#look at karas hand omg how do i fix it

[cablelimes]

Supercorp my beloved. Recreating this photo I saw on pinterest

#supercorp #lena luthor #kara danvers #supergirl #the iconic powercouple #soomeone plz teach me to draw hands i cant #look at karas hand omg how do i fix it

[sapphicsimpblog]

maybe a universe where both supergirl and the slayer exist, so they have to save the world together but there's a bit of a fight at first.

like an enemies to best friends kinda thing

I love this idea, omg. I’m not entirely sure how to do the enemies to bffs thing for this, personally I think there would be five minutes of indifference before Kara and Buffy became best friends. Hopefully I did your request justice, anon! Thank you for the request, I hope you like it.

Buffy and Spike were patrolling the streets of National City, the streets were relatively quiet tonight. Buffy huffed, bored, why didn’t this city have any good demons to kill? As they rounded a corner they saw a shadow slip into an alleyway up ahead of them. Quickly, they ran after it and saw a blonde woman wearing a blue suit with a red cape, in front of her was a group of five vampires, they all had their backs to her as they terrorized a young man.

“Hello boys. I certainly hope I’m not interfering with something?” The vampire closest to her jumped and rushed to fight her, but she just threw her hand out and caught him in the sternum, flinging him back into a wall. Buffy and spike watched as the woman effortlessly took down five vampires and helped the man up so he could run away. As the first vampire got up to attack her again, Spike stepped in and staked him.

After both Buffy and Spike had dispatched the rest of the vampires, the woman turned to look at them, a furious look on her face. Stepping closer to the couple, she fixed them with a glare and asked, “Who the hell are you?”

“I’m Buffy, this is Spike. Who are you? Why are you fighting demons? How are you fighting demons?” Buffy’s mind was flickering through a list of demons trying to figure out if the woman in front of her fit any of the descriptions she knew. The woman’s eyes widened for a bit before she responded.

“I’m Supergirl, How are you here? What do you mean demons? These weren’t demons. They were aliens.” As Supergirl finished her a black SUV pulled into the alleyway behind them, a woman with short red hair and a tall black man stepped out of the SUV. As the newcomers approached the group, the man took a hard look at Spike and Buffy. It was almost as if he was trying to look straight through them.

“Hey, where’d they go?” The woman asked as she stepped up to Supergirl, Supergirl just pointed to the two of them and explained what happened before they arrived. Spike was starting to get a bit antsy, something wasn’t adding up, why would the woman say the vampires were aliens? Who were the two people in the SUV? What did she mean, how were they here? As the two women finished their conversation, they turned back to the couple and the redhead let out a groan. “This is why we don’t combine the multiverses into one universe, Kara!”

Before either Buffy or Spike could ask what the hell she meant, an alarm rang from the Man’s watch and moments later Supergirl was flying away. The man turned to look at them, “Why don’t you come with us, we will be able to explain everything at our office.” By the tone of his voice Spike and Buffy could tell that he wasn’t asking, so they stepped into the SUV, not too worried that he could hurt them. As the group pulled out of the alley and onto the street, Buffy shared a questioning glance with Spike a silent ‘what’s going on here?’

Spike shook his head, not having an answer. Not long after pulling onto the street, the SUV parked near a storefront, on the door was a sign, ‘J’onn J’onzz Private Investigator.’ Stepping into the office Buffy glanced around, looking for any hidden threats, when she determined there were none she turned to look at the people in front of her. “Alright, who are you? And what did you mean by combining the multiverse?”

The woman stepped forward and introduced them, “I’m Alex and this is J’onn. Last year, my sister, Supergirl, and a group of people, saved the multiverse after it was being destroyed. In saving it though, they combined the previous multiverse into one universe and created another multiverse. In our original universe, you were fictional characters from a show called ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer.’ But since you’re here, we can pretty much assume that you existed in a different universe in the old multiverse. Wow, that sounds insane, even to me.” Alex turned to J’onn who had a slight smile on his face.

Buffy and Spike stared at Alex and J’onn, not really knowing what to say, was this a prank? If not, then how the hell could they not remember something like the multiverse ending? As the couple stood there in shock, Kara walked through the door, she glanced at them for a moment before turning to J’onn, “Did Alex tell them they were a TV show yet?” J’onn nodded and Kara hummed before turning to look at the couple. “By the way, we were tracking those guys you killed in the alley, we were hoping they’d be able to lead us to an underground human trading and selling group. They were our only leads.”

Spike looked slightly abashed and apologized, “Sorry love, thought we were helping. We didn’t know.” A second later, Buffy shook her head and joined the conversation, “We can help. We’re pretty good at taking down human trading operations.” Not too long after offering to help, Buffy and Spike were following the group into an elevator. When the doors opened up a the top floor, they were greeted by a round room with computers everywhere and a small science lab off to the right of the elevator. In the room was a young woman dressed in a blue suit, a green man and a woman with curly brown hair. The new group of people introduced themselves as Nia, Brainy and Lena.

J’onn led Buffy and Spike to a table in the middle of the room before he began explaining the case to them. “Over the last six weeks, 25 men between the ages of 18 and 30 have gone missing. They all had one thing in common, they were all expecting to meet up with someone who calls themselves “Elvira” on a vampire enthusiast chat group. We were able to track the IP address of the person the men were talking to and we narrowed it down to a man named Alan Colter, turns out Alan died, seven months ago. But we have seen him on several security cameras around the city, not too far from where each man was taken.”

As Buffy listened to the rest of the information J’onn had, she tried to come up with a few ideas as to why vampires would be kidnapping men. A few of the ideas she had were: Slave labor, Food and Sacrifices, none of those sounded good to her.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

A few hours later, the group had ordered take out while trying to come up with new ideas and leads. Kara had headed back to work and Buffy had heard Alex say something about Kara being whipped by a cat which made no sense to her. She didn’t really know what. Make of the situation they were in, earlier this evening, Buffy thought that she and Spike would patrol for a few hours and then go and have a relaxing dinner. Now she’s apparently a non fictional, fictional character and aliens are real, if she wasn’t living it she’d be tempted to say it was a really weird dream.

Spike was chatting with J’onn, something about shared life experience and being old. Buffy looked around the room and noticed that the little group worked well together, they were an odd mix but they fit well together. They kind of reminded her of the scoobies, the super powered blonde, her sister, their adoptive dad, the best friends. It was almost jarring how similar they all were. A beeping on the monitor startled Buffy out of her thoughts, just as she was standing up to join everyone by the screen, Kara flew in through the window and stood beside her.

“What’s that?”

“That is a facial recognition alarm, a camera down by the bay has just spotted Alan walking into one of the abandoned warehouses.” J’onn turned back to the groups determined look on his face and told them all to suit up and head out. As everyone gathered. Their weapons and supplies, Kara and J’onn headed back to the window and took off towards the bay. Alex led everyone else to the SUV and followed behind.

At the warehouse, J’onn was standing just outside a gate, waiting for them as they pulled up. He walked up to them and pointed to the building.

“Supergirl said there’s people inside the main building, she can’t see through the windows, they have been painted over.” Alex nodded as she and J’onn led the group through a small opening in the fence. Kara landed next to them while they all raised their weapons and approached the door. A nod from Alex had Kara kicking the door open and they all swarmed in, towards the middle of the room Buffy could see the missing men tied and kneeling in a circle, surrounded by a large pentagram made out of bones. Several robed figures stood in the middle of the circle created by the men, chanting, strands of golden light coming up from the ground were tied around their bodies.

A group of vampires broke off from the man group guarding the humans and attacked. As Buffy fought her way through the vampires, she noticed Kara hovering above them, shooting lasers out of her eyes. Seriously, Dawn was never going to believe her when she heard this. Getting closer and closer to the missing humans, Buffy could tell that the chanting figures were getting nervous, their chanting was beginning to waver and the golden light was beginning to flicker.

Eventually all the vampires were cleared out, the chanting figures were knocked unconscious and police and EMS were there to help the now rescued humans. Kara walked up to Buffy and Spike with a smile on her face and crossed her arms across her chest. “Thanks for helping. We made a pretty good team tonight.”

Buffy smiled, “Yeah we did, didn’t we. Maybe next time the world or universe is ending you can give us a call, we’ll bring the rest of the scoobies.”

“That would be great! Hey are you hungry? I know this place that has the best potstickers in the galaxy.”

As the group headed back to the tower to eat and chat after a long night, Buffy couldn’t help but think: “Nothing’s ever gonna be normal.”

#buffy the vampire slayer #supergirl #Buffy summers #kara Danvers #spike #J’onn j’onzz #Alex Danvers #my fic #crossover

[curioussubjects]

OK I WATCHED SACRIFICE

justice4billy, first of all (& hugs for roslin omg that bit when she fixed his hair my heart 😭😭).

second of all: i cannot CANNOT believe the first cheating buffoon was dee of all people this is Very Rich. also, dee, bby, i actually really do like your character but whyyy are you dumping billy for lee. especially since she already knew lee and kara had some messy bullshit going on. the instant karma there OOF. 

no but really im actually surprised in my lj spelunking i never saw folks talk about dee cheating before anyone else did, instead i mostly saw folks complaining about pilots-related infidelity wank. sometimes...missing out on a fandom’s heyday....is better.

anyway, thoughts and prayers to samuel anders for being the only well-adjusted member of the quadrangle of doom. free yourself legend. 

this show cracks me up though using gd ellen as authorial mouthpiece: 

“well it's hard, you know? to choose the people we fall in love with...to love only one person at a time. people like us are more complicated.”

bsg if rdm understood polyamory lolsobs. not that i think pilots could handle polyamory considering how intensely focused they are on each other. 

in other related and unsubtle news: sure is interesting how lee decides to get in the middle of a gunfight (for why??) and ends up getting shot by kara, who as a result unlocks another level in trauma and guilt. and then!!! kara watching lee from the shadows in sickbay while dee is there!! much to think about!!! (also violence) 

and speaking of lee: incredible high int low wis rep lmfao i love my idiot son he’s SO jhkjhkjh

LASTLY, my favorite part of the whole episode was kara in civvies. 10/10 outfit i am looking. also marry me.

---

 the captain’s hand is next...eventually bc im still not over scar. pilots 😩

#battlestar galactica #rip me bsg blogging in 2022 #bsg

[miyaniacs]

Mafia AU - Bokuto x fem!reader

Chapter 9 - Fear 

Chapter 8 - I love you’s and lies ;  Index ; masterlist

A/N: this is kinda like a filler chapter - preparation for it all to go down ^^

Friday 6am

The room was dark. 

The only thing heard was heavy  breathing and blood dripping. 

Bokuto sits in the big leather chair, the knife still in his hand. He leans his head on one hand  and sighs. His eyes move back up to the man hanging down from the ceiling. There‘‘re cuts all over his skin, parts of his skin missing. 

“How can I be sure that you‘re no lying?“ he asks and gets up, slowly walking towards him. The eyes of the man show nothing less than pure panic. 

“Tell me, how can  I be sure you‘re telling the truth?“ He towers over the man, tipping his chin with the tip of the knife, while tilting his head to the side. 

“I - I promise! I‘m not lying! That is exactly what I heard the boss and Ushijima say a few hours ago !“ the mans voice is filled with fear. 

“So YOU are saying that they don‘t trust Y/N anymore?“ Bokuto hisses. 

“Yes! They said she‘s not trustworthy anymore, since she seems way too comfortable with you and ..“ the man stops. 

“And what?“ Bokuto growls, his hand grabs the skinned arm of the man, who lets out a bloodcurdling scream. 

“That they think about killing her, since... she knows too much, they can‘t let her go just like that.“ he whispers. 

“Killing her?“ Bokuto says between gritted teeth. “How could they... how could he... gosh she thinks she really means something to Ushijima.“ he mutters. 

“HINATA!“ He screams and immediately the door opens and the orange haired man walks in.

“Yes?“ he asks. „Take Atsumu with you and go to my flat - get her out of it and bring her here.“ he says coldly.

“But Bokuto..“ Hinata begins but gets interrupted. „ NOW!“ he yells, his eyes shining dangerously. 

“FUCK!“ he yells as soon as the door slams close. 

How could he been so blind? Obviously it couldn’t been that easy. At some point they had to find out that he and the others knew about her being a spy and using it for their advantage. 

His thoughts get interrupted by a muffled groan. 

“CAN‘T YOU SEE THAT I NEED SOME TIME FOR MYSELF?!“ He yells and spins around facing the man again. „And.“ he takes a step forward, „I need to you to be quiet.“ a quick movement with his right hand and the man is quiet. 

Friday 7 am

“He‘s in here.“ Atsumu says and watches you with sharp eyes and an amusing smirk on his face. You warp your arms around your shaking body and wait fir Hinata to open the door. You‘re freezing cold. They woke you up about half an hour ago and immediately dragged you out of Bokuto‘s flat. 

The door opens and you take a step inside. It was dark and quite. The door slams shut behind you.

In the dim light you see some silvery objects neatly laying down on a white desk. Plastic foil on the floor and a lifeless body hanging from the ceiling.

No... no... this can‘t. They know. Omg they know it they know everything. And now.. they... You don‘t have your phone with you. How can you tell your loved ones that you‘re sorry and that you love them? How can you apologize to Ushijima- that you failed and that he shouldn’t do anything stupid now. But how did they found out= have you been too carefree? Has he checked your phone? NO - u look back at the dead man - was it him? Did he betray you? Was he the reason that you‘ll now - 

You‘re unable to think this thought any further.

Then you see him. He‘s sitting in the large chair in the middle of the room. 

“Come here love.“ he demands without moving an inch. On shaking legs you take a step, and another and another, until you‘re right in front of him. 

Bokuto frowns and quickly takes off his jacket.  

“Gosh i said now, but that didn’t mean to not let you change.“ he sighs. You look down on yourself. He was right. You‘re only wearing his sweatshirt and your shoes... and that’s it.

You take the jacket with shaking hands. “Why am I here?“ you whisper. 

Closing his eyes he pats his leg. “Come here.“  Hesitantly you sit down and instantly his arms wrap around you, pulling you against his body. He rest his chin on your shoulder and takes a deep breath. 

“You‘re in danger love.“ he mumbles, “They know that we know about you and now they can‘t trust you anymore... and we both know what they do with those they can‘t trust... This man“, he nods to the dead body, „told me that he heard your boss and - I’m sorry to tell you - and Ushijima talk about it.“ 

Ushijima. 

He would never... he could never... not after last night... or was it.. his... his farewell? 

The room remains silent, the only thing heard is your breathing and the dripping blood. 

Then it hit you. 

The message. He told you that he was with „the Boss.“ He tried to warm you. This is all staged. All part of the plan to get you even closer to Bokuto, hopefully even involved in the gang. You blink a few times and take a deep breath. 

Okay, you‘re time to act again. 

“I - this.. why?“ you breath out and shift on his legs, cuddling closer to him. 

"I‘m sorry.“ he genuinely says and kisses your forehead.

"Thank you Kou - Thank you for protecting me.“ you say and nuzzle your face in his neck. His hands gently stoke your back and hair, “I know this is a shock to you, but i promise I‘ll do whatever i have to do to keep you save, I promise i‘ll talk to my boss and ask if he can help.“ he says determined. 

The room was dark. 

The only thing heard was slow breathing and blood dripping. 

Two figures can be seen in the chair. 

Bokuto‘s gaze is fixed on the dead body. His eyes showcase determination, anger, fear and love. 

Her face is hid in his neck, that was he can‘t see the guilt in her eyes and the worried expression. 

Taglist (open) : @kageyamasbraincell , @tendouthighs ,  @lilacshouko @softhourswithseb @theperksofcoffee @cuddlesslut  @shhhlikeme, @kynyta @yammmers  @asahi-is-jesus-periodt @hxnni-bxnni @theduvetpirate @chromaticstudio @gywjd0131​ @haikyuusimp91​ @kara-grayson04​

#haikyuu headcanons #haikyuu x reader #haikyuu imagines #haikyuu x y/n #bokuto headcanons #bokuto imagine #haikyuu mafia

[ofendlesswonder]

omg can you do “We could get arrested for this.” for supercat pls? and thank you very much! hope you stay safe and have an awesome day! xo

11. “We could get arrested for this.”

Kara crashes through the ceiling of the abandoned warehouse with an almighty crash, landing in a crouch on the ground so hard that she makes a dent in the concrete.

It sends the men within scattering, and it’s reallyeasier than it ought to be, to dispatch the lot of them, fighting with a fury that she doesn’t even know she’s capable of, her laser vision leaving burnt streaks on the walls.

In the centre of the warehouse, a woman is tied to achair, blindfolded, and as Kara approaches, she begins to tremble, doesn’t stop even when Kara pulls the blindfold from her head, kneeling in-front of her and carefully releasing her from the ropes that tie her hands to the back of the chair.

“Ms Grant?” Kara asks, gently rubbing the red weltsaround Cat’s wrists from where she’d struggled against her restraints. “Ms Grant, are you okay?” As she waits for an answer, Kara gives Cat a cursory once-over with her x-ray vision to check that there are no broken bones.

“I’m much better now.” Cat’s voice is quiet, shaky, and her face is streaked with dirt, her eyes a little dazed as they focus on Kara’s face. “Tell me, does Supergirl usually lower herself to search and rescuemissions?”

“She does when it’s someone she cares about.”

Cat had been kidnapped whilst on her way to apolitical rally in National City, and Kara has no idea what the motive of the attack had been beside a high ransom demand, but she knows she won’t rest untilshe finds out.

“Let’s get you out of here,” Kara murmurs, keeping her voice low because Cat still looks very shaken, and Kara hates that it had been three days before she’d found out Cat was missing, because if she’d knownsooner, she wouldn’t have spent so long fearing for her life. “Do you trust me?”

“It’s very hard not to trust the person who just savedyour life,” Cat replies, allowing Kara to help her up and guide Cat’s arms around her neck.

Pressed against her front, Cat is warm, but she’sstill shaking, and Kara can both feel and hear her heart, hammering against her ribcage. She feels so fragile, as Kara scoops her up, making sure to hold onto her tight as she pushes them off the floor, and Cat flinches as below them, the warehouse door crashes open as police file in to arrest the perpetrators that Kara has helpfully left scattered across the floor.

She leaves the clean-up in the NCPD’s capable hands, shooting back through the hole she’d made in the roof, and taking Cat straight to another pair of capable hands, landing them on the balcony of the DEO that she favours whenever she flies into the building.

She doesn’t let go on Cat’s hand until she’s got herinto a treatment room, Alex already waiting for them, and Kara is tense the whole time Alex is checking her over, sagging with relief when her sister assures her that there is no lasting damage.

“Does Carter know I’m safe?” Cat asks, jumping out of the bed as soon as Alex gives her the all-clear, and gratefully shrugging into the DEO hoodie that Kara hands her, noticing she’s still shivering.

“Yes, he’s been staying with his father while you were… gone,” Kara answers, “but I called him when we found you, and he should be here in a couple of hours.”

“Good.” Cat’s face floods with relief. “Can you… canyou get me out of here, please?” She asks, turning on Kara with pleading eyes. “I hate hospital rooms.”

“Where do you want to go?”

“Anywhere,” Cat answers, stepping close to Kara andwrapping her arms around her neck without being prompted, her breathing still shaky, her mouth pressing against Kara’s collarbone, breath hot against her skin. “As long as you stay with me.” She says that quietly, but Kara still hears it, her breath catching as she holds Cat close, and if she makes Cat feels safer, then she won’t ever let her go.

She flies out of the window and hovers high in the sky for a moment, debating where to go, and, deciding that Cat would probably prefer to go somewhere secluded, drops somewhere where she knows no-one will bother them.

“You can open your eyes, now,” Kara murmurs, knowing that Cat hates heights – probably even more so since Kara had launched her offher balcony.

“Are we standing on what I think we’re standing on?”Cat asks, dropping her arms from Kara’s neck but not stepping away as she takes in her new surroundings. “Kara, we could get arrested for this.”

Kara doesn’t acknowledge Cat’s slip, and instead flops down so that she’s seated, her legs swinging over the side of one of the Hollywood sign’s O’s.

“If anyone comes, I can fly us away,” Kara assuresher, patting the space beside her.

“Everyone would still know it was you,” Cat pointsout, but she folds herself down beside Kara all the same, huddling into her side. “Your cape isn’t exactly subtle.”

“Pretty sure no-one would try to arrest me,” Karareplies, enjoying the view that this vantage point offers them. “Are you okay, Ms Grant?”

“No.” Cat turns towards her, eyes more than a littlehaunted. “But I will be – nothing that a bottle of scotch or sleeping pills won’t fix.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t find you sooner.”

“You don’t need to be sorry, Kara.” Cat reaches out tosqueeze the back of Kara’s hand, and Kara can’t help but grab it before Cat can move away, tangling their fingers together. “You did find me, and that’s all that matters. Although I do wish we weremeeting again under better circumstances.” Cat manages to crack a smile, and Kara matches it with one of her own.

“Me too.” It’s been years since Cat left forWashington, and they haven’t spoken since, but when she’d seen the footage of Cat being taken, Kara had seen red, and it had felt like no time had passed at all. “I’d ask how you’ve been, but…”

“Wonderful, until two days ago,” Cat quips, alreadysounding more like her old self. “Who’d have thought that working for the President would have put a target on my back?”

“Maybe you should think about another career change,” Kara suggests, gently nudging Cat’s shoulder with her own. “Come back to CatCo.”

“CatCo is thriving without me,” Cat replies, “as are you, Pulitzer prize winning journalist.” Cat meets Kara’s eyes, her smile fond. “I never reached out to congratulate you, and I should have done, I’m sorry.”

“Oh, that’s okay,” Kara shrugs, more touched than Cat will ever know to realise that she’s kept up with her career even though she’s long gone. “But thank you.”

“I always knew you had it in you.” Cat runs her thumbalong the bumps of Kara’s knuckles, and Kara tries very hard to remember how to breathe – if she’d thought for one moment that any of those feelings she’d had for Cat all those years ago had ever faded, she’s finding that she’s sorely mistaken, now that Cat is back by her side.

“Always?” Kara asks, raising a sceptical eyebrow. “What about when you were waxing poetic about millennials the day I walked into your office? Or yelling at me for not getting your lunch order right, or your latte being too cold, or - ”

“Watch it,” Cat grumbles, though there’s a sparkle inher eye, “you’re starting to make me sound like a terrible boss.”

“You weren’t,” Kara assures her, and Cat shoots her alook that suggests she thinks that Kara is lying. “You weren’t! Sure, you were a hardass, sometimes,” she grins as Cat’s eyes narrow into a glare, “but you were a lot of other things, too. Kind and compassionate and always trying to push me to better myself. I learned a lot from you. I never would have won that Pulitzer without you shaping me into thejournalist I am today.”

“Thank you, Kara.” Cat looks touched, and Kara doesn’t know if she should acknowledge the casual way that they’re talking about working together whilst Kara is wearing her cape – she’s known that Cat’s known for a long time, but they’ve never acknowledged it, had always let it be the elephant in the room, until today.

Not that she’s complaining – it feels freeing, to nolonger have to hide a part of herself from Cat.

“For being kind to me, and for saving me. I can’t tellyou how relieved I was to have you be my saviour, and not one of those insufferable secret service agents – you are much nicer to look at.”

“It was really no problem, Ms Grant.” She’s blushing,which only seems to amuse Cat further, her eyes sparkling with mirth.

“Surely we’re past such formalities at this point, hm?” Cat’s eyes are still on her face, her gaze so intense that Kara struggles to remember how to breathe. “If you’re letting me call you Kara without any protest, I think it’s only fair that you call me Cat.”

“Okay,” Kara nods, “Cat.” Kara feels her phone buzz in her pocket, and she sees a text from Alex on her screen when she glances at it. “Carter’s just arrived at the DEO,” Kara reads. “Are you ready to go back yet?”

“Only for my son,” Cat decides, climbing to her feetwith Kara’s help. “Thank you for keeping me company.”

“It’s no trouble at all,” Kara replies. “It’s beennice to see you again – even if I wish it was under better circumstances.”

“Yes, it has,” Cat agrees, her hand still claspingKara’s tightly, and Kara never wants her to let go. “I’ll probably be staying in the city for a few days, recuperating – feel free to fly by and check I haven’t been kidnapped again?”

“No-one will get close to you on my watch, Cat,” Karapromises, and she’ll station a DEO agent at every entrance and exit to Cat’s hotel of choice if it will make her sleep better at night.

“Oh yeah?” Cat’s voice, unless Kara is very muchmistaken, has turned flirtatious, and it leaves her shaken. “And how are you going to make sure of that, hm?” She lets go of Kara’s hand to slide them towards her neck, dragging her palms over Kara’s collarbones and up and over her shoulders, touch deliberate enough to make Kara’s knees weak. “By staying the night?”

“I-if that would make you feel safe,” Kara says,amazed that she can speak at all with Cat so close. “Then yes.”

“Do you mean to tell me that if I wanted to getSupergirl into my bed, I merely had to ask?” Cat asks, and she’s arching a playful eyebrow but there’s a vulnerability in her eyes, and Kara’s hands are gentle as they slide down to rest on Cat’s hips.  

“Did you hit your head when you were held captive?”Kara queries, her voice so soft it’s almost carried away by the wind. “Do we need to get you a brain scan? Because the Cat I used to know definitely didn’t want little old me.”

“Oh, but she did,” Cat says, and Kara’s heart nearlystops. “I wanted you very much, but there was a very long list of reasons why it would be a terrible idea.”

“So what changed?”

“I thought I was going to die,” Cat murmurs, and Kara’s jaw clenches at the mere thought. “And all I could think about, stuck in that damn chair, was all the mistakes I’ve made in my long, long life, and through it all, my biggest regret has been letting you slip away, even though I’d convinced myself that leaving CatCo was the best thing for the both of us.”

“I… I didn’t know you felt that way.”

“I never wanted you to know,” Cat replies, “but now, I… I couldn’t live with myself if I didn’t at least try, and if you don’t feel the same way, then that’s fine, because it’s been years and I’m twice your age, and - ”

Kara cuts her off with a kiss, soft and chaste,because she doesn’t want to hear another second of Cat putting herself down. Cat gasps against her lips before she’s kissing her back, and Kara sighs as shepulls her closer, because as far as first kisses go, it’s pretty damn perfect.

“Come over tonight?” Cat asks when they part, the both of them hyper-aware of the fact that time isn’t on their side, with Carter waiting for them back in National City. “And we can talk about everything?”

“Just let me know when and where.”

Cat kisses her again before they take off,open-mouthed and messy, and Kara’s head is spinning so much that it’s a miracle that she doesn’t crash into any buildings on their way back to the DEO.

#supercat #supercat:minific #lockdown prompts #Anonymous

[ladyshilya]

Arrow: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 4 & Legends of Tomorrow: Crisis on Infinite Earths Part 5

Ok lets see how this ends, how they gets the Earth’s back and how they deal with the new Paragon. 

Look the Monitor’s planet and he had a wife, so this is going to go bad. This is all the Monitor’s fault. That is why you don’t go to see the dawn of time.

Lex you have been volunteered hope you trust your work.

What is with that deep voice, Oliver sounds like the Monitor. He might want to lose that voice because he sounds like a demon. Yea, if I was them I would have freaked out if I saw Oliver because he sounds like a demon and kinda looks like one.

Wow, all it takes to unlock someone's potential a boop on the head.

Basically they have to change history. Well that usually turns out bad for Barry but sure let try it, maybe it won’t go wrong.

They lost Lex and Barry is in some weird place in the speed force. Oliver’s voice sounds normal. Great, Barry you lost people in the speed force. It shouldn’t be to hard to find them just use your brain.

OMG DC movies Flash. That was kinda awesome and that is exactly how the DC movie Barry would have acted. The cameo’s keep coming.

Really Lex, you have powers now. Why did anyone let him near that book? Also Jon Cryer is an amazing Lex Luther.

It’s just Up, Up and Away. Also they are really lucky that planet is similar to earth with gravity and oxygen.

I love Lois, “Barry did you go shopping for a new costume while you were suppose to the saving the world.”

Basically this episode is going to be Barry running around the speed force into random moments from Arrow. While Kara and Ryan try to stop Lex from being Lex.

Listen to Ryan because we don’t need this whole Crisis to happen. Great so there will always be a Monitor who will travel to the dawn of time and cause the Crisis. Well there goes that plan, some how I knew it wouldn’t work. What have we always been told on Flash don’t change time because bad things happen when you do and somethings are inevitable.

I like that, if I knew I would tell you but I don’t know. I trust you will know when the time is right. They are going to let Oliver do whatever it is that he needs to do. Also it’s probably good Lex got powers for this moment.

Looks like Oliver might have gotten some powers too. “You have failed this Universe”.

Are they going to Care Bear Stare? Seriously they basically did a stare down and that is all they had to do? Am I the only one who feels like that was anticlimactic.

Was Barry telling Oliver that him dying is a cop-out? That is what I got from its worse for those of us who live because we have to keep going and be the hero’s. I am pretty sure there was no avoiding Oliver dying there. I bet that is not what they were trying to imply but that’s what I got from the moment. Really took away from what should have been a sad moment. Also did Oliver just die again?  

Wait everything is back? I feel like there has to be more in the last episode. Otherwise there wouldn’t be a need for a 5th episode to the crossover.

What did you do Lex? We all know you are not the good guy, Unless him being the hero really got to his head. If Lena and Lex advocate for Supergirl does that mean no more crazy Lena? While I wanted crazy Lena to stop it feels like a cop-out and way too easy. Also what was the point of the beginning on the season if that got erased. I really need the next episode of Supergirl for answers.

Is there 1 Earth? Either this gets fixed or there is just one Earth. You know that wouldn’t be the worst thing. Really what is having infinite Earth’s giving us? The ability to “bring people back from the dead”. It’s really was just a way for us to tie in all the shows and movies in.

Looks like Nash is back to normal. I guess that means that Lyla is back to normal. J’onn really enjoyed giving Nash those memories. Also should we put all the blame on Nash. Yes, he should’ve have let the Antimonitor out but The Monitor shouldn’t have started it all in the first place by going to the dawn of time. How about we be pissed off at both of them. Is anyone upset that J’onn is giving them all the memories.

OMG Beebo. Omg Mick is doing book signings. Really Ray a selfie? Mick is pissed this interrupted his signings. Also I am a going to miss Snart AI. Apparently Beebo is sacred.

I get it that everyone is really upset about Oliver dying. Somehow when they all happened that memory or knowledge was taken away. It is something Team Arrow had been preparing for the fact that Oliver was not suppose to survive the Crisis. Some of them where there when he died the first time. I understand that people thought that he would be alive when everything got fixed. The Monitor was very always said that Oliver was going to die very specific about that. Even with Barry he said The Flash, so it could be a different one. He always said Oliver had to die.

There is still antimatter in the city? Ok, so what are they going to do about it. I had been wondering about Ryan because no one mentioned him. Once they realized that Paragons remembered everything I feel like they should have checked on him. I am sure he is trying to figure what is going on as well. Wow, Ryan and Ray were nerding out hard core.

Hello Black Lighting, I guess you would be on this Earth as well. Also love the Mick and Frost banter. I would be so here to see that more often. Can Frost do a cameo on Legends?

“We will not fail this world,” nice reference to Oliver’s phrase. Barry does have fast hands. Did anyone really think that Barry was going to press the button. He is not that dumb. Doesn’t he have a multiple degrees?

Oh no, angry Kara. Throw it like a girl, not sure how I feel about that phrase. I know they didn't mean in the bad way but I kinda feel like they didn’t have to say it.

Wait did Diggle get his daughter back? The one that turned into JJ when Barry changed time. Wait Superman has more than one son? Did this merge things from multiples Earths? How does Clark remember having only one child but Lois does’t? Is it because of the him being given all the memories? Wouldn't those have merged when J’onn did the memory thing? I have some questions about this moment.

There still is a multiverses out there just all the CW shows now exist on one Earth. Hello Titans (which I have now seen), Green Lantern, Swamp Thing, Brandon Routh Superman, Doom Patrol, and Star Girl and the Justice Society.

Black Lighting you have no idea Is that like a Justice League table? Was that the Hall of Justice?

Stargirl is getting her own show? I guess that is why we had so see her team on Earth-2. CW is about to become the DC superhero network. Also just learned about the green light for Lois and Clark’s show. Which I am going to so watch because I love her as Lois. I like her better as Lois then her character on Grimm.  Also Gleek as in Gleek who hung out with the Wonder Twins? Does that mean the Wonder Twins are going to come in at some point.   

Well I am here for Earth-Prime it will make the crossovers so much easier. Can we have more cameos like they do on Chicago PD, Fire and Med? I would like to see slight cameos from people once in awhile.

I have to say this was the best crossover. I had thought that about last years. Yes, were there some issues with this crossover of course. I could have done without the whole having to find people on the speed force and had more with battling the Antimonitor. The whole Care Bear stare was just dumb. Some of the cameos were just done as fan service and had not point. If none of those people were going to Paragons then it was like why did you even bother with them? At the same time I loved them so I can’t complain too bad. Yes, if they took somethings out it would have been a shorter show. There was quite a bit of filler bit it was enjoyable fillers. It would have been nice to see more characters in the 5th episode. Where was Mia, William, Connor, Ralph, Cisco, Brainy, and others? With all that being said it was really ambious to do and they did a good job with it. It was an enjoyable crossover.

I am curious to see what they do for next years crossover because it will have to be huge. Someone might have to die 3 times. I am curious to see what these changes are going to do for the upcoming seasons. Somethings will not be how we left them. Also can someone tell me where Felicity went at the end of Arrow with the Monitor? Oliver died twice so where did she go to see him?

#Crisis on Infinite Earths #crisis on infinite earths spoilers #The Flash #arrow #Barry Allen #green arrow #supergirl #Batwoman #legends of tomorrow #legends of tomorrow spoilers #supergirl spoilers #batwoman spoilers #batwoman tv series #batwoman cw #supergirl tv show #CW Supergirl #superman #Black Lightening #arrow spoilers #Arrow CW #the flash tv series #the flash spoilers #cw the flash #cw

[quesadillabitch]

summary of the rest of hss book 3: omg who could have sent that note!?!? Hearst students, of course - obviously, Kara and Max, right??? There is an entire chapter dedicated just to discussing the absolutely mindblowin event with the friend group and """suddenly""", everyone decides it's time to scooby up, isa 2.0 style to investigate Hearst students to get more proof. these wacky hijinx will commence over no less than three chapters. diamond choice to raid an old folks home so we can get some stylin duds reminscient of kara "my dentures are like, uh, totally Versace" and max "two hip replacements do not disqualify me as star qb" Hearst, two absolutely legitimate High School Students(tm) (x45 over), in order to infiltrate their afternoon knitting circles.

mc n co. find nothing solid but dramatically blame Hearst during lunch in the cafeteria. food is thrown once again. Kara and Max act innocent and feign ignorance, they make a scene as the elderly tend to, and their loyal hyena pack of somehow the entire Hearst student populace agrees immediately with them because it's Realistic, guys. Brian makes an irrelevant comment, no one cares. Terrence and Zoe just start making out at random intervals. we get 798294 top screen messages that our hearst approval has dropped as badly as this hss book 3 premise has, it is just the end of the goddamn world y'all.

Prom won't happen now because one minor issue destabilized the entire political and social structure of this bizarre high school world and Hearst has threatened to pull any support and participation. Maria cries. two chapters are given to sulking dramatically. eventually, one of the Good hearst students come forth and admits that they were behind the note, but were bullied into writing it by grandma and grandpa, and, because they're a lemming with no common sense, they did instead of like,,, just walking away like anyone would. Mc n co. are absolutely shocked by the original revelation and reassure good hearst student #1-4 that they will fix this even tho prom is in -24 minutes and everything has been ruined by hearst' whiny asses.

two more chapters dedicated to apologizing to hearst nonsensically and undeservedly ala rcd, and then another filled with five billion diamond choices to bulk up our ninth fictional dance. next chap is prom, mc is given the choice between an outfit lovingly picked out by our friends and father, made of sunbeams and dew (4098292 diamonds), dad or mom's old kinda goofy looking suit or dress (21084 diamonds), or a trash bag dad found at the dump that reminded him of his child (technically free, but the cost is your shame). we choose the garbage bag. Dad sniffles and says a pun about how good mc looks, but really he's starting to cry because it smells, like, really bad. Mc's friends congregate at their home, all look either classy af or they've had an irrelevant side character from a different book's rando outfit photoshopped on them. 

everyone goes to prom and praises mc's endless dedication. kara and max pity win prom king and queen for the 98th in a row, no one cares. Everyone looks bad. mc and li dance together, and we are given a diamond option to blow up karas car... oh wait, that'd be too much fun. instead there is a 30 diamond scene to name each other lockers and say i love u. Myra interjects out of nowhere before they say it, and hands mc and their li a stack of her favourite mc x li fanfiction she has written about them. mc and li laugh somewhat awkwardly. chapter closes...

we enter the next semester: mc n co sit in class waiting for ms Maddox to scold mc n li for looking at each other too hard, but when they hear footsteps and turn towards the door... it's..... gasp,,, mc's mom?!??????!!?! as the new teacher?????? mc immediately flatlines and the chapter fades closed... find out next time in hss book 4..... will mc's dad's insurance cover this?? will myra continue to be weirdly involved and overly interested in mc and li's relationship???? OoooOoOnly book 4 will tell !!! n that's it.

#high school story #hss #playchoices #quesa chatter

[thatsjustsupergirl]

3x22 thoughts & feelings

Kara things:

Look who found the secret entrance to Selena’s house even without her super-vision, high five

It’s always interesting to see Kara when she doesn’t have her powers, and the moment when she realizes Selena’s planted a trap but can’t do much of anything to react or protect anybody is ... rough

Kara in her dad’s lab!!! Reminiscing about being a little nerd poking around at experiments and helping and doing cool science!

Kara talking through Holo!Mom was excellent, as were all of the associated sibling hijinks with Winn -- Erica Durance did a great job of mimicking Melissa

Watch my girl get the fancy Kryptonian computer to work and make the hologram look around in the DEO after both Alura and Mon-El can’t figure it out

Heeeeeee, her little face of “that’s not good!” when the AI’s hand went right through the portal controls was so freaking precious

Also hello, I am in love with her squinting as she attempted to use her x-ray vision to track someone through a wall before remembering she had no powers

Kara tricking people into fixing the portal with her sass, that’s my hero and I love her!

KARA’S BEAMING SMILE WHEN SHE INTRODUCED HER MOM TO ALEX WAS SO ADORABLE I COULD WRITE A SONG ABOUT IT

Alex things:

“I hope we’re not disturbing you,” says mind-reading dad who knows Alex is clearly not thinking about work

“You have a rare gift for intuiting the feelings of others” I’VE ONLY BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE FOREVER, SO THANK YOU FOR THIS GIFT, SHOW

Um... Space Grandpa also saying she would also have made an excellent green martian?? This is just outright rude

“There is no need for watering of the eyes, child.” FIRST OF ALL, WAY TO CALL ME OUT LIKE THIS, AND SECOND, CHILD. Everything about this scene was <3 <3 <3

Doctor Science Alex back at it again

Winn screaming “ALEXXXXXX!” was hilarious, as was Alex accepting that Holo!Kara was real immediately and getting exasperated at Winn for being like “but are you sure?”

WHO’S THE TRUE BELIEVER NOW, COVILLE

Alex remains zero percent intimidated by powerful aliens and I love it

Oh, look, Lena turned her kryptonite over to Alex and the DEO just like Kara told her to several episodes ago

Planting some kryptonite into the palms of those gloves was clever

Cool as it is, you can really, really tell that flying kick was done by the stunt double 😂😂😂😂

Seeing all these examples of lethal heat vision makes you appreciate just how wild it is that Alex’s reaction to Kara almost hitting her in the 3x06 flashback was an irritated “what the hell?”

Everybody else:

🎵double double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble 🎵

Um, Ruby’s blue hair looks kinda awesome, nice job Alex

Sam! asked! for! help!!

CARL LUMBLY IS SUCH A JOY AND I WILL MISS HIM BEING ON MY TV

Selena’s telling Alura that the destruction of Krypton was kinda her fault and I am way too pleased because there is also a really great subtext happening here re: Kryptonian culture and oppression

The M’yrnn and J’onn stuff about how you need to understand the painful memories to have context for the good ones was a really nice background theme for an episode that was otherwise all about confronting painful realities

Heyyyyyy, a transmat portal! It’s like they put them into S2 on purpose.

Selena smirking at Coville and his self-important nonsense gives me life

This Reign rebirth is some Voldemort resurrection shit and I approve

Lena at it again not warning people that they could end up violently in pain as a side effect of her fancy forcefield

Ruby gets major points for not only remembering what Alex said about how the forcefield works, but also for recognizing that Demos needed a distraction and making a useful one

Ohhhh, Winn thought Demos’s belt would work because his did when he got heat-visioned earlier in the episode ... but Demos got hit by three people at once. RIP Demos. 😭😭

I am thoroughly enjoying this Lena & Eve teamup

Sam is a BAMF, you go Sam

Eyyyyyyy, Reign has her badass sword from the comics now!

YES GOOD, COVILLE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED FOR BEING A CULTURE-APPROPRIATING DOUCHEBAG

A wild James appears and delivers a lovely friend speech!

Sam, honey, do you even know where you’re going in this magic valley?

I’M SO READY FOR SPACE GRANDPA TO SAVE THE EARTH OMG 👽😭😍

Quibbles and Burning Questions:

Did Selena just ... never invite people to her home? Because it’s full of swords and there’s a giant Reign symbol on the wall

Total aside, but the eye makeup for Alex has been terrible all season and the excessive eyeliner was really distracting in this episode

It’s a shame this season was so crammed with story, because M’yrnn had to deliver a lot of exposition in this episode to compensate for other bits and pieces that were cut along the way

Uh... what was the point of the other Worldkillers if Reign is just gonna terraform the Earth

Wow, the CGI on that explosion in Selena’s house was ... not good

Much as I enjoyed the J’onn and M’yrnn stuff, it didn’t mesh well with the tone and pace of the rest of the episode

Why would Coville have any idea where the DEO is?

This conflict re: Mon-El as a piece of the perfect life Kara thought she still wanted when the season started would be touching if I hadn’t figured out where it was going ten episodes ago and gotten bored waiting for it to conclude

How exactly do these other Kryptonians already know how to use their powers when Kara was still working on hers two years into living on Earth??

Was it really necessary to throw the blood vials in the air just so Selena could catch them while they burned?

Is ... is Sam wearing a pair of earbuds as electrodes on her head for this journey back to the dark valley?

J’onn, I appreciate that you want the DEO to help get people to safety, but since the entire Earth is blowing up, where exactly are you gonna evacuate them to??

All of that earthquake footage was recycled from 3x01, whoops

#i just have a lot of feelings #supergirl #season three #kara danvers #alex danvers #long post

[facepalming-since-chernobyl]

Love is like a fart - an anti SC fandom fic

On AO3 HERE

For people who are tired of THAT fandom’s BULLSHIT.

Love is like a fart. If you have to force it, it's probably shit.

ME: This fic is very serious. No joking. No sarcasm. No irony. I’m dead serious. Serious like a heart attack. Serious like-

MON-EL: Like Serious Black?

ME: It’s SIRIUS Black and what the hell are you doing here?! Go back to the fic!

MON-EL: :(

ME: *cough awkwardly* Well, enjoy.

*

Lena and Kara, the loverbirds tortured and separated by bad writers, bad boyfriends and bad dead boyfriends were finally sitting in a super fancy, super exclusive apartment that Lena bought for Kara. Every free space was filled with roses. Lena also bought Kara two restaurants, super expensive car, a cottage in mountains and Monaco.

Because this is what you do when you truly and eternally love someone - you overwhelm your lover with not needed stuff. Because this is a sign of magical and pure love.

And well, because you are loaded, don’t give a shit about money and you can make that person feel like she owes you. #HealthyRelationshipGoals!!!

*

MXY: *munching popcorn* I can relate.

ME: What the fuck are you doing here?

MXY: Stalking.

ME: UGH.

*

Kara and Lena were sitting on a couch and sharing a blanket, because there is nothing more romantic than stealing scenes from the other ships, especially when your ship doesn’t have a single, normal, not delusional aka OMG-they-are-breathing-in-one-room!! canonical romantic scene.

(Sounds of SC fandom sobbing in the distance.)

So, they were sitting on the couch and the chemistry between them - nitrogen, oxygen, argon and carbon dioxide - was like always sparkling with unresolved sexual tension.

*

MXY: Wait, you just listed the elements of air.

ME: Because there is no other fucking chemistry there, duh?

MXY: Sad truth.

*

Kara looked at Lena lovingly like she was her best friend….

(Best friend? Wait a minute!)

*

ME: Kara, put your crap together and look at Lena like she’s the love of your life.

KARA: But I don’t know how!

ME: Just look at her like you look at Mon-El all the time, ok?

*

Kara lovingly looked at Lena, like Lena was Mon-El, because there was no other fucking way to make this shit genuine and relatable.

“Lena,” Kara asked sweetly.

“Yes, Starling?” Lena answered.

*

JACK: Hey! Stop stealing my fucking lines!!!

ME: Shut up, who cares? You are dead.

JACK: :’(((((((

MXY: YOLO, dude.

*

“Lena... why are you chewing your lip?”

“Because, I’m hungry, honey,” Lena said suggestively.

“I’m starving too, let’s order some food.”

“Silly, I’m hungry for your pussy.”

Kara stared awkwardly at Lena. Lena stared awkwardly at Kara.

“That was weird...” Kara said finally.

“Yeah, I know. But I found it in sc fics.”

“There are fics about us?!”

“Yes, in most of them we want to fuck each other and act super OOC, Mon-El is portrayed like the biggest OOC piece of shit that has nothing in common with canon and the shippers can’t tag properly their abusive crap even if their lives depend on it.”

“That’s why I don’t check tumblr these days.”

Lena gasped, suggestively because she did everything suggestively, and took out her phone “But you have to check this amazing cats video I -” and then she started crying. Suggestively.

“Why are you crying?”

“I just found posts made by SC shippers claiming Katie McGrath can’t play a straight character and have no chemistry with men actors! Kara, does it mean they think she is a shitty actress?”

Kara sweated (suggestively), “Well...”

*

MXY: *munching popcorn* Basically, they seriously claim she is a shitty actress.

LENA: *stares into the camera* That’s why Katie McGrath doesn’t have official accounts on social media.

ME: Because of the haters?

LENA: BECAUSE OF HER FUCKING STANS!!!

*

“Well, let’s just talk, ok? We are best friends after all, right?”

Suddenly Kara started crying too (suggestively, of course).

“Why, are you crying?”

“I don’t know, I just got a very canonical and weird feeling about the best friend thing. It’s so amazing that we have nothing in common and I can’t even tell you I am a fucking alien and that I lie to you all the time because, tadah!, I’m a freaking Supergirl! For sure it’s not going to kick my ass one day and fuck up our relationship, right? And it’s not like you are going to die in 50 years, leaving me alone and heartbroken, because I’m going to live forever, lol. We are super duper relationship goals, right?”

Lena blinked dumbly (and very suggestively) “Wait, you are an alien and Supergirl?”

Kara sweated in a super sexual way, “Ahahahaha! I’m joking!”

“Ahahaha!” Lena joined her, very sexually and suggestively, “So, funny! Supergirl? OMG, you look totally different, you wear glasses! I’m a freaking genius after all, I would realize my BEST friend is Supergirl, lol”.

They both laughed (very suggestively) for some time and finally Kara said:

“So, we should talk more, we are best friends and have so many interesting topics to discuss!”

...

Silence.

Still silence.

Super silence.

*

ME: Ugh, it’s awkward.

MXY: Yep. Make them talk about hot guys.

ME: They can’t talk about hot guys.

MXY: But it’s canon.

ME: It’s a SC fic, so we ignore the canon.

MXY: Make it sexual then.

ME: *sighs*

*

Suggestive sexual silence and tension like in every scene with Kara and Lena (at least in SC shippers’ eyes).

*

MXY: See? Everything is fixed now.

ME: *whispers to Jack’s Ghost* Is it?

JACK’S GHOST: *whispers back* Don’t ask me, I’m fucking dead.

ME: Let’s just move on...

*

“Did you know that shipping SC is the most progressive thing you can imagine?” Lena asked  with a low, suggestive voice.

“Shipping two white, privileged women who like dicks is called progressive these days?” Kara blinked her eyes in a very sexual fashion.

“Yes, I have a tumblr post that proves it,” Lena smiles. “And did you know that fucking writers are queerbaiting our fans?”

Kara gasped (suggestively), “No way! But didn’t they say we are only friends and Kara is not gay?”

Lena blinked, not very suggestively but you know, SC shippers are going to interpret it like that no matter what, “Well, they did, but my actress bites her lip, you know, in a sexuall way.”

“So, your actress… queerbaits SC fans, even if it’s not in the script?”

Lena blinked. Kara blinked back.

*

LENA: Does my actress queerbaits SC fans?

ME:...

MXY:...

JACK’S GHOSTS:...

ME: We don’t talk about it.

LENA: *CRIES IN IRISH*

*

Kara looked at Lena’s trembling lips and said:

“Maybe we should just move to the part everyone lusts for and kiss passionately.”

So they did and….

*

Hospital, an hour later

Sniffing Kara was standing near Lena’s bed.

“I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean it!” she sobbed.

“Don’t worry,” said Lena, covered by the bandages like a mummy “I’m fine. You just broke my nose, both hands, ten ribs and spine. I’m sure I’m not going to be paralyzed forever.”

Kara sniffed, ”So, do you want to go for another date?”

Lena opened her mouth and -

*

Lena’s apartment

Lena woke up screaming.

“And then she asked me out again and I screamed and I woke up,” Lena sobbed into Jack’s chest few minutes later, after telling him the whole nightmare.

“It’s ok, it was just a dream,” Jack kissed her hair and hugged her tightly.

Suddenly, James switched on the bed lamp.

“Guys, I love you both, but can we go back to sleep? I need to fucking get up in the morning.”

*

Kara’s apartment

Kara woke up laughing like an idiot.

“Rao, I just had the funniest dream you can imagine.”

“Can we talk about it in the morning?” Mon-El mumbled tiredly into her neck.

“But I want to hear it now!” Brainiac5 popped out from under the blanket and hugged Mon from behind.

“Can you stop rubbing my ass?” Mon-El growled.

“I thought you like it,” Brainiac said tearily.

“Not in the 5 in the morning, raodamnit!”

“What the hell Brainy is doing in our bed?” Imra asked suddenly.

“The more the merrier!” Mon and Brainiac said together.

Suddenly, a lightning stroke outside, the door to their bedroom opened and Lightning Lad walked in:

“Someone said something about the more the merrier?! ”

Imra and Kara looked at each other.

“We need a bigger bed,” they said in unison.

THE END

I’m not sorry.

P.S. BTW:

Me:Moniac5 for the win!

Mon-El: Winn is here too? *checks under the bed*

Me: WIN not WINN! Mon, stop-

Mon-El: *takes out Winn from under the bed*

Me:...

Me:They seriously need a bigger bed…

THE END END

#karamel #fics #my crap #anti sc fandom #anti sc #i'm not sorry

[foxx-queen]

Alex. Astra. Spider prompt. "Well aren't you the brave one?" Pleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease :)

omg thank you for this one i had so much fun 

‘You want my help… killing a spider?’

Astra sighs heavily, and she looks physically pained by the astonishment in Alex’s voice. She crosses her arms over her chest, and says shortly, ‘did I stutter?’

Alex grins. She can’t help it. Of all the ways she imagined finally speaking to the incredibly attractive woman living across the hall from her, this was not one of them. ‘Not at all’.

Astra huffs. ‘Is it really so difficult a concept for you to grasp?’

Alex lets her smile soften, but still, the amusement in her voice is obvious. ‘No. I just… you don’t exactly look like someone who’d be afraid of spiders’. As if to emphasis her point, she gestures at Astra’s arms, where they’re folded tightly over her chest. The woman is wearing a white tank top that does absolutely nothing to hide her solid muscles.

Astra’s mouth curves, a quick, somewhat pleased smile. ‘Such flattery, Alexandra’.

Alex frowns slightly. ‘Its Alex’.

Astra’s smile widens, just a little, a somewhat smug thing, and Alex thinks that perhaps this is her payback for teasing the woman about her apparent fear of spiders. ‘Alex’, she says, a deliberate, drawn out drawl, ‘as much as I appreciate the flattery, your… assistance with this…’, her eye twitches, an almost comical spasm, and its almost strange, to see how expressive her face is, when she always looked so impassive whenever they’ve passed each other in the hall. Hot, but impassive. The woman clears her throat, and says, ‘nuisance’.

Alex shakes her head slightly, and runs her hand through her hair. ‘I’m not that fond of spiders myself’, she admits, and something in Astra’s posture softens slightly, ‘but if you want, I can assist’.

Astra smiles, and bows her head in thanks. ‘Thank you, Alex’.

Alex tries not to let herself be too affected by the way Astra’s eyes gleam when she smiles.

~ ~ ~

‘What the fuck is that?!’

Despite her impassive expression, Astra looks pale. ‘A spider, Alex’.

‘Thats not a spider, thats a fucking monstrosity’. Alex inches away from the bathtub, trying to put as much distance between herself and the spider as possible without actually fleeing. ‘How the fuck did that get in here?’

Astra shifts uncomfortably, refusing to retreat, but undoubtedly uncomfortable. ‘My niece is a lover of all things… that belong to nature’. She grimaces. ‘I myself am a lover of nature. I would just rather that… that stayed out of my apartment’.

Alex groans, staring at the thankfully unmoving spider in Astra’s bathtub, and says, ‘I’m not touching that. Its… why the fuck is it so hairy?’

‘I believe its a tarantula, Alex. They’re rather known for…’ Astra stops, and narrows her eyes. ‘Did it just move?’

Alex looks back at the spider quickly. It doesn’t look like its moved, but then again, she made the mistake of looking away for a moment. ‘Christ, okay, lets deal with this’. She rolls up her sleeves, and says, ‘how… how do we deal with this?’

Astra shifts again. She grabs a large saucepan from the floor, and hands it to her, her arm held out rigidly. ‘I was attempting to trap it with this, but I…’ she makes a face, ‘I lost my nerve’.

‘You want… you want me to trap it with a saucepan? Can’t we just kill it?’

Astra grimaces. ‘I would say yes, but my niece is… I do not like upsetting her’. She glances at her, and says, with a note of sincerity that pulls somewhere in Alex’s chest, ‘please, Alex’.

She sighs. She’s never been good at denying requests from beautiful women. ‘Fine’, she says, snatching the saucepan from Astra’s hand, ‘but I get to kiss you after’. Astra blinks, and Alex blanches. She hadn’t intended to say that at all. ‘Sorry’, she says quickly, unable to decipher Astra’s expression, ‘that sounded… really gross, just - ’

‘Brave knights are meant to get kisses from women they save, aren’t they?’ Astra is smiling that almost smug smile, and Alex can feel heat in her cheeks. ‘As you wish, Alex. Dispose of the monstrosity, and you’ll get your kiss’.

Alex grins, and turns back to the bathtub. The monstrosity hasn’t moved. Carefully, she inches forwards, and braces her foot on the edge of the bathtub, leaning forward with the saucepan raised over her head, and brings it down quickly.

She misses.

The spider moves, and Alex swears as it scuttles over the surface towards her, shoving herself backwards, using her leg as leverage, and she is aware, for an instant, of leaving the ground. Astra catches her, hauls her up into her arms with easy strength, and Alex has a moment to register that the woman is carrying her like a child, when the spider, all hairy legs and bulging eyes, scurries over the edge of the bathtub towards them. Astra shrieks, and with Alex still held tightly in her arms, she sprints from the bathroom, kicks the door shut behind her, and slams their combined body weight against it, as if there is a danger of the spider bursting through.

Alex can feel adrenaline racing under her skin, her arms wound tightly around Astra’s neck, and the woman’s eyes are wide and fixed. ‘I’, she says, matter of fact and horrified, ‘am never letting my niece stay here again’.

Alex bursts out laughing. She can’t help it. She’s being held in the arms of a strong, beautiful woman with an admittedly justified fear of spiders, and she knows how comical that must have looked. ‘Does she carry spiders with her all the time?’

Astra huffs, and shakes her head. ‘She told me she was bringing ‘Fluffy’ with her, and I assumed that she meant a dog. Or a cat. And that she’d simply forgotten when she turned up without one’.

‘You’re niece called her tarantula… Fluffy?’

‘You can blame her mother for that sense of humour’. Astra sighs, and thumps her head back against the door, and she smiles. She looks down at Alex, and raises her eyebrows. ‘Aren’t you a brave one?’

Alex realises she’s still clinging to Astra’s neck, and makes a face. ‘You were the one that shrieked’.

‘I’, Astra says, stepping away from the door but making no move to put Alex down, ‘have had a phobia of spiders ever since I attempted to play a prank on my twin sister as a child, and accidentally locked us both in the attic for several hours’. She shudders, and Alex grips her a little tighter. ‘If Alura knew about Kara’s pet, I highly doubt this would’ve happened’.

Alex lifts her hand to twirl her fingers around a lock of Astra’s hair that has escaped from her bun, and says lightly, ‘well, perhaps I should be grateful that she didn’t’. Astra smiles at her, and Alex feels that heat rush to her cheeks again. ‘So’, she says, deflecting quickly, ‘we can’t call your sister for help then?’

Astra laughs, and Alex feels the vibration run through the woman’s arms. ‘She’d faint at the very sight of that monstrosity. Besides, she’s celebrating another victory in court with her wife’. She shakes her head, a fond smile curving her lips. ‘And Lucy doesn’t like it when I interrupt such occasions’.

Alex grimaces. ‘Please tell me we don’t have to face that thing again’.

Astra laughs, shifting her grip a little, and bends her neck to kiss the corner of her mouth. Alex blinks, turning her head slightly, leaning up, and when Astra kisses her properly, the adrenaline humming in her veins spikes, kicks at her ribs, and she slide her hand from the woman’s neck to bury it in her hair. When Astra pulls away, Alex licks her lips, and says, ‘and I didn’t even get rid of it’.

Astra grins, her eyes gleaming, and kisses her again, quick and chaste. ‘There is something to be said about trying’. She tilts her head, that easy smile curling her lips, and Alex wonders how the woman ever looked to impassive, how the strong angles of her face ever looked hard. ‘How about I call my niece away from her date, and we let them deal with it?’

Alex kisses her again, digging her teeth lightly into Astra’s bottom lip until the woman groans, and says, ‘on one condition. We wait in my apartment. I don’t want to be in the same apartment as that thing’.

‘As you wish, brave one’.

#general danvers #alex danvers #astra in-ze #alex x astra #supergirl fic #ft. #kara and her dumb pets #and married mjy lol #also i rewatched the princess bride the other day so #as you wish is stuck in my head #anyway tell me kara isn't the type to have a disgusting pet and name it something cheesy fhsjdkflsf ew #i hate spiders man

[magickgirl786]

I'm a little worried that the next episode of Supergirl called Ace Reporter is going to be some easy fix it Kara career. Like she'll come over all righteous about whatever story they covering & Snapper Carr will look like the fool for firing her in first place. Instead Kara learning a lesson & earning her job back as she deciding to bucklet down & get serious about journalism. I fear this whole story will take place again without James Olsen. I fear Kara won't get any development from it.

Yeah I have a feeling that’s what’s going to happen as well and I really don’t want that to happen because like always Kara gets everything handed to her on a silver platter.

I’m still holding out a tiny shred of hope that maybe there will be a scene between Kara and James about what it truly means to be a reporter and then Kara realizes what she’s been doing wrong and changes but I don’t think that’s going to happen based seeing as these writers either don’t care that James is not only a photographer/photojournalist/reporter but he’s also the acting CEO of CatCo. Either that or they just don’t want to give Kara and James alone time together because they know if Kara and James ever shared screentime together, we’d all realize how much better Karolsen is than K*ramel lol

Sometimes I really hate this show because I don’t want to see Snapper being seen as being “wrong” when he was totally right and was simply trying to help Kara to be a better reporter rather than being like everyone else on the show and being all “OMG KARA DANVERS YOU ARE THE BEST PERSON EVER”. What Snapper did was right and was exactly what Kara needed to hear in that moment. What she does not need is for some easy fix it to her problems and getting whatever career she wants just handed to her. Like Kara clearly knows nothing about journalism or what it means to be a reporter and needs to be set straight. 

I mean, look at The Flash in the episode Trajectory where Iris’s editor wanted her to write about who people thought was the Flash stealing and whatnot and she knew it wasn’t the Flash but couldn’t write that because no one knows that Barry is the Flash and that he was standing next to her when the thefts took place and that’s why she knows that someone else was the thief, very similar to Kara knowing Jeremiah stole the alien registry for CADMUS from the DEO but not being able to state that. While Iris took a risk holding out on printing her story until it could be verified by sources that actually made sense and having to sit there and take it while other CCPN reporters continued to berate the Flash, Kara tried to take the easy way out, first trying to use Supergirl as her source and then going behind Snapper’s back and blogging about the story and then getting fired in the process.

While Iris learned her lesson about the media and the importance of being an impartial voice and not having a clear slant on her articles and reporting the truth so that other people can craft their own opinions, Kara has learned nothing and if she gets her job back in “Ace Reporter” she will continue to have learned nothing and just get everything handed to her on a silver platter.

#james olsen #iris west #snapper carr #angelfireeast #anti kara danvers

[avasilvugh]

TELL ME! I always love your thoughts!

BLESS U

so the all the kids love their moms a Whole Heck of a Lot right and obviously kara and lena love their kiddos more than words can describe and its not that there’s any favoritism??  at all, like none, its just that stella is sort of naturally closer to lena??  in the same way that finn and maia are sort of naturally closer to kara, like there’s a certain sort of distance created when you’re a kid and you physically can’t Be a certain way around one of your parents

so there’s not distance per se but just....things that kara can do with finn and maia that she cant do with stella and things that lena can do with stella that she cant do with finn and maia 

and its not a Thing but then it sort of becomes a Thing ??  not so much for finn and maia bc lena and kara have gotten creative in making sure that lena’s always been able to be as involved in their lives as kara 

but heres the deal: maia and finn have kara’s powers and kara trains them.  that’s cool, thats fine, stella gets why she does; kara takes them to the deo with her a lot and they punch cars together (especially maia, she’s got a Lot of Rage to work through) and they go flying and kara helps them practice control over their powers and stella can’t help but feel a little left out??  bc for the most part, because her siblings are in control of their powers, they have the option to do everything she can with lena but stella doesnt have the same option with kara

and she hides it rlly well!  she does!  bc its not kara’s fault and its not finn and maia’s fault, its just how they are, and stella decides it has to be her fault which in turn feeds into the dark thoughts she already has bc, you know, empath that acts as an emotional sponge for the world

kara and lena both notice little stella withdrawing, kara notices its more around her than lena and is like..heartbroken.  just fucking devastated bc holy shit what did she do how did this happen she fucked up she fucked up and lena tries to comfort her but she’s p worried too like fuck whats going on 

and it doesnt help that stella can literally feel everything that they feel???  so she just shoves her feelings down even more and bounces back and then it boils over and this one in her class says her brother said that her brother is a word that makes stella shake with anger and she just hauls off and punches the girl

lena’s usually the parent the school calls first but she’s in opal city for a conference so lena calls kara, then the school calls kara and she’s in the middle of an interview and she let lena go to voicemail bc if its urgent she’ll call back but then she’s like “crap, it’s my daughter’s school” and her subject (idk wonder woman or smth) is like “omg no don’t worry, family first” and is super understanding when kara bolts

and like.......she would have expected this from maia, maybe (maia, who still takes the supplement that suppresses her powers bc she doesnt trust herself not to, maia, who gets so numb she just sometimes hits stuff just to feel something) but not stella??  not tiny little stella that used to sob when she accidentally pulled lena’s hair as a toddler or completely forgot kara had superstrength and would apply bandaid after bandaid when she bumped her elbow on the table

so she gets to the school and stella’s just Not Talking, in full shut down like she gets when she gets fried from the world (its sort of sensory overload??  thats the best way to describe it) and she shies away when kara reaches for her, tries to tip her face up to get a better look at the black eye she’s got forming

pls note that stella’s maybe eleven and still Small and she looks even tinier to kara now, looks more like the baby she pulled out of an abandoned car on the pier, and kara’s heart twists and twists at the way stella wont look at her

so she lays her phone on the chair next to stella and marches into the principals office and, while she agrees that stella shouldnt have resorted to violence, she also fully trusts and believes that her daughter wouldnt do anything without reason and she just verbally eviscerates the other mom, who tries to make it out like her daughter hasnt been harassing stella for years or anything (bc kara fucking commits every name to memory, every person that has ever hurt her kids, remembers their names what they said or did and she seethes bc she cant ??  fix all their problems for them???)

and when she marches back out, stella’s playing candy crush and has managed to escape with only suspension for the rest of the day and she still wont look at kara but she grabs onto kara’s hand with surprising force and kara’s like Okay, everything is going to be Okay

eventually stella says it, not to kara, but to alex bc she cant face her mom, either of her moms, with this, not when she’ll feel everything kara feels and she cant handle how it’ll hurt her to know that stella feels so angry and so useless, feels like she cant keep up with kara so she doesnt feel like she should even try, like she doesnt deserve to be kara zor-el’s daughter 

so alex asks if she cant tell this to kara and stella sort of sobs out a please and alex is a lot better at compartmentalizing, which is a skill stella appreciates bc it means all she can feel is alex’s love for her, kindness, warmth, not the way alex’s heart is breaking for her youngest niece

so alex tells kara and kara is fucking devastated like holy shit how did she not see this and alex and lena both are like hey its okay, she buries her feelings, thats part of her powers and lena’s like i didnt see it either but none of it helps bc kara’s like i failed her, i failed my kid

stella usually carpools w/ her best friend home or to lena’s office after school but kara all but demands an afternoon off, storming into snapper’s office and throwing him for like.....several loops with the way she basically tells him she’s taking this thursday and every thursday hereafter off.  and she calls ari’s mom to tell her that she’s picking up stella and she’s the first car at pick up and she picked up stella’s favorite drink from starbucks on her way over and her heart sort of twists a little at the obvious surprise on stella’s face to see her but she works extra hard to box that up and it must be working because stella’s stormy expression has already cleared a bit by the time she makes it to the car

when they pull up to the deo, stella figures that it must be time for her like biannual brain scans, to see how she’s matching up with other telepathic aliens bc they still dont know that much abt her species, but then kara’s guiding her down a different hallway, still just chatting with her abt her day and stuff like that

they walk into one of the Many training rooms and stella’s like ?????  and kara tosses her a gym bag from a locker that stella notices has her name on it and is like i know it’s really hard to not be able to do what your brother and sister can and i am so sorry that i never saw how much you’re struggling.  and i know its not fair that you dont get to punch cars with us, but you can punch this punching bag and talk to me and stella’s sort of overwhelmed??  but in a good way for once

so thats how they start spending thursday afternoons.  kara has alex teach stella proper form after that first day and then they figure out a routine—kara greets stella with a snack afterschool and they head to the deo and dont talk about the heavy stuff until after stella’s changed, after kara’s wrapped stella’s hands, until stella’s gotten a few good punches in, kara steadying the bag.  then it all starts coming out, all the terrible thoughts stella has, all the horrible things she feels that arent even her feelings to begin with, all these awful orphaned emotions that she takes on without meaning to

the system works rlly well bc stellas too wrapped up in her own head, in her words and in making sure she’s in the proper stance, throwing her weight the right way to notice anything kara’s thinking or feeling which is good bc she’s a kid and she shouldnt be worried about her mom’s stuff, she should just feel safe enough to let kara carry some of the burden

THIS GOT RLLY LONG AND I HAVE MORE SO ITS UNDER THE CUT SRY

IM GOING TO SCREAM ABT THE DYNAMIC BTWN THE KIDDOS FOR A MINUTE OKAY

finn is the Ultimate big brother but he is So Soft oh my god.  like??  he Will Not hurt anyone, he refuses to but the absolute second it looks like someone’s fucking with his sisters he makes it seem like he is absolutely willing to hurt someone.  he’s only hit someone once, and that’s this one guy that was pulling shit with stella he shouldnt have been (stella was visiting finn at college and definitely wasnt supposed to be at the omega phi party but well u kno how dumb teenagers can be) and finn punched him once, with nowhere near his full strength and the asshole cried and finn only felt a little bad

but !  for the most part he’s not the beat ppl up for my sisters kind of brother, he’s the do you wanna talk about it brother, the you’re on your period so i ran over to the corner store and got those stick on heat packs you like and also three pints of ben and jerrys brother, the your date bailed and youre crying in your room and think i cant hear it so i cancelled my plans and now we’re going to have a movie night on the couch, mama ordered chinese food brother

he’s the one that follows maia and cleans up the mess she’s made but only after he’s wrapped her up in the tightest hug he thinks she’ll tolerate and promised not to tell moms anything.  he’s the one that helps her keep a lid on it most days, appearing from a classroom and pulling her into it when it looks like she’s about to rip a locker door off its hinges.  the one that intervenes with teachers on her behalf after she blows up in class, smoothes things over so their moms dont have to get involved or ever know about it

he’s the one that acts as a buffer for stella a lot of the time, especially when they’re very little.  he keeps by her side when she’s very small, still unsteady on her feet and that’s their holding pattern, her stumbling and him right beside her and offering her his hand.  he’s the one that acts as a go between for her when the world overwhelms her and, ranking just below their moms, is one of her favorite people and one of her Certified Safe Places.  the list is a small one (basically consisting of lena, kara, finn, alex, maggie, eliza, and j’onn), it’s v prestigious in his opinion

sweet child of mine, i could wax poetic abt how soft and gentle finn is with his sisters and his mothers and the world in general

MAIA IS SUCH A FIRE STARTER OH MY GOD i love her i love her so much but she is destructive as hell.  like the best way to describe it is this—u know how soft finn is?  he’s kara danvers.  maia?  kara zor-el when angered.  she screams and she rages and she’s a hurricane and she breaks things and burns things but she is so fucking careful with the people she loves and even though she loves flying, she loves not worrying about hurting them more so she keeps her powers suppressed for like.....basically from birth to when she’s about twenty or so and she’s a mess but she’s a mess you call when you’re in a fight in a denny’s parking lot and you know she’ll show up even though it’s 2am and you started the fight

and she loves her family so so much??  so much it hurts???  and she’s not good with feelings like finn and can’t read ppl like stella so she doesn’t know what to do with the way she feels most of the time so she beats ppl up for her siblings without them even having to ask 

she finds finn locked in the girls bathroom once and doesnt even say a fucking word, she just storms into the boys locker room and starts threatening ppl until they point her to the ringleader and he well he never messes with finn ever again and quite honestly flinches whenever maia danvers walks into a room

stella gets called a freak?  technically maia doesn’t beat the kid up that said it, bc he’s like twelve, but she still intimidates the hell out of him.  in college, stella comes out and like most ppl r cool w/ it but this one dude in her freshmen seminar calls her a dyke and stella doesnt even necessarily tell maia, but she’s in the city and has brunch with her the next day and can fucking see it in her face and so she does beat him up

most ppl at school dont realize their mom is Lena Luthor bc she’s mostly known as mrs danvers or maia/finn/stella’s mom/other mom and she rlly looks v different when she’s at the school or at a recital or performance or game, usually in casual clothes with her hair down and sunglasses on, so no one ever rlly puts it together but once maia heard these kids saying that any luthor still standing is a threat, you know? and she sort of destroys them

i mean, to be clear, they r alive

they also dont ever say the name luthor within their high school ever again

when she gets older, she sort of mellows out thanks to age and maturity and also a fuck ton of therapy but she still verbally destroys ppl and is that person that’s always like they’re not treating you right?  leave their ass

and stella oh little stella

she’s like very much the baby of the family, like there’s abt five years btwn her and finn and three btwn her and maia and she idolizes her siblings even if she’ll never voice it

she is also a giant brat sometimes like she mercilessly blackmails them for rides and party invites and whatever else she wants (obviously not mercilessly, never about the big stuff, never about anything real) and they know she’d never follow through on her threats but they give her whatever it is she wants anyway bc that’s sort of part of the game they play, you know?

she also takes like.....a lot of care for them.  like as much as they protect her, she protects them.  she’s usually the first line of defense when things get shitty, bc she feels it??  and is sort of forced into noticing first.  when finn starts getting nightmares, it’s stella that clambers into his bed and starts telling him stories.  she’s the first to get a Bad Vibe from maia’s bf and she fucking acts on it, tells their moms.  she knows when her siblings are happy and she cheers them on so fucking loudly and she knows when theyre hurting and she’s the first to bring them kleenex and snacks

#kara danvers #lena luthor #im yelling this got so long oh my god #supergirl #supercorp #superbabies #thats it thats my tag for this series #tinytoffeebean #human interaction

[manonblckbeak]

Song of Souls

Original Story: Kara Hillborn is one short week away from freedom - that is, leaving her small town, and going far, far away from her alcoholic mother. She would be ecstatic, if it wasn’t for her twin sister, Kali, who’s left to take care of their waste of a home and family. But as there are things you only see when you know where to look, both sisters begin to solve the puzzle of their lives as they find that maybe they not quite as ordinary as they first thought.

OMG MY BABY. IT’S HERE. PLEASE, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK I WILL LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT WILL MEAN THE WORLD TO ME. thanks blaire ilysm for everything u r the best. warnings: drug use, swearing. 

For: @saavethebees @highfaerys @athroneofmistandglass @morganpmoney​ , who told me to post this on tumblr :)

Part I

Kali woke up to the sound of her sister turning off the loud, annoying, cheap alarm clock they kept on the night stand of their shared room. Of course, she had chosen this, being with her and her routine of waking up at these ungodly hours, but God, if it wasn't hell every time.

She turned in bed, sighing, and looked at Kara. She was perched on the end of her own bed, textbooks and notes spread all across it, eyes searching it all. Of course. More studying. Typical.

“What now?” Kali asked, eyeing the papers.

“Well, we have an exam today, sister, dearest.” Kara said, not looking up from the books in front of her. She highlighted something before adding, “Don't you know?”

Kali laughed, putting a hand on her heart, “Me?” she scoffed and turned in bed to look at the ceiling, eyes scanning the white surface like a hawk. There was nothing that Kali hated more than boredom, yet she didn't seem to accomplish much of anything these days. Her routine was centered about surviving school and work, and drinking, and—wishing. Wishing for so many things—a new house, a better life, a loving partner. And none of those things seemed closer now that Kara was about to leave her. Her only true family, and it was going away. She shook her head, “How would I know about something so trivial? Have better things to do, myself.”

Then, it was her sister's turn to shake her head. In concern, in resignation—at least she gave a damn. “Kali,” she finally looked up and at her, though Kali continued to stare at the ceiling. “You are so smart. Why won't you let the world see that?”

Kali snorted. As if.

Deciding that was as much of a pep talk she was allowing herself to get, she finally stood up, going over to the closet and changing into cargo pants and a black tank top. No makeup, not today. Today was a day of mourning, a day of silence and anger and showing the world all of her true colors.

Today was the only thing Kali had left of her father. A reminder that he had existed—the day he left. She didn't know what to do with that. If she should throw it away and never talk about it again, to live like she didn't care at all and show him that he hadn't broken her. Or, to give in. Give in to that flame inside of her that screamed at her, at him, at everyone. For him to come back, to explain, to love her.

She guessed it was a matter of time. Because if he was out there—if he hadn't gotten himself killed somehow (God knew, men like the ones her mother dated had a knack for getting in trouble)—, then one of these days she might have to decide.

“What are you thinking?” Kara said, knowing exactly what she was thinking. Her sister was always trying to figure her out, always trying to read her mind. She said it wasn't fair the way they were—usually twins could read each other's minds and with them... it was more like Kali had the ability and Kara could never quite figure it out.

This time, though, she knew. Every year, it was the same thing. Kali put on this suit of armor like she had a great iron weight to carry and Kara knew—just knew.

“I was thinking—I was thinking we have to go shopping before you go to your fancy school.” Kali lied, her back turned to her sister. She inspected her reflection in the mirror, her deep green eyes staring back at her, wide and bright, and her mouth a straight line—as it would stay the rest of the day. There would be no smiling for her today. Not even at Kara.

“Liar.” Kara sighed, closing the book closest to her and stretching her back, arms going up up up.

“Well, you asked a stupid question, Kar,” she said, finally turning back and looking for her pair of converses. Putting them on, she added, “Maybe you could try being more subtle next time, sister, dearest.” and winked.

Kara rolled her eyes. “I shouldn't have to be subtle.” she started organizing the books and papers on the bed in piles, by size and color, and then fetched a battered green bag, stuffing everything inside. “You're my sister. You should be able to tell me anything.”

“Don't pull that crap on me, Kara.” Kali said. “I just—don't have anything to say, all right?”

“Fine.” Kara stood up, and headed to the door. She opened it but hesitated before heading out, “But when I'm gone, and you have to take all this crap by yourself, remember that I tried. I tried, and you didn't give a damn.”

---

“'ey, you got any rolling paper?”

Kali turned around just in time to see a big, flat chest colliding with her face. The smell of grass and cigarettes invaded her nose and she immediately identified the mountain hugging her as Sam, her somewhat not-right-in-the-head best friend. And by that, she meant he had no idea what personal space was, smoked from a special made Gandalf pipe, and believed in magic. Like, honest to God, disney fairy godmother, magic.

Kait had made her peace with Sam's craziness a long time ago. He was... unusual. But as long as he remained loyal and kept his hands to himself, she was pretty much fine with him.

“Yes.” she replied, fishing her little box of smoking needs out of her purse and picking up a rolling paper. She looked around, making sure Kara was nowhere to be seen—her sister would kill her if she caught her smoking before school—and, of course, she wasn't. After all, what would little saint Kara be doing under the bleachers of the abandoned football field, specially this close to the start of classes?

The bleachers were pretty crowded for a Wednesday morning, as if they could tell, as if they could sense something different in the world. Or maybe it was just a bunch of potheads getting their daily fix. Either way, it was pure luck that Kali had gotten there early enough to get seats on one of the few couches people had dragged under the bleachers years ago, when this spot was founded as the unofficial senior hanging out area.

Kali looked away as Sam's fingers worked the joint, rolling it in between his hands, and then lighting it, the smell like a breath of fresh air to her sober, shriveled lungs. She wondered for a moment if she would turn out like her mother, so involved in this, so entranced by chemicals she would forget how to live, and shook her head, deciding this wasn't the time or the place.

“So, Kara's leaving next week, huh?” Sam said, taking a deep hit and passing the joint on to her. “Have you guys talked about—”

“Oh, not you too.” she rolled her eyes, waiting for the blurriness to hit her, for her to become numb, for the pain to fade into a dull ache.

“Kal—” Sam sighed. “Talk to me. To your sister. To anyone.”

She looked down, the words resonating deep inside her. So many people around her, so many people asking her to talk, asking her what was on her mind, and all she wanted to do was shut it off. Shut it all off. Because she knew, she just knew, that if she started talking, if she started talking and—and crying, she would never stop.

There was so much anger in her. So much pain. And she felt like this was only the beginning.

---

“Are you sure you want to spend your money on this?” Kara asked, perplexed.

“Yes.” Kali said excitedly, touching the fabric of the embroidered blazer and looking on with amazement. “It's perfect.”

They were at the address Birchdell Academy had provided them for buying the school uniform for Kara. Of course, blazers and knee high socks weren't required, but as soon as Kali had laid her eyes on them, she had been set on buying them for her sister. She knew Kara wanted it, too. Whatever normalcy she could get, going to that school full of rich folk, being as poor and damaged as she was, she could really use it. And Kali didn't mind spending her money, not really.

She had been saving some for a car, whatever used up, horrible car she could get, but this—watching her sister get everything she deserved—this was better. It didn't matter that she was going to be left behind. It didn't matter at all.

“Go try it on!” she shook her head and a ghost of a smile on her face.

Kara smiled, eyes watering, and whispered, “Thank you,” before grabbing the blazer, along with a pleated skirt, shirt and tie that were already picked out for her.

When she emerged from the changing rooms, five minutes later, full uniform and a huge smile on, Kali burst out laughing. “Oh, my God.”

Kara rolled her eyes, eyeing herself in the mirror at the back of the store. She looked like a full on schoolgirl all right. But—it was nice. “What?”

“Nothing,” Kali stifled another laugh. “I'm just waiting for the porn stars to get in here and start shooting, because you're ready to go.” she smirked. “Who's the nasty little schoolgirl?”

“Cut it out, Kal,” her sister said, frowning, and taking off her tie. It was beautiful, like the rest of the uniform, all red and blue.

Kali put her hands up in surrender, though her smirk was still in place. “Thought you'd be glad I was in a good mood at all today.”

Kara sighed, turning her back to her and examining herself in the mirror once again. She really did look a little sensual in that uniform, the colors contrasting with her orange hair, the skirt leaving her long legs exposed, her silhouette well drawn in the tight shirt beneath the blazer. “I am.” she admitted. “I just—wish it wasn't on my expense.”

“Oh, Kar—it's not. I—” Kali shook her head, sighing, and looked for her sister's eyes in the mirror's reflection. “I just want this week to be fun. I don't want you to remember me crying and a mess.” she walked up to her sister, putting her hands on her shoulder and smiling—a true smile this time. “I want you to remember me like this.”  

“You say that like you're going to die.” her sister smiled a little bit in return. “But then again, you were always a little melodramatic.”

“Oh, shut up.”

---

Not much happened the next few days—Kara attended her last days of school at Haegher High, Kali won some money at an illegal poker match and, with the help of Sam and her sister's friend Aimeé, threw a surprise going away party for Kara.

Their mother hadn't even known—she had been out and about, as always. With some strange man she now called lover.

Kara's face, though. When she saw it all: the balloons, the people—God, even the booze. It was priceless. Kali lived to make her sister that happy. And she knew that her sister felt that that was Kara's place, not hers, because Kara was the oldest. But she didn't care, she would take care of her sister until the day she died, and would also gladly die for her.

Soon, though—parties, and goodbyes, and tears later—, there was only the two of them, sitting on the couch of their wrecked living room, staring at nothing with big, dumb smile on their faces and big, dumb tears in their eyes.

“I'm going to miss you so—”

“I'm not going yet.” Kara cut her off. She took her sister's hands on hers and looked deep into her green eyes—so different from hers, the only thing that set them apart—, begging her to understand, to listen, to oblige. “Please. Don't—don't say goodbye.” s

he looked down. “Not yet. We have three days.”

Kali smirked, “Oh, sister, dearest, you say that like I'm going to die.” she joked.

Her sister smiled—a reaction as much as a thank you—and let go of one of her hands, keeping the other intertwined, and faced forward again.

They were silent for a long time, just savoring the moment, trying to save it to memory. Eventually, Kali yawned, eyeing the room around her—beer cans and red cups everywhere, the dirty, gooey floor, the clogged up bathroom just behind the door to the right—and said, “You aren't going to make me clean all this up today right?”

Her sister laughed, squeezing her hand before saying, “No,” she stood up, letting go of her hand, and looking for—ah! There.

Kara got her old guitar from the corner of the room, where some drunken kid must've left it in the middle of the party—their friends were big on live music, specially when gathered in bunches like this. She played a C chord and cringed, it was terribly out of tune.

She set about tuning the guitar, while murmuring the right tones, and Kali smiled. Her sister's way of tuning was so soothing and—bad. Ha!

Then—

She started playing a song, playing it with muscle memory, playing it because she couldn't say it but this—this was her goodbye. Because no matter how much time they still had together, and no matter how much she tried to avoid it, she was already hurting. She already missed her sister. Even if she was still right there. So she played the song—their song. And when the time came, Kali started to sing.

Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted I bought them for you

Her voice was haunting. One wouldn't call it beautiful, not really, because it was so strange, so unusual. But Kali gave herself to the song, to the moment, to the love she felt for her sister.

I watched you suffer a dull aching pain Now you've decided to show me the same

Those words, the words Kali couldn't say, couldn't hear herself say—they were out of her then. With each and every breath she took, with each note and every letter, she let go just a little bit further.

No sweeping exit or offstage lines Could make me feel bitter or treat you unkind

Just then, as she sang, Kali opened her eyes and she swore she saw the room darken, get colder—like there was a shift in the world. Like something completely new—or perhaps very, very old—was calling on her, pulling at her very bones.

I know I've dreamed you a sin and a lie I have my freedom but I don't have much time

She shook her head, finishing the song, her voice breaking beautifully. As if nothing had happened at all, the world shifted back, and she convinced herself it had been nothing.

Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses we'll ride them some day

There was a crack in Kali Hillborn's reality now though. Once you see things for what they really are, once you get a taste of power—true power—, you always come back for more. Be it for good or for bad. And this story, my friend, well, it's only just beginning.

#non fandom #my writing #writing #Song of Souls #oc: Kara #oc: Kali #oc: Sam