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You’re making your way into the DEO as Alex was leading you in after you were arrested. “What do you mean you have a girlfriend? Why didn’t you tell me before?” You question, Alex turns to look over at you surprised.
“Why does that even matter?”
“Because I wouldn’t have let myself get arrested if I had known you were already taken, obviously” you give a small tug at your wrists as the handcuffs break easily and she quickly takes out her gun pointing it at you in case you got violent.
“Don’t bother, I’m from Krypton, bullets are just going to bounce off” You inform her as she opens and closes her mouth before she rubbed her temple as she felt a headache coming.
“…you’re from Krypton…like supergirl..."
“That's right”
“…then you’re not the acid spitting alien….why did you say you were?!”
“Because I wanted to spend time with you, but now that I know you have a girlfriend…. Well it’s not like I have any reason to stay around here anymore”
“There’s a criminal out there that’s hurting people, and because of this little….diversion of yours, they’re free and probably hurting others! This in itself is a crime you know!”
“Please, I killed that guy before you even got there.” You rub your wrist just for show as you were trying to figure out where you would run off to.
“….that’s a crime.You just admitted to murdering someone.”
“I didn’t murder them, it was self-defense. Besides, I saved like three hobos by doing so”
“with your powers I’m sure that it was excessive force. Supergirl has never had to kill anyone and she saves a lot of people everyday"
“Well excuse me, not all of us went to Hero School to take hero ethics 101. I probably would have missed it anyways” you turn to leave as Alex strolls after you reaching out to grab yours wrist but you pull it away easily.
“if you helped save people…and it really was self defense…I…well I guess I can’t exactly arrest you…”
“I didn’t help save anyone, they just happened to be hiding from the guy that was trying to make them his dinner. They just assumed I did to save them”
While you and Alex are bickering back and forth, Supergirl makes her way toward you and Alex rather happily as she had just stopped another accident before she got there.
“is something the matter Alex?” She asks curiously as you look over at Kara and scowl the moment you see her.
“…well…that’s not the usual reaction most people make when they see me” Kara noted surprised as you took a step away from her.
“Sorry, I just thought I smelt a hippie in here.” You say with a slight smirk causing both of the Danver sisters to blink rapidly processing what you had just said. Neither of them had expected you to say something so absurd.
“…Hippie?”
“I don’t kill anyone! I only use my powers for good, look at me I’m all sunshine and rainbows” you mock in a slight preppy voice.
“I do not sound like that!” Kara quickly defended.
“ugh, you’re just as annoying Superman…..” you stop in the middle of your sentence before and look at Alex and then at Kara as they seemed close...which left you wondering if there was something between them.
“Please tell me you’re not dating her” you question as they look at each other and make a slight face before both of them nearly yell out no. “Good, you could do much better.” You turn to leave again, Kara quickly turning to Alex a bit dumbfounded by the interaction.
“wait a moment…do I know you? Why do you dislike me that much?” Supergirl asked taking a step toward you.
“…I can’t stand people that try to take the moral high ground by not killing others…you’re just giving them an other opportunity to hurt others.” You make your way out of the building as Kara turns back to Alex hoping she could explain what happened.
You don’t see Supergirl for a while, and the next time you see her, it’s when she’s in her civilian clothing and you’re in line for some coffee. While you don’t notice her, she notices you right away recognizing you from the DEO. You’re too focused on your drink to really notice anyone else around so you just let yourself take a small sip and you’re quickly disappointed as it wasn’t as hot as you liked.
“…Honestly, what’s the point of paying someone for hot coffee if they’re not going to get it right” You grumble to yourself as you take off the cap.
“I’m sorry miss, I can give you a new one if you want” the barista offered as you glanced over.
“No it’s fine, it’s not your fault, it’s probably the crappy equipment’s fault” you assure her before you use your heat vision to make it hotter before you start to leave. A few people move away quickly having not expected something like that out of the blue.
As you’re heading toward the park, Kara quickly catches up to you a bag of donuts and her own coffee at hand.
“So you caused quite a scene back there….” Kara said as she had noticed everyone look a little frighten at the small but quick display of your powers.
“Back where…who you anyways?” you question as she pushes her glasses up a bit and looks up at you as you tower over her by at least a foot.
“I’m Kara, I saw you in the coffee shop earlier when you used your heat vision to heat up your coffee”
“Is that so? Do you want me to heat yours up as well or something? I won’t do it for free you know” you retort with a slight chuckle as you take a sip from your coffee.
“No, that’s not it…it’s just that…there’s only one other person in the city that has heat vision-“
“I’m not supergirl if that’s what you think, I mean, look at me, does it look like I would fly around the city in a mini skirt?” you ask with a laugh as she chuckles a bit.
“I’m sure she wasn’t thrilled about the skirt either, but you have to admit it’s a cute outfit” She quips with a small as you let out a bit of a laugh at that.
“I mean, it’s not bad, at least she’s not wearing her underwear over tights.”
Kara tries to cover her laugh at that but is not able to knowing that she was talking about Superman. She shakes her head at that. “but I didn’t mean that you were Supergirl…I was just curious as to if you were like her…” Alex had told her that you were a Kryptonian but she couldn’t believe that there was another one, and one that had killed people from what she heard from Alex.
“you mean if I’m kryptonian? Yes, I am.”
“That’s incredible! Are you planning on being a hero like her?”
“Why would I want to be a hero?”
“Why not? You would get to help people! You would make the city safer!” She said with a smile as you chuckle a bit at her expression and tone. You found it rather cute ,it made you feel...happy and a little elated. Kara was finding it hard to believe you were the same person that she had met at the DEO, it was as if you were a completely different person.
“I’m afraid I’m not interested in being good…or whatever. Unlike Superman and Supergirl, I don’t feel like I owe this planet or it’s inhabitants anything….and I don’t think any of the other aliens should feel like they owe anyone else anything either.” You point out as Kara looks at you surprised.
“What do you mean by that?”
“It’s nothing…just some stupid ramblings on my part.” You chuckle before you finish your coffee and throw away the cup in a nearby trashcan.
“Now…since you know so much about me now, why don’t you tell me about yourself? Do you always follow random strangers out of coffee shops?” you question as she laughs a bit softly at that.
“Not always. And well…there’s not much to say about me, I’m a reporter at CatCo and I really like food”
“Seems like we have something in common then, I really like food too” you confess as she laughs at that.
“Really? What’s your favorite then?”
“Pizza, as to what kind, every kind” You laugh as she smiles and nods.
“I prefer potstickers, they’re my favorite.” You two talk about food as you walk for a little while and after a bit you two agree to go get something to eat together.
After that day you and Kara start hanging out more often usually going out to eat. You two would go out to different places trying out different types of foods. One day while you two are having dinner you notice that she was picking a bit at her food. Which was highly unusual considering that her plate would be empty at that point.
“Kara? What’s wrong…did something happen at work?” You ask curiously as she shakes her head.
“No it’s just…Supergirl told me you two fought again…” she said as you breath out a bit at that. You ran into Supergirl a few times, and usually it was when you were finishing off an alien that had run into you and things got a little out of hand. Of course Supergirl would get there and give you a lecture about how killing was wrong, you would snap something back at her and things would just go back and forth until one of you flew off.
You breath out a bit and nod. “yeah…we did…”
“why don’t you two get along? You two probably have more in common than you think” she looks up at you as you hum a bit trying to think what you and Supergirl would have in common.
“But our way of thinking don’t align…”
“she’s just trying to keep others safe without killing”
“…that’s the problem…most of the aliens and people she encounters are violent criminals that will hurt others…and if you leave them alive, they’ll just end up hurting someone else.”
“But they’ll be in prison where they can’t hurt others”
“If they’re in groups, they’ll hurt each other…besides, keeping them alive is a strain in society….it’ll be better to use those resources to help others that desserve it instead of them. People that willfully hurt others, they shouldn’t get a second chance” you take the opportunity and steal a potsticker from her plate and she gasps.
“Hey! That was mine!” She said before she stole a slice of pizza from your plate.
“This is war Danvers” You tease with a grin before you both start to steal food from each other’s plates playfully pushing one another. Of course you were restraining yourself thinking she was a delicate human and it was just fun to tease each other once in a while.
By the time Alex comes into the room, you have your arms around Kara as she’s holding out the last pizza slice and you’re trying to reach for it while you’re trying to keep away the last potsticker from her as well. She looks between the two of you and she smiles a bit glad that you two were having a good time.
“you took Kara’s potstickers? I’m surprised the apartment is still intact” Alex notes as she goes to the counter and places down some bags before she turns to leave.
“you’re leaving already? You just got here” Kara asks as she has one of her hands against your face as you’re both basically frozen in place.
“Yeah, I would hate to ruin date night” She teases a small teasing smile on her lips as Kara and you get red quickly and look at each other before you both jump away from each other quickly.
“It’s not a date” Kara says a little sheepishly as she looks away.
“yeah, if it was a date, believe me it would not be in the apartment, I would have taken her to a whole different country”
“you would have?” Kara asks surprised with a small smile.
“Of course, what would be the use of having a partner with superpowers if you don’t get to enjoy the perks” you say as Kara laughs a bit at that.
“Unfortunately for you, I don’t date potsticker thieves”
“And I don’t date Pizza thieves”
“Please, you two are basically dating already, but if you want to deny it, that’s fine” Alex said chuckling before she left.
Kara turns and looks at you and then you look back at her as things get a little awkward for a moment.
“….would you be opposed to the idea?” you ask after a moment. Usually you were a little brash and bold, you were never one to not go after anyone you wanted…but Kara…she was different. She was a little piece of treasure that you wanted to protect from everything bad in the world….and with her…you didn’t know how to approach her. After all, she was someone you deeply cared for and you were starting to doubt if you could deserved be to such a wonderful person. She wanted for everyone to be happy and safe…meanwhile…you were happy as long as things worked out for you.
“I wouldn’t be against it….I like you…but…if…if we’re even going to give this a try you need to be okay with Supergirl”
You groan at that and slump against the sofa. “Why do I have to be okay with her?”
“She’s just…a big part of my life…so …please…please try to work things out with her…if you can work things out with her, I would be happy to go on a date with you” Kara says with a smile as she grabs your hand.
“From what Alex says, we’re already dating” you tease as she laughs and shakes her head.
“Okay fine, an official date” she hugs your arm and lays her head on your shoulder as you press a small kiss on top of her head. You weren’t thrilled about working things out with Supergirl…but for Kara you were willing to give it a try.
The next day, you keep your ear out for supergirl, and when you finally see her, it’s when she’s fighting an alien.
“Supergirl” you call out as she looks over and smiles when she sees you. You hadn’t noticed it before, but whenever she saw you, she was always happy to see you even when you had a scowl on your face.
“I’m surprised you're willingly approaching me, and even more surprised you’re talking to me” She points out as she knocks out the alien she had been fighting.
“yeah well…I made a promise to someone important to me that I would try to get along with you”
“You mean Kara?” She teases with a grin as you get a little red.
“…yes I mean Kara” Grumbling you walk over to her as she smiles a bit.
“Well I’ll be more than happy to be friends with you…but I think we need to work on the reason as to why you don’t like me”
You take a bit of a breath at that knowing that was coming. “…look, it’s nothing against you personally”
“…is it my mother?” she asks as you raise an eyebrow.
“Your mother? Why would I know your mother?”
“Most people that don’t like me…it’s because of my mother” she points out as you snort at that.
“No it’s not your mother… I just… I hate the high and mighty aura you get over not killing others…it seriously pisses me off”
“…what? High and mighty aura? I don't have one of that.... I just don't think killing is the answer”
“…if that criminal escapes…they will hurt others…and it will either force someone to do something they never wanted…or they will do something to someone that it will ruin their lives….you might be sparing a life…but you could be dooming others”
Supergirl is quiet at that and she reaches out seeing the hurt in your eyes that you had been hiding. After all, you never spoke about these things not even to the her that you liked. “It sounds like you have some personal experience with a situation like that”
“I did… after Krypton was destroyed, my family and I fled to a different planet….in one of them, a criminal attacked. Of course, we had some powers so we were able to keep her away…my father had this idea that because we were so much stronger than others, that we shouldn’t take advantage of them to hurt others even if they tried to hurt us first…so instead, he took them to the prison that was in place…” you walk over and seat on a piece of debris as Kara follows after you and she gets down on her knee grabbing your hands so she could continue listening to your story.
“...my parents and I went away for a couple of days…just to spend some time together as a family…when we got back…we…we found everyone dead….and the only one left standing…was that damn woman….she was just seating there….waiting for us” your jaw tightens and Kara gives your hand a small squeeze.
“Don’t get me wrong…the people fought back and managed injure her…but she was still standing strong…” you swallow a bit and breath out a bit. “…my father nearly collapsed from hearing her recount the story…from hearing her blame them for the death of everyone…she told them it had been their fault this happened since they let her live….and you know what…I agree with her….if we had killed her when she first attacked…everyone else would have been alive” you say with a scowl.
“But your parents wanted to give her a chance to change…what if instead of doing what she did…she could have done good, what if she became an asset instead of a danger?” Kara asks as you scowl.
“Why would you take the chance…why would you take the chance of someone turning into an asset when the odds are much higher that they’ll be a danger” you start to get up and she gets up with you.
“…you said that it would force someone to do things they don’t want to do…”
“…that’s right…after she crushed my parent’s will…she walked over to us…she wanted to kill my father and mother....and I froze….I froze…and I watched as she killed them both…I was…I was shocked beyond belief….. the guilt they felt was so great…that they decided to die instead of fighting back even when they could have easily overpowered her…they even forgot that they had a child to protect too… “
“They shouldn’t have…they should have fought to stay alive…to stay with you”
“….well..I’m not as weak as my parents…I fought back…I fought back and I won…” your voice cracks a bit at the memory as she Kara’s gaze softens. “I killed her…I killed her and I made sure that she wouldn’t be able to hurt me or anyone else….because of me, I kept her from hurting anyone else…that’s why when I see you leave them alive….it makes me angry…it makes me angry because I’m waiting for the same thing to happen again” Kara walks over and hugs you, the moment she hugs you….it felt so familiar… so warm…just like how you always feels when Kara holds you.
You wrap your arms around her as she rubs your back. “I know you’re scared…but I think things here are different…here we have people that will fight with you to make sure it doesn’t happen…you’ll have me to make sure it doesn’t happen” She assures you as she lets you go.
“….you know what…maybe Kara was right….maybe you’re not that bad” you mumble as she lets out a bit of a relived laugh.
“....I…I need to tell you something too… you told me something so deep and personal…and now…I want to tell you something that I have been wanting to tell you for a long time….”
“What is it?”
“I’m…I’m Kara…” she holds your gaze trying to measure your reaction as you’re searching her eyes trying to figure out if she was lying….
“…My Kara? Kara Danvers?”
“Yes…your Kara Danvers…Kara Zor-El” she says as you watch her and groan a bit hiding your face on your hands remembering the times you tried to ‘show off’ your strength for her.
“and you let me think I was much stronger than you for such a long time….you know what…I’m going to go jump into a pool full of kryptonite” She lets out a laugh at that and hugs you at that to keep you in place.
“You are not allowed to jump into a pool full of kryptonite. You have to stay with me” she replies smiling at you as you smirk a bit at that.
“Well…now I see why it was so important to you about getting along with Supergirl…and why you spoke about her so much” you move a strand of her hair behind her ear gently as she moves a bit closer to you.
“I wanted to tell you…but you didn’t like her…and I was afraid that you would hate me if I told you the truth while you hated her…”
“…well…you might have been right…I can be a little…stubborn”
“A little? You refused to try fries with just a little bit of milkshake even though it's the best combination ever” Kara teased with a laugh.
“It’ll get soggy! You cannot ask me to try that abomination”
“I got you to talk to Supergirl, I feel like I can do anything at this point”
“But you’re Kara, so technically you only got me to talk to you.”
“I’m still taking it as a win”
Wrapping your arm around her waist you lean in and kiss her deeply while she wraps her arms around your neck and kisses you back happily.
Kara stood for everything you hated and you stood for everything she hated…but being without each other, was no longer an option. She was your Kara....the light of your life.