorry. I lost my train of thought. Your friend's got some lungs on him."
"Alright. I'm just-"
"KARAAAAAA-"
"-going to let him in, is that okay-"
"-AAAAAAAA-"
"It's fine-"
"-AAAAAA-"
"I just have to warn you, Winn is like, a super big fan of yours. So he might be kind of-"
"-AAAAAAAAAa-"
"It's fine, Kara." Shadow Agent smiled, but then pouted at Kara. "What are you trying to say? I'm nice to people. I'm just not Superwoman-nice."
Kara just had to steal one last kiss because of that pout, before unlocking the door and throwing it open.
"Winn! I have a guest." Kara said with more than a little exasperation, her appearance finally cutting off Winn's prolonged shouting.
"What? Come on, I got potstickers and pizza! Who else is more welcome than the bearer of-" Winn had taken two steps in, kicking off his shoes casually, before looking up and freezing at the sight of his favourite superhero, Shadow Agent.
"Hi." Shadow Agent greeted, smirking.
"Kara, could you hold this?" Winn asked, his voice high-pitched and squeaky.
"Sure, I-ohmygod, Winn!" Kara barely had a grip on the takeout boxes before Winn pitched forward. Shadow Agent had moved faster than the blonde could track and had Winn in her arms already.
"Don't worry, he's alright. Some people faint around me." Shadow Agent shrugged self-consciously. The little movement woke Winn up, who looked around in confusion before focusing on Kara.
"Kara, Kara, oh my god. I had a dream that Shadow Agent was in your living room." Winn slurred, moving his arms and legs around in confusion before finally realizing he wasn't on the ground and was being held up in the arms of-
"He fainted again."
Kara sighed. "I cannot promise you that that won't happen AGAIN when he wakes up again."