A Pleasant Ruse
Fandom: Supergirl
Characters: Kara Danvers, Lena Luthor, Andrea Rojas, Alex Danvers, Winn Schott
Summary: Lena runs into her ex-Andrea who wants her back. Lena panics and tells her that Kara is her girlfriend. Will Kara be willing to help Lena keep up the ruse?
Lena looked at her phone and sighed as she walked down the street. L-Corp stock was down again after Lex’s latest stunt against Superman. The Board was at each other’s throats about what to do. Normally, these things didn’t get to her, but today she just felt like curling into a little ball and hiding in the middle of nowhere.
“Sometimes I wish I could go somewhere where no one knew my name,” muttered Lena.
Normally, she would wallow in her apartment and drink the night away, but she knew she didn’t have to do that anymore, especially with Kara and her friends. She blushed when she thought of Kara. Every time she smiled, it would light up the room. She was hoping a little of that light would rub off on her today. When she called Kara an hour ago, she was happy that she was available to talk but was wondering if Lena would be able to do so at Noonan’s. She was saving seats for some of the others in their friend group. Lena would rather they be alone, but she realized that she did call Kara out of the blue without necessarily considering her current plans. Also, her curiosity was piqued. Noonan’s wasn’t normally opened passed 10 p.m. during the week. However, it was currently 10:39 p.m.
After five more minutes, she began to see the outline of Noonan’s but was surprised to see not only was the place lit up, but there were multiple cars parked down the block. As she got closer, she noticed that the place was packed. It was more crowded than the morning rush. When she got inside, Lena looked around the crowded room and smiled when she saw Kara hopping up and down waving at her from the back. She shook her head and tried to maneuver her way towards Kara.
As she got closer, she nearly stopped and blushed. Lena didn’t notice before because she could only see Kara’s face and arms when she was at the front of the restaurant, but now that she was in front of the blonde, she was surprised at what she was wearing. She had on a green short-sleeved crop top, black short shorts, and brown hiking shoes. Her hair was flowing down her back. The entire outfit highlighted Kara’s muscular form. Kara usually wore things that covered her fully. She didn’t realize that Kara had a hardcore twelve-pack abs, and toned legs and arms. She gulped when Kara hugged her tightly. She could feel the heat in her face growing. Lena had to fight to keep her arms next to her instead of caressing her abs.
“Lena, I am glad that you were able to come out!” exclaimed Kara excitedly.
“Me too,” squeaked Lena.
As they went to sit down, Kara stared at her with a frown.
“Are you ok? Your face looks a little flushed and you are panting.”
Lena tried to seem unfazed but felt like her brain was in overdrive.
She started fanning herself and shakily said, “I’m, um, fine. Yes, I am fine.”
Kara stared at her hesitantly and said, “You don’t seem so sure.”
Lena let out a nervous laugh and said, “Don’t worry. I just got winded trying to get back here. I don’t think I have ever seen this place so packed before, even during their morning rushes.”
“Oh, yeah. I forgot to mention that they are having an event here tonight. You know the author Helena Bromfield?”
Lena nodded and said, “Ah, yes! She has a bunch of popular action books.”
“Yup! That is the one. Well, she is having a book reading for her latest novel: Alana and the Lost Civilization of Atlantis at midnight tonight. She will then host a Q&A followed by a book signing. That is why a lot of the people here are in costume.”
Lena looked around and felt a little foolish. She had been so focused on seeing Kara that she didn’t notice the outfits everyone was wearing. They all looked like they were out of some archeological action movie. Lena shook her head and stared back at Kara.
“I never took you as one that was into cosplaying. You look very good as Alana.”
Lena felt her face flushed again and looked down.
Good doesn’t begin to describe it. She looks sexy as hell.
Lena had to slowly breathe in and out to try to control her racing heart. Lena had secretly been a fan of Bromfield’s work. Her mother always disapproved of sci-fi and fantasy. Her thoughts were living in reality was more important than make-believe. However, the books offered her a brief escape from all the trauma of that household, mostly done by Lex. She would imagine going on an adventure with the Great Alana as she explored distant worlds and planets. She recently had been fantasizing about Kara as Alana and whisking her off on an amazing adventure. The thought caused her to blush harder.
Can’t believe I get to live out part of my fantasy!
Kara chuckled while rubbing the back of her neck and said, “Thanks! I wasn’t sure if I could pull this off.”
Lena stared at her dumbfounded.
She thinks she couldn’t pull it off! She looks ten times better than the initial character description for Alana. I am surprised that guys and girls aren’t flocking to her now!
Lena cleared her throat and said, “You pull off the look amazingly. I’m surprised the other people cosplaying as Alana don’t look at you with envy.”
Kara blushed while laughing.
“You are too kind.”
They looked at each other shyly for a moment before Lena asked, “If the book reading doesn’t start until midnight, why are people here so early?”
“Good seating. Alex made me promise to get here at 9 to save seating for her and Winn since they wouldn’t be able to get here until after 11. I got here at 10, and I had to fight people in order to get this booth since it was so packed.”
Lena chuckled which caused Kara to frown.
“What’s so funny?” pouted Kara.
“I didn’t mean to laugh. It is just that I wished I had gotten here sooner to see you try to defend your territory.”
Kara chuckled and said, “It didn’t get nearly as dramatic as that. I just gave a very stern look until they backed off.”
Lena raised an eyebrow and said coyly, “Really? A stern look?”
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My story for the Supercorptober day 5 prompt (“maroon”) has taken on a life of its own… it was supposed to be a short little fluffy ficlet, but apparently the characters had other plans. ::shrug:: So instead of rushing to finish it, I’m going to let it run its course and see where it goes. Still hoping I can finish it properly by the end of October though, fingers crossed. In the meantime, here’s a little sneak peek for anyone who is interested:
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She lets out a breathy chuckle and drops her eyes back down to the ground, giving her head a little shake. “I just can’t believe I’m actually going on a date with Lena Luthor. The Lena Luthor, Alex! She’s a certified genius!”
“And she’s going on a date with the Kara Zor El Danvers. Certified superhero.” Alex steps forward and grasps Kara firmly by both her shoulders and ducks her head down to catch Kara’s gaze. “As far as I’m concerned you are both incredibly lucky.”
“I just… “ Kara pauses, searching for the right words. “I like her so much, Alex. I ..”
“You love her.” Alex’s voice is soft and understanding, as if this was the most obvious truth in the universe.
Kara’s initial look of surprise quickly turns into one of acknowledgment. The edges of her lips pull up into a soft smile. “Yeah. Yeah, I do.”
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realized i never talked about how kara found lena again so here's part 1.5 of the supercorp ph uni au [1 2 3]!
oKAY!
so kara knows lena studies in dlsu and that it was around early afternoon on a specific weekday (let's say thursday for the happy t) when lena had gotten swept along with the protesters. so kara makes a point of dropping by taft every thursday (and sometimes tuesdays, as she’d used her journalism skills to figure out the usual scheduling pattern the uni has) from 1PM to the early evening for more than three weeks straight. she’d “swore” she saw lena at least five times and had accidentally called out to the wrong person at least thrice. still, kara’s nothing if not persevering.
on the third thursday of her attempt, she’s standing in front of goks on a call with alex (who’s told her to just use facebook like a normal person to post on the dlsu freedom wall) when she feels a light double tap on her shoulder. an apology is already on kara’s lips despite not knowing what she’s being called out for, but the second she turns around, her jaw drops.
because there, in the flesh, is lena.
“hey, stranger,” lena smiles, dimples digging deep as blue-green eyes crinkle adorably with her nose. “fancy seeing you here.”
“lena,” kara breathes, jaw hanging low as her tunnel-focus misses the way alex is yelling up a storm on the other end of the line. “hi.”
“hi,” lena repeats, swaying back and forth and all too happy to see kara in the flesh again (lena’s daydreams really didn’t do the woman justice).
“hey,” kara giggles, unable to hold back the giddy feeling of finally, finally finding lena. “i’ve been looking for you.”
“oh?” lena’s left brow quirks teasingly despite the clear curiosity (and hope — kara can’t name it yet, but lena knows) in blue-green eyes.
“yeah. you’re pretty difficult to find, lena no-surname.”
lena pauses, a frown briefly flitting on to her face before she takes a deep breath and answers. “luthor. it’s lena luthor.”
and kara knows the name. knows how clark and lois spent months on reporting lex and lillian. knows that her cousin-in-law had interviewed lena herself and returned to clark saying that they shouldn’t write her into any of their articles.
kara knows the luthors.
but she’d rather know more about lena.
“lena luthor,” kara repeats, soft and reverent and closer. “i’m kara danvers. and i’m glad i finally found you.”
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