#Autistic Kara Danvers

[winn-schott-throughtheheart]

For the headcanons thing (that you posted 6 months ago - sorry)

Winn Schott

If you’ve already done him (which is highly likely) give me another character you haven’t done and please tag me in the Winn one :)

I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THIS LMFAOOO thank you for reminding me that's so embarrassing

anyways, I'd had Winn and Lena requested but Kara is my second fav blorbo after Winn so I did her too <33

also, this is going off the premise that both Winn and Kara are autistic, it's canon because I said so I have lists you can fight me on this

Winn

Realistic: Winn is notably the only analyst (in the main cortex at least) that wears dress clothes instead of uniform. At the beginning he really did try to stand the uniform, but he ended up convincing J'onn to let him off because he just couldn't deal with the feeling of it on his skin.

Hilarious: Being the only human member of the Legion of Superheroes, Winn got asked A LOT about human culture. A blatant lie that originally stemmed from being asked the same ten questions a billion times, snowballed into a complicated lore about humanology and Gods and belief systems (because he was too embarrassed to admit to the original lie) and he ended up being the accidental cause of organised religion in the 31st century.

tldr: Winn Schott manages to shitpost his way through space and time

Also, he's asthmatic as fuck. He has to carry an inhaler in his bag and he hates it.

Awful: He hates the smell of teakwood and tobacco because it reminds him so viscerally of an abusive foster home that it genuinely makes him physically anxious and nauseous.

Unrealistic: He's actually really good at handling spicy food. He's even out-performed Alex a handful of times.

Lena

Realistic: Lena actually really hates chess. She hates how everything needs to be calculated properly, how everything needs to be thought out exactly, and it just reminds her too much of how she was brought up.

Hilarious: She has a peanut allergy. Similar to Winn, she has to carry an epi-pen in her bag. This is not public knowledge, of course, because that would probably bring her quarterly assassination attempts up to weekly.

Awful: Lena can only fall asleep with a nightlight- she isn't really sure why, all she knows is that her bed feels less like frigid, murky water when it's on.

Unrealistic: She doesn't know how to cook or how to drive. Her whole life she's had people cook for her and drive her places, so she never had to learn how to. She'd like to one day, though.

Kara

Realistic: Kara LOVES dinosaurs. She didn't have birds on Krypton, which implies either all the dinosaurs were wiped out, or there never were any in the first place, and she was immediately enthralled and fascinated by them when she first learned about them.

Hilarious: She's dyslexic. She relies on Grammarly like it's lifeblood.

Awful: She's insanely afraid of thunderstorms. It takes everything in her not to have a flashback or a panic attack or a meltdown, and she will point blank refuse to patrol if it's storming.

Unrealistic: After Red Daughter was killed, Kara's heat vision stayed permanently purple, and her eyes were purple too for a very long time afterwards.

maybe that first ones a bit of projection, i fucking love dinosaurs

[autisticlenaluthor]

Three shots and half a beer later, Kara has made two very important discoveries. The first being that she hates the taste of alcohol. So much so that she’s convinced either the entire human population is lying about liking it, or that getting drunk must have some sort of numbing effect that dissolves the flavor completely.

The second, which is a conclusion that takes a bit more effort to reach, is that she cannot get drunk. At least, not with Earth alcohol. It’s a bit disappointing considering the amount she’s forced herself through, only to achieve no results. But seeing how everyone else is acting– Kara can’t say she’s too upset. 

read chapter 4 of One Single Thread of Gold here :)

[winn-schott-throughtheheart]

winn schott wrote this

i’m just so salty that kara gets to stim with molten lava and the rest of us just have to live without being able to do that

like imagine being kara and having that same “i want to stick my hands in it” reaction to seeing lava that every last one of us has except she can ACT on it

wild

[moo9395]

My supergirl autism tier list.

I don't know why I did this.

but I also don't regret it.

https://tiermaker.com/create/supergirlcharacterstier-27822

[ur-fav-is-autistic]

Kara Zor-El Danvers from Supergirl is autistic!

[jedifighterpilot2727]

Yo, can you please do something with this prompt? Established supercorp, Kara being overwhelmed by all the bodies of national city and Lena helping her through it.

This is a completely self indulgent Autistic!Kara fic, featuring Lena throwing money at problems because she's a bazillionaire and she wants to spoil her wife. (And yes, I'm still working on the smut fic and Myx part 2, but I'm trying to crank out some volume and clear out some prompts!)

Overwhelmed

"So, I was thinking we could invite Winn and James over for lunch next weekend, that would be the perfect time to ask them how their trip to Alaska went, because you know Winn is going to have . . ." Lena lets her voice trail off as she studies her wife, realizing by the distant look on Kara's face that nothing she's saying is registering anyway.

Instead, Kara is stopped halfway down the grocery aisle, eyes glazed over as her fingers twirl the pendant charm on her necklace. She's definitely seen Kara take her time on the cereal aisle before, but this is different.

Lena carefully maneuvers  the shopping cart to the side of the busy aisle, watching as the crowd jostles around them.

Kara startles when Lena's fingers make contact with her arm and Lena can't help but wince at the flash of fear that sparks in those blue eyes.

"Are you ok? I think I lost you there for a minute."

Kara's gaze flits around the store before finally settling on Lena, one hand still toying with her necklace.

"Yeah, it's just uh, you know, a lot of people here today. My skin feels twitchy." Kara's shoulders tense upwards in a cringing shrug, and a shiver shakes her body.

"Do you want to go home?" Lena offers. "I can always have groceries delivered -"

"No! No, I mean, I'm fine. I can get through a grocery trip without freaking out, I'm not a weirdo."

Lena  sees Kara's eyes focusing on the cereal in front of them, but she can tell her mind is a million miles away by the blankness behind her gaze.

"You're not a weirdo." Lena insists, reaching for Kara's hand. "The store is busy today, it's hard enough for someone without-" she drops her voice to a whisper - "super senses."

Kara flashes her a grateful smile.

"I'm fine, I can tough it out for a few more minutes."

As if on cue, the overhead speaker blares with static.

"Attention shoppers: register four is now open with no wait."

Kara twitches violently at the noise and Lena makes an executive decision; grabbing Kara with one hand and the shopping cart in the other.

"I'm fine, I swear -" Kara starts but Lena ignores her protests; instead weaving a commanding path through the crowd to the front of the store.

The register lines are backed up, but Lena bypasses them, instead heading for the costumer service desk.

"Can I help you?" The gentleman behind the counter asks with a smile, and Lena answers with one of her own.

"Yes, sorry, I've just had something come up and I need to leave immediately." She slides a hundred dollar bill across to the man. "I trust this is enough to cover your restocking fee?"

The man glances at the money and then back at Lena.

"Oh, ma'am we don't actually have a restocking fee -" but Lena doesn't let him finish.

"For the trouble." she insists, pressing the bill into his palm before turning to the door and pulling Kara with her.

"But Lee, the ice cream . . ." Kara protests, and Lena spins on her red bottom heel, already pulling out another hundred dollar bill.

"For the ice cream." She explains to the customer service rep as she tosses the bill on the counter and reaches in the cart for the frozen container.

Speechless, the man waves, and Lena turns once again to leave,  passing the carton of mint chocolate chip to her wife.

"Better?" She asks with a sly grin, and Kara's thankful smile is the only answer she needs, but Kara punctuates it with a squeezing side hug.

"Have I told you lately that I love you?"

[garciaasfluffypen]

kara’s first story

pairing: autistic!kara danvers and lena luthor word count: disclaimer: NOT ALL AUTISM IS THE SAME. THERE ARE DIFFERING LEVELS OF FUNCTIONALITY PER HUMAN. YOU MAY NOT LIKE MY WRITING BUT DON’T SHIT ON ME FOR HOW I PORTRAY THIS VERSION OF KARA. I’M GOING BASED OFF OF WHAT I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO’S WORKED WITH HUMANS WITH AUTISM FOR 13 YEARS. 

“Clark! Clark! Clark!” Kara ran into her apartment, not even thinking about taking her shoes off at the moment. She’d deal with that later. “Clark!”

“Whoa, speedy, I’m here. What’s up?”

“Clark look! That’s Lena!”

“That is Lena.” Clark took the magazine from Kara, reading the front cover. “Wait, Kara… You got published?”

“That’s my story! Snapper put my story in the magazine!”

“Kara, this is amazing!”

“We haved to call Alex!”

“Have to, Kar. But yes, let’s call her!”

“Have to call Alex. Have to call.” Kara corrected herself. “We have to call Alex.”

“That we do. Do you want to invite Maggie over too?”

“And Lena!”

“I’ll call Lena and see if she’s free--”

“No. I want to.”

Clark’s eyebrows shot up. “You do?”

“I want to go see Lena.”

“Well, she’s probably busy…”

Kara took off her glasses and concentrated hard, trying to focus on the sound of Lena’s heartbeat. When she found it, she scrunched her face up as she listened for her voice. She heard Lena talking to Jess, about her story. Lena was talking about her!

“She’s not busy. She’s talking to Jess. I can go see her!”

“Kara, I think you’re forgetting something very important.”

Kara turned around, running back over to Clark. She grabbed the magazine from him and bought him in for a hug, digging her face into his shoulder slightly. She grabbed her keys from the table and ran out, smiling really big. Her very first story got published! That was unheard of. Especially with Snapper. The blonde couldn’t help but feel the urge to fly to Lena’s office, but she remembered that Lena didn’t know she was Supergirl, and she couldn’t do that yet. With a pout, she walked the five blocks to the big L-Corp building, letting the sun's energy fuel her for when she went to her sparring lessons with Alex later. She walked inside the building and gave the guard the badge Lena gave her for special access, and was lead over to a special hidden elevator. Lena said it would be just for the two of them, if they didn’t include Jess. Kara pressed the button and plugged her ears, waiting for the elevator to make it up to Lena’s floor.

“Lena! Lena! Lena!”

“Ah, just the person I was hoping to see today!” Lena stumbled back as Kara practically tackled her in a hug, wrapping her arms tightly around the brunette. “What news do you have for me today?”

“Lena I got punished!”

“Punished?”

“No. Wrong word Kara. Wrong word.” Kara’s face scrunched up into a pout as she dug her nails into her wrist, not noticing Lena’s concerned face. “Wrong word.”

“Hey.” Lena gently placed her hand onto Kara’s arm, using her other hand to tilt Kara’s head so she was looking at her. “Hey, it’s okay. Don’t be upset.”

“But I used the wrong word.I have to use the right word so people know what I’m talking about.”

“It’s okay. I use wrong words all the time.” Lena smiled lightly. “Now show me your news! I wanna hear all about the life of Kara Danvers since I last saw you.”

-------

“Kara, where have you been?” Alex rushed over to Kara, bringing her in for a hug. “You missed sparing today.”

“I was with Lena.”

“Lena, the one you wrote the story on?”

“You sawed my story too?”

“Saw. I saw your story, yes.” Alex smiled. “I got nervous.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Hey, you’re okay. You were excited.” Alex smiled. “And I loved your story. It was very well written. I love the words you used.”

“Really?”

“I do. I’m so proud of you, Kara. I told you that you could get published.”

Kara beamed. “Everyone is gonna read my story, Alex! They’re gonna love Lena!”

“I hope they will. For now, let’s get you back to Vasquez so we can work on your sparring, yeah?”

“Okay!”

After sparring was over, Kara took a shower and changed into her street clothes, and going home with Alex. The two of them went back to Kara’s apartment and walked inside, smiling when they saw Clark putting up a “CONGRATULATIONS” banner. Maggie walked around the corner with a tin full of cupcakes and placed them on the counter, opening her arms and waiting for Kara to give her a hug. Alex nudged her forward and Kara shuffled over and leant into Maggie. She wasn’t ready for full hugs yet, so all she did was lean into her body. It worked the same, because Maggie would always wrap her arms around Kara.

“Congrats, Little Danvers.”

“Thank you.”

“Hey Kara, I got you a present.”

“I got a present?”

“Close your eyes.”

Kara’s hands flew up to her face and she started humming, rocking her body back and forth. She waited there a few seconds and tried to listen really closely, but whatever Clark was grabbing was very quiet. She waited a few more seconds before feeling a tap on her shoulder, which she knew was a signal to open her eyes.

“Lena!”

The blonde went straight to Lena, smiling widely as she bought the brunette CEO in for a hug. She could vaguely hear Maggie make some sort of comment about how she never got hugs, and stuck her tongue out at the detective. Lena laughed and Kara's heart fluttered. She wasn't sure why, but Lena's laugh was one of her most absolute favorite sounds in the whole wide world. She could listen to Lena laugh for hours on end and not get tired of it. That was one thing she loved about Lena. That she could hang out with her and do normal people things. Lena didn't see her as just an autistic girl. No, Lena saw her for something more than what she was. Lena saw her for her true self, and it made Kara feel like a million bucks. Gone were the days of everyone faking being Kara's friend, and now she could hang out with her people and not have to worry about who she was. It was amazing. Lena was amazing. Everything was perfect.

For now.

[blueberry-sleight]

obsessed with this paragraph from chap 2 of The Love of Forgetting by KL_Morgan

[kiragecko]

DC Costume Timeline Links

As the internet gets harder and harder to search, I'm losing to access to one of its best features - sites by probably autistic people highlighting every costume a character has ever worn, down to issues where the boots got miscoloured.

I'm going to attempt to archive these sites. And also more normal sites that just provide good information. But I already can't find a lot of my former mainstays, so I'm asking for help if any of you know anything!

They need to actually mention dates for the costumes. Preferably issue number as well, but I'm much more flexible when we get to supporting characters. And, sadly, most of the images need to still load.

This is what I've got so far (***** means the I was praising the authour in my first paragraph, no stars means its normal):

WONDER FAMILY

Diana/Wonder Woman

https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/the-wondie-suit/ *****

https://ew.com/books/wonder-woman-costumes-evolution/

Donna Troy/Troia

https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/donna-troy-costumes/ *****

Cassie Sandsmark/Wonder Girl

https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/cassie-sandsmark-costumes/ *****

https://bookriot.com/wonder-girl-outfits/ (much less complete, but still good)

(And also, since it’s available:

Hippolyta

https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/hippolyta-costumes/ *****

SUPERFAMILY

Clark Kent/Superman

https://www.metropolisplus.com/Superman/ *****

https://www.ranker.com/list/superman-costume-evolution/pierce-nahigyan

https://www.supermansupersite.com/evolution.html (just a picture, but it IS a thorough one!)

Kara Zor-El/Supergirl

https://www.metropolisplus.com/supergirl/ *****

https://nerdist.com/article/supergirl-complete-costume-history-from-the-1950s-comics-to-the-flash-movie/

https://maidofmight.wordpress.com/minor-detour-a-dedicated-follower-of-fashion/

Karen Starr/Power Girl

https://carolastrickland.wordpress.com/power-girl/ *****

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-power-girl/

http://www.dccontinuityproject.com/power-girl.html

Matrix/Linda Danvers/Supergirl

https://maidofmight.net/history/linda-danvers/costumes/

Kon-El/Superboy

Jon Kent/Superboy

BATFAMILY

Bruce Wayne/Batman

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/the-bat-suit.html

https://batman-news.com/2024/05/29/batsuit-evolution/

https://www.criminalelement.com/the-evolution-of-the-batsuit/

Dick Grayson/Nightwing

https://nightwingology.blogspot.com/2020/09/tools-of-trade-nightwings-costume-gear.html

Barbara Gordon/Oracle

Jason Todd/Red Hood

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/robin-i-ii-graysontodd.html

Tim Drake/Red Robin

https://www.tumblr.com/batboyblog/617193218576154624/tim-drakes-costume-through-the-years

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/robin-iii-drake.html

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/robin-iii---tim-drake.html

Stephanie Brown/Spoiler

https://stephaniebrown.fandom.com/wiki/Costume_History *****

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/robin-iv-brown.html

Cass Cain/Black Bat

https://www.tumblr.com/cassbatgirlblog/650557028479221760/all-of-cassandra-cains-costumes

Damian Wayne/Robin

https://ultimatebatmancomicswebsite.weebly.com/robin-v-wayne.html

https://www.tumblr.com/damianwayneoutfits (live archive of clothes Damian has worn!)

Duke Thomas/Signal

Helena Wayne and Helena Bertinelli/Huntress

https://www.tumblr.com/helenawaynehuntress/36967260723/while-there-is-no-easier-way-to-completely-tell

Jean-Paul Valley/Azrael

FLASH FAMILY

ARROW FAMILY

Ollie Queen/Green Arrow

Roy Harper/Arsenal

https://everydayislikewednesday.blogspot.com/2007/08/roy-harper-fashion-history.html

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-roy-harper/

Connor Hawke/Green Arrow

Mia Dearden/Speedy

BLACK CANARY

https://screenrant.com/black-canary-every-costume-otto-schmidt-art/ (just a picture, but it IS a thorough one!)

AQUA FAMILY

Arthur Curry/Aquaman

https://aiptcomics.com/2018/10/06/every-aquaman-costume-from-the-comics-and-movies-from-1941-to-date/

LANTERNS

Hal Jordan

Guy Gardner

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-guy-gardner/

John Stewart

Kyle Rayner

https://bookriot.com/kyle-rayner-fashion-heroes/

MARTIANS

ZATANNA

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-zatanna/

WILSON FAMILY

Slade Wilson/Deathstroke

Grant Wilson/Ravager

Joey Wilson/Jericho

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-jericho/

Rose Wilson-Worth/Ravager

TEENS

Gar Logan/Beast Boy

https://bookriot.com/beast-boy-fashion/

Koriand’r/Starfire

https://bookriot.com/fashion-disasters-starfire/

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I might make another post when I've got more links and have cleaned things up a bit. (I KNOW there's a Raven page, but haven't looked for it yet, for example.) Or maybe I'll just make this one nicer. We'll see. But my new, possibly spyware, firefox add-on can only do so much work! There are INFINITE "cosplay idea" sites clogging up my search results, and keeping me from finding the correct 30 year old sites designed before frames existed, with tiny images a Windows 95 computer could PROBABLY load!

[autisticlenaluthor]

one single thread of gold

for @2-the-moon-and-2-saturn

"But as Lillian never fails to remind her, her dreams are just dreams. And while Lena’s used to the cracks in the sidewalks– she’s getting pretty sick and tired of waiting for flowers to grow between them."

After being thrown together for a school project, Kara and Lena want to stay strangers. But for as much as they try to avoid the other, the universe continues to throw them together.

OR the supercorptober high school AU that i couldn't keep just a oneshot

[casualwriters]

masterlist !!

moodboard and others Masterlist | Me requests are open for all fandoms listed below! Just a fyi spelling and grammar has always been a struggle for me so I am sorry for that! <3

peaky Blinders-

jealousy- Finn Shelby

dating someone who is deaf

raising a little girl with John Shelby

Hogwarts MoodBoard

The lost Boys -

Eddie S/o being apart of the Lost Boys

There S/o loosing someone close to them

being the oldest Emerson Sibling and dating Paul

full moon gone wrong Paul

The witcher

Arrange marriage - Cahir

Euphoria

Single mother (Fez x reader)

Video Games

Nathan Prescott freaking out and coming to his s/o

Nathan Prescott s/o has anxiety

life is strange ch seeing there s/o draw them

Horror

slasher with a tall s/o

jason dean with naive s/o

Being the Third de'ville bride

Characters dating a demon

Harry Potter

Sirius finding out you're a death eater

Marauders readers having to sleep in bed with their rivals

Harry Potter boys reacting to someone yelling at you

Dc & Marvel Comics

Love in the line of fire Roy Harper

kara Danvers Help their friend during a autistic meltdown

being stuck in an elevator with Dick Grays | Plus size reader

Baulder Gates

surprise Visitor | Halsin

[wonderbutch]

kara zor-el headcanons

- not stick thin. shes shaped like a soft door!!

- has scars from her childhood on krypton, specifically on her knees, arms, and hands

- kryptonians can scar if a) wounded and healed under a red sun and/or b) wound is caused by kryptonite (these scars won’t be That noticeable though). kara has scars on her wrists and upper arms.

- her eyes aren’t actually that blue. they’re more greenish grey, like her father’s

- bigender. when she was in midvale a lot of people would make fun of her because she looks very androgynous, but she didn’t realise until later that she was bigender and didn’t care how people perceived her gender

- starts binding in her 20s. as someone with super strength binding is pretty breezy for her however fighting is hard because sometimes she’s weakened and post fight her ribs are in HELL.

- likes having long hair, but cuts it again when she turns 18, and grows it out again the following year

- she’s not a Devout raoist, but she takes her religion quite seriously and also feels a huge kinship with the jewish people

- she specifically prays quite a lot to Cythonna (krypton’s ice goddess)

- she really really loves writing, and writes poetry constantly

- in a queerplatonic relationship with brainiac 5

- really into history. like REALLY into history. studies it eventually.

- is so fucking incredibly proud of her family. she can’t believe how much the house of el has grown since she was that small 15 year old kid in midvale.

- kinda has a complex about being alone though, but shes working on it!

- really loves nighttime. her favourite memories of midvale include flying alone at night

- doesn’t wear makeup often, it makes her itchy and she has sensory issues

- diagnosed with ADHD shortly after being adopted by the danvers, strongly suspected to be autistic but hasn’t been diagnosed for various reasons

- sleep talks in kryptonian. try explaining that to lena thorul after a sleepover

- really good with numbers and dates but not good at maths

- doesn’t actually like science all that much

- really really good with kids, especially babies. shes a damn natural and kids love her. she WILL start crying if she sees a kid cry

- secretly refers to herself as kar-el sometimes. only person she’s ever told is kon, who is also nonbinary

- unlike kal, she keeps her legion ring visible! when shes not Supergirl she cloaks it to look like a normal ring

- loves necklaces in theory but doesnt wear them because sensory issues

will prob add more to this but!! this is all for now!!!

[ur-fav-is-autistic]

Kara Danvers A.K.A Kara Zor-El from Supergirl is Autistic!

[introverted-author]

Give us some of your favorite Lena Luthor/Kara Danvers/Supercorp headcanons! ❤️💙

I love to headcanon Kara as autistic. She's pansexual. She is a huge swiftie and her favourite album is Lover, her favourite song being It's Nice to Have a Friend. She does ballet and is really good at it.

Lena Luthor secretly enjoys rom-coms, both in book and movie form. She is a lesbian (I mean just look at her). She comes across as icy but when you really know her, she's just a domestic marshmallow.

[felt-like-breathing]

introduction !! <3

ANTISHIFTERS DNI!!!

welcome to my blog !! i will not disclose my real name, but i will be going by cassie on this account, simply to avoid irls finding me.

on this blog, i will be talking about my journey and relationship with reality shifting. i have shifted a few times before, but it is not likely i will talk about that here. my reasoning for this is because, although successful in my attempts, i still struggled immensely and the time gaps in between shifts were not ideal. since then, i have restarted my journey and updated all of my drs, making changes both big and small depending on the reality. (and i also find it pointless to talk about previous drs when i no longer associate with that version of the reality i am going to. i think that would only cause confusion.)

some of my drs and s/o's include: (bold = main drs)

supergirl - kara danvers

glee - marley rose

hsmtmts - nini salazar-roberts

once upon a time - mulan

adult fame - melissa benoist

teen fame - olivia rodrigo

the walking dead (groupshift)

some facts aboout me in this reality:

i am a lesbian

i use she/her pronouns

i have anxiety

i would like to get tested before i flat out say i am autistic, but lets just say the signs are there ...

i love dinosaurs, pokemon, taylor swift, fall out boy, ducks, fiona apple, and dc comics !!

i probably wont do super detailed storytimes on here, just as i wouldnt do detailed storytimes about my cr, but i'll fs keep y'all updated on what's going on in my drs.

[garciaasfluffypen]

the day lena met kara

word count: 1.1k pairing: autistic!kara danvers x lena luthor warnings: none :) this is just pure fluff. 

a/n: okay so i’ve had a fic that i’ve left untouched for YEARS because people shitted and farted on me for how i wrote my autistic!kara at the time ( full transparency, i literally haven’t touched this google doc since 2017 ). granted, i now have many years of working with both autistic adults and children under my belt and i’m also now 23 so i’d like to think my writing has improved LMAO. so instead of reuploading it as a fic, i decided i’d take some of the moments and make them into one shots and do a little mini series maybe if y’all like it?

DISCLAIMER: NOT ALL AUTISM IS THE SAME. THERE ARE DIFFERING LEVELS OF FUNCTIONALITY PER HUMAN. YOU MAY NOT LIKE MY WRITING BUT DON’T SHIT ON ME FOR HOW I PORTRAY THIS VERSION OF KARA. I’M GOING BASED OFF OF WHAT I KNOW AS SOMEONE WHO’S WORKED WITH HUMANS WITH AUTISM FOR 13 YEARS. 

it was a beautiful, partly cloudy day when they first met. kara remembers the day perfectly. it was overcast- some of her favorite days. while she always felt less strong on overcast days, kara found herself feeling quite content on those days. it could be because the sun wasn’t blinding her every time she looked out her window, or the fact that there was typically a light breeze that wound its way through the city on those days, making it feel more and more like spring time. 

the sun slowly found its way into kara’s bedroom, slowly inching its way across her bed. she knew the exact reason she was up as early as she was- she was interviewing lena luthor today. her boss, snapper, had asked her to write an article on the young businesswoman, highlghting the steps that she was taking to reclaim the luthor name when it came to L-Corp. she could feel her anxiety bubbling at the surface, her gaze drifting to the floor as the sun sneaked its way closer to the bed. she liked watching the sun. the way it made the same pattern on the floor every morning was always predictable. the floorboards would get just warm enough for her feet so she didn’t have to wear socks to bed. it was nice. it was routine. 

a small shuffling came from her kitchen, reminding kara that her cousin clark had slept on the couch last night to ensure she didn’t feel alone going into her meeting with lena today. she loved clark with her whole heart- he had always gone above and beyond for her. including driving all the way from metropolis. 

“good morning, kara.” 

kara bounded into her kitchen, smiling at her cousin. “hi clark!”

“i made you your favorite pancakes.”

“really?” kara’s eyes widened. “you made me my pancakes?”

“i did.” clark pushed a plate over towards her, the syrup kara liked following seconds later. “you need to eat a good breakfast, you have your interview with lena today.”

kara looked down at her plate as she felt her face get redder, suddenly finding a small crack in her table more interesting than anything else in the room. “yeah.”

“are you excited?” she could hear the concern in his voice. 

“yeah.”

“are you sure?” clark looked over to kara, concerned. “do you feel uncomfortable?”

“no…”

“kara, are you sure you want to do this?”

“of course i do!” Kara’s head snapped up. “i want to be a reporter, clark. i have to go with you and work on this story if i want to be a reporter. i can’t do a story and not interview people. that’s not right.”

“right. but if you feel uncomfortable, let me know and we can leave whenever you want to, okay?” kara nodded. “and remember, you can not say that you’re supergirl.”

“why?”

“it’s our secret, remember?”

“oh yeah! it’s a secret!” kara placed her finger on her lips, almost as if to tell herself not to say anything. “you can’t tell anyone my secret clark! alex won’t be happy.”

“that’s right. it’s our little secret, okay?”

“okay!”

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kara’s arm was wrapped around clark’s forearm as they walked over towards L-Corp. she was nervous. kara wasn’t one for social interaction with people whom she didn’t know from her childhood. when she wasn’t supergirl, she always stayed to the back and let alex or clark do all the talking. but she was going to be a reporter, and she had to learn how to talk to people. this interview was the perfect opportunity. she was going to meet one of the most famous people in national city and write a story about her. of course, she didn’t expect to get published right away, it was going to be her first article, but it was going to be her first story and she was more focused on getting it written than getting it published. she needed to make sure it was perfect, and clark was there to help her. 

kara heard a mumbled sentence come from clark, and she could only find the courage to nod as clark opened the door for her, waiting for her to go inside. kara took a few steps in and waited for clark, not wanting to go any farther without him. when he got inside, kara found her way back to his side and clutched onto his shirt sleeve as they walked over to the circulation desk. kara looked down as she waited for clark to be done talking to the lady before they went to the elevator. she waited until the door closed to plug her ears, trying to stop them from popping- she hated when her ears popped in elevators. soon as the door opened kara could feel herself getting more scared, and looked over to clark. he held out a hand and let kara take it, walking out of the elevator before signaling to her to take a deep breath. once she was ready, the secretary opened the door to lena’s office and let them in.  

“clark, what a pleasure.”

“same to you, lena.” clark nodded his head slightly, trying to nudge kara forward at the same time.

“and who might this be?”

“this is my cousin, kara danvers.”

“hi kara.” lena started talking in a quieter tone, sensing her nervousness. “i’m lena.”

“kara is autistic, so she’s a little shy.”

“i’m so not shy!” kara huffed, scrunching her face into a pout as she looked up at clark. 

“then tell Lena why you’re here.”

kara paused. “can you do it?”

“kara, you can do it.”

“you don’t have to be nervous, kara.” kara’s eyes shifted over towards Lena, looking just beyond her face. dhe wasn’t ready for eye contact yet. “i heard a lot about you, clark talks about you all the time. from what I’ve heard, you seem like a bright girl.”

“you talk about me?”

“i do.” clark smiled. “now, what are we here for again?”

“to interview lena.”

“why do we need to interview lena?”

“i’m writing a story. my first story.”

clark glanced over to lena, who was trying to hide a smile behind her hand. “and why do you want to do your story on lena?”

“because she’s really pretty.”

“yes, but there’s another reason.”

“because snapper wants me to report on lena and L-Corp and how she’s being a business woman.”

“that’s right. so are you ready to ask lena questions now?”

kara looked down at her feet, starting to play with the bottom of her shirt. lena held out her hand again, waiting for a reaction from kara, but frowned when she stepped away. clark held out a hand and pulled kara closer to him, trying to calm her down. at least two minutes passed before kara glanced up, looking at lena. her eyes lit up and tucked some hair behind her ears, ready to answer any question that kara asked her.