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fazedlight · 4 months

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Asynchronous (Rift era, pre-Crisis, not nearly as much sc angst as the gif implies)

Where am I?, Kara thought, her body shaking as she pushed herself off the floor she had apparently crashed into, trying to stand. How long was I unconscious?

Her head was killing her. Pain was a rarity under a yellow sun, and in this case the feeling was hard to shake - it was just all too reminiscent of not long ago, when she was trapped in kryptonite, fighting burning lungs and a blinding headache while fighting heartbreak at the same time.

But she needed to not think about Lena right now.

Kara searched her mind for the last thing she remembered, Brainy’s words transmitted to her ears, telling her about the capabilities of the alien creature she was fighting. The creature was generally docile enough - but in a panic, it would thrash and quake, and it had the unique ability to…

Where… When am I?, Kara thought, looking around at the building whose ceiling she had fallen into. The creature could send her anywhere in time and space - forward or back in time, across the planet or galaxy, it didn’t matter. The good news is that the effect would be temporary in nature, lasting a day at most, before she snapped back into place, something about attenuated vibrations. “Time is like a rubber band,” Brainy had said, though Kara was certain she could hear pain in his attempt to simplify the explanation.

Kara heard the buzz of a portal behind her, the quick cock of a gun. “Don’t move,” came the familiar voice. “These aren’t ordinary bullets.”

Kara turned slowly, deflating under the hard eyes of her ex-best-friend. Lena was tense and angry, her finger resting on the trigger, her other hand on a tracking device. My heat signature, Kara thought, Guess she has kryptonite bullets now.

Lena’s eyes narrowed as she reached to her belt, before tossing vibrant green cuffs in Kara’s direction. “Put those on.”

Kara lowered herself to the floor, taking the cuffs, feeling the burn in her hands. She couldn’t really fathom Lena trying to kill her. But after the disruption of Lena’s Myriad plan, and now being held at gunpoint… “Lena, what are - what are you going to do?”

“How do you know my name?” Lena growled.

Kara’s eyes widened. Anywhere in time and space… “Who do you think I am?” Kara asked.

“Is that a joke?” Lena asked, as Kara’s mind revved into overdrive. “You think you can come back, with cartoonish S on your chest, and we’ll forget the Third Reich?”

Fear sank into Kara’s stomach. Earth X. “Lena, I know this looks like-”

“Through the portal. Now.”

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Kara found herself sitting in an interrogation room.

Her mind was scrambling for what Barry had said had become of Earth X - she remembered that, in the aftermath, the Third Reich had fallen to the Resistance, which was trying to rebuild a non-fascist society. But she knew the balance had to be fragile. The Reich had its proponents.

But Kara didn’t have long to think, before another familiar face walked into the room. “Winn!” Kara said, jumping up.

“Sit down,” Winn growled back.

Kara tensed, shaking off her confusion as she slowly sank to her chair, as Winn gave Lena a skeptical look. Right, he’s not the Winn I know either…

Lena shrugged. “She knew my name, too.”

“You’re both my friends,” Kara said softly, “On my Earth.”

Winn ignored her words, stepping around the table to take a seat at its corner. “We need to know if the Führer is still alive.”

“He’s dead,” Kara said, meeting Winn’s eyes. “As is his wife.”

Winn’s eyes narrowed in suspicion.

“I was sent here by accident,” Kara answered. “At some point in the next day or so, I’ll snap back to my own Earth.” If you don’t kill me first, she thought.

“And how do I know you’re from another Earth?” Winn demanded.

“You met my sister,” Kara whispered, thinking back to Alex’s stories when they were separated on Earth X, years ago. “Alex Danvers. On my Earth, she’s your friend too.”

“You,” Winn said skeptically. “I’m friends with you.”

“I’m not from your Earth,” Kara said. “I’m not asking you to trust me. Just let me live long enough to go back to my own time.”

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Kara fidgeted as she sat alone in the room again - watching, waiting, itching against the bounds of her kryptonite cuffs.

She was certain that Winn and Lena - possibly others - were debating what to do with her. Hopefully they don't just kill me, Kara thought, searching her mind for how she might prove she’s not from their Earth.

But the door opened again.

Lena stepped in quietly, eyes on Kara. But the anger was subdued from before. She was curious. “Lena,” Kara whispered.

The wariness wasn’t gone from Lena’s stance, but she sat across from Kara. “What’s it like, on your Earth?”

Kara smiled. My Lena would be curious about the other Earths too, she thought. “The Third Reich ended in 1945. We’re… far from a perfect world. But we haven’t had the struggle that you’ve had.”

“And you and I are friends?”

Kara’s expression faltered, as she glanced down at her hands. “We used to be. We used to be best friends.”

“What happened?”

Kara bit at her lip, unable to look Lena in the eye. “I betrayed you. You hate me now.”

Lena’s brows furrowed. “That doesn’t seem to be the sort of thing that would help your cause.”

“I’m not going to lie to you again,” Kara said. “I’ve done too much of that. The other you, I mean.”

Lena frowned, and Kara could see some of the tension in her body rise again. “What happened to my Earth’s Kara? How did she die?”

“Her heart was dying from too much solar exposure,” Kara said. “I took her up into the atmosphere before her body… it started a nuclear reaction.”

“And the Führer?”

“Oliver from another Earth killed him.”

Lena’s eyebrows briefly raised. “Winn met him, apparently.”

“Yeah. My sister was there too.”

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Kara itched at her bonds again, wishing there was a clock she could check. I don’t know how much time would be left anyway, she thought to herself. But at least I’d know…

She was surprised to hear the door open again. Lena walked through with a cup and some bread, placing both in front of Kara on the table. “You must be hungry,” she said.

“Thank you,” Kara murmured, leaning forward and beginning to eat.

“What did you lie to me about?” Lena asked. “On your Earth?”

Kara swallowed harshly. “I- I kept my kryptonian identity from you. Kryptonians and Luthors don’t get along.”

“Luthors?”

Kara’s brow crinkled. “Are you a Walsh, here?”

Lena nodded slowly.

“Your mother…” Kara asked. “She’s alive?”

Lena’s eyes narrowed. “Yes.”

Kara smiled. She got to be raised by Elizabeth, she thought. “Are the Luthors alive? On this Earth?”

“No,” Lena said. “Alexander Luthor was the last Führer, before Oliver Queen. There was a power struggle.”

Kara nodded. “You were raised by the Luthors. On my Earth. So when I hid my identity, and became friends with you… you didn’t take it well when you found out.”

Lena looked on curiously. “The secret? Drove me to hate you?”

Kara shook her head. “There were other mistakes I made. In the aftermath. I… hurt you pretty badly.”

“So what did I do next?”

“You tried to brainwash the world.”

Lena’s eyes widened. “Why?”

“To make everyone kind.”

Lena’s brow raised. I guess that resonates, Kara thought. In a world full of fascists…

“I can see the appeal,” Lena said.

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Kara was fascinated. And bored.

Her only company was Lena, on and off. She was grateful when Lena came in with food, and over the moon when Lena came in to exchange Kara’s kryptonite cuffs with far less painful power cuffs.

But her moments with Lena were few and far between given her apparent other responsibilities, leaving Kara staring up at the ceiling for long stretches of time.

She found herself torn, thoughts of “When will I be able to go home?” warring with “I hope my Lena looks at me like that again someday.”

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“Are you happy here?” Kara asked. “Are you- are you with anyone?” Lena smiled. “I met him a year ago,” she said. “We butted heads on technical projects. Trying to rebuild our society’s infrastructure. But something more came of it.”

Kara smiled. “Jack?”

Lena’s eyes widened, and she nodded. “Jack.”

Kara nodded too. “I’m glad you have someone.”

Lena tilted her head curiously. “Were we more than friends?”

“You and Jack? Yeah, on my Earth-”

“No,” Lena clarified. “You and I. What were we to each other?”

Oh. “No,” Kara said, shifting uncomfortably. “We were only ever friends.”

“Is that all you wanted?”

“I just- don’t think it’s relevant to you-”

“I don’t know what I’m like on your Earth,” Lena said, leaning forward on her arms. “But if someone hurt me so badly that I try to brainwash the world about it, I think that person must’ve meant something to me.”

Kara bit her lip.

Lena’s brow quirked. “If your plan is to never lie to me again, that seems like the sort of thing you should tell me. Other me.”

Kara laughed, her heart twinging with joy and pain. “If we ever get along again, I’ll tell you.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.”

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“Why are you trusting me?” Kara asked curiously.

“What do you mean?” Lena asked, in a tone that was more coy than confused.

“You just seem less suspicious of me than before,” Kara shrugged. “In the beginning.”

Lena’s lips quirked, taking a moment to consider Kara. She then raised her hand, twisting it slightly, causing a small yellow glow to appear. Kara noted in shock that there seemed to be a glow passing over her own body, too. “What’s happen- what are you doing?”

“Just making your temporal shift visible,” Lena said. “I scanned you after our first meeting. I can’t prove you’re not from this Earth, but I can prove that you’re not where the universe expects you to be right now.”

“I’m sorry, but-” Kara sputtered. “But are you using magic?”

“Lena doesn’t have magic on your Earth?” Lena said.

“I can’t even get my Lena to believe in magic,” Kara said with a laugh. “Rao, this is amazing.”

Kara glanced up, and found Lena smiling.

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“How long have I been here?” Kara asked.

“About 12 hours,” Lena said. “Honestly, I’d let you go. But Winn said it might cause a panic anyway, if too many people see you walking around.”

Kara sat back for a moment. “Yeah, that makes sense.”

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It was at the 17 hour mark - just after Lena had brought in more food - that Kara’s hands began to glow. “What are you doing now?” Kara asked.

“Nothing,” Lena said, leaning forward to eye the glow. “I think you’re being pulled back.”

“Oh,” Kara said, glancing up at the alternate Lena. What should I say? “Thank you,” Kara murmured. “Thanks for being good company.”

“Give me time,” Lena said gently.

“Time?”

“I’ll come to my senses,” Lena said, thinking to herself, nodding. “I- I know there’s baggage. But at some point, I will come to my senses. I’ll come back to you.”

Kara smiled. “I hope so.”

“Good luck, Kara Zor-El.”

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Kara found herself falling. No longer cuffed, no longer in a dark dusty room - but bathed in sunlight and breathing fresh air. Earth-38, she thought gratefully.

She blinked, shooting upwards in the sky again, hearing shouting in her ear. “Kara?” came Brainy’s panicked voice. “Kara, are you still there?”

“I’m here,” Kara gasped, looking over National City.

“Must’ve lost you for a minute,” Brainy said. “The creature is by the arboretum. We’ve finished making the power net, J’onn is flying it over.”

Kara glanced to the north, but her ears were fixating somewhere southeast, locating a familiar heartbeat. We’ll figure it out, Kara thought, clinging to Earth X Lena’s words.

We’ll get there, in the end. “I’m on my way.”

#I wrote this while extremely sleep deprived so I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense #haven't done a ficlet in a while so it feels good to stretch my legs??#supercorp #mel writes ficlets

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talas-first-lady · 2 months

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Because doing this with Legends was fun and everyone on Supergirl is also a little bit gay.

(These are the characters who were in 25+ episodes and were not out lesbians.)

I legit don't know who to vote for.

#supergirl #supergirl poll #tumblr polls #cw supergirl #kara danvers #j'onn j'onzz #lena luthor #james olsen #winn schott #braniac 5 #nia nal #mon el #eve teschmacher #andrea rojas #william dey #cat grant

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loveofshows · 2 years

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oh no, what if Kara and Winn actually did get married in the leaving AU, and when Brainy came back, they were just like 'why don't you just marry both of us'

Yessssss I love this.

But sprinkle some sadness before we get there though. (It’s not long long, but I’m still going to put a readmore)

Brainy comes back and sort of half expected him and kara could go back to how things where before he left, but then she tells him that she moved on (sort of) and ended up falling in love with Winn and now there married, but don’t worry, Alura knows your her dad. Wants to talk about you everyday.

And brainy just accepts it, and goes back home heartbroken, why stay when the love of your life isn’t yours anymore? He’s there for like an hour or so before Monel gets the whole story and talks sense into brainy about going back and be there for your daughter. Brainy, she’s your and knows who you are, go back for her if not for yourself.

He goes back, at the beginning it’s a little awkward, just getting use to their new normal and relearning this and whatnot. But eventually it settles and he’s gotten use to Kara and Winn being married thing that he’s not hurt by it anymore. Like he knows Kara still loves him just as much as he loves her. But there’s also those growing feelings for Winn he doesn’t know what to do with.

And Winn knows Kara still loves brainy, he’s not mad or jealous when he catches them flirting from time to time, or when he sees the way brainy looks at Kara and vise versa. Became he knows she won’t leave him for brainy. Even though, she could she won’t. She loves Winn as well. And then one day, when it’s a weekend and Winn and brainy decide to give Kara a me day, they take Alura to the aquarium, and their at the stingrays, and Winn glances over at the two. Alura whispering everything she knows about string rays (because for some reason Winn can’t figure out, is currently her favourite animal of the month) and brainy is listening with a soft look as he takes everything in like the information is going to safe the world the next time it needs saving. That it hits him, it’s his oh oh no moment. He’s in love with brainy, and the thought doesn’t scare him like he thought it would

Same goes for brainy, but it’s a different weekend and this time Kara’s there. All four of them are on a walk, with Kara chasing after Alura in front of them so it’s only those two together, and they’re just talking about mindless things. And as they’re walking and talking and watching Kara, brainy slowly realizes that he wants to spend time with Winn alone as much as he does with Kara. Because he feels safe with Winn and he doesn’t have to hide who he is when around Winn. And oh, I’m in love with Winn too.

They don’t do anything about it though, at least not right away. They’re not sure what they can do. It’s not until Kara starts to notice the looks they give each other when they’re not looking, and the secret smiles they share, that Kara gets what’s going on. And she knows they’re not having an affair. They wouldn’t do that to her, they love her to much to hurt her like that. (She’s not mad about it either, she hoped it would happen)

So she brings it up to Winn one night as they’re getting ready for bed. It’s a simple, ‘so you and brainy.’ And Winn pauses, feeling guilty, but it vanishes when he sees the knowing look on her face.

Winn: I think I’m in love with brainy

Kara: that’s okay I am too

From there they talk about what’s not. Neither of them want to push the feelings away, but they don’t know what to do. So they decide to talk about it with brainy the next day. But brainy ends up bring it up first when they decide to meet for lunch. (He’s talked to Alex and Kelly for most of the night)

Brainy: so, I think i love both of you equally. But I love you too much to get in the way of your love that I will not be doing anything to jeopardize the relationship you two have.

Kara: it’s okay, brainy. We’re in love with you too.

Winn, nodding when brainy looks at him for confirmation: I do, and we’ve talked about it last night too. There isn’t any ill intent, we’re both okay with it.

Brainy: what happens now?

Kara and Winn: marry us?

Brainy.exe has stopped working. When he comes back after thinking, they talk and agreed to start dating before married. (Lasts three months, because brainy couldn’t wait but neither Kara or Winn mind)

Alura is very happy that she gets her dad back and has two that she doesn’t have to choose between the two.

#mary answers #ask #cyclone rachel #karadox #winnara #Kara/Winn/brainy #supergirl #supergirl au #this is my new favourite au #I love this #leaving au #the one where Winn and Kara get married #I’m so soft for this #I feel like I wrote a fic #thank you for this #winndox

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spaceman-earthgirl · 1 year

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Supercorptober 2022 Day 29: Bonfire

ao3 fic link. series link.

Kara’s eaten way too many marshmallows, and she knows her lips are sticky, which is exactly why she sidles up next to her wife, presses a kiss to an unsuspecting Lena’s cheek.

Lena doesn’t even react, just looks over at Kara with a half roll of her eyes and a smile when Kara pulls way.

“Hello darling, having fun?” Lena asks, knowing full well that this is one of Kara’s favourite nights of the year.

“Of course,” Kara grins, leaning into Lena’s side.

It’s an annual tradition, a bonfire night in Midvale. It had started with just the Danvers but has grown over the years, Kara’s family so big now she can hardly believe that when she arrived on Earth, she had no one.

But each year, the tradition has grown, more people have joined in as their family has grown too and now Kara has this whole family that loves her.

And this year, everyone is here.

Alex and Kelly are here of course, with their two kids, the youngest currently being entertained by Eliza while Esme is showing off Kara’s powers to Winn and James, by roasting a marshmallow with her heat vision.

Nia and Brainy are looking after Lizzie, Kara sure their daughter isn’t going to sleep any time soon, both because of the excitement and the sugar.

J’onn and M’gann are here too, and even Kal, Lois and their sons made the trip.

“Are you?” Kara follows up, tangling her fingers through Lena’s. The air is chilly but the fire is warm in front of them, the light casting a bright glow around them all. There’s laughter and music and it really is the perfect night.

Especially because her wife is standing next to her, Kara’s hand warm where it’s tangled with Lena’s, Lena looking so beautiful that Kara is helpless to do anything but lean forward and kiss her again, but this time on the lips.

“You taste sweet,” Lena laughs into the kiss, Kara belatedly remembering her sticky lips, but Lena doesn’t seem to mind as she deepens the kiss.

Kara’s free hand slides its way across Lena’s stomach, her hands running over the small bump.

“Kara,” Lena laughs, pulling away slightly, only to drop her forehead to Kara’s. “People are going to guess I’m pregnant if you keep touching my stomach.”

“Fine,” Kara grins, but removes her hand. They’re going to have to tell people soon anyway, Lena’s starting to show. Kara can’t wait for their family to grow even more.

There’s a squeal from the other side of the fire, and it catches Kara’s attention, but it’s just little Jeremiah and Eliza. Though when Kara looks over to check on their daughter, she smiles when she sees Nia walking towards them, Lizzie propped on her hip.

“This little one wanted to see you,” Nia says, tickling Lizzie’s side as she does. Lizzie giggles, wiggling in Nia’s arms.

“Hey sweetie,” Kara says, extending her arms towards Lizzie who immediately reaches out for her. Kara easily shifts the two-year-old into her arms, settling her on her hip. Lizzie’s little hands are sticky as they grip Kara’s shirt. “Did you have some marshmallows?” Kara asks.

“I had to cut her off,” Nia answers as Lizzie nods her head. “If she doesn’t sleep tonight, blame Brainy.”

Kara knows how hard it is to say no to Lizzie, which means Lizzie has definitely had too much sugar. Lizzie’s head immediately drops to her shoulder, and she can tell their daughter is tired. Maybe they won’t have as much trouble getting her to sleep as she thought.

“Are you tired?” she asks, Lena’s hand running over Lizzie’s back as the little girl buries her head further into Kara’s neck.

“I can take her inside if you like, put her to bed, so you can stay out here and enjoy the fire?” Lena asks, arms reaching out to take Lizzie from Kara, but Kara shakes her head.

“I’ll go with you,” Kara replies. “And then we can both come back out here and enjoy the party. I know for a fact you haven’t had a s’more and I’m going to make you one so big, you’re going to be sick.”

Lena grimaces. “I can’t wait.”

Kara grins and Nia shakes her head at them both before she returns to Brainy, leaving Kara and Lena alone with Lizzie again, who’s now half asleep on Kara’s shoulder. All of the excitement must have worn her out.

Lena tucks her arms through Kara’s. “Come on, let’s get this munchkin to bed.”

It’s easy, because Lizzie is so tired now, to get her to bed. They’re set up in the guest room, the three of them sharing the room while Alex, Kelly, Esme and Jeremiah are all sharing Alex and Kara’s old room. Only two pages into a bedtime story, and Lizzie is fast asleep.

They head back outside, safe with the knowledge that Kara would hear Lizzie if anything happened. They find Winn and James are having a fake fight with sticks, Esme and Alex, along with Jonathan and Jordan, are roasting the longest stick of marshmallows Kara has ever seen (which she definitely wants in on), while the rest of the adults are on the other side of the fire, laughing at a story J’onn is telling and Eliza is sitting away from everyone else, Jeremiah also fast asleep in her lap.

Kara’s whole family is here, every single person who’s made earth feel like home, and with the prospect of a giant s’more and probably more marshmallow kisses with her wife, with their daughter in the house and another child on the way, Kara has never been happier.

#supergirl #supercorp #kara danvers #lena luthor #superfamily #supercorp fanfic #supercorptober2022

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owl-with-a-pen · 7 months

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You guys asked for it so I wrote more of it! (eventually)

Welcome to my little Halloween event! Throughout October I'll be posting chapters of this story until we reach the end.

What initially started as a plan for a couple of minifics within this universe has evolved into an actual fully-fledged fic. So I hope you'll enjoy the journey ahead!

STORY SUMMARY:

What if the twist to the Bottle Episode was a little different? What if Brainy's evil doppelganger wasn't quite as 'defeated' as everyone thought? What if Nia pays the price? What if Brainy can get her back?

#supergirl #brainy x nia #brainia #nia nal #brainiac 5 #kara zor el #alex danvers #j'onn j'onzz #winn schott jr #kelly olsen #maeve nal #querl dox #brainy #supergirl fanfiction #my writing #ao3

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that-tumble-weed-blog · 1 year

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The time super friends accidentally became a PolyCule?

Thanks to a mix of @lena-in-a-red-dress and https://archiveofourown.org/series/2166966 for this idea. When the worlds merged, there were a few exceptions. One of those is the National City Big Belly Burger of what was Earth 38. All of who, came to work on Monday and carried on as normal, mostly, the only thing was a small addendum to their file. “Do not mention the previous timeline, people have forgotten.” That would have been it, had they not seen the friends plus Barry enter. Now, after the events of everything that had come to pass Barry expected not to be remembered. He’d planned on it, He was going to pay. That was until they asked him how he was, and surprised him by calling him Barry, and then confirming that they knew him as Kara’s other cousin, not the other one with glasses. He looked baffled. Luckily, the Girl behind the counter, Ashley, was a long term member of staff and rang up the order for everyone without batting an eye. Ashley smiled and replied. “Ms. Luthor is still paying for the food. It’s an automatic thing, I’m afraid.” She smiled sadly at him as if she understood his plight. “It’s part of the system. She maybe an ex of the group, but she hasn’t stopped paying.” As Barry Allen sat down to let everyone know about the development Ashley offered the group a small smile. She had no intention of sharing her personal thought to the group, no matter who may be with whom, she did, however retrieve her poly pride badge and clip it to her uniform. Helping getting their large order ready she helped Daniel and Ricardo in carrying the order over. Of course the three cute nerdy guys, Barry, the one they called Brainy (Rule 4 don’t ask about the ‘nicknames’ - Rule 7 stop adding “ around Nicknames, we get it.) and Winn (Rule 5 Winn is not his father) spotted the flag with the Pi symbol in it. Winn was the first to speak. “That’s a cool pin!” He yammered. Ashley smiled softly and replied. “Thanks! I know we don’t post flags up outside but we do support a lot of different communities.” She saw Alex looking at her skeptically. “If you want,” she added, “you could have it?” Offering it to Win he smiled and put it on. Grinning at the others. Ashley smiled and returned to the till and started helping clean as she waited for the next customer Two minutes later Alex stood at the till. Ashley would admit that the woman scared her, but then all of that group scared her in some way. (Rule 2 ignore any odd traits the friend group has - Rule 3 Kara may be supergirl, no you may not ask). “Why did you give Winn a polyamourous pride flag?” She asked, exasperatedly. “i... Uh” Ashley swallowed before she realised that both Daniel and Ricardo were not near enough to help. “W-well, I... I kind of thought that well, you may not all be romantically interested in each other, but well... Kara and Brainy seemed to click a while ago, then Kara and James, James dated Lena for a brief time as well as James and Winn, not to mention James seemed to click with Kara’s cousin who is dating one of your-” She stopped at Alex’s grimace and hand. “I get it.” She drawled icily. “No, we aren’t a poly group, or, whatever you call it...” “Polycule” Ashley supplied Meekly. “Polycule.” She corrected. “We... I... This, no, I’m going to have a chat with my friends and we’re going to never bring this up... Please?” Rule 287 They are not a polycule. They are just accidentally connected. No. do not ask. It doesn’t matter who is sleeping with whom. Do not bring it up.

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