#daxamites

[cantsayidont]

September 1990. One of the bright spots of the continuity-related editorial battles that beset the "v4" LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES book was Laurel Gand, introduced in LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #6 and retroactively inserted in Legion history to replace Supergirl, who in this period was considered editorially off-limits. Laurel was a Daxamite, with the same powers as Supergirl (albeit with slightly different weaknesses), but she wasn't tied to Superman and she wasn't a time traveler, so her place in the Legion wasn't constrained in the ways Supergirl's had been. Like Supergirl, Laurel dated Brainiac 5, but after their messy breakup, she later got involved with his best friend, Rond Vidar, probably at least partly in hopes of getting a rise out of Brainy. However, Laurel then caught feelings for Rond and had a baby with him, while still secretly carrying a torch for Brainy. Oops! None of that would have been editorially permissible for Supergirl, nor would Laurel's super-thong.

I always liked Laurel and wish the series had made more use of her, but DC in this era was in the throes of its recurring misconception that allowing other characters with powers like Superman's somehow weakens the Superman franchise. She was apparently killed off after Keith Giffen and the Bierbaums left the book, and while a version of Laurel was reintroduced following the dreadful ZERO HOUR reboot, she was recast as a literal space nun, "Sister Andromeda"! Awful.

[chernobog13]

Mon-El of the Legion of Super-Heroes by the late Steve Lightle, colored by Rich Seetoo.

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

I find it so hilarious how the wider universe views Earth as a primitive backwater populated by barely sentient primates, yet pretty much every Green Lantern from that planet has gotten it on at least one alien baddy.

Like, you got Kyle x Soranik, John marries Katma and later dates Merayn, Simon has a fling with Ungara's biggest rock star, Jo boinks both men and women while in the Far Sector...

Either the GL uniform is doing some serious heavy lifting, or 2814's officers just have so much rizz it overcomes intergalactic prejudice. And I think we all know which option is funnier and thus correct

[dc-tournaments]

Why do they deserve to win?

Clark Kent (TW implied CSA)

Diro Yat (TW abuse)

[sing-me-under]

I have unintentionally developed this whole post-Vol 2/pre-flashpoint timeline for Booster Gold and his little time travel family. There are three major components:

Rip Hunter is not around anymore. He’s not dead, obviously, but it’s reached a point in their personal timelines where they’re meant to separate. Rip can’t mentor the younger version of his dad forever nor should he. Booster has learned everything he needs to know from Rip, and now it’s time to part ways and make their own choices without the future influencing them. While Booster does occasionally come across younger and less experienced versions of Rip Hunter, all future Rips have effectively disappeared. Now separated, Booster sets up his own base elsewhere.

Booster and Michelle raise Rani in Neo-Gotham. Specifically the early 22nd century. This is Neo-Gotham at the end of Terry’s Batman career. It is more or less implied that sometime in the 22nd century, a nuclear war breaks out and gives way to the next dark ages. You can’t leave traces/ripples if they’re wiped from existence. Booster is still active in the 21st century by virtue of being an established hero there, but once keeping up appearances is over, he returns to the 22nd. Michelle stays in the 22nd century and just lives her life there.

Booster’s mystery future wife is Trixie Collins. After reuniting at some nebulous future date and going through a whole crisis together, Trixie can’t go back to her (unfulfilling) life, so Booster moves her to the 22nd century. At some point, she and Booster decide to act on the chemistry from their early years, and Rip is unintentionally conceived. Booster decides to retire from the 21st century hero scene, and they get married. But pretty early on, they realize that they’re not really romantically interested in each other. It’s partly acknowledgement of comphet society and that they’re both decidedly on the far side of the Kinsey Scale and also Booster is more or less too traumatized to truly emotionally connect to another person anymore. Booster and Trixie are still on good terms, so they stay married (and eventually come to consider each other best friends). And by virtue of being married, Trixie ends up getting more involved in Booster’s time cop thing and starts handling his logistics. They make a great team.

So from here, my brain came up with the following scenario:

Rani wants to become a superhero.

Rani-centric story idea under the cut. This one really got away from me.

The 22nd century is absolutely not a good time to get into heroics, and Rani knows that. That’s exactly why Booster chose it.

Rani has her own super power set, but it's not combat oriented. But there is this desire baked into her soul, so she takes a page (a whole chapter, really) from Booster Gold’s book. She steals a power suit and a time sphere and… doesn’t quite succeed as planned.

Instead of 1990s Metropolis, Rani finds herself in mid-21st century Gotham, the height of the legacy generation of heroes. Much to Rani's annoyance, Booster asked Nightwing and a not-quite-yet-retired Batman to keep an eye on her. It's mostly to prevent anyone else from solidly putting together that "Gold Star" is the infamous Booster Gold's daughter. Having the Bats' backing also means Rani isn't just plopped into the world with no legal records or emergency contacts.

Rani's story is mostly hijinks and heroics.

She's a D-list hero who frequently finds herself teaming up with other heroes, but she struggles to connect with any teams.

She keeps running into Legionnaires investigating some sort of intricate time travel plot and finds herself fighting alongside them to save the world. Unlike the 21st century heroes, Rani does connect with the 31st century heroes.

Sometimes, Rani also gets caught up in the Carter family business and gets swept away on a few time traveling adventurers with characters like Gold Beetle, a younger Rip Hunter (and Jack Soo), and even her baby brother, Junior.

In her downtime, Rani works part-time and does a few odd jobs here and there. Her saving grace is that she doesn't have to pay rent since she "inherited" Booster's townhouse.

Specific plot points include:

Booster's old JLI teammates immediately recognizing that Rani is Booster's daughter. They are equal parts glad that he's out there somewhere just living well instead of dead in a ditch, forgotten, and also hurt that Booster never introduced his family to them and that they had to find out from his teenage daughter.

In Time Masters: Vanishing Point #5, Booster warps their home to the end of time in order to lose the time assassins that had been chasing them. Time pirates also got to Rani in order to get the location of Vanishing Point from her, but she doesn't know it since Booster (with Trixie and Junior) abandoned the 22nd century shortly after Rani left. While the Carters frequently visit Rani, Rani doesn't have the means to visit them.

Rani overcomes her avoidance of the 31st century in order to save the world. While there, she becomes an official reserve member of the Legion. She returns to the 21st century anyway, not yet ready to give up on it.

Give me the Booster Gold: Convergence plot line, and Rani has to deal with the aftermath.. or maybe just ignore the whole Convergence thing and straight up rip off the time cancer subplot. Booster is bouncing through time uncontrollably, and Rani , Michelle, and an older Rip are chasing him down until they end up in the 90s (Rani finally gets a glimpse of the 90s and is disappointed) and find Booster in Ted's lab. Rani takes the place of N52 Booster in this. Everyone goes to Vanishing Point, and Booster transforms into Waverider. That has some wildly angsty potential.

The time cancer plot ends with Waverider returning everyone to their intended times. There's no universe-shattering crisis this time, so it's more like Waverider just isn't fully in-tune with his powers yet and fixed the anomalies by instinct rather than intent. It does mean that Rani finds herself in the 31st century and needs to be rescued from a dead planet and her own panic attack by the Legion.

Rani, fully attached to the Legion of Superheroes, officially-officially joins their group and decides to permanently stay in the 31st century as a hero.

Other notes:

There are also some implications that Booster may be nudging events in certain directions to keep the flow of time steady. Unbeknowst to Rani, Booster pre-programmed a different year and location for her to land in and disguised it as a glitch. He may or may have also arranged for some run-ins between her and some Legionnaires.

There’s a little hint at an abandoned Rani-centric plot thread towards the end of Vol 2. My guess is that there was supposed to be a 31st century arc for Booster Gold where he'd earn the trust and friendship of Braniac 5. I'm also guessing that Rani, who is shown to be a literal super genius, is more important than initially believed. She was probably supposed to be returned to the 31st century to fullfil some sort of essential role and subsequently not be adopted by the Carters because DC is allergic to happy parent-child relationships. I will be ignoring this guess.

Rani still has PTSD from Daxam's destruction and suffers from anxiety in her day-to-day. While she should have been returned to her intended place in the 31st century, she was too distressed by 1) being unadopted by Booster and 2) being in the time Daxam was destroyed and Emerald Empress is lose. Altogether, it was decided that Rani would stay with Booster and Michelle (and Rip as well, at the time). Either way, Rani refused to step foot in the 31st century, so Booster only ever brought his son of the two to visit Brainiac. Rani's knowledge of the Legion is restricted to what Booster and Junior have told her.

[spandexinspace]

Modern comic writers' ignorance of LoSH has done irreparable damage to Green Lantern.

[kj-yikes]

I’m watching season one of supergirl and kara really just tries to find every excuse to not date a man doesn’t she

[evilhorse]

There’s a word my people have. It translates as “Valor.”

(Action Comics #1069)

[djrenard]

My pull list (10/09/24):

Action Comics #1070

Green Lantern: Civil Corps Special #1

My body is ready for classic Mon-El.

[dial-p-for-placey]

Got commissioned to draw some more Legionnaire characters! Well start with boys of the batch

Here we have Brainiac 5, Matter-Eater Lad and Mon-El/Valor

[vampstaubrey]

★ OC Moodboard :; Zehna Vern-Qol !!

[corythesaxon]

Nenah lore rewrite!

Okay so since I made her part Daxamite I find it hard to believe that the Thanagarian slavers would capture her and take her to another planet without issue. Even if they exploit her lead allergy she’d still be hard to handle.

So!

Byth’s MOM was a slave and then brought back to Earth.

Byth will meet Nenah when he goes to visit Earth and they actually get into a fight and he sort of gets attracted to her that way.

[imjustalittleman]

[Sort of an aftermath/continuation of my previous post??]

Today was the day. Kara was going to walk into Lena's office, and she was going to tell her everything. 'Everything' being the fact that she was Supergirl, her true name Kara Zor-El. Not the other part of everything. Not the part where she found herself wanting to simply be near the CEO. Where she couldn't spend a second without thinking about her. No, it was all too sudden, and she was still trying to figure out what this all meant. She had just lost Mon-el, and she almost lost Lena, too. Surely, this was an aftershock. The first secret was big enough, anyway.

She paced back and forth along her kitchen floor, going over the exact words she planned on saying to Lena so that she wouldn't mess up. No matter what, she had to do it. She couldn't hold it off for any longer. Not when the hints were getting too obvious and the lies were getting too absurd. She didn't like lying in the first place. Especially to her best friend. And it wasn't like she didn't trust her after all of this time. Of course she did! It was just that she never knew how to bring it up. Saying something like "Hey, Lena. I don't know if I ever mentioned this before, but I'm Supergirl. Tada" didn't seem very appropriate.

Whatever the excuse, she just couldn't let another day go by without telling her. Since the day they teamed up to save Lena, Lillian Luthor's words echoed through her mind:

"Eventually, she'll find out on her own. Find out that you've been lying to her all this time. And when she does? She'll hate you for it."

She knew Lillian was only trying to get in her head with that statement, but she couldn't help but find truth in it. Her friendship with Lena has only grown since they met. And Lena has opened up to her on numerous occasions. Sometimes, to her own surprise. She didn't deserve to be lied to again. She put her trust in too many people just to watch them betray it. Kara was not going to be one of the many. She was determined to show her friend that she appreciated her trust. She wanted to open up to her, too. Because friendship takes mutual effort, and Lena deserves it all.

With that, Kara stopped in her tracks. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. She whispered a quick "I can do this" to herself before nodding in resolution and taking to the skies to LCorp.

When she got off the elevator, she gave a casual greeting to Jess, who in turn gave her a brief smile and nod, indicating that she was welcome to walk in the office. Despite the 'go ahead', she knocked on the door just in case before going inside.

Lena must not have heard the knocking because when Kara stepped foot in the office, she was sitting in her desk chair, squinting at her computer screen in concentration. She looked immersed in her work, and Kara almost felt like she was intruding, but she took the time to admire her friend. Her black hair was put up in a bun today. A few strands seem to have escaped the rest and lightly rested near the sides of her face. Her eyes looked sharp as they often do, but she also had deep bags. Kara didn't blame her for not being able to get much sleep after all that has happened. If anything, she didn't want to have to stress her out any more than she already looked.

Swiftly, Kara walked up to the desk and cleared her throat. Lena looked up, and her eyes softened as soon as she registered who was in the room with her.

"Kara, hi" she greeted as a light smile graced her lips and she stood up. "What brings you here today?"

Kara adjusted the glasses on her face as it was a natural habit when she was nervous. "Hi Lena. I just came to visit and see how you were doing. And to tell you something important," she mumbled the last part.

Lena approached her and her hand lightly pressed against Kara's lower back, guiding her to the couch. When they took a seat, their knees touched which didn't go unnoticed by either party.

"Is everything okay?" Lena asked, concern etched into her voice. She always seemed to sense when Kara was conflicted or anxious. And she always asked about it, which only made Kara want to confess to her more because of how much she genuinely cared.

Kara played with her fingers, "Yes. Um. I just- Well... How are you?" She managed to stutter out, looking up into green eyes that stared back in question.

"I could be better," Lena answered truthfully. "But the real question is how are you? Your boyfriend- Mike, was it? - he just-"

Kara swallowed thickly. She wasn't expecting the counter question, although she should've, considering Lena always asked. If she was being honest, she hadn't thought about how she felt about the whole situation since it happened. She tried to ignore her feelings and be productive. Continue being Supergirl. It helped for a bit, but now that she was being asked, she didn't know if she could keep it in anymore.

"Mike, yeah. He took my pod and he-" She started choking on her words and a sob escaped her without permission. She didn't come here to talk about what happened. She didn't come here to cry about her (ex?) boyfriend. But that's what she ended up doing when she felt the tears form up in the corners of her eyes. She didn't even realize her slip up.

In little time, Lena was wrapping Kara in a strong and warm hug. "I'm so sorry that had to happen," she whispered.

Kara hugged the brunette back and cried into her shoulder. She felt Lena run a hand through her ponytail, taking it out in one felt swoop and massaging it. It was calming, but it didn't stop the tears that were already running down her cheeks.

"I miss him," she said weakly. And she did miss him. It has only been a few days, but she could already feel the difference it was making. She wished that he was still on earth with her and that they could continue living their lives as if his mother had never even come to earth in the first place. But now..

"And you have every right to. Look at me," Lena pushed Kara's shoulders away gently so they could look at each other. She looked into Kara's blue eyes that were still filled with tears. Wiping them away with a thumb to either side, Kara's glasses lifted up with each movement. Then, holding her face in between her hands, she said, "You are a strong woman. Stronger than you know. Your boyfriend? He sacrificed his life on earth for the rest of us. That was a noble thing to do. Crying is always okay, Kara. But just know that you two are still connected in here," she placed two fingers on her head. "And in here," she pointed to Kara's heart.

Kara nodded and smiled, wiping away the rest of her tears. "Thank you," she sniffed. "Really." She was more than grateful that Lena cared about her feelings. "And sorry for getting your sweater all..."

"It's alright. It was getting warm anyways," Lena said, slipping off said sweater and placing it down on the armrest of the couch.

They sat in a semi-comfortable silence for a few moments. Kara was still sniffling and quietly thanked Lena when she got up to get a box of tissues. Lena waited patiently until her dear friend was ready to speak again.

"Sorry you had to see that," Kara apologized once again.

"Don't be," Lena replied before the taller woman could say anything else. "You were there to comfort me back when Jack...," she was looking down at the floor when she said this, trying to hide her melancholic response to the memory. She raised her head to look into Kara's blue eyes again, reaching out to one of her hands and squeezing it lightly in assurance, "The least I could do is return the favor."

Kara smiled at the comment and, once again, gave a sincere "Thank you." She was perfectly okay with just spending the remainder of her visit sitting on Lena's couch and talking to her about various things. Both everything and nothing almost simultaneously, like they were so used to doing. She longed to change the subject to something more pleasant. Something happier than death or separation. And then she remembered.

"I almost forgot!" She blurted out suddenly, catching the businesswoman by surprise. "I have to tell you something," she started. And just like that, the nerves came back to her. She was anxious of what the other woman's response would be. What if she really did begin to hate her like Lillian said? She wouldn't know what to do if she added on to the grief that Lena had already experienced in her life. If she never wanted to see her again, she would oblige, but Kara wouldn't be able to go on if she lost another person that she cared deeply for in such a short time. She didn't want that to happen at all, but if that were the case, she wouldn't be able to stop her.

"What is it?" Lena asked, snapping the reporter out of her thoughts and back to the brunette sitting next to her.

She started fidgeting again. "It's important that you know."

Lena did the thing where she rose her eyebrow just a bit, curious, her undivided attention on Kara. She watched as Kara slid off her glasses and placed them on the table in front of them. Her eyes widened as Kara started unbuttoning her shirt and she promptly looked away.

Clearing her throat and trying to hide her oncoming blush she asked, "Kara, what are you doing?"

Said woman noticed the squeak in her voice and looked up after fumbling with one of the buttons to see that Lena was no longer looking at her. "I'm-" she paused. She looked down to her shirt that was almost all the way open and back to Lena, who was looking away awkwardly. Her face was redder than before. Then it clicked. Oh Rao.

"It's not what it looks like!! I- there are clothes underneath this! It was- this is a part of what I wanted to tell you!"

Lena took a moment to breathe again before she slowly turned her head back around. She sighed in relief when she saw that Kara was not indeed stripping in her office with just the two of them. What she saw instead was a very familiar outfit worn by a certain superhero who she has grown to respect and regard as a friend. The red symbol outlined by yellow for the House of El stood out among the rest of her attire. Before Lena knew it, her hand was on Kara's chest, tracing out the 'S' and the pentagon surrounding it.

"I'm Supergirl," Kara said quietly, as if saying it any louder would give the secret away to the whole world.

Lena's finger stopped tracing along the crest, much to Kara's displeasure for reasons she didn't know. Her hand went up to Supergirl's face to put a stray strand of her hair behind her ear.

"I know," she smiled crookedly. These two simple words held more feeling and explanation than any other. It held memories of all the little accidental slip ups that Kara thought she could get away with, but Lena had a keen eye. It held the intense relief Lena felt all of those times Supergirl saved her from death. But it also held the dullness that she felt at having to live in the image of the villain everyone made her out to be. It held the pain of all the times Kara lost her loved ones. Lost her planet. Lost herself to her thoughts. It held the weight of the world. And it held the forgiveness Lena had for Kara not telling her sooner because she understood. Lena knew this. Kara knew this. And if nobody else did, then it was okay because it was only important for the two of them.

[incorrect-green-lantern-quotes]

idk if it was intentional on Geoff Johns' part but having Earth be the hiding place for the Life Entity and the origin of life in the universe is also a retroactive explanation for why so many alien species look similar if not downright identical to humans and can interbreed with them

it might not necessarily be a good explanation, but it's better than none at all

seriously though, even the races that aren't overtly human-but-with-mild-cosmetic-differences in design like Bolovaxians or Martians still have similar tetrapodal body structure

[karel-luthor]

THE CHAMPION OF EARTH

You survive the loss of your home planet, Conquered every fear and anxiety you ever had. Fought as the Protector of Earth and earned its people respect. Among the Kryptonians you are the strongest of them all, physically and spiritually.

You are the Paragon of Hope the Symbol of Strength

[iamstevessmile]

Forever Valentine

Mon-El of Daxum

Summary: Fluff, light romance, supergirl characters

AURORA’S POV

“Mon-El.” I whisper sleepily, keeping my eyes closed as I shuffle over toward the warmth as it’s slowly been drawn away from me.

“Right here.” I sigh contently when I hear his response, resting my head back onto his chest as I feel my eyes getting heavier once again. “Go back to sleep, sleeping beauty.”

A small smile makes its way onto my lips at the nickname, and I hum slightly in response, possibly incoherent as I let myself fall back asleep, the warmth once again taking over.

MON-EL’S POV

I smile down at the girl laying against me, her head on my chest as I hear her soft, gentle breaths while she sleeps.

How did I manage to get so Lucky?

Sitting still, not wanting to disturb her once again, I lay there, bringing my free arm up to her head and letting my hand gently run through her hair.

The sound of my phone ringing cuts into the silence, and I immediately cringe, not wanting to disturb Aurora anymore than I already had.

As I’m about to reach for my phone, her left arm moves up to my chest, her hand gripping onto my shirt and tugging slightly as if she was holding on for her life.

Sighing, I place my hand over where hers was gripping my shirt, hoping to ease whatever was running through her mind as I grab my phone off the bedside table.

“Hello?” I whisper groggily into the speaker.

“Mon-El! Buddy!” Winn’s voice travels across the phone. “Why do you sound like you just woke up?”

“Well Winn, because I practically just did.”

“Oh, shit, sorry man.” He huffs lightly on the other end of the line.

“No problem. Is everything alright?” I ask, keeping my voice down.

“Yes, well no.”

“Details Winn.”

“Right, yes, okay. So I know it’s the day of love and all that Jazz and technically you were given off for the day, but J’onn needs you to come in.” I shut my eyes for a moment, thinking over his words before speaking.

“Any clue what it’s about?”

“Something about some alien from Daxum? Does that sound like a possibility?”

“At this point Winn, I wouldn’t even question if you told me you were an alien too.”

“Unfortunately, I’m not. Though it would be cool to have some sort of powers, and a cool background story.” He rambles on, making me chuckle softly. “Yeah anyways, when can you get here?”

“I just need to get out of bed, give me ten minutes, fifteen at max.”

“Okay, see you soon man.” With that, I hang up the call, sighing as I look down at Aurora.

“‘M sorry gorgeous, I’ll be back soon.” I unclasp her hand from my shirt, pulling back and sliding a cushion into my spot to replace where I was laying.

I quickly move around the room and into bathroom, getting ready as quickly and quietly as possible before walking back into my room.

I walk back over to the bed, leaning down to place a kiss on Aurora’s forehead before leaving the room and making my way over to the DEO’s headquarters.

- - -

“Okay, I’m here!” I announce, landing on the porch as I make my way down the steps and towards the mainframe of computers.

“Woah, that was quick.” Winn spins around in his chair to face me.

“Part of the job man, is it not?”

“Yeah, sorry about making you leave Aurora by the way.” His eyes flash with sympathy and I just shake my head slowly.

“She’s still sleeping, hopefully I’ll be back before she’s up, but don’t sweat it okay?”

“Noted. No sweating it.” I can’t help but laugh at his words. “Wanna quick brief before the others show up?”

“Hit me.”

With that, he spins his chair back round, his fingers flying over the keys, and in a matter of seconds, an imagine is being displayed on the main screen.

“That’s a-“

“A Xyled.”

“You’re familiar with it?”

“Yeah, they used to attack quite a lot, back on Daxum.”

“Mon-El, thanks for coming in.” At the sound of the voice, I turn away from the screen and walk over to the platform table in the middle of the room.

“Always here to help J’onn, you know that.”

“Kara was able to identify that this creature was from Daxum, but that’s about it.” I turn to look over at her, seeing her nod in agreement to J’onn’s words.

“I only ever heard of them from my parents, I suppose having the expert here is our best bet at getting more information.” She smiles at me, and I nod in understanding.

“What can you tell us about this Xyled creature?” J’onn asks, leaning forward against the platform.

“They’re known for their violence, they do not care what they destroy or who they hurt, they just want to do whatever they aim to do.”

“Oh, we’ll that’s just great.” Kara perks up sarcastically, making me chuckle. “Talk about a Valentine’s Day gift.”

“They used to lead constant attacks against the Royal Family back on Daxum.”

“So what are they doing here?” One of the agents pipes up.

“They must have survived after the Daxamite invasion. Probably been in hiding somewhere, waiting to attack.”

“Has it attacked yet?”

“Yep, about three hours ago at Queen’s park, another an hour ago at the Royal Mandarin, center of national city.” Winn recites, looking down at his tablet.

“That’s no coincidence. Mon-El, you said something about them attacking the Royal Family?”

“That was their goal. Ultimate destruction of the monarchy I suppose.”

“It’s attacking places that it could possibly find some type of Royalty.”

I watch as Winn pulls up a video of the attack on the screen, watching the Xyled rampage through a park, scaring tons of innocent people.

“Not some type, it’s hunting me.” I say breathlessly, hearing the alien shout my name in it’s language right before it runs away. “It just called me out.”

“You can speak their language?” Kara asks curiously, getting a nod in response.

“Yeah, my parents forced me to learn a lot of languages when I was younger. Guess they did something right.” I shrug, leaning my forearms against the platform. “So what’s the plan?”

“I think maybe you should sit this one out Mon-El.” Alex speaks up, and I immediately disagree.

“No, she’s right. If the creature is hunting you, you should stay as far away as possible.” Kara says, agreeing with her sister.

“That’s not what heroes do. You taught me that.” I stare back at her, watching her intently, until she gives in and nods.

“They do have a point though.” Winn speaks up, and I release a sigh. “Maybe it’s best if you go back home and stay with Aurora.”

“If I don’t go out there and stop this thing, it’s only going to come find me and I can never risk it hurting Aurora. We have to capture it, and I have an idea.”

“Go ahead.” J’onn nods his head, encouraging me to share the plan.

“I’ll go in as bait, then you guys come in as backup once I’ve cornered it.”

“Mon-El, are you sure this is a good idea? You said they were extremely violent.” Alex pipes up, being the voice of logic for all of us.

“I can handle it, besides, I have you guys incase anything goes wrong.”

———

“NOW ALEX!” I Shout, watching as she stuns the alien with a net, allowing J’onn to run up and cuff it in DEO hand cuffs.

“Choi ulo senot.

NEM-OR KLYUMSOKLYMSO EH JUZAN“

They’re coming.

MON-EL PRINCE OF DAXUM

A shiver runs down my spine as the creature whispers sharply at me.

They?

“Good job Mon-El.” J’onn says, walking up to pat me on the shoulder. “Now, I heard there’s a certain someone waiting for you back home.”

A smile spreads across my face at the thought of finally being able to go home to my girl.

“There is, thanks for the back-up J’onn. Call me if there are any more violent aliens on the loose.”

——

I finally make my way back into my apartment, unlocking the door to find Aurora wrapped up in a blanket on the couch, with a book resting in her lap.

Her head snaps up at the sound of the door clicking behind me, and my heart races as her eyes flash with relief when they meet my own.

“Hi there sleeping beauty.” I smile softly, making my way over to the couch. “How’d you sleep?”

“Hi handsome.” I see her lips pout slightly, making my heart pang with guilt, yet I know it was unintentional. “You weren’t there when I woke up.”

“I know gorgeous, I’m sorry, duty called.” I speak softly, moving over to crouch down in front of where she sat on the couch. “I hope you can forgive me.”

“You’re back with me and safe, so that’s all I can really ask for.” My heart swells at her words and I smile at her.

I hold up the bouquet of lilac roses I had picked up along the way back, watching her eyes light up with adoration at the sight of them.

“Mon-El!” She tosses her book aside, wrapping her arms around my neck as she pulls me into a hug. “They’re so beautiful, thank you.”

“I’m glad you like them Aurora.” I whisper softly, pulling back until my lips were hovering just above hers.

“More than.” She takes initiative, moving her face forward until our lips collided, moving perfectly against one another.

“Happy Valentine’s Day Sleeping Beauty.”