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Supercorptober: Red + Party

“You’re gonna want to be careful with that,” Kelly warns her over the punch bowl. “It’s got the stuff.”

She walks off with a chuckle and Kara watches her rejoin the rest of the Superfriends in the middle of the living room, huddled over a game of Catan. It’s not at all unusual, save for the fact that this is the last Catan that Alex and Kelly will be playing as girlfriends. The next time this happens, they will be playing as wives.

This is it, Kara thinks, the moment it starts sinking in. Alex is getting married. And adopting a kid, to boot. All of her dreams are coming true and Kara couldn’t be happier for her. Alex, her sister, her best friend, her partner in crime(fighting). She’d been her rock, her tether to humanity. Now she was going to be that for someone else. And Kara is glad that that someone is Kelly. Kara feels an unbidden pang of sadness at the thought, but she reminds herself that she’s not losing Alex, she’s just going to be having different priorities now. They’ll all still be working together anyway, and sister nights will still be a thing, both she and Alex made sure of that.

Her thoughts are interrupted by Lena sidling up next to her.

“Hey,” she whispers, snaking an arm through Kara’s blazer. Lena’s hand moves over her back in a soothing motion, as though she knew where Kara’s mind was at. Kara loved that about her.

She’s a vision in a dress of deep burgundy that compliments her skin, clings to every curve. Her eyes are alight with the twinkle of mischief, and she might also be a smidge flushed, too, from the wine. It’s a (very) pleasant distraction.

“You're crying already,” she teases. “It’s not even the wedding yet.”

Only then does Kara realize that her cheek is wet.

“Well, I'm a sap for happy endings so…”

“Aunt Lena!” Little Esme, belle of the ball, tiny thief who stole hearts wherever she went, comes bounding up to them with the largest, proudest grin.

“Aunt Lena, this is for you.” The little girl gives Lena a friendship bracelet of red and blue. “Thank you for my reggle-later, I can play in the park with the other kids now.”

Lena had thoughtfully come up with the device when she’d heard about the incident at Esme’s last foster home. She’d taught the girl how to use it some weeks ago, told her to think of it like training wheels until she learned to control her powers.

Lena admires the bracelet, chirrups about how well-made it is, and thanks Esme with a warm hug.

“They give those out to anyone these days.” Kara says in mock indignation.

Lena only scrunches her nose and sticks her tongue out at her.

The girl goes back to the larger group, or as Kara thinks, her adoring public, leaving the two of them alone again. Lena straightens up and puts her arm back around Kara's waist. She regards her gift with an endearing little smile on her face, and Kara’s heart is very near bursting; it surprises her that it hasn’t already.

“Suits you,” Kara says fondly.

“What, this?”

“Happiness. The bracelet, too.”

Lena only gives her a soft little laugh in turn.

Kara tugs her ever closer and tenderly kisses her brow. Lena melts into it, lets her other hand rest over Kara’s abdomen. The moment takes them over, and the world around them fades away. One day, she might tell Lena that she is the best thing that has ever happened to her. One day, she might tell Lena that she loved her from the day they met. One day, she might tell her that she wants to spend the rest of her life making her smile the way she’s smiling now. One day. For now, Kara is content to have Lena back in her life, to have her here in her arms. If she’s lucky, Kara thinks, maybe she could have her happy ending too.

Alex’s voice cuts clear across the room.

“Hey!” She calls out jokingly. “No one is allowed to be cheesier than us tonight.”

Lena immediately buries her face in Kara’s shoulder, and Kara extends her arms placatingly as they move to join the others at the game table, uttering a bunch of sorrys the whole way.

“Yeah,” Kelly seconds with a laugh. “Go get your own engagement party.”

And with the way Lena is blushing so hard right now under the weight of all this affection, the way she glows being surrounded by people who love her, Kara thinks she might not need to wait too long to do just that.

#no i havent given up #yes im mashing up the prompts now #and what of it? 😂#im sorry but esme is such a cutie #for some reason i imagine kara being the last to get a friendship bracelet lmao #anyway here's a few hundred words on sc #supercorptober2021 #kara danvers #lena luthor #supercorp #supergirl #rbmicrofics

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