#kara danvers masterlist

[scarletts-scribbles]

Kara Zor El Masterlist

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​Fluff - [𝐹] ​Hurt/Comfort - [𝐻𝒞] ​Angst - [𝒜𝒩] ​Smut - [𝒮𝑀]

[goldenempyrean]

𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

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I am Supergirl (Sick Kara)

Caring For a Kyrptonian (Sick Kara) ✮

EVENTS:

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[literary-lesbo]

𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵

-- 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘵/𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘏𝘊 -- 𝘍𝘭𝘶𝘧𝘧: 𝘍 -- 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵: 𝘈 -- 𝘚𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘪𝘤: 𝘚𝘍 --

[autisticlenaluthor]

rory's blind date with a book (supercorp edition)

I've been thinking about how to create a master list of all my fics and thought this would be a much more fun way to do it. here, you will get the basics of each fic, but just like with a real blind date -- the plot & title will be a surprise! i hope you enjoy :)

one or two shots

☀️: domestic supercorp, small town au, lots of pretty vibes, healing, and fluff

☁️: lena centric hurt/comfort, autistic lena, and self acceptance/healing (again)

🦕: domestic fluff, hurt/comfort, and dinosaurs (not real ones). lots of softness and cuddles. established relationship. this was honestly just an excuse to write a story that is 100% supercorp snuggles

🐄: farm house idiots building a life together, coping with anxiety, fluff, and a proposal

👽: explorer lena, useless yet genius lesbians, hurt/comfort, humor, and fluff. also autistic lena if you squint

💜: trauma recovery, hurt/comfort, heavy angst, and very lena centric. be sure to read all of the trigger warnings as this one is a pretty heavy story

😔: sickfic, a story about bad tummy aches written by a girl with chronic tummy aches, lots of hurt/comfort, autistic lena, established relationship

multi-chapter fics

🐙: this fic is if like if the vibes of gilmore girls and "back to December" had a baby. there's angst, there's hurt comfort, there are immaculate vibes and stunning imagery. there's autistic lena, sleepovers, cuddles, ice skating, hand-holding, chess matches, broken fingers, and everything else you could possibly want including a sequel.

🐳: the sequel to 🐙. there's (almost) all of those same things except this also includes lena wearing a dress made out of police tape and some very soft smut.

🤕: this fic is like two stories in one - it follows kara and lena's lives as kids and adults. lots of hurt/comfort, a deep dive into their trauma & healing, friends to lovers, and so much domesticity. both kara and lena are autistic. lena grows up very ill - this is the sickfic of all sickfics.

🏝: lena centric. lots of angst/hurt comfort. vivid imagery, diving deeper than we've ever gone into lena's past. an expansion on her life before the luthor's. autistic lena, of course. this one is pretty heavy, so mind the TWs. it is also the fic I believe to be my best work.

✨: friends to lovers, slow burn, queer platonic relationships, destigmatizing “scary” mental illnesses, autistic lena, trauma recovery & general themes of healing. Lots of hurt/comfort, communication, with a balance of angst and fluff

📚: what if lena nobody knew lena was lena luthor? slow burn but SO soft, so much fluff and hurt/comfort. again, lots of beautiful imagery. kara is willing to learn an entire language for lena before she even knows her last name. she also has an ongoing rivalry with lena’s asshole cat. autistic lena in the sense that - it was not intentionally written that way but every single person i’ve ever spoken to about this fic believed she was purposefully written as on the spectrum

💛: THE autistic lena fic. that’s all i’ve got to say. 

🍞: slice of life sickfic showing two stark realities of kara and lena existing in the same world, but in different galaxies. friends to lovers, eventual hurt/comfort. autistic lena & ADHD kara! 

😱: supercorp if they were wealthy milfs living their best lives until they aren’t. mystery, angst, and some thriller elements!

other:

🐢: a series of oneshots to add to 🤕, including some deleted scenes. just a way for me to add to that universe without clogging up the original fic

[salem-witch-slut]

𓇻MASTERLIST𓇻

LEDGER: RED=NSFW, GREEN=SFW,

Ellie Williams (TLOU) 𖤐 Shotgunning(Kinktober/xReader), 𖤐 I Don't Need You(Don't You Leave Me) (xReader)

Abby Anderson (TLOU) 𖤐 He Doesn't Know (Song fic/xReader)

Ellie+Abby (TLOU) 𖤐 Unrequited(Ellabs), 𖤐 Farewell Our Future Days (Preview)(Ellabs), 𖤐 Behind Closed Doors(Ellabs), 𖤐 Of Bartenders & Bodyguards(xReader), 𖤐 Keep The Pressure Up (Overstimulation/xReader)

Sevika (Arcane) 𖤐 Prostitution (Kinktober/xReader), 𖤐These Trembling Hands (xReader)

Kara Danvers (Supergirl 2015) 𖤐 This Is What I Know Of Life(xReader), 𖤐 My Kryptonite(xReader)

Vi (Arcane) (Coming soon...)

Carol Danvers (Coming soon...)

Kate Bishop (Coming soon...)

Yelena Belova (Coming soon...)

Natasha Romanoff 𖤐 The Madness In Me(Sex Pollen/xReader)

Other Characters Coming Soon...

[sunshinesickies]

Kara Danvers x Reader Masterlist

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Key: fluff☀️, hurt/comfort❤️‍🩹, sickfic🧸, light angst🧡

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It’s a Little Funny

A blurb about the unsuspecting perils of having an alien girlfriend who sleep-flys ☀️

Weirdest Day Ever

Pt. 2

You’re sick and go out for medicine, but when Supergirl saves your life, she seems a little too concerned about you which is weird because you’re already dating the sweetest girl on the planet; good thing the gives great relationship advice 🧸☀️🧡❤️‍🩹 (lil bit of everything in this one!)

Overworked

Kara blows out her powers and pushes herself too far 🧸

I’ll Always Be Here

You’re having a bad day, good thing you have the sweetest girlfriend ☀️🧸

[stayevildarling]

Supergirl Masterlist

You're safe darling Lena Luthor x Reader ✩,✾,❆

✩ = mental health, ✾ = angst, ❆ = fluff

[primeofprimes115]

Arrowverse/CBS/CW Supergirl x Male Reader Imagines ❤

This list contains all of my released Arrowverse/CBS/CW Supergirl/Kara Danvers (And Melissa Benoist) x Male Reader imagines! Go check 'em out when they're on here! Or by searching it on my profile!

Smut 💕

Fluff 🥰

Angst 🥺

The Girl with the Glasses + Secret - 💕

[demonicbaby666]

Supergirl Masterlist

☆ smut | ☆ angst | ☆ fluff | ☆ hcs

Kara Danvers x reader

Territorial ☆

Where I Don’t Belong ☆☆

Lena Luthor x reader

Tears on the Window Pane ☆☆

Supercorp

Anywhere, Everywhere ☆☆☆

The Couch ☆☆ - chibi comic strip

[froottalks]

Masterlist

Started: 18/08/2023

[Requests are OPEN, you may suggest people that are not on this list.]

Fandoms I write for:

Arrowverse

The Flash

Caitlin Snow

Fractured Promises {Alternate version}

Iris West

Jessie Wells

Supergirl

Kara Danvers

Guiding Stars

Unreachable Skies

Healing Hearts

Unveiling Hearts {part 2 to Healing Hearts}

Twisted Desires

Alex Danvers

Lena Luthor

Tangled Deceptions

Elegance Unveiled

Shadows of Redemption {part 2 to Tangled Deceptions}

Samantha Arias

Maggie Sawyer

Arrow

Felicity Smoak

Mia Smoak

Thea Queen

Laurel Lance

Melodies of the heart

Dinah Drake

Legends of Tomorrow

Sara Lance

Zari Tomaz

Ava Sharpe

Amaya Jiwe

TVDU

The Vampire Diaries

Elena Gilbert

Unexpected Connection

Caroline Forbes

Veiled Secrets

Bonnie Bennett

Katherine Pierce

The Originals

Hayley Marshall

Moonlit Bonds

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Davina Clair

Legacies

Hope Mikaelson

Josie Salzman

Lizzie Saltzman

Penelope Park

Teen Wolf

Allison Argent

Lidiya Martin

Malia Tate

Marvel

MCU

Natasha Romanoff

Sparks in the Ring

Igniting Desires {part 2 to Sparks in the Ring}

A Flame Ignited {part 3 to Sparks in the Ring}

Enigmatic Desires

Countryside Love

Countryside Affection {part 2 to Countryside Love}

Forever Love {part 3 to Countryside Love}

Wanda Maximoff

Serendipitous Hearts

Echoes of Affection

Threads of Fate

Shadows of desire Part 1 - Enchanted obsession Part 2 - Desires Unleashed Part 3 - Veil of Shadows

Whispers of Fate {part 2 to Threads of Fate}

Shattered Bonds

Carol Danvers

Watching Your Back

Kate Bishop

Hello, You

Scream Franchise

Scream VI

Sam Carpenter

Tara Carpenter

Riverdale

Betty Cooper

Veronica Lodge

Whispers of Lost Love

Cheryl Blossom

Harry Potter

Hermione Granger

Ginny Weasley

Fleur Delacour

The Witcher

Yennefer of Vengerberg

The Mortal Instruments

Shadowhunters

Clary Fray

Isabelle Lightwood

[oneshotnewbie]

ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀɢɪʀʟ ᴍᴀꜱᴛᴇʀʟɪꜱᴛ 2

◤ᴏɴᴇꜱʜᴏᴛꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴇQᴜᴇʟꜱ: ᴅᴀɴᴠᴇʀꜱ ꜱɪꜱᴛᴇʀꜱ x ʙᴀʙʏ ᴅᴀɴᴠᴇʀꜱ (ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ):

ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇꜱ ᴛʏᴘᴇ 1 ᴅɪᴀʙᴇᴛᴇꜱ ᴛʏᴘᴇ 1 (ᴘᴀʀᴛ ɪɪ)

ꜱᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ʜᴇᴀᴠᴇɴ

ʟɪᴠᴇ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴘᴀɪɴ

ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴅ ᴛᴇᴍᴘᴛɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴅ ɪɪ

ᴍᴀʀɪᴏ ᴋᴀʀᴛ ᴅᴜᴇʟʟ

ɴᴇᴡ ꜱᴇᴄᴜʀɪᴛʏ

ʀᴇᴠᴇᴀʟᴇᴅ

ᴅᴇᴀʀ ʙᴜʟʟʏ

ᴛᴏɴꜱɪʟʟɪᴛɪꜱ

ᴏᴠᴇʀᴘʀᴏᴛᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ

ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ᴀɪᴅ

ɢᴀʟᴀ

ᴛʜɪꜱ ᴡᴀꜱ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴ

ᴄᴏʟᴅ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ

ʙᴀᴛᴛʟᴇ ꜱᴄᴀʀꜱ

ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀɪɴ

ɴᴏɴɴ

ᴋɪᴅɴᴇʏ ꜱᴛᴇɴᴛ

◤ᴀʟᴇx ᴅᴀɴᴠᴇʀꜱ x ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ:

ɪɴᴛᴇʀ-ᴅɪᴍᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴᴀʟ ɪ

ɪɴᴛᴇʀ-ᴅɪᴍᴇɴꜱɪᴏɴᴀʟ ɪɪ

[scarletts-scribbles]

𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬

𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐬: 𝟏𝟖+, 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐍𝐈 «» 𝐑𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬: 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧

Hey! My name's T and this is gonna be my little writing blog. Feel free to stick around and read some of my work! Check out what's below!

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CHARACTERS:

: ̗̀➛ Natasha Romanoff Masterlist

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⋆.ೃ࿔*:･⋆.ೃ࿔*:･⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

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: ̗̀➛ Supercorp Masterlist

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: ̗̀➛ Sanvers Masterlist

[venromanova]

masterlist !

marvel masterlist ˖*°࿐

! natasha romanoff

! maria hill

! wanda maximoff

! agatha harkness

! rio vidal

! blackhill

! agathario

criminal minds masterlist ˖*°࿐

! emily prentiss

! alex blake

! jennifer jareau

! elle greenaway

! tara lewis

! jemily

! temily

station 19/grey's masterlist ˖*°࿐

! maya bishop

! carina deluca

! addison montgomery

! marina

law & order masterlist ˖*°࿐

! olivia benson

! alex cabot

! cabenson

supergirl masterlist ˖*°࿐

! kara danvers

! lena luthor

! alex danvers

! supercorp

rizzoli and isles masterlist ˖*°࿐

! jane rizzoli

! maura isles

! rizzles

[note: not all of these have completed stories/one-shots yet]

[literary-lesbo]

𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴:

ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴍᴇ: 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨! 𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐀. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤 𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭!

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𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴

♡ 𝐄𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐬

♡ 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 ����𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐮

♡ 𝐉𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 (+𝐑)

𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 19

♡ 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐚 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩

♡ 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐃𝐞𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐚

♡ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐚 (+𝐑)

𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘭

♡ 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐟𝐟

♡ 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚 𝐌𝐚𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐟𝐟

♡ 𝐖𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐍𝐚𝐭 (+𝐑)

𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭

♡ 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐚 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬

♡ 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫

♡ 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩 (+𝐑)

♡ 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐱 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬

[goldenempyrean]

𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

〚 Main Masterlist || Prompt List || Request Here 〛

✩ = Under 500 Words

✮ = Personal Favourites

Close Your Eyes (Sick Lena)

“Take Me Home?” (Sick Lena)

Cooking With Cuddles (Sick Lena)

The 5 Times Lena Was Taken Care Of And The Time She Returned The Favour (Sick Lena + Kara) ✮✮✮

From Super To Sniffly (Sick Kara)

Always Forever (Sick Lena)

Comfort In The Storm (Sick Lena)

Festivities And A Fever (Sick Lena) ✮

A Luthor’s Vulnerability (Sick Lena) (Working Too Hard Pt2)

Working Too Hard (Sick Lena)

Kara To The Rescue (Sick Lena)

A Cold Never Felt So Warm (Sick Lena)

EVENTS:

Sicktember 2023 ✧･ﾟ 1k Celebration! ✧･ﾟ Valentines 2023! ✧･ﾟ Advent 2022

[tortillamastersblog]

♕ No Matter What - Part 2 | Lena Luthor ♕

Pairing: Lena Luthor x reader

Warnings: none

Summary: Working as Lena’s bodyguard turns out to be more boring than anticipated. Yes, there have been several attempts on her life right before you were hired, but since then… nothing.

Previous Part | Next Part | Masterlist

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It’s been three weeks and the only words spoken between Lena and I since I started have been anything but personal.

I get to her apartment in the morning to accompany her to the office, then sit around outside her office, sharing light conversations with Jess every now and then before following her into a high end restaurant for lunch where she meets her best friend Kara Danvers, or some business partners.

After lunch it’s back to the office until dinner, which she usually orders in.

It’s only in the late hours of the night that she finally decides to go home. I obviously accompany her all the way until she’s at her front door where she bids me a polite goodnight before shutting the door in my face.

The next day is the same, and so is the one after that. It’s like clockwork. Until it’s not.

I’m running exceptionally late today because the electricity in my apartment building shorted out in the middle of the night, effectively resetting my alarm clock and deleting the alarm I set for this morning.

In a haste I pulled on some clothes, brushed my teeth and fixed my hair, leaving no time for breakfast.

I rushed out of the door and downstairs, struggling with the lock of my bike for a second before jumping on and pedaling as though my life depended on it.

Now, fifteen minutes late, sweaty and breathing heavily, I get to Lena’s apartment building. I rush inside and shove my bike into the janitors closet, ignoring Ann’s laugh behind the reception desk.

I’m just about to call for the elevator when it dings and the doors open to reveal an annoyed looking Lena Luthor.

“You’re late,” she states, moving to brush past me, but then she notices the state I’m in. “Why do you look like that? Did you run here or something?”

I wipe a droplet of sweat off my forehead and grimace. “I biked, actually…” The unimpressed raise of an eyebrow I receive has me quickly adding, “But that’s not important. I’m so sorry for being late, Ms. Luthor. It won’t happen again.”

Lena’s eyes rake over me once more, only this time she seems more curious than scrutinizing.

“It better not,” she quips and for a moment I can’t believe that she’s actually joking.

I follow her outside and open the backdoor of the waiting car. She slips inside and I follow after her, signaling for the driver to go once we’re both buckled in.

The ride is uneventful, so is the trek from the car to her office. However when she stops in front of Jess’s desk instead of walking into her office, I almost run into her.

‘Ms. Luthor, what—?”

“Jess,” Lena says, ignoring my surprised exclaim. “Could you please grab Y/N a new shirt from the lab storage room? Something a little less sweaty?”.

Oh my God…

If I died right now I honestly wouldn’t care. Anything would be better than this.

Jess hurries off immediately, leaving Lena and I to our own devices.

I don’t dare to meet her eyes, but then she laughs softly and I look up to find her smiling at me.

It’s the first ever genuine smile she’s directing at me and it makes my stomach flip.

“Don’t be embarrassed. It just shows that you actually care about your job,” she says and it’s almost enough to assuage my embarrassment if it weren’t for my stomach growling the next second.

Please, just kill me.

Instead of making a big deal out of it, Lena just crosses her arms with an amused smile and says, “How about some breakfast?”

I’m about to decline, but then my stomach growls again and I agree with a shy nod. “Yes, please.”

We enter her office and she asks me to take a seat on the couch while she rearranges some of her meetings to accommodate for the turn of events.

“Ms. Luthor, you really don’t have to do this, I know you’re busy and—“

Lena raises her hand, effectively shutting me up. “Nonsenses. I want to do this. I want to get to know you better,” she hits return on her keyboard, presumably sending off an email to her staff entailing the details of the change of plans and gets up to join me on the couch.

I frown and bite my tongue to prevent myself from asking but why now?

She hasn’t made any effort to get to know me these last couple of weeks. What’s changed?

First the teasing earlier and now this impromptu breakfast.

“Fine,” I say, a little impatient but Lena doesn’t seem to notice, or she just doesn’t care. “What would you like to know? I feel like there’s hardly anything you don’t already know after reading my resume and the extensive background check your security team did on me.”

Lena’s eyes widen for a split second before she recomposes herself. She shifts in her seat and nervously straightens out her blouse. “Actually, I never took a look at any of that.”

My eyebrows shoot up. “What? But then who—?”

The question dies on the tip of my tongue when Lena meets my eyes with a sheepish smile. “Sam took care of everything.”

Ah, that explains why she hasn’t asked about the honorable discharge. She doesn’t know.

I don’t know if I’m supposed to feel relieved or offended. Relieved because it means I don’t have to talk about what happened, or offended because I know almost every little detail about her by now and she doesn’t even know where I worked before agreeing to this position.

For instance, I know that she’s an excellent chess player, she hates Salmon, she takes her coffee black, she doesn’t like tequila, and she’s not one to shy away from a glazed donut every now and then.

“I only really know your name,” Lena continues with a hint of regret in her voice, “which is a shame because you’ve proven yourself to be competent and discreet.”

The corner’s of my lips twitch involuntarily at that last part because I know she’s referring to the time last week I walked in on her doing a dorky victory dance when she managed to solve an equation on her whiteboard.

She’d gone pale when she realized I was there, but I just acknowledged her with a nod and set down the coffee she’d asked for before leaving the office again, not losing a word to anyone about what I’d witnessed.

“Well, alright then,” I say, the tension melting away. “Ask away.”

Lena perks up and clasps her hands together in her lap. “When’s your birthday?”

“November 12, 1990,” I reply easily. “Almost three years older than you.”

“You know my birthday?”

I shrug. “It was in Sam’s briefing on you.”

Lena looks surprised and slightly alarmed. “What else did she tell you?”

“Not much,” I admit with a small smile. “Just the basics like your birthday, where you went to school, and your favorite restaurants.”

Lena visibly relaxes and gets right back to questioning me. “Good, so what did you do before accepting this position? Sam briefly mentioned you were in the Army, but that’s about it.”

There it is. I don’t want to get into this too much, so I recite the answers I’ve been practicing ever since it occurred to me that she would want to know why I’m no longer serving. “I was, yes, but before Sam approached me about this job I was living off some savings and a the little money I made teaching self-defense classes.”

Savings… more like separation pay that followed my honorable discharge.

It’s so ironic that it’s called an honorable discharge when I feel like I was anything but that in the moment it counted the most.

“Really, that sounds interesting,” Lena says, bringing me back to reality. I’m glad she doesn’t ask any follow up questions, but then she continues and my stomach drops. “And what about siblings? A sister maybe? Or a brother? I’m sure you know all about my brother.”

She laughs self-deprecatingly, not realizing I’ve frozen in my seat.

“No. No siblings,” I croak which seems to get her attention. Her brows furrow in concern and she opens her mouth to say something, but in that moment Jess returns with a black shirt in one hand and a brown paper bag in the other.

I jump to my feet, glad about the interruption and take the shirt from Jess. “Thanks, Jess.”

“No worries,” she chimes, obviously not picking up on the vibe in the room. “Here you go, Ms. Luthor. Two French Toasts and a Pain au chocolat.”

Lena gets off the couch as well and takes the paper bag and it’s only then that I notice the sweet smell it’s emitting.

“I’m gonna go change.” I hold up the shirt for reference and don’t indulge Lena when she sends me a pitiful look. Of course she knows that something is up after the way I just reacted to her question.

I leave quickly and find a bathroom to change in. My shirt is no longer soaked in sweat, but I know it will start smelling over the course of the day, so I change into the new shirt.

It’s a bit small around my shoulders and strains around my arms but it’ll have to do. I exit the stall and splash some water on my face by the sink.

When I look up and meet my own eyes in the mirror I scoff.

Coward.

The white L-Corp logo over my chest reminds me where I am and I banish any thoughts of Noah from my mind. I grab a paper towel and wipe my face before practicing an unbothered smile in the mirror.

After a couple of tries I manage one that even convinces myself and return to Lena’s office.

She’s taken the food out of the paper bag and placed it on some napkins on the coffee table. She’s also managed to organize some coffee which is steaming in two mugs next to the food.

“So, French toast, huh?” I say lightheartedly which causes Lena’s head to snap up.

She eyes me curiously for a second (her eyes momentarily darting to where the shirt is cutting into my biceps) but when she can’t find any traces of my emotional turmoil she takes a seat on the couch and reaches for her coffee.

“Yes, it’s from my favorite breakfast place down the block. I hope you like it.” She sounds just the tiniest bit self conscious which makes me melt a little on the inside, so I take a seat next to her and pick up one of the sugary treats.

I take a bite and hum in delight. “This is great!” I take another bite before swallowing the first and groan. “Wow. I can’t remember the last time I ate something like this.”

When I look up Lena’s watching me over the rim of her mug, hiding a satisfied smile. The awkwardness and tension from ealier has vanished completely and for the first time I think I catch a glimpse of the friend Sam has described Lena to be.

She is a cutthroat business woman, yes, but it seems underneath the tough exterior she’s just like everyone else, proud when the food she got to pick is to someone’s liking.

I take another bite, and another, and another until the French toast is gone and the only traces of its previous existence are the powdered sugar on my hands and the maple syrup around my lips.

I wipe my hands on a spare napkin and take a sip of coffee before getting rid of the maple syrup with the same napkin.

Lena’s only on her second bite when I look her way, but I honestly couldn’t care less about how I just inhaled that treat. I was starving and like I said, it’s been a long time since I’ve eaten something as good as this.

“So,” Lena starts, gracefully setting down her half-eaten toast, “How’d you meet Sam?”

I laugh and sit back, trying not to eye the Pain au chocolat too obviously. “We grew up together. She was living down the block and when her mom kicked her out when she got pregnant we took her in.”

Lena’s eyes widen. “Really? She never told me about that.“ She ponders over the new information for a moment while my eyes dart back and forth between her and the Pain au chocolat. “So that’s why she’s so protective of you.”

I don’t know what exactly she referring to, but I know what she’s talking about. Sam’s always been like that, defending me whenever she deemed it necessary while I’ve always been there for her and Ruby.

“I guess,” I say with a chuckle. “She’s like a sister to me.”

Lena smiles at that, her eyes twinkling with something I can’t quite place as she leans forward to pick up her toast again. “I can see that,” she says, taking a bite. When my eyes drop to the Pain au chocolat once again she notices and smirks.

“Go ahead,” she mumbles around her mouthful of food, gesturing at the pastry with a jut of her chin. “Take it.”

I beam and reach for it, ready to devour it in a few large bites, but then I think better of it. I pick it up and rip it in half as best as I can, taking one half while putting the other back on the napkin and sliding it in front of Lena.

“There, now it’s fair.”

Lena’s eyes widen slightly and she swallows thickly before taking a big sip of coffee to hide tinge of red that’s made its way to her cheeks.

Maybe this year won’t be so bad after all.

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Welp. This story is shaping up to be longer than anticipated…