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“So who’s coming to dinner?” Lena asked, all three of them sitting around the table.
“Well, there’s the three of us obviously,” Kara started; Lena gave her a look, “Alex, who you’ve met already, and my friends Winn, James and Mi-er…Mon-El.”
“Mon-El?” Lena asked.
“Yeah, you remember when you asked me to the gala and I was with that guy,”
“Mike something?”
“Yeah him, he’s an alien from Krypton’s sister planet, Daxam. He crashed here a few months ago and I’ve been trying to teach him how to be more human, and it’s been challenging.” Kara said dropping her head.
“He has a crush on Kara.” Eliza said with a smirk, “Tried to butter me up with compliments and flowers.”
Kara’s head shot up, “Mom!”
“What?” Eliza said shrugging, “He does.” Lena was enjoying this.
“Well who could blame him? Look at you Kara; you’re just so pure, so sweet. Why wouldn’t he have a crush on you?” Lena said, sincerely. Kara blushed.
“He kissed me,” Kara blurted out.
“What!” Lena and Eliza said at the same time. Lena with a surge of anger and jealously that he kissed her first and Eliza with absolute surprise.
“I did not initiate it.” Kara said, looking only at Lena.
“I’m gonna go,” Eliza said, sliding off the stool and towards the sofa.
“I didn’t even mean for it to happen, Lena, he was hyped up on drugs and he doesn’t even remember kissing me.”
Lena still looked pissed.
“He kissed you without your permission, even in his drug addled mind-set that isn’t right.” Lena said through gritted teeth.
Kara kissed her cheek. “You’re adorable.”
“Kara!”
“I meant it as you have nothing to worry about. I never liked him in that way anyway. He read too much into the situation, and when he did kiss me, I was shocked and then my mind went straight to you, and how I was betraying you and then we weren’t even together and then I was thinking too much because the kiss was over and I got up and flew away. I just left him.”
“So I have nothing to worry about?” Lena asked.
“None whatsoever.” Kara said, standing from her stool and in front of Lena. “I’m yours Lena Luthor.”
Lena pulled her down into a hot kiss. For a single short-lived moment, Lena’s mind went blissfully blank, as all she could focus on was Kara, and then she remembered Eliza was probably watching them from the sofa, so she pushed Kara away who whined at the loss of contact. When Lena opened her eyes, she found Kara’s pupils blown wide, dark eyes, filled with lust, a look Lena had never seen on Kara before, and quickly noted as one of her favourites. Kara leaned her forehead against Lena’s.
“Why’d you stop?” Kara asked breathlessly.
“Your mom, is probably watching us, I’d rather not mentally scar her.” Lena explained.
“Oh, right.” Kara said. Apparently she was too fixated on Lena to even notice anyone else in the room. It gave Lena a thrill, that she had this effect on Kara. She gave Kara a quick kiss on the lips before gently pushing her away. Lena turned around to grab her mug, and checked on Eliza; thankfully she was watching the TV.
Lena looked down. She was still in the clothes from the night before, and she was going to be a guest at thanksgiving. She needed to change. Maybe persuade Kara to give her a lift.
“Kara, we have a problem.”
“What.”
“I’m still wearing last night’s clothes. They kinda stink, and honestly if I’m having dinner with your family, I don’t wanna look trampy or smell bad.”
“Oh, no prob. Mom,” Kara called out. Eliza turned around. “I’m taking Lena home to get changed.”
“Alright, but be back soon, your sister is on her way.”
“Ok bye,” Kara said waving to Eliza
“Bye Eliza.” Lena said walking hand in hand with Kara to the balcony.
Kara picked Lena up bridal style, and Lena held on tightly. Kara smirked before taking off.
“Um Lena, I have no idea where you live.”
“Oh, just fly towards LCorp, it’s a few blocks from there, and I have a balcony, and a key under the mat, so no need to fly me down to ground level.”
“Alright.”
As they flew Lena looked up at Kara, who had such a look of pure joy on her face as she looked out over the city. It made Lena’s heart beat faster, which in turn made Kara smirk even more because Lena knew that Kara could hear it. So she did the only thing she could think of and stretched her neck and kissed Kara’s jaw. Kara’s grin faded instantly. Lena gave a triumphant smirk as Kara looked down. Kara shook her head and sped up past LCorp.
“See that building with the huge antenna, that’s mine, and my apartment is the one with the double balcony.” Lena said, pointing out where she lived.
“Yeah I see it.” Kara said, flying down and landing gracefully onto the balcony. Kara set Lena down and Lena bent down to rummage under the mat to the balcony. She found the key, stood up and unlocked the door to a huge, open apartment, white walls and black décor.
“I’ll just go and changed and then we can go. Make yourself comfy Kara; I’ll be 10 minutes, 20 tops.” Lena said walking through her apartment and into her bedroom.
Kara walked slowly over to the black sofa, running her fingers over the fine leather.
Lena shut the door to her bedroom and panicked. She had no idea what to wear and she noticed a weird smell. It was her. She needed a shower now. She stripped off her clothes on the way to the bathroom, curtains still closed, she didn’t have time the day before, she was in a rush, and started the shower. Hot water instantly poured out the shower head filling the room with steam. Lena thanked herself for installing such a quick heating shower. She jumped in. A quick shower would have to do, not washing her hair, it would take forever to style and she did that yesterday anyway.
Kara heard the shower start and tried not to let her mind run away with her. Lena was only getting ready. No need for Kara’s mind to go to the gutter. So she focused on Lena’s apartment instead. Noticing how Lena had a black rug over rich wooden floors. Everything in its own place, put there perfectly by Lena. It looked nothing like her office where that was calculatedly cold and professional, it gave off a ruthless, ambitious woman vibe, which Lena certainly was, her home gave a lonely, introverted vibe, which was cemented in the fact that Kara had just spotted a PS4, and one controller. It drew her eye and the games next to it were all one-player. Kara stood up and walked to the kitchen. Instantly going for the fridge, she found it well stocked. She closed the fridge and leaned on the black marble on the island of the kitchen. The white cupboards were a complete contrast to the marble tops.
Kara heard the tap turn off and she walked over to the recliner chair facing Lena’s door, trying not to look too uncomfortable and guilty of rummaging through her apartment.
Lena hurried out the shower and dried herself off. She walked into her walk in closet and pulled out some black skinny jeans and a semi-loose grey blouse, and black pumps. It was supposed to be a chill day with family. Lena could do that. She got changed and let her hair fall soft around her face. She opened her bedroom door and saw Kara looking at the ceiling. She cleared her throat.
“I like the colour scheme.” Kara said, looking down from the ceiling and at Lena. Her eyes roamed Lena’s body, and Lena straightened herself out a bit more.
“I chose it for a reason you know.” Lena said, walking towards Kara.
“I could tell.” Kara said with a smirk, looking back around at the apartment.
“The black and white, such a contrast, it keeps me grounded, makes me always remember that world isn’t black and white, just different shades of grey. Everyone and everything is a shade of grey and there’s beauty in that.” Lena said, sitting down on the armrest of the chair Kara was on, staring at Kara
Kara turned her head and found Lena’s eyes dark and wanting.
“Yes, I suppose there is,” Kara whispered before leaning in and kissing Lena.
This time there were no distractions. No mothers potentially watching, nothing. Just the two of them, alone in Lena’s apartment. Lena broke the kiss and Kara protested before Lena straddled Kara and captured her lips once more.
Kara moaned into the kiss, opening her mouth to let Lena’s insistent tongue in. Kara’s hands moved down Lena’s body resting on her hips, holding them there. Kara broke the kiss, and Lena’s whine turned into a groan when Kara latched her lips onto Lena’s neck. Lena panted hard, hands in Kara’s hair, moving down to her chest to gently push her away. Kara obliged, looking confused.
Lena’s chest was heaving at the intensity of their make-out session.
“What’s wrong?” Kara asked.
“We promised your mom that we’d be quick, and I don’t wanna disappoint her.” Lena explained, trying to control her breathing.
“Oh, okay. I thought it was something I did.” Kara smiled.
“No, no. You were… that was…wow. Incredible.” Lena stammered, trying to find the right word. Apparently there wasn’t one that came to mind.
“So we should go then?” Kara asked.
“Yeah, yes.” Lena looked down and her hands were still on Kara’s chest. She took them off quickly, a little too quickly and propelled herself backwards and she would’ve ended up on the floor if Kara hadn’t been holding her. Kara laughed and Lena joined in. Lena got off Kara and walked into her room. Kara followed. She saw Lena apply more lipstick and fix her hair.
“Kara.” Lena said, breaking Kara out of her daze.
“Hmm.”
“You have lipstick on your face, my lipstick.” Lena said.
And then it clicked, “Oh!” Kara said running to the bathroom and quickly wiping it off, listening to Lena’s melodic laugh.
She walked back into Lena’s room and found Lena waiting.
“Are you ready?” Kara asked.
“Yeah.”
They walked out to the balcony, Lena locking it and putting the key back under the mat. Kara picked Lena up and they were off again.
Kara landed in her apartment and Eliza was busy in the kitchen talking to Alex. When Kara set Lena down and Lena kissed her cheek and both Alex and Eliza smiled softly. Lena straightened out her outfit and walked hand in hand with Kara to the kitchen.
“Hey guys what’s up?” Kara asked.
Eliza smirked and turned around, giving her attention to the mashed potatoes.
“Maggie’s coming around for thanksgiving.” Alex said, “I invited her last night.”
“Wait, what, I thought you two weren’t speaking.” Kara said.
“We are, we were hanging out again, you know getting out old rhythm back, and then with that everything happened over the last few days, she came over and she kissed me. She kissed me Kara.” Alex said excitedly.
Kara grinned, “I’m so happy for you.”
Lena watched as they interacted, happy, it reminded her of when she came out to Lex and they immediately went out and he was her wingman. Memories like that would always hold true, to the kind heart he was before he got obsessed and focused on the wrong thing. Nothing, not even the filth he spewed out at her during his trial would tarnish the memories that she had when they were younger.
“Well you had news about Maggie,” Kara said, her voice pulling Lena out of thought, “I have news as well.” Kara stood next to Lena and put her arm around her.
“I really like Lena, and she knows I’m Supergirl.”
“Kara, you flew in carrying her, I figured. Also mom sent a picture of you two sleeping this morning.”
“Oh yeah. Wait what!” Kara said, blushing because Lena had kissed her cheek.
“You guys are cute. But Maggie and I are way cuter.”
“I don’t think so.” Kara argued back.
Lena laughed at the sibling rivalry, when the door knocked and Alex ran to open it.
“Maggie hi.” Alex said.
“Hey Alex,” Maggie walked in, “Hey everyone.” Maggie greeted.
Kara walked up to Maggie and gave her a hug. “Hi Maggie, welcome, and thank you.”
“For what.”
“Making my sister the happiest she’s been in a while.”
Maggie blushed. Kara linked her arm with Maggie’s and pulled her along.
“This is Lena Luthor,” Kara introduced. Lena gave a wave and a smile. “Hi, lovely to meet you.” Kara walked them to the kitchen where Eliza had finished all the food save the turkey, and was watching the scene unfold in front of her. Her daughters and their girlfriends. She could have been prouder. Before Kara could introduce Maggie, Eliza spoke, “Maggie Sawyer I presume.”
Maggie couldn’t speak. Kara let go and went back to Lena, both watching with glee. Alex approached Maggie and held her hand. It gave Maggie the confidence to speak up.
“Uh, yes. Hello Mrs Danvers.” Maggie stammered.
Both Lena and Kara were giggling, and only Eliza saw.
Eliza pulled Maggie into a hug and Maggie tensed up when Alex let go of her hand, but relaxed soon after. Alex turned around to face Kara and Lena, but they had migrated to the sofa. Eliza let go of Maggie and said, “Thank you, for making Alex realise who she really is, and helping her get there.”
Maggie was speechless. “Um… you’re welcome. I think.”
Eliza laughed. “Come on, I’m not that bad, ask Lena, and I caught those two sleeping together!”
Maggie and Alex whipped around to see Kara’s bright red face and Lena’s face buried in Kara’s shoulder.
“What!” Maggie asked.
“Oh not like that, this morning, they were both asleep on the sofa.” Eliza explained.
“Yeah,” Alex said, pulling her phone out and showing Maggie the picture.
“Aww, okay, that’s cute,” Maggie said, “But we’re way cuter,” she said turning to face Alex.
“Told you.” Alex said to Kara, who just stuck her tongue out.
There was a knock at the door and Kara rushed to open it as humanly possible. Winn, James and Mon-El were all standing there, smiles at the ready.
“Happy Thanksgiving!” They all said in unison. Kara smiled and let them in. James and Winn stopped in their tracks when they saw Lena.
“Umm Kara…” Winn started.
“Oh its fine, Lena knows I’m Supergirl, but Maggie doesn’t, so keep it on the DL.”
“Oh, okay.” Winn sighed.
“You’re the guy who bumped into me at the gala. You work with Kara don’t you?” Lena said, “You distracted me so she could change into Supergirl. And you helped with the black box field generator.” Lena rambled.
“Yes. Hi, I’m Winn.” He said holding out his hand.
“Nice to finally meet you and put a name to the face,” Lena said shaking his hand.
“Miss Luthor, nice to see you again.” James said.
“James, we’re at thanksgiving, you can call me Lena.” She said. James just smiled and joined Winn.
“And you’re Mike?” Lena said to Mon-El. She knew perfectly who he was, but she was going to have fun, making him squirm for kissing Kara without her permission.
“Yes, well, Mon-El. That was a really fun party. Except for when the bad guys showed up.” He said.
“The party was a trap, set by Lena to catch the bad guys buddy,” Winn explained, leading him, James and Mon-El to the sofa.
Kara stood next to Lena and Lena took in her surroundings. It was a giant family. Eliza and Maggie were bonding in the kitchen, and Alex was sneaking more alcohol to the sofa where the boys sat, and she wedged herself between James and Winn, handing them each a beer and gave one to Mon-El. She looked at Kara, and Kara was looking at her, and they just smiled at each other and walked towards the kitchen. Maggie’s phone rang. Her face went from excited to sombre in a matter of seconds.
“I’m so sorry, that was my Captain, I’ve been assigned a case. I have to go.” Maggie said sighed as she put her phone away.
Alex noticed Maggie was sad and she stood up and almost ran towards her. “Hey, what’s wrong?”
“I have to go, I’ve got a case.”
“Alright, I understand. We’ll save you some food, and I’ll bring it over tonight.” Alex said, walking her to the door.
She opened the door and Kara used her x-ray vision to see what they were doing, they were leaning in and then a hand got in the way. She turned it off and Lena was stood in front of her.
“What?” Kara asked.
“I know what you were doing, that’s an abuse of your powers.” Lena said.
“It’s not,” Kara protested, “Not when it’s out of concern for my sister.” Kara argued back.
Lena gave her a look and Kara caved, “Okay fine, I was being nosy.”
Lena smiled and placed a kiss on Kara’s nose, which made Kara blush.
“Well at least I can cook the turkey how I was supposed to now.” Kara said.
“Yeah, I would have hated to miss that,” Lena said, closing the gap and giving Kara a quick kiss. They broke apart when they heard glass smashing. Kara turned around and Mon-El was covered in beer, staring directly at them, and glass all around him. Winn and James were up in an instant, pushing the furniture back, Eliza running over with a cloth to mop up the mess. Alex shut the door and grabbed more towels and helped Eliza. Kara sped over and started picking up all the glass, whilst Lena held eye contact with Mon-El and winked at him before walking over to the kitchen.
“Sorry, I must have had too tight a grip on the bottle. Still getting used to my strength.” Mon-El apologised.
Kara came back into the kitchen hands full of glass and dropped it in the bin. Lena walked over to her.
“Is everything okay?” Lena asked. Kara turned and faced her.
“You kissed me on purpose didn’t you?” Kara accused.
“I kissed you, because you were being cute…”
“And because Mon-El was watching.” Kara finished.
Lena just smiled.
“Lena!”
“What, I was just showing him what a kiss with consent looked like.” Lena said.
Kara opened her mouth and closed it again, and then she opened it and closed it again. Lena wrapped her arms around Kara and pulled her down for a kiss. They were in relative privacy, so it was short kiss. They pulled apart and Kara’s eyes were full of wonderment.
“You’re mine, Kara. I don’t share,” Lena almost growled. It made Kara throb, it shouldn’t have, but it made Kara’s core throb. It was almost as if Lena could sense it because she placed a small kiss to Kara’s neck and left to help Eliza and Alex. Mon-El walked over to Kara, shirt stained with beer.
“I’m so sorry Kara,” he said.
“It happens, don’t worry about it.” Kara said, waving her hand.
“So you and Lena…” he left the question in the air.
“Yes, we are together.” Kara finished for him.
“Okay, okay.” He said, and Kara walked off to help Eliza, Alex and Lena clean up.
She got to the other women and they were laughing. “What’s so funny?” Kara asked.
“Kara, were you spying on Maggie and I just now?” Alex laughed.
“What?” Kara asked.
“I had to tell her, it wasn’t right.” Lena said, half-pouting. Kara fell for it.
Alex dragged Kara by the elbow, with the beer stained clothes in her other hand, to the kitchen.
“I like Lena. She’s fun and you smile a lot, and you haven’t smiled like that in a while. So I’m happy for you Kara.” Kara turned to walk away but Alex grabbed her elbow again, “If you spy on Maggie and I again, I will beat your ass in the DEO training room.” Alex threatened. It was an empty threat because she knew Kara wouldn’t do it again.
Kara laughed and walked to Winn and James who were just standing there, beers in hand, with weird looks on their face as they watched Lena and Eliza joke with one another. She stood in front of them and waved her hand in front of their faces. It got their attention.
“Yeah! What’s up Kara?” Winn asked.
“Can you guys set the table please, I just need to do the turkey and we’ll be ready to eat.”
“Sure thing Kara,” James said, and they went off, roping Mon-El into helping too.
Lena was pulled aside by Alex.
“We need to talk.” Alex said seriously.
“Yeah okay.” Lena said, worried.
“What are your intentions with my sister?” Alex asked.
“I’m sorry what?”
“What are your intentions with my sister?” Alex asked again. An angry gaze boring into Lena.
“I intend to treat Kara how she deserves. By giving her the entire world if I have to, she’s been through so much. I want her to be happy, and if I make her happy, then that’s what she’ll get, and if she ever gets bored of me and finds happiness somewhere else, or in someone else, then I will let her go. I would never intentionally hurt her. I’m falling for her, Alex, hard.” Lena poured her heart out. Alex was important to Kara, she knew that.
Alex was speechless.
“Well okay then,” Alex said when she found her voice again, “Well, you make some good points there, but I still have to have the talk with you.”
“The talk?” Lena asked.
“Alright here goes,” Alex took a deep breath in, “I don’t work for the FBI; I work for the DEO, the Department of Extra-Normal Operations. I work with Kara as Supergirl taking down rogue aliens and helping protect the planet. So if you ever, ever hurt my sister, I will personally have a couple of friends show you to the surface of Mars. And they would be all too happy to comply.”
Lena gulped. That was quite a threat. She assumed one of these friends was Superman.
“Alex, I appreciate the concern and the rather distinctive threat, but I don’t think that I would ever have it in me to harm Kara.” Lena explained.
“Good.”
Kara watched everything unfolding. Lena and Alex talking, Eliza walking from Lena and Alex to telling the guys off because they were setting the table up wrong, the guys being scared of Eliza, too right they should, and she felt her family and her heart growing. She was brought out of her daze by Lena slipping her hands into Kara’s.
“What’s on your mind?” she asked.
“Nothing,” Kara said looking down at Lena, who gave her a look, “Okay everything.”
“Like what?” Lena asked.
“Thanksgiving just used to be me, Alex, Eliza and Jeremiah, now it’s grown and it’s all of us.” Kara said.
“We’re all here because of you Kara.” Lena said, rising on her toes to give Kara a quick peck on the cheek. “I just had a very interesting talk with your sister.” Lena told Kara.
“Oh no, what did she say?” Kara asked.
“She said that she works for the DEO and not the FBI, and that if I ever harm you in any way, then she would get a couple of friends to show me the surface of Mars.”
Kara groaned.
“I thought it was a unique threat.” Lena said.
Kara led them to the table, shaking her head, with Lena trailing and smiling, which had been set and ready. The turkey was waiting in the middle, and as everyone sat down, Kara focused and fried the bird.
“Now, a couple of days ago we didn’t have the chance to finish our meal. Since then, a lot has changed and a lot has been revealed, so this thanksgiving I am thankful for each and everyone here today.” Kara said.
Lena stood up next. “I am thankful for Kara; she has been the kindest soul to me that anyone has ever been. You are sunshine personificated and I am so thankful that you deem me worthy of you. And I am thankful to everyone here; you have accepted me as one of your own.”
Lena sat down and as everyone went through what they were thankful for, she grabbed Kara’s hand and rubbed her thumb up and down against it, both smiling at each other.
For the first time in her life Lena Luthor was truly happy.