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She hurriedly traverses the apartment hall. It's irrational, she knows, but she's overcome with worry. Her imagination has run rampant. Logic flew out the window the moment she called for her car and arranged to fly back to National City. All because she hasn't heard Kara's voice or read a text from the reporter.
Usually the blonde manages to respond within an hour, unless there's a Super Emergency. But she hasn't received a text message from the superhero containing a muscular arm flexing emoji.
And Kara always let's her know.
She wouldn't let Lena worry needlessly. So of course her thoughts immediately fly toward the worst scenarios. Either Kara's been nabbed again or something even more serious has happened to the Kryptonian.
Because Kara is Supergirl but Supergirl isn't completely invincible.
She actually finds herself hoping Kara's inside her apartment, cooped up with her foolish friends watching movies or playing board games or whatever it is they do.
It'll hurt to know she's been forgotten in lieu of whom Kara's worthless friends. But she supposes it's better than the alternative of seeing a bloodied Kara on the brink of death again. She hates that she's worrying so much, hates even more that she can't help herself.
Lena reaches the doorknob, twists it open. It's unlocked and she pushes her ways inside the barrier. Her target's home and she can breathe again.
She finds her on the couch, still clad in her Super outfit, hugging her knees, still covered in soot and dust, looking incredibly destroyed. Lena divests herself of her coat and purse as she walks carefully toward the despondent blonde who doesn't seem to have noticed her arrival.
Kara can hear the familiar sounds of heels clicking against her apartment floor. She thinks at first she's imagining it.
Because Lena's on the other end of the world on an important business trip, but the steps grow louder and the scent of the CEO's expensive shampoo invades her senses. She turns and sees Lena and the weight between her ribs lessens.
The raven haired beauty says nothing. She only takes a seat next to Kara before collecting her into her arms.
The Kryptonian melts in her hold.
She pulls Kara closer as she kicks off her heels, lays with her back against the cushions, her head on the armrest. The Kryptonian lies on top of her, head nuzzled at the junction where her shoulder and neck meet.
Lena continues to soothe the blonde as one hand rubs circles on Kara's back while the thumb of her other hand stroking up and down on the Kryptonian's hipbone. She can feel Kara's hands curled around her chest while the blonde twirls her fingers around the ends of her raven locks.
"I thought you were going to be in Japan for the next two days." Kara's finally found her voice.
"Well, I hadn't heard from you in the last 12 hours." she states like it's enough cause to cancel all her business meetings and take her private jet back to fly around the world just to check on Kara because for Lena Luthor, it's more than enough reason. "It's fine." she assures because she knows Kara's feeling guilty. "I've postponed the inspections indefinitely." being the CEO does has have its advantages.
"I'm sorry." she doesn't want to be an inconvenience.
"There's really no need to apologize." Kara's too distraught to be berated by Lena for not calling, for making her worry. "What matter's is you're alright." Lena frowns on her poor choice of words. "Physically anyway." she adds, hoping it'll prompt Kara to talk since she doesn't really know how to ask, to talk about serious matters.
A Luthor doesn't talk about their feelings. A Luthor buries them in their work. A Luthor should only feel pride in their success. Words Lionel spent years murmuring in her ear.
"I was too caught up in my thoughts." in her feelings.
"The bombing." Lena spent hours on the plane ride reading about the latest news regarding Supergirl. She recalls the last article she'd seen on her L Pad. She remembers the picture of a little blonde girl, around 5 or 6, clinging onto Supergirl and understands the emotions this can trigger for Kara. "You were with a little girl."
"I found her last, buried under concrete, under the bodies of her mother and father." Kara shivers at the memory. Lena knows there's more that Kara wants to say because she rescues orphans all the time. "They curled up around her to protect her from the debris," she continues. "I stayed with her until her aunt picked her up." and Lena isn't surprised that Kara would stay with the orphan. "And I couldn't help but think…"
"It's alright." Lena whispers letting Kara knows she understands.
"I though I could handle it," Kara sobs. "I thought I could put it past me because of all the wrongs they committed." she thinks of her father and the Medusa virus, her mother baiting to get Astra incarcerated, how Astra sought to subdue all of Earth to her whim. "And I know Kal is my blood but they were my family." she knows Lena will understand the sentiment. "And Astra was the last true Kryptonian of my line."
"Tell me about them." Lena requests.
So Kara does as she's asked. She speaks of her family. She talks of Zor and his penchant for showing her new scientific discoveries found on other planets. She tells Lena of Alura and how she always brought Kara Twellian, a fruit native only on Krypton. She reminisces the time she and her father had accidentally flooded their home with red foam during one of their experiments, how Astra didn't scold them but laughed instead. She shares Astra's stories about the deities of old Krypton.
And Lena holds her, hanging onto her and her every word.
"Thank you, Lena." she knows it's not enough because Lena always listens, strives to understand, and accepts all that is Kara.
"I will always be here for you Kara." she's only fulfilling her promise.
"I know." Lena's proven countless times that she's there for Kara. "But I didn't want to disturb you." she lifts her head and meets those piercing eyes. "The truth is I thought of running to you." she confesses, needing Lena to know she'd been in her thoughts, that she hasn't forgotten. "I just figured you'd be too busy and I didn't want to be a nuisance." she's been brushed off aside enough.
"Kara, I told you I would give you my undivided attention." she reminds gently, still mindful of the blonde's fragile state.
"But L Corp," she begins to reason.
Lena lifts her hand from Kara's hip, relocating it on the Kryptonian's face. She holds her chin between the crook of her index finger and presses her thumb to Kara's lips, effectively silencing whatever protests the heroine's about to give.
"I can put off running a multi-billion dollar company but I will never put off taking care of you." Lena declares resolutely because Kara is her priority. "I promised you'd never be alone." she reminds. "That I would make you my everything." Lena sighs in disappointment. "How can I fulfill my promise if you won't let me?" she lays a kiss on Kara's lips to cease the oncoming objections and apologies. "Don't fight me on this." she whispers against Kara's lips. "And don't apologize." Kara nods softly in agreement. "Just promise me that the next time you're feeling overwhelmed or just out of sorts or anything at all, that you'll come to me."
"I promise." she places her head back on Lena, her nose grazing the CEO's neck.
Lena holds Kara tightly, lets her bask in the comfort she's exuding, continues to leave her soothing marks all over the Kryptonian's body.
It isn't long until Kara's breathing evens against her collar. The blonde falls asleep and Lena can't fault her for the emotionally trying day she's had. She lies underneath Kara, hands ceasing their ministrations to clutch onto the red cape that seems weightless when it flows in the wind.
Yet Lena knows of the load it rests on Kara's shoulders.
The raven haired siren presses a kiss on the sleeping beauty's head before settling her cranium back on the arm of the couch, determined to do whatever she can to ease the Kryptonian's burden, especially now that her efforts are coming into fruition.
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In regards to the Checkmate theory, I don't know if it's going to be a thing because apparently they did it on Smallville already and I don't know how much they want to borrow or change from the comics and previous television show interpretations. But if the writers do go in that direction, I suppose it would be better if Lena's trying to climb her way to the top. And we could follow her along as she rises to power. Ooh, maybe that's why she needs Kara's help. Maybe she's trying to seduce Kara into joining her faction instead.
I don't know where they're going with her but it's clear that she has her own interests and somehow they concern Kara.
YOU CAN SKIP BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER REALLY LONG RANT AND SPOILERS FOR KATIE MCGRATH'S PREVIOUS SHOWS
Ugh, I read this recap of the episode on Autostraddle and the author brings up a very interesting point. I think the reason why I love Lena and Kara so much is not how they are written but it's their delivery. The chemistry between the actors is just so tangible. I'm not saying the two of them should get together in real life or anything but the way they portray their characters, their back and forth is so realistic. They just flow together so well.
I love Katie Mcgrath but I don't ship her with every girl she interacts with. I watched Merlin and I didn't ship her with Gwen or any other females she interacted with. I watched Dracula and yeah I shipped her with Mina but that's because I wanted her to get the girl she's loved for so long. I didn't ship her with Lady Jane.
There's just something about Melissa's Kara that blends so well with Katie's Lena. Her reactions to Lena just seems so genuine and filled with affection.
I think if they cast a different woman playing Lena the results would have been different. Not because she wouldn't lip bite like Katie Mcgrath, but there's just underlying tension which can easily be interpreted as sexual when Katie's Lena is on the screen with Melissa's Kara that goes beyond two attractive women on screen together.
I don't know, that's just me though.
Also there's the storyline progression issue. Lena can be a main reason for Kara's character growth and that just makes me want their relationship so much.
Because Lena can show her the really gray area. Lena has some really good points. Some people are just bad and you can only protect yourself, which I know will probably mean Lena thinks she's doing good work but Kara thinks it's bad. Lena can show Kara there's always another side to the story, that it's not cut and dry, (Kara will probably use this lesson when she faces off with Mon El's hunters) from a point of view that's different from Smallville Lex and Clark because it could stem from Lena wanting to protect Kara, rather than Lex wanting Clark's power.
Kara can mature with Lena because Lena can show Kara differing points of views, not by shooting her down but offering her facts. She won't fight Kara solely on emotions but can debate on an intellectual level, offer guidance instead of commands. It's a contrast but goes beyond the simplicity of just good and bad or good turning bad.
Kara can be the heart and Lena can the mind.
Or maybe Lena can just be bad and not giving a butt about it, like Heath Ledger's joker and that'll teach Kara not to give her trust so easily.
I mean she told Winn who she was right away. I know he's a good guy but Clark knew Pete for years, saved his butt more than a handful of times, and never told him a thing until he had to. And showing Mon how to blend in by introducing him to Supergirl's life as Kara Danvers? That's a big risk to take on a guy you just frigging met.
And come on, we've had friends turning against each other but a Luthor with a Super who were friends first and then enter in a romantic relationship hasn't been done (to my knowledge).
That storyline right there is just teeming with potential! There's the will they won't they, the different ideologies clashing, but then there's also the family thing not only on the El side but the Danvers side too because of Jeremiah and Cadmus, the trust thing, the work thing, the secrets thing. The drama practically writes itself.
There's a reason why you're reading this fic, because you want it to happen. Why? Because you can see the possibility unfolding before your very eyes.
LONG RANT DONE!
Thanks for reading and enjoying the part about the canary on the last chapter by the way! I'm glad it came off as humorous because I pretty much suck at writing comedy and was a little worried that it wouldn't flow as well! You made me very happy!
Anyway, what do you think so far?