Red Daughter deserved better

Both Kara and Lena could barely keep it together anymore so when the magic words "You may kiss the bride" were finally spoken, they didn't waste another minute.

Kara would have probably been overwhelmed by the loud noises of cheers erupting any other time but right now, all that she could concentrate on was Lena in her arms, her lips on her's.

Not her girlfriend, not her fiancee. Her wife.

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Kara grinned brightly as she lifted Lena into her arms, swirling her around.

They had all moved to a different place not too far off to celebrate and Kara simply couldn't contain her happiness. Lena squealed as she held onto her. When Kara finally put her back down, she chuckled and shook her head.

"Will you ever stop doing that randomly?", Lena asked with amusement.

Kara hummed, pretending to deeply think about it. "No.", she finally said.

Lena laughed. "I don't know why I even asked."

The blonde giggled and leaned forward to kiss her bride.

"Well, isn't that sweet.", a familiar female voice suddenly said in a sarcastic tone.

"Indeed.", a male voice chimed in.

Lena felt like she had just been punched in the face. She felt her heartbeat increase. How were those two here?

"Mother. Lex. What- What are you doing here?", Lena whispered.

"Your... wife-", Lillian spoke the word with obvious distaste. "-invited us."

"What- Kara, you did?"

"Yeah, that's on me.", Kara said quietly with blushed cheeks.

Lena stayed silent for a while. "Can I talk to you for a second?", she mumbled.

"Sure.", Kara said, leading her a few feet away.

"Kara, darling, what... why did you invite them? It's a huge risk. What if they-?"

"They won't do anything. I talked to them. And I made sure that they were a hundred percent honest about coming with no malicious intentions. They've been peaceful. I mean, Lex and Clark almost killed each other at first but I managed to seperate them.", Kara said. She sighed. "I... I know they weren't always the most loving. And your childhood with them wasn't the best. But I also know that they still matter to you and no one can blame you for that. They're your family. And I've seen how much it hurt you to not have them there at the bridal shower."

Lena swallowed the uprising lump in her throat. She opened her mouth then closed it again.

Kara carefully brushed a strand of hair behind Lena's ear. "You were probabaly right that... that they will never approve of me. But... the fact that they are able to look past their intense hatred of aliens just to come to your wedding... which is full of aliens... That means they do approve of you. They care about you deep down.", Kara whispered. "And I mean how couldn't they? You're amazing."

Lena didn't even realise that a tear had escaped her eye until she felt Kara's thumb gently brushing it away. The blonde embraced her into a hug and mumbled into her ear with a smile. "Don't cry, sunshine. You're gonna ruin your makeup. I'm sure Sam worked very hard on that."

"It's waterproof.", Lena chuckled into her shoulder. "I knew I was going to cry sooner or later today."

Kara laughed quietly as she pulled away.

Just in that moment Sam and Ruby came closer. Ruby was holding Krypto's leash.

"Hey, you guys. We thought you might want your dog back. You should take him. Or else Ruby will.", Sam grinned.

Kara and Lena chuckled.

Ruby stepped forward and her facial expression showed that she was quite reluctant to let go of the dog. But a smile spread across her face when he quickly licked her nose before returning to his mommies.

"Is everything okay?", Sam asked quietly when she noticed the dried tears on Lena's cheeks.

Lena smiled brightly. "Everything is perfect."

The corners of Sam's lips curled upwards and she nodded. "Alright then."

As the two of them had disappeared into the crowd again, Kara slung her arm around Lena's waist.

"We should join our guests, probably.", she said softly.

"We should.", she simply agreed with a smile on her lips.

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As the day before had been quite long and it had gotten pretty late, Kara and Lena spent the next one mostly in bed - too excited to sleep but too exhausted to actually get up.

They simply laid cuddled together, Krypto close by their side.

"We're married.", Kara said quietly all of the sudden.

Lena chuckled. "We are."

A big goofy grin spread across Kara's face. "I can't believe you're actually my wife. I'm the luckiest person in the world."

"No, I'm pretty sure that's me.", Lena mumbled, sighing in complete contentment.

"Maybe we're both lucky.", Kara whispered, moving her head to kiss Lena's temple.

Lena just nodded with a smile.

"I love you."

"Oh Rao, oh Rao.", Kara mumbled repeatedly as she paced back and forth.

"Kara, slow down. There's no need to be nervous.", Alex chuckled. "Besides, you're gonna crease your dress."

"I'm getting married in less than an hour, Alex, how the hell am I supposed to slow down?", the blonde shrieked, about to run her hand through her hair when she remembered that this had just been freshly styled so instead she went to chew on her nail.

"Yes and it's gonna be great. All you have to do is look pretty, say your vows and don't forget to say "I do" at the end."

"But what if I don't remember my vows? What if I fall into a shocked trance or something? If-"

"Kara, this is too important for you to forget. Don't worry."

Kara looked at her doubtedly. "I forgot my speech when I proposed to her. I just started rambling. It's a miracle she even said yes."

"But she did, didn't she? Because apparently you found the right words to say after all. Even if you make them up on the spot... just speak from your heart, Kara, that's the best thing you can do.", Alex said.

Kara took a deep breath. "You're right."

"Of course I'm right. I'm the big sister and the maid of honor."

Kara laughed lightly. "Yeah. I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Probably freak out completely."

"True.", she chuckled.

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"Seriously, what was I thinking? This doesn't make any sense! Kara should be the one walking down the aisle. She's the one with eyesight! I'm gonna make a fool out of myself! I'll trip or worse, I'll fall face first on the ground! This is insane!", Lena exclaimed panic-stricken, hands on her temples.

The woman in front of her raised her eyebrows in amusement. "Lena, you have to calm down. Everything's going to be just fine. You're going to do just fine."

"I don't know, Sam, I shouldn't-"

Sam stepped closer, placing her hands on her best friend's shoulders. "Hey, look, as your maid of honor who has the privilege of walking you down the aisle, I swear on Ruby's life that I won't let you fall, alright? And even if I should miraculously not be able to prevent you from tripping and falling... there's a whole crowd of superheroes out there, isn't there? I'm sure one of them will have mercy on you and catch you. If it's not Kara herself. Or your superdog here", Sam said with a chuckle and Krypto who had peaceful been laying a few feet away raised his head curtly to bark happily. Sam and Lena both laughed a little. Sam squeezed Lena's shoulders. "So just take a deep breath."

Lena complied and nodded. She smiled a little. "Thank you."

"Anytime.", Sam grinned. "Now come on, we still have to finish your hair."

Lena nodded again and let the other woman guide her away to style her hair.

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Kara stood nervously at the front, eyes glued on the path which Lena would be walking down on any minute now. They were having their wedding outside as they both weren't connected to the church too much - Lena because she wasn't baptised and Kara because her god was Rao.

Kara's heart was beating rapidly against her chest as her eyes scanned the crowd - so many different kind of people.

There were the obvious ones - her friends and family, going from J'onn, Kelly, Nia and Brainy to Eliza, Clark, Lois and their boys. Ruby was seated next to Kelly, not really knowing anyone as Alex stood at the front next to Kara since she was maid of honor and Sam would be walking Lena down the aisle as well as staying there. Since she was her maid of honor.

Even Alura and a few close friends from Krypton had made their way to Earth for this.

There were the other heroes and their accompanies - Barry, Iris, Cisco and Co, Felicity and Mia, the Legends, even Kate.

And so many more. So many people in front of which she could possibly embarrass herself.

She closed her eyes, trying her hardest to control her breathing.

Her eyes quickly shot open when she heard the music starting to play.

She held her breath and only released it when she saw Lena appear at the end of the path. All the tension seemed to fall from her body just as it had when she had heard her agreeing to marry her.

She felt a soft smile spread across her lips as she watched Lena walk towards her, arm tightly secured around Sam's.

Krypto walked a few feet behind them, head held high and excitedly wagging his tail. He carried a small pillow between his teeth on which the rings were placed. Making him probably one of the most adorable ring bearer's of all time.

Lena seemed to relax as well when her hands finally glid into Kara's and she was gently pulled in front of her.

Sam took her place at the side.

Kara couldn't help but stare at Lena, a goofy but dreamy grin on her face - her beauty really was beyond compare.

She unconsciously rubbed over the back of Lena's hands with her thumbs, making the brunette smile.

Neither of them really took notice of what was being said. They were totally lost in each other.

Kara just barely recognized her cue for saying her vows.

She cleared her throat and giggled nervously. But one look into Lena's face calmed her again. She concentrated fully on her.

"There are a lot of things I love about you. One of the things I love most though is that you are inherently good. I knew that from the moment I met you. It wasn't a hunch, I just knew. You... you basically radiated light and optimism and you still do. Despite everything you went through and despite the world trying to bring you down so many times, you... you never give up. You always get back up again and you're ready to prove yourself once more, no matter if people will believe you or not. I admire that about you. I really do and... and you transfer that onto me. You give me hope and faith. I know... I know there's times where you doubt yourself. Seriously doubt yourself but I promise I will always be there by your side to remind you of what you already know deep down. To build you back up again and to give you strength. Just like you give me strength. You make me so strong, Lena, you... You're my yellow sunlight."

She could see the tears glistening in the Luthor's eyes. She wore sappy smile on her lips as well as blushed cheeks.

"Well, it's gonna be hard to compete with that.", Lena exclaimed with a chuckle.

Kara laughed quietly and she heard a few sympathetic laughs from the crowd as well.

She took a shaky breath.

A week had passed since Kara had proposed to Lena and neither of them could be happier.

As well as everyone else around them. Right at the next day, Kara and Lena had announced their engagement to their friends and family. There had been many hugs, many congratulations and yes, even a few tears here and there - happy ones of course.

Eliza who had stayed at Alex' place for the night instantly made plans to return to National City so she could be there for the bridal shower as well as the wedding itself.

Of course that would take a little while but when you were a superheroine with a whole government service behind your back, preparations wouldn't need that long.

That day itself, they had their bridal shower.

Kara was a little overwhelmed by all of it. Not just by the fact she was having her freaking bridal shower but also by the amount of people in the appartement. But she was happy nonetheless. Even though she was also a little embarrassed by the child pictures - since there weren't baby ones as she had only arrived on Earth when she was 13- which Eliza had brought when she had come back from Midvale. However she couldn't stop cooing over Lena's childhood pictures.

Though she couldn't help but notice how Lena had seemed a little upset - at first Kara thought it was because she couldn't see the pictures for herself but then her eyes had fallen on a specific picture.

It showed a very young Lena, maybe around the age of two or three, in the arms of a very attractive woman who wore a big bright smile - the resemblance to her was uncanny. It was Lena's birth mother, no doubt.

Lena had known exactly where that photo was and she had hung it up because the childhood picture which meant the most to her. And though she couldn't see it directly, it was still hurtful to know it was there.

Kara had simply hugged her from behind, not needing to speak to tell her what she felt and to make Lena feel better.

Kara was 13 when she had lost her mother - her entire family and planet to be exact. And it had been hard on her, had waren away at her for so many years and would have driven her to a dark place if it hadn't been for the Danvers' family.

Lena was 4 when she lost everything and was thrown into an uncaring, emotionally abusive family with a bunch of sociopaths.

Kara couldn't imagine the kind of pain she had gone through. With no one there to guide her and lead her to the light - she had done it all by herself and she had succeeded. She didn't take the easy path - the dark path. She persevered.

But Kara knew that even up to this day, the death of her biological mother rested heavily on her shoulders.

The only thing she could try to do was take a little of that pain away by carrying it with her together, though she wished she could just take it all from her.

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"Yeah, I know right?", Kara laughed with Alex together.

She unconsciously began to scan the room, trying to find her girlfriend - no, her fiancee. How incredibly good that sounded to her.

Kara's smile faded a little when she saw Lena sitting absent-mindly on a chair in the corner of the room. Krypto sat next to her, his head resting in her lap as she softly stroked the top of his head. This had become a usual thing ever since he had grown too big to cuddle into Lena lap. However usually his ears stood up as he happily panted and wagged his tail. Now his ears were laid back a little and he seemed to watch Lena with sad eyes - something he only did when he could sense that Lena was upset.

Kara frowned. She excused herself and made her way across the room.

"Hey.", she said quietly as she crouched down next to the chair. She was greeted by Krypto who curtly got excited and licked her nose. But then he returned his head to Lena's lap. Kara bit her lip as she looked up at the brunette and placed her own hand on her's. "Lee, what's wrong?"

"It's... it's nothing.", Lena whispered. "It's silly, really."

Kara furrowed her brows and got up again to instead sit down on the armrest of the chair to wrap an arm around Lena's shoulders.

"Something is seriously bothering you, honey. What is it? Talk to me please.", Kara requested with a soft, worried voice. "Are... are you having... second thoughts about...?"

Kara trailed off, not being able to get the words across her lips. It would hurt too much to even consider the possibility.

Lena's head jerked in her direction, obviously shocked. "No, oh god, no. No, I love you. I want this more than anything else in my life."

Kara breathed out in relief, then tilted her head as she brushed a strand of hair out of Lena face. "Then what's on your mind?"

Lena sighed. "I... It's just... hard. To know that all these people are here. And while I adore how much love you have in your life, they are all here for you. Not me. Your family is here. But... mine is not. Because they would never approve of me marrying a Super. They would never really approve of me in general. It just reminds me how much my family name really took from me."

Kara had listened attentively, chewing on her lip and squeezing her shoulder every now and then.

"Lee, you have to know that every single person in this room loves you and easily sees you as family. I know it's not the same but... but they're here for you. Not just me. They love you just as much.", Kara reassured her as her free hand interwined itself with Lena's. A small smile spread across her face. "And besides, soon you won't just be a Luthor anymore. You'll be a Danvers too. Officially, I mean. In my heart, you have always been one."

Lena seemed to blush a little and the corners of her lips twitched upwards.

But then she appeared to grow insecure again. "Are you really sure about that double name? I mean, you'll have to carry the burden of the Luthor name as well and that's the last thing I want fo-"

"I'm Supergirl, I can deal with that, believe me.", Kara grinned, leaning forward to kiss her on the cheek. She continued to whisper in her ear. "I'll wear it with pride. And you can't deny it's got a ring to it. Kara Luthor-Danvers."

Lena felt a slight shiver go down her spine.

Then a grin spread across her face. "It does."

Kara giggled. "Come on, let's get to the others. I'm pretty sure they want to do those terribly embarrassing games soon."

Lena chuckled. "Alright then."

Kara pulled her to her feet.

One of Lena's hands held Kara's while the other held Krypto's leash. Krypto's ears had meanwhile returned to their usual position and his tail was high up in the air, wagging profusely as he obviously sensed that Lena was feeling better.

Kara played with Lena's hair while simultaneously stroking Krypto's head.

She lay on the bed, Lena cuddled up to her, head and hand on her chest as she enjoyed the closeness. Krypto lay cuddled up on her other side, his head resting on her stomach.

Kara was quietly singing - something she did quite a lot for Lena over the last year, ever since their first karaoke night together.

Lena loved her singing and Kara loved making her happy, so it was a win-win-situation.

"But I want you in it. Every hour, every minute."

While singing, Kara couldn't shake the feeling of nervousness, couldn't shake the anticipation. She couldn't stop thinking about that little box, inside of her jacket's pocket which was laying in the living room.

Ever since her friends and family had left an hour ago, she had thought about just going through with it. She didn't want to wait anymore. She didn't want to wait for the next day. Who knew if there was something else getting in between it?

"I am meant to be wherever you are next to me."

And now that she was holding Lena in her arm, she felt overwhelmed with the amount of love she had for her. It was hard to even catch a breath while singing sometimes because she was so aware of Lena's peaceful breathing, of her steady heartbeat and of tiny stray strands of her hair tickling Kara's chin. How did she ever get Lena to fall in love with her? She had no idea. Kara was just incredibly happy and lucky that she did. She wouldn't want to miss a single moment with Lena by side.

"All I wanna do is come running home to, come running home to you. And all my life I promise to keep running home to you, keep running home to you."

Kara closed her eyes and sighed deeply when she finished the song.

Her hand rubbed over Lena's shoulder, pulling her close.

She knew why she chose to sing this specific song.

Sure, it demonstrated the love of a superhero for their soulmate wonderfully.

But she also knew that Barry had sung this song to propose to Iris. He had even asked her to sing this song at their wedding.

She was unconsciously trying to convince herself to do it now. To finally go through with it.

That was when she made the decision.

She carefully entangled herself from her girlfriend as well as her dog, gave both of them a kiss and got up from the bed to walk over into the living room towards her jacket. She grabbed inside the pocket, staring at the box. She noticed how her hand started shaking but she tried pulling herself together and gulped.

She pushed the box into her jeans' pocket instead.

When she returned to the bedroom, Lena was sitting upright, head tilted to the side in confusion and curiosity.

"What were you doing?", she asked.

"Oh, you'll figure that out in a minute.", Kara mumbled, going closer and taking Lena's hands to pull her up. She helped her sitting down on the edge of the bed and then took a deep breath before kneeling down in front of her, her hands tightly holding her's.

Lena seemed even more confused than before.

"Lena, I- I love you.", Kara started. "I have always loved you and... and I'm a hundred percent sure that I always will. I don't see a world in which I will ever stop loving you."

Lena blushed. "Kara..."

But Kara didn't let her speak, she continued her nervous ramble, completely forgetting the entire speech she had prepared before and pretty much just spouting out words. "You're so incredibly and genuinely kind and good. You... you basically radiate light, I- And you're so smart and even though I don't always know what you're talking about, I don't care because... just listening to you talking about something that excites you is... it makes my day. You're such a badass, I mean that thing with William? Awesome. I- And Rao, don't get me started on your smile, I-"

Lena chuckled with blushed cheeks. "Kara, I... As much I appreciate this, is... is everything okay? I mean-"

"Lena, I... I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want everyone to know how much I love you.", Kara interrupted her.

A flash of realisation spread across Lena's face. "Oh my god, Kara, is this... is this what I think it is?"

Kara smiled sheepishly. She took one of her hands away from Lena's to reach into her pocket. Using that one hand, she opened the box to take the ring out.

She bit her lip and took another deep breath. She gently slipped the ring onto Lena's finger.

The brunette raised her now free hand to her mouth while tears rose to her eyes. Kara still held the hand which was now graced with the ring.

"Lena... will you ma-?"

She was interrupted when Lena abruptly leaned down and pressed a kiss onto her lips.

After pulling away, she slung her arms around Kara's neck and buried her face in her shoulder.

"Of course, I'll marry you.", Lena whispered, sounding slightly muffled because she spoke into Kara's sweater. "How is that even a question?"

Kara stood in front of the door, taking deep breaths. She felt her heart racing and she felt the nervous tremble stretching out throughout her entire body. She was pretty sure if she was human, she might have passed out by now from all the anticipation, worry and nervousness.

"C'mon, Kara, you can do this. Piece of cake. What's the worst thing that could happen?", Kara whispered to herself, trying to motivate herself. A small smile with courage spread upon her lips and she almost opened the door when her face fell and she bit her lip before answering her own question in a mumble. "Well, she could say 'no'."

She sighed deeply, staring down at the little black box inside of her hand. She chewed on her lip and opened it, looking inside. Almost as if she wanted to make sure that the ring was still inside.

She gulped.

"I love her. She loves me. This will work out great. She's gonna say 'yes'. Just don't panic.", she said under her breath. She closed her eyes. "You're a godddamn superheroine. Don't lose your mind now, Kara, you've waited too long for this to chicken out now."

It was true. She had been planning this for weeks. She had gone through several jewelry stores to find the perfect ring - that meant several stores in several different countries of course. And she knew technically this was dumb and useless as Lena wouldn't be able to see it anyway. But she could feel it after all - though that wasn't exactly the same but still. Kara just wanted to do the absolute best. Because Lena deserved the absolute best. Nothing less.

She had been so wrapped up in planning this whole thing that she had even forgotten that this day was her earth birthday. She had only remembered when Alex had called her earlier that day to apologize for not being able to meet her.

Kara had been a little surprised by herself that she had actually forgotten something as important to her as earth birthday. But she had shrugged it off. And in fact, it came in handy that Alex had forgotten too. Her plan of proposing to Lena wouldn't be ruined and she really didn't want to wait any longer.

"This is gonna be good. Just don't panic.", she reassured herself one last time before closing the little box, keeping it tightly in her hand as she used the other to open the door.

When she stepped in, she frowned. It was completely dark in the appartement. Kara knew that Lena didn't leave the lights on - as she obviously didn't need them - and that's why it was always a little dark but... it was early evening. There should still be a little daylight lighting up the room. But there was utter darkness. Kara swallowed hardly. Something was wrong. What if someone broke in? What if something happened to Lena and Krypto? What if-?

Her evergrowing, terrified train of thought got abruptly disrupted when bright lights turned on and a bunch of people began screaming "Happy earth birthday!".

Kara flinched terribly and was stuck in a frozen trance for a few seconds. Then she blinked and slowly forced up a chuckle.

"Oh Rao, you guys! What- what's going on? I-", she stuttered while her hand moved into her jacket's pocket, carefully, and with a hint of disappointment, let the tiny box disappear in it.

"You didn't seriously think I would forget earth birthday, right?", Alex laughed, shaking her head. "And well... I told Lena and we planned this party together. Okay that's a lie, she did most of the planning. I just took care of the food."

Kara had this whole thing planned, had prepared the words she wanted to say for weeks, had pretty much even dreamt about this moment.

Now, she didn't get to actually go through with it. Sure, she could have still gone down on one knee in front of everyone and have done it right then and there. But she prefered the privacy. She wanted to do it when she was alone with Lena.

She could pull through one more day. She was the girl of steel - but her nerves really didn't feel like they were made of steel.

She mentally shook her head. She should just try to enjoy herself. After all, her friends and family had put so much work into this. Lena had put so much work into this.

She didn't want to be ungrateful.

Krypto got more training from that day on - of course always making sure that he didn't get overwhelmed and overworked. But the contrary was the case. He seemed to yearn for learning new things. He wanted the action and the activity. He was always excited when Kara brought him into the training room or went outside with him and Lena.

The focus lay mostly on training his powers, on making sure he really had them under control. That he wouldn't hurt anyone who was on the good side - this included trying as best as possible to work out his instinct of telling friend from foe.

He got better at using them too. And Kara actually greatly enjoyed having a dog with - mostly - the same powers as her. This lead to multiple times where "going for a walk" turned into running or flying across the country.

However they also tried their best in training him to be a guide dog for Lena. Sure, a professional might have been the better and easier way to go. But as it turned out, he had barely any problems in learning what guiding her meant.

After only a few tries, Lena was able to walk with him on the leash - while not needing to depend on her cane. Kara trailed behind just in case but she never needed to step in. It was as if Krypto knew exactly what to do.

Which resulted in Lena beginning to take walks with him on her own, not necessarily needing Kara next to her. Though they often went together, simply because they enjoyed these little moments together.

After some time, they realised that he didn't really need any more training in any field.

By the time, he had grown to his full height, he was almost a year old and a full-blown canine agent at the DEO as well as a fully capable service dog.

And though he spent most of his time with Lena, basically having been giving the job of bodyguarding her by Kara for times when she couldn't be there since she had to go out as Supergirl quite often.

However in some cases, she would take Krypto with her on missions - using the extra superpowered help he was able to give.

For the public, they came up with the simple explanation that they, Kara Danvers and Lena Luthor, took care of Supergirl's kryptonian dog whenever she couldn't. The people bought that lie pretty easily and so there weren't any suspicious looks when they went out with Krypto.

Sure, he could technically just be a dog who looked like the superdog who accompanied their heroine. But Krypto would sometimes start using his powers on instinct when a sudden obstacle came into Lena's way - like annihilating a tripping hazard with his heat vision instead of simply moving it out the way with his snout or coming to a halt to inform Lena about it.

Therefore it was safer if the public knew that he actually was Krypto and had an explanation at the same time for why he was so often found with the Luthor woman.

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Lena stood in the lab, working on a protect and simultaneously texting Kara. She knew that the blonde always tried keeping her cool while writing text messages since the agent who was with Lena would hear them being read out as well. But that day, she was especially brief and not really participatory.

Lena knew something was up and she had her suspicions about what it could be.

She decided to call her. Kara picked up just shortly after.

"Hey, Lee-"

"Is that guy bothering you again? What was his name? William Dey?", Lena flat-out asked.

There was a moment of silence on the other line. Then she could hear Kara sigh.

"Yeah.", she said softly.

Lena's jaw clenched. There was no way she'd let this keep happening. Sure, Kara handled worse things than a pushy guy everyday but she couldn't do much against him as it was her work place.

Lena however didn't have her hands tied in that way.

"I'm coming over.", she said determined.

"Lee-"

"I love you.", Lena said, not letting Kara utter the protest, she would surely give, and hung up.

She took Krypto's leash and the dog already jumped up in excitement.

The agent knew better than to argue when she asked him to drive her to CatCo.

Just a little while later, she entered the building. The agent trailed behind her, so he could tell her where to go. Krypto may be leading her and preventing her from bumping into things or running into traffic, but he couldn't be expected to know where the elevator was or which button to press inside.

As she stepped out of the elevator on the required floor, she could rely on Krypto again.

"Take me to Kara, okay, buddy?", she whispered.

Krypto gave a buzzing noise and began walking straight ahead.

Lena could basically feel eyes landing on her as she walked across the floor with Krypto on the leash.

After a few seconds, Krypto gave a quiet, excited bark, probably to announce their presence to Kara.

And sure enough, Lena could hear Kara's voice as well as another male one.

The conversation was interrupted when Kara exclaimed: "Lena!"

"Hello, love.", Lena smirked, purposefully drawing out the pet name.

"What are you doing here?", Kara asked, while taking her hand. Lena could almost hear the smile on her girlfriend's face.

"Oh, I'm mainly here to do this.", Lena replied with a shrug, pulling her hand out of Kara's to glide it up her arm until resting it on her neck. Then she pulled her close into a passionate kiss.

When they pulled back, Kara's smile had broken out into a full grin. Lena smirked again.

"Well, certainly not complaining about that.", Kara whispered.

"Miss Luthor.", she heard the male voice say again. "It's nice to meet you. I'm-"

"William Dey, I assume.", Lena said, voice turning cold as she turned her head into the direction, she assumed him to be. "Yes, Kara told me about you."

"She did?", William asked, sounding incredibly conceited. Lena didn't know what he looked like but she just knew he threw Kara a glance and smirked. She knew guys like this.

"Yes, indeed. She told me about all the times you were flirting with her, even after telling you to stop. How you are constantly bothering her and acting mindlessly annoying and respectless."

She imagined his smile getting wiped off his face and found satisfaction in it.

"I would suggest that you stop that. She's a taken woman. You should accept that. Otherwise, my friend Krypto here will take great pleasure in taking care of you."

As if on cue, Krypto let out a quiet growl.

The man stayed silent for a while, maybe outweighing his options.

"Of course. I understand.", he said reluctantly. "I'm sorry for overstepping."

Lena gave a nod and then heard footsteps, indicating he left.

Kara's arms wrapped around her waist and her chin came to rest on her shoulder.

"Thank you, Lee.", she whispered, giving her a soft kiss on the cheek.

Lena simply smiled.

"I mean that was amazing. But it was also really hot, if I'm honest.", Kara chuckled before sighing. "I love you."

Lena turned around in Kara's arms to wrap her own ones around her neck, making sure Krypto's leash didn't get tangled up in the meantime. "And I love you."

Krypto had been with them for a few months now and he had already grown a little, though he was still very young and there would surely be a lot more growth to come.

Kara had used most of the time to train his superpowers, to somehow try to get him to control them and not randomly attack any strangers who came too close. He had always been rather shy and doubtful about new people. Alura had told them that. It was still a wonder how he had so quickly warmed up to Lena, and anyone who was obviously close with Lena. He seemed to only trust people after making sure that Lena was okay with them as well. Though this started applying to Kara too. Apparently, he trusted her judgement the most after Lena's.

He had become a steady accompany for the brunette. He came with her to the DEO, laying next to her on the floor while she worked.

Kara would come by to visit whenever she had free time - no mission to go to as Supergirl and nothing important to work on as Kara Danvers at CatCo.

Krypto had very soon become a part of the family, impossible to imagine a life without him. Everyone at the DEO knew him too and Krypto had seemed to grasp the concept after a while that people wearing these uniforms were usually no threat.

However, one day, a threat did occur. Kara was talking with Alex when several masked men in armor came in to attack the DEO.

She and the agents were holding up good against them.

But then, with panic, she thought about Lena. She had to know if she was okay. She quickly listened for her heartbeat and she grew even more worried when she heard the speed of it. Lena was scared. She either heard the fighting noises and was just nervous or some of the attackers had already gotten through to the labs. She couldn't take any risks. She needed to get there as fast as possible.

Of course that was the moment where one of the masked men attacked her, preventing her from leaving.

Kara rang with him for awhile, trying to push his weapon out of his hand before finally knocked him out by banging her forehead against his.

Her eyes scooted around the room, hastily looking for her sister. Finding her, she just exclaimed loudly: "Alex! I have to get to Lena!"

Alex nodded, punching one of the attackers and while loading her gun, simply yelled: "Go! We'll take of them!"

Kara breathed out and not a second later, she already sped towards the DEO laboratories.

Her heart slipped a beat when she saw the agent who accompanied Lena today dead on the floor.

"Oh no.", she mumbled, storming forward. "Lena!"

Further into the room, lay two of the masked men. By listening closely, she could tell that one of them was still breathing, simply unconscious. However she didn't even need her superhearing or any medical expertice to tell that the other man was dead. The big burned hole in his chest spoke for itself. Only heat vision could have caused something like that. Krypto.

In the same moment, she heard a bark from the next room and moved along. The little stocking room seemed empty at first. Kara used her x-ray vision to check it and found a female figure who she recognized as Lena cowering in one of the cupboards on the floor, together with Krypto.

The blonde ran forward and ripped the door open. Lena visibly flinched and a panicked expression stood on her face as her arms closed tighter around the dog next to her who barked again.

"Hey, hey, Lee, it's okay. It's me, it's okay.", Kara said gently, reaching in to touch Lena's shoulder.

Lena breathed out deeply, in relief.

"Oh thank god.", she mumbled.

Krypto jumped out of the cabinet, making it easier for Kara to help her girlfriend out as well, who then instantly threw her arms around her. Kara held her tightly.

"Do you know what happened?", Kara asked quietly as they pulled away.

"I just heard fighting noises and when the agent went to check, there was a gunshot. Is he dead?"

Kara bit her lip. "Yeah."

Lena took a shaky breath and nodded.

"After that, some men came in. I heard two different voices, so it must have been at least two. Krypto... He took care of them, I think. He growled and soon after, bodies hit the floor. He pushed the cane into my hand and bit into the other end to lead me to this hiding spot."

Kara couldn't help the way her eyebrows shot up. The way Lena described it sounded almost like Krypto had never done anything else in his life, as if he was a trained service dog. But he was still a young dog, who had never even had a single training lesson in becoming a guide dog. They only trained his powers to avoid sudden outbreaks and possible injuries of others.

However it made sense that he would act on instinct. His enhanced intelligence was magnificent after all.

Alura had already said that he had been smart but it seemed that since they arrived on earth, he grew even more intelligent. Maybe that balanced out the lack of x-ray vision and freeze breath?

Kara clapped once into her hands and Krypto, recognising the signal, jumped up into her arms. Kara pressed a kiss on his head. "Thank you, Krypto, for taking care of your mommy for me."

She slung her other arm around Lena, kissing her on her temple as well and pulling her close.

"I'm so glad you're both okay.", she whispered into Lena's hair.

Suddenly, Krypto growled deeply and jumped down from Kara's arm, landing on the floor, instantly in a defensive stance. His ears laid flat and his flews exposed his teeth.

Kara frowned and turned around. Just one second later, the man who had been unconscious before stood in the doorway with his weapon raised.

Kara protectively moved in front of Lena.

"You really shouldn't try anything stupid.", she threatened.

The guy shot at her several times, as well as at Krypto.

For a second, Kara was scared that Krypto might not be invulnerable since that was something they hadn't tested but that fear quickly evaporated when the bullets simply bounced off his body as they did off of her's.

Kara rolled her eyes and raised her arms in an almost frustrated way. "I really don't get why people are still shooting at me. When will you people finally understand that I'm bulletproof?"

She rushed forward, grabbing the weapon with such force from his hand that his wrist gave an ugly cracking sound. She jabbed her elbow into his face, sending him flying to the ground, unconscious yet again.

She returned to her place next to Lena, pulling her into her arms again.

Not much later, Alex came storming into the room. Relief spread across her face and she came closer, carefully stepping over the unconscious man on the floor, to wrap her arms around Lena.

"Okay, good, you're alright.", she said. "I got worried when Kara didn't come back with you."

"I'm fine. Krypto saved me."

"He did?", Alex asked, a little surprised, as she pulled away.

Kara nodded with shining eyes. "He's amazing, Alex. He doesn't just have superpowers, he knows exactly how to use them to defend someone. His instincts tell him to protect. He's a natural superhero - a superdog! And as if that isn't enough, he also seems to be a natural guide dog." She kneeled down to scratch Krypto behind his ear, making him wag his tail. After a little bit of silence, she looked up at her sister with a grin. "Do you think, you could train a canine agent for the DEO too?"

"Okay, Krypto, come on, buddy. Let's see what you can do.", Kara said, holding the door to the training room open and making a hand motion telling her fluffy companion to enter. With a wagging tail, he followed her order.

Kara looked up at Lena, taking her hand to guide her in as well and lead her to a little bench. Lena sat down and crossed her legs.

"What are you going to start with?", she asked.

"I think I'll see if he can fly first. I mean that's a basic power, right? Start small, work our way up and- what are you smiling about?", Kara interrupted herself, tilting her head.

Lena shook her head with a chuckle. "Nothing. It's just... I've never heard being able to fly getting described as 'basic' before."

Kara smiled sheepishly and rubbed her neck.

Then she clapped her hands. "Alright."

She walked towards Krypto and crouched down in front of him. "Okay, buddy. So I need you to pay attention now, alright?"

Krypto watched her attentively and again Kara had the feeling he actually listened to what she said and maybe even understood her.

She straightened herself back up and started levitating. Krypto's ears moved, apparantly in curiosity.

"Can you do that too, Krypto?", Kara exclaimed and began to softly slap her thighs, trying to motivate him. "Come on up. Come here, buddy."

"Is he doing anything?", Lena asked from her place on the bench.

Kara sighed and looked over at her. "No, not really. He looks pretty confused though. Maybe he just doesn't really get what I'm trying to- Oh."

"What is it?"

Kara blinked a few time as she looked straight ahead, right into Krypto's questioning eyes. His tail started wagging when a smile spread across Kara's face. "He did it! He's flying! Lee, our baby can fly!"

Lena chuckled.

"Can you fly over to your other mommy? Come along.", Kara cooed, slowly letting herself drift towards Lena while wiggling her fingers to show Krypto he should follow. He tilted his head a little then looked down at himself and started moving his feet like he was paddling through water. He did manage to move forward, at one point though the power seemed to leave him and with a little yelp, he fell towards the ground. Kara's eyes widened and she shot beneath him and gently pushed him back up by placing her hands under his paws. She stayed next to him, always ready to help out, while they made their way to Lena and he finally did a crash landing in her lap. Kara just barely succeeded in warning Lena in time so that she could securely wrap her arms around his body when he came down.

They both smiled brightly and patted him.

"Good job, buddy!", Kara beamed. "With a little training, you'll get the hang of it, I promise."

She pulled out a little bag of dog treats and gave him one - then secretly another one, making sure Lena didn't notice as the latter didn't want to spoil the little guy. But Kara was just too soft to stay strong at the sight of these eyes.

Then Lena gently placed him back down on the ground again and Kara continued the quest of finding out which kinds of powers he possessed.

It turned out he also had superstrength. However he didn't have x-ray vision or freeze breath.

For the last test, including figuring out two possible powers, she required Lena's help, so she guided her to the middle of the room. There Lena kneeled down in front of Krypto to keep him occupied while Kara rushed out of the room with superspeed.

When she was sure, she was gone, Lena began talking to Krypto. "Okay, sweetie, now you have to listen carefully. Listen for your mommy. Can you hear her calling you?"

Krypto, who sat in front of her, tilted his head. Then his ear twitched slightly and he gave a quiet bark.

Lena smiled. She just assumed that he actually knew what she wanted from him and that this was a 'yes'.

"Go, get mommy, go on.", Lena whispered encouragingly.

And sure enough, there was a gush of wind which she had grown accostumed to over the last months with Kara.

She couldn't help the little chuckle escaping her throat.

Just a few seconds later, there was another gush of wind and she heard Kara's excited voice next to her.

"He did it!"

"He did.", Lena grinned.

When Lena woke up, she was curtly confused about the weight on her stomach but as soon as her hands moved there and she felt fur, she remembered. Right, they had adopted a dog from a completely different planet.

She smiled. She had never really envisioned herself to get a pet, especially not one from outerspace but now that Krypto was here, she wouldn't want to miss the experience.

Apparently, Krypto had woken up too because of the touch. Lena heard a quiet squeaking sound - probably him yawning - and shortly after felt a soft, small licking at her hand.

She smiled again while stroking his head. "Good morning.", she said quietly but then frowned. Her other hand felt around the space next to her which was empty. "Krypto, do you know where your other mommy is?"

"Right here.", Kara's voice announced from the doorway. The amusement was clear in her voice. "It's really cute how you already call us his mommies."

Lena blushed. She hadn't expected Kara to hear that. But who was she kidding? The woman had goddamn superhearing.

"What are you doing up already?", she asked, trying to find a distraction.

"I looked for a pet shop. Found one too. I mean, Krypto did need a bunch of stuff that we didn't have yet. Like food. We only gave him leftover's which may not all be too good and nutritious for dogs. Also we needed some toys since he's so energetic. And you know, food bowls, a leash... you know, all that stuff.", she explained, breaking herself off when she noticed that she started rambling.

"You're right. I hope you didn't buy the equivalent of junk food for dogs?", Lena raised an eyebrow.

Kara laughed. "No, I didn't, no worries."

"Good.", Lena chuckled.

Kara blushed a little. "I may have gone a little overboard on the toys though."

"I didn't expect anything else.", Lena admitted.

Kara feigned a gasp. "And what's that supposed to mean?"

Lena smirked and motioned for her to come over by using her index finger.

Kara complied, sitting down on the edge of the bed, next to Lena's legs. She used the opportunity to simultaneously scratch Krypto behind the ears which he seemed to really enjoy.

Kara gave Lena her hand so the latter could let her own glide up Kara's arm until finding her face. She cupped Kara's cheek. "It means you have a very big heart which I love you for."

Kara beamed. "Now that's a great answer."

Lena chuckled and the blonde closed the distance between their faces.

They were interrupted when Krypto started jumping up and down next to them, hitting them lightly with his front paws.

They broke apart and laughed.

"We really have to work on your jealousy, buddy.", Kara exclaimed with a big grin and booped his nose. "Now, are you hungry, Krypto?"

He let out a little bark.

"Then let's go.", she said, making a gesture with her arm. Krypto jumped down the bed and expectantly walked in circles, waiting for Kara to follow.

"Just one more second, Krypto, your other mommy's not that fast.", Kara smirked, jumping up and squealing when Lena lightly slapped her arm in response.

"Unbelievable.", Lena whispered, trying hard to look offended but the evergrowing smile on her face spoke more than words.

Kara bit her lip to stiffle the laughter and then clicked her tongue to announce to Krypto that they could go as Lena had gotten to her feet. Kara grabbed Lena's hand and pulled her along so they could get breakfast.

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A while later that day, the three of them entered the DEO and most agents there automatically turned their heads to look at the furry little companion of the Super and the Luthor.

It was hard for almost everyone to resist Krypto's cuteness and a round of "awww"s and affectionate whispers went through the room.

One agent approached, asking if he could pet him. Kara chuckled and nodded.

The agent kneeled down, stretching out his hand.

Kara had been smiling proudly but her smile faltered and she squinted when she noticed that Krypto's eyes seemed to turn red. Her eyes widened upon realisation and she supersped forward, grabbing the agent and bringing him out of harm's way.

Just a millisecond after he had been pushed out of the way, two hot laser beams shot right through the place where he had been standing and burned holes into a screen at the other end of the hall.

Lena flinched at the sudden loud noise. "What the hell was that?", she asked. But no one appeared to be able to speak yet.

The entire room had gone quiet and all eyes, widened in shock, were on Krypto who's eyes returned to normal and who now turned around, toddling towards Lena and nudging her ankles with his head.

The brunette squatted down, assuming that the noise had startled him as well, and gently lifted him up.

She frowned when she noticed that there was still dead silence in the room. "What happened?"

Kara blinked a few times, then cleared her throat and finally stood up from the floor, helping up the agent as well.

"Well, um.", Kara said. "You know, I didn't really consider the fact that a kryptonian dog would process yellow sunlight differently than dogs from earth. That he'd process it the same way I do."

Lena raised an eyebrow, seemingly not getting the memo.

Kara sighed, scratching her head. "Our dog has superpowers."

Lena stayed quiet for a few seconds. "You're kidding."

"I wish I was but the heat vision which just absolutely destroyed one of the screens speaks for itself.", Kara exclaimed. "We should probably try to figure out what other powers he has and how he can control them, so nobody gets hurts on accident."

When it was time for them to leave and Kara hugged her mother goodbye, she felt her chest clench. It had felt good to be back on Argo again.

Sure she also looked forward to seeing Alex, J'onn and the others. To be back at the DEO, even if Lex's leadership was driving her crazy every now and then. To return to her duties as Supergirl.

But Argo was something else. She missed it. She missed her mother and the friends she had left behind.

That feeling had been there since the first time she left Argo which seemed so far away now. And it had only intensified during Crisis when she had seen it getting destroyed, felt the groundbreaking grief of losing yet another planet, full of people who were important to her.

And when she had found that Argo existed again after Crisis, she had felt so relieved. She would have loved to just instantly go back, to hug her mother tightly and never let her go again. But there had been so many problems and difficulties after Crisis, that she couldn't allow herself to do that.

Now that she had finally gotten here, it appeared so much harder to leave again.

Kara shook off the feelings and thoughts racing around in her mind and bowed down to lift Krypto up, holding him in one arm. Luckily he was small and light, making this no problem since she didn't have her superstrength on Argo.

Lena's hand slung around Kara's other arm. The brunette could basically feel her insecurity and sadness. She bit her lip.

"You don't really want to leave, do you?", Lena asked quietly. "I mean, it's... it's your... home, after all."

Kara's head jerked in her direction and she tilted her head to the side. Looking into Lena's face, ehe knew what she truly wanted, what her heart truly wanted. There was no doubt at all.

She rested her forehead against Lena's.

"It was nice to be here again and I'm going to miss it. But I'm also looking forward to going back to Earth again. I don't really care much where I am as long as I'm with you. Home is wherever you are, Lena."

Lena's heart skipped a beat at those words and she felt her cheeks heating up.

Kara smiled and looked down at the puppy in her arms who's nose was sniffling the air and who's head was moving around a lot. "Now, let's go. Krypto seems to get a little annoyed that nothing's happening."

Lena chuckled and nodded. "Lead the way."

Kara gave her temple a quick kiss then guided her to their spaceship, first bringing Krypto in so she'd have both hands free to help Lena in.

This time, Lena didn't seem as nervous about flying. With one hand petting Krypto who had once again retrieved his place in Lena's lap and the other hand holding Kara's, she appeared relatively calm.

The spaceship left the ground and their way home began.

When they arrived on Earth, they were already greeted by the Superfriends.

However they didn't get to do much more than giving a quick verbal hello before taking notice of the puppy on Kara's arm.

The women amongst them instantly let out a collective sound of "Awwww!" and stormed forward to pet him.

Krypto looked a little overwhelmed by the sudden affection of these strangers but he seemed to trust Kara enough to know that she wouldn't let them hurt him so he politely endured the petting.

And though the men tried not to let it show too much, it was very apparent that Krypto's cuteness got to them too and they couldn't hide the smiles which spoke more and clearer than words ever could.

After a whole while, everyone finally backed away. Soon enough later, Kara and Lena decided it was time to go home.

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Kara was seated on the couch while Lena was laying across it with her head resting in the blonde's lap.

Krypto was sleeping on Lena's stomach while the latter's hand crawled his fluffy fur.

Kara was holding a book in one hand, from which she was reading out loud to her, while her other hand played with Lena's hair and drew little stroking circles across her shoulder every now and then.

"You wanna know something?", Lena asked suddenly, interrupting Kara's reading.

"Hm?", Kara just made, expectantly waiting for what she had to say.

She was quiet for a while.

"I can't really remember my own face anymore.", Lena then finally said, almost nonchalantly. Kara felt her heart sink as she bit her lip.

However, Lena just smiled a little as her cheeks turned lightly pink. "But I can't forget yours."

"Really?", she squeaked.

Lena nodded. "I can still see it picture clear in my head. Like it's engrained in my mind.", she whispered. A soft smile spread across her lips. "I mean it makes sense. Considering your face is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. And I'm very happy that of all things, it's the one I remember the most. So I still feel like I can see you everyday."

Kara took a deep breath.

She leaned down to kiss Lena.

When she had pulled away, Lena smirked. "Though you don't have bangs in my memory."

Kara blinked. "What?"

Lena bit her lip to stiffle the laughter. "Honey, you can't blame me. You looked better without them."

Kara stared at her for a second. "Wow.", she said with a chuckle. "That's mean."

"It's the Luthor genes.", Lena grinned.

"Well, you know what kind of punishment awaits you, right?"

Lena raised her eyebrows. "What?"

Kara's hands moved to Lena's sides and started to mercilessly tickle her.

Lena squealed and squirmed to get out of her grasp.

Krypto, still seated on Lena's stomach and now waking up with a start, had a hard time balancing on her writhering body.

"Stop, stop, okay, I was just kidding, I'm sorry.", Lena brought out inbetween her laughter. "I surrender! I surrender!"

Kara grinned and her hands retrieved. She booped Lena's nose, making Lena giggle.

Kara gave her another kiss.

"You know, it's a shame, really."

Lena cocked her head to the side. "What do you mean?"

"That you can't remember yours. Your face, I mean. Because it's the most beautiful one I've ever seen."

Lena chuckled. The movement shook Krypto's tiny body again.

"I love you, Lena. So much.", Kara whispered, carressing the brunette's cheek.

Lena smiled once more. "I love you more."

"I hardly see how that's possible.", Kara murmered.

Their moment was disturbed when Krypto barked.

Their heads both turned into the direction of the sound. Then they both laughed.

"Yes, we love you too, Krypto.", they said simultaneously.

Except for a little small talk, there wasn't much they were doing the rest of the day. Most of it was spent cooing over and playing with the white puppy who seemed to warm up to the other two women as well over time.

He seemed to grow playful, jumping around on the ground and running in circles, trying to catch his own tail - when he noticed Kara and Alura laughing loudly at this action, he cocked his head to the side, almost as if he registered that what he was doing was bringing them joy.

After a while, Alura stood up to get an old kitchen towel which she tied a knot into to serve as an improvised play rope which he could toy around with.

Kara was delighted by the idea and soon started playing fetch with the little guy.

After a few rounds, she placed the toy in Lena's hand and gently guided her arm into the throwing motion so she could feel included and could also take part in the game.

When Krypto returned and happily nudged Lena's hand with the towel, she laughed.

"You really like this, huh?"

As it got later and later, Kara and Lena retrieved into the guest room, to get to bed. Of course Krypto followed self-evidently. At first Lena tried to establish that the dog would not get into bed with them - but one little whimper of Krypto when he was told to stay down was enough to make her cave in and she lifted him up.

Kara, who had been shortly outside of the room to talk with her mother, came into the room now and raised an eyebrow in amusement while crossing her arms.

"Alright, Lee, I can tell how it is. So much for 'Dogs aren't supposed to sleep on the bed, Kara.' Are you getting soft?", she teased with a big grin as she watched Lena crawling Krypto behind his ear while he was seated on her lap.

Lena smiled sheepishly and raised her shoulders. "He started crying. What am I supposed to do? Let the poor thing think he's not wanted?"

Kara chuckled and made her way to the bed, where she plopped down next to Lena and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "You have such a good heart. I love that about you. I love everything about you."

Lena leaned her head against Kara's shoulder and smiled.

Then suddenly Kara started to chew on her lip in worry as she thought about something. "What do you think is gonna happen to him once we're back on Earth?"

The smile seemed to be wiped off of Lena's face in a mere second. "Oh. I didn't even think about that yet."

"I mean it's gonna be impossible to leave while he's so attached. I wouldn't want him to feel abandoned.", Kara said, biting her lip and casting a glance at Krypto while scratching his chin.

Lena nodded, absently stroking Krypto's back. She licked her lips, deep in thought. "Then let's take him with us. To earth."

Kara gaped at her. "Are... are you sure? I mean, as much as I already adore the little guy... animals are quite the... tripping hazard if you know what I mean."

Lena smiled. "I think that'll be fine. He's smart, so I'm sure that we can train him to avoid him becoming a possible obstacle."

Kara beamed. She had always wanted a dog. She had loved Streaky so much already and when the cat died, she had felt miserable, at first not wanting a pet ever again. But when the immediate grief had ebbed away, the desire for a fuzzy companion had grown stronger. Unfortunately the chance had never really arrived up until now.

"Golly, that's amazing!", she exclaimed. She leaned down to look at Krypto. "Hey, do you wanna join the family? Are you gonna be part of our family, yes?"

Krypto raised and tilted his head. Almost as if he really listened to what Kara said. He stood up, balancing with his paws to make sure he didn't slide down from Lena's crossed legs and leaned forward until he was able to lick Kara's nose. The blonde giggled, scrunching up her nose upon the tickling feeling of his tongue. "I think he likes the idea."

Just when Lena thought that the anxiety she felt was reaching it's peak, something round, small and wet suddenly touched her hand, followed by something warm and fluffy brushing against her. That something now started licking her face.

Lena felt her heartrate lower. Slowly, she lifted a trembling hand to feel for "the something".

It was easy to assume that this was a dog - either a small breed or a puppy.

The dog grazed her further, almost like he was trying to comfort her.

Lena sniffled a little before propping herself up on her elbow and finally sitting up.

"Hello, little one.", she whispered after clearing her throat, carefully petting the ball of fluff which was now jumping into her lap, getting up on his hind legs and supporting himself by putting his front paws against her chest. He started to softly lick her chin which made Lena giggle. She used one hand to pet the dog further while the back of her other hand wiped away the tears of despair which had escaped from her eyes.

"Well, thank you for the kisses. But I should probably tell you that I have a girlfriend. Though I don't think she'll mind them if they come from you.", she chuckled quietly to herself.

She was never actually the biggest pet lover. Which was partly connected to the fact that they were deemed worthless wastes of space, time and money in the Luthor household, having prevented her from ever getting one of her own and thus having created some sort of bitterness in her child self. Her child self who could have used a furry companion as friend and help through the grief over her biological mother's death as well help in getting through the days, in which she was talked down on by her own family.

Another reason was that she wore mostly expensive suits, making a pet, which lost hair every now and then, would possibly end up drooling and might jump up on her legs with dirty paws, not the best company.

However, that was her least concern right now. She found comfort in the little fuzzy creature, seated on her lap. Besides, she wasn't wearing anything too fancy at the moment anyway and even if she was, it would have already been ruined when she landed painfully hard in the dirt.

So, she just kept stroking over the tiny dog's fur, feeling her heartbeat and breathing slow down.

A few minutes later, Kara and Alura returned. As Kara saw Lena sitting on the ground, she frowned, turning to her mother to hand over what she had been carrying and sped up her steps. "Hey, are you okay? What happened?"

"I fell."

Kara's eyes widened in panic. "Are you hurt?" She knelt down next to her, resting her hand on her back.

"No, it's fine.", she smiled and lowered her head in the direction of the little dog still resting on her legs. "This little guy here took great care of me."

Only now, did Kara notice the white fluffy puppy which had curled together in Lena's lap. She felt both a wave of relief as well as adoration well up inside of her and she couldn't help the "Awww" which escaped her lips.

"Well, I'm glad to hear that. Thank you, little one.", she said with a relieved chuckle. She moved her free hand to pet the puppy but he flinched away, cuddling closer into Lena's hold. Only when his eyes fell on her other hand, protectively placed on Lena's shoulder, he seemed to realise that she was no danger. The puppy cocked his head to the side and then slowly moved closer until he let his head touch Kara's still outstretched hand on his own. Kara smiled softly and stroked over his head and back.

In the meantime, Alura had arrived next to them. She appeared rather confused. "That's Krypto. He's a stray, wandering around the market here quite a lot. Already stole quite a lot of food too.", she explained. "He usually needs a few days until he lets someone new within five feet of him, not to mention letting someone touch him."

Kara looked up at her mother, then back at the puppy who was now licking her hand. "Well, he really seems to like Lena. He only accepted me after he saw me wanting to comfort her."

"He approached me very determinedly.", Lena said. "He seemed to sense that there was something... wrong with me. That I got hurt and couldn't really help myself."

"He's one of the smartest dogs I've ever met.", Alura commented. "It wouldn't surprise me if he knew that his presence might be comforting."

"It's definitely very cute.", Kara said, grinning down at the puppy who had returned to his curled up position in Lena's lap, basically begging her to pet him again. "I'm relieved to know that he was there when I couldn't be."

Lena smiled and nodded.

"Would you like to stand up now though?", Kara asked.

"Oh, yes please.", Lena chuckled. She felt around until her arms closed securely around Krypto and placed him carefully on the ground. She stroked his back one last time. "Thank you again, Krypto."

Then she loosely raised her hands in the air until Kara grabbed them and gently pulled her to her feet.

"My cane should be laying here somewhere. I lost it when I fell.", Lena said.

"Got it.", Kara responded, letting go of Lena to retrieve the cane before returning to her side, handing it back to her.

"By the way-", she said sheepishly, looking over at her mom who smiled and returned the object in question to her. "I got this for you."

As soon as it came closer into Lena's direction, a strong but beautiful scent hit her nose.

"They're kryptonian flowers-", Kara explained softly. She also used the name of the flowers but Lena couldn't understand it as it was in kryptonian. "They look a lot like plumerias. Pretty much the kryptonian version. They're pretty rare too."

Lena's head jerked up and a soft smile spread across her lips. "You remembered that."

"Of course I did.", Kara whispered and she added with blushed cheeks: "You know they're supposed to being luck. And... and they stand for eternal love. I asked mom to find them so I could gift them to you when we're here... Though I wouldn't have left you alone to get them if I'd known you would get hurt in the meantime... But at least we made a friend."

Lena felt her own cheeks heat up. She searched with her hand to cup half of Kara's face and kiss her cheek. "Thank you."

Kara beamed.

Then the blonde linked her arm into Lena's for the extra support in finally continueing to walk.

Which had been a good idea because they barely took three steps before Lena tripped over something that suddenly appeared inbetween her feet. This way Kara could catch her before she fell again though.

The blonde looked down and giggled when she saw Krypto nestling against Lena's ankles. "I think someone doesn't want to let you go yet."

Lena chuckled. "And how are we gonna leave then?"

"I guess we could try to have him tag along for a while.", Kara suggested. She made kissing and clickering sounds. "Hey, Krypto. Krypto, come on, buddy. Come with us."

Krypto seemed to understand what Kara wanted from him as he came out from inbetween Lena's feet and instead started walking next to them.

He actually followed all the way to Alura's home, even going as far as coming with them inside.

When Lena sat down, he instantly jumped up into her lap, shortly startling the woman but then making her laugh quietly.

"Wow. He really likes you, huh? Should I be worried that he's gonna steal you from me?", Kara grinned.

Lena chuckled and raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Maybe."

As Argo came into her view, Kara felt her own heartbeat increase. Not in fear though but in happiness.

Lena squeezed Kara's hand again when the ship started landing and finally arrived on the ground with a little thud.

"Ready?", Kara grinned.

"Sure. As long as we get solid ground under our feet, I'm good.", Lena replied.

Kara chuckled as she helped Lena out of her seat and out of the ship. She could already see her mother waiting a few feet away.

"Mom!", she exclaimed excitedly, running off to greet her mother with a hug.

Then she abruptly pulled away like she had just been struck by lightning and her mouth formed an 'o'-shape when she remembered that her girlfriend was still standing by the spaceship. With deep red cheeks, she returned to her.

"Lee, I-"

"Forgot something. Yeah. I can tell.", Lena smirked, obviously amused.

"Sorry.", Kara said sheepishly, linking her arm into Lena's to guide her to her mother.

"Well, mom, you remember Lena.", Kara stated happily.

"Yes, of course.", Alura smiled as she took Lena's hand which the latter had stretched out as a greeting. "It's nice to see you again, Lena."

"Thank you. I wish I could say the same but well, you know.", Lena stated nonchalantly, making a small hand movement at her eyes which were hidden behind the dark sunglasses.

Kara snorted and slapped her hand on her mouth to stiffle the laughter which desperately wanted to erupt from her throat upon seeing her mother's mortified facial expression. After pulling herself together, she chuckled and patted her mother's arm in a sympathetic way. "Don't worry, mom, we've all been there before."

"I am so sorry. That was very inconsiderate of me.", Alura apologized.

"It's completely fine, really. I don't mind.", Lena said with a genuine smile on her lips. "I'm not that sensitive."

Kara was biting her bottom lip, still struggling not to laugh. "Should we go then?"

Alura and Lena both nodded.

"My cane.", Lena quietly said to Kara. "I forgot it in the ship."

"That's fine. I'll get it.", Kara said, kissing Lena's temple before returning to the spaceship to get the object in question.

Just a little while later, Kara had returned, gently nudging Lena's hand with it to let her know where it was.

"Thank you, love."

Kara smiled, her heart fluttering in response to the pet name, and retrieved her place on Lena's arm.

Lena trusted Kara fully but she felt safer with her cane around here. This was a completely different planet after all. In National City, she didn't mind just relying on Kara's guidance but on Argo not so much.

She loved Kara with everything she had but it was no secret that the blonde easily got as excited as a golden retriever puppy. And though she had never let herself be distracted on earth, which would be causing problems for Lena, she wasn't sure of the same would apply on Argo. It was part of her origins after all and there were people who and places which she didn't get to see too often. Easy, understandable distractions which Lena didn't blame her for. But she did want to take precautions just in case.

They made their way to Alura's home. Their steps led them across the market which was pretty empty that day. Kara took the chance of describing everything to Lena so she'd have a rough idea in her mind what Argo looked like. Or well, at least she attempted to describe it. It was hard to find words which would make sense to the brunette. Alura tried her best to chime in and help Kara out in some cases when she got stuck.

It did mean a lot to Lena that she, that they both, tried.

Their peaceful walk was interrupted when footsteps approached and an excited female voice exclaimed "Alura! Kara! There you are already! And you must be Lena Luthor, Kara's girlfriend. It's nice to meet you."

Lena felt a hand taking her's and shaking it before she even knew what was happening. A little overwhelmed, she simply nodded.

Kara didn't even get the chance to explain who the other woman was when she already continued talking.

"Now considering you're here already, you could come and get the-", she said throwing a quick glance at Lena and giggled. "-you know what, already. Your mom would have to lead the way though because I gotta go. It's not far."

"Oh.", Kara made. She bit her lip. She hadn't planned for it to go this way. She had expected that she'd go to Alura's house first, settle down a little. Then she could have contacted someone to bring it to them. "I-"

"It's okay, Kara. You can go, I'll just wait here.", Lena said, sensing that Kara was conflicted with what to do.

"Are you sure?", Kara asked, doubt clear in her voice.

"Yes.", Lena smiled. "Just go. I'll be fine."

Kara bit her lip, considered for a second. Then she caved.

"Okay. I'll be right back.", Kara said, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek. A few goodbye's were exchanged before she followed her mother and the other woman left in the opposite direction.

Lena just stood by, twiddling her cane and waiting. She wondered what Kara could possibly need to get.

She should have known that danger was coming when she heard fast footsteps approach and loud high voices scream and squeal happily. Drifting closer and closer towards her.

Until suddenly, someone unexpectedly bumped into her, sending her flying to the ground. She hit the hard stones with such great impact that all air seemed to be pressed out of her. From the height and the voices which were yelling some quick apologies as they ran further, she assumed they were children. Children who simply didn't know better and could therefore not be judged. They probably didn't even take notice the cane.

Lena took some deep breaths, trying to breathe through the pain in her side and through the uprising panic inside of her.

She felt around the ground, trying to find her cane but it seemed too far out of reach. Her breathing quickened. She didn't what to do. She felt paralyzed. It seemed impossible to do anything but lay there and dive into the evergrowing panic.

She got along fine on Earth, in National City. She had learned some of the routes and streets there. She had grown accostumed to it. But here? This was an entirely different planet, as already established before. She had never been here before, she had never seen it just once. She didn't know anything here. She felt set back to the first time she ever tried walking through National City's streets. She had gotten a panic attack there as well. With the difference that Kara had been there to calm her.

Her mind was racing. She tried getting words out, tried to call for help. But she felt that even if her mouth wasn't this dry all of the sudden, making it impossible to even get one sound out which wasn't a whimper, there would be no one coming. She didn't even hear the faintest voice or footstep. There was nobody there to help her - not just help her back up again but to keep her from spiraling further into fear and hopelessness.

She only knew one thing. She wanted nothing more than for Kara to come back right now. She needed Kara. More than anything.

Lena had been working in the DEO labatories for a few weeks now. Sure, there had been difficulties at first. Needing to find things, needing to figure out what exactly specific things were when she couldn't what they were from simply feeling them. In general finding her way around the DEO.

But there were a few agents willing to help her, guide her around and explain things in case she needed it.

But by now, she had been growing accostumed to it. It was getting much easier.

And up until now there hadn't been any hints or indications that Lex might have any malicious intentions behind this. Apparently he did for once just want to do her a favour. Which was a very foreign, unsettling thought, if Lena was being honest. She'd almost prefer it if he just wanted to trick or betray her. She'd know how to deal with that, she had done it a hundred times before. But this? This was completely new.

Though she also had to admit that she was grateful for it. Because she did enjoy being able to work at the DEO. Being able to work at all really. To prove that she was still capable of such things. Even if she was indeed limited. There always had to be someone standing next or behind her and she didn't like that but it was a necessity. Since she couldn't see numbers, diagrams, etc. There always had be someone around to tell her what was going on.

One day, she unexpectantly heard mumbling behind her and squinted her eyes, especially when the footsteps of the agent indicated that he left. What was going on? She listened more closely and heard different footsteps approach. She felt herself tense as the unknown stranger stepped closer. But then a familiar scent reached her nose and she immediately relaxed. No threat. Quite the opposite, actually.

Kara wrapped her arms around Lena's waist from behind her and rested her chin on her shoulder.

"Hello, zrhueiao.", Kara whispered into Lena's ear as she gave her a kiss on the cheek.

Lena smiled. She remembered their first date where Kara had already used that word before. Beautiful.

"Hello to you too.", Lena replied softly.

There were a few seconds of silence between them.

"Are you just here to spend me some company, which I don't mind of course, or was there something you wanted to talk about?"

"I mean I can't say I didn't just want to hug you and kiss you because I love doing that.", Kara grinned but the grin faded quickly. She bit her lip. "But there is something I need to talk about actually. I... I wanted to ask you something."

"What is it?", Lena asked, tilting her head and turning around in Kara's arm to place her arms around the blonde's neck.

"I want you to meet my mom. Like formally. You've met her before but we weren't exactly on the same page back then. And yeah, we've talked via hologram to tell her we're together.... But it's not the same. I... I want you to meet my mom in person, as my girlfriend."

Lena smiled. "That's very sweet, Kara. And I would love to. But how would we be able to do that? Argo isn't exactly around the corner."

"I'm glad you asked. The DEO can lend us a spaceship. It wouldn't take us that long actually."

Kara bit her lip expectantly.

"Well, then there's nothing in our way.", Lena smirked.

Kara smiled brightly and kissed her softly before resting her forehead against Lena's.

"Great! Because I actually may have already planned the whole thing out and got us a spaceship which will be ready in a few hours.", Kara whispered cheekily.

Lena chuckled. "Of course you did."

And just a few hours later, they made their way to a spaceship which Kara had gotten prepared. It was able to fly on it's own, making it easier to get there without possible difficulties.

When Lena got in, she felt her heart beating a little faster. And Kara obviously heard it too.

She frowned. "You okay?"

Lena swallowed. "Well, I don't really have the best experiences with flying if it's not in your arms. My helicopter a few years back got attacked, Edge put me on a plane with chemicals which lost control, the plane we were on almost crashed..."

Kara smiled softly. "Yeah but I could always help out with that."

"We're going to space now though. God, I've never even been in space! And as far as I know you can't breathe in space so you can't go out there and fly us to safety if something goes wrong and that means-"

Kara placed her hand on top of Lena's. "Hey, I'm the one in this relationship who starts to nervously ramble, remember?", she said quietly with a chuckle. Then she interwined their fingers and gave Lena's hand a little squeeze. "I promise we'll be fine. This is much safer than any of those helicopters or planes. And I'm right here with you. You don't have to be afraid. But if it makes you feel better, I'll hold your hand the entire way, okay?"

Lena took a deep breath, then brought up a smile. "That would help, yes. Thank you."

Kara leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek. "Always."

When they lifted off the ground, Kara felt Lena's grip tighten around her hand and heard her heartbeat increase yet again.

While their hands were still interwined, she raised her arm a little to place it around the brunette.

Lena responded by laying her head on Kara's shoulder.

Kara surprised Lena the next morning with breakfast in bed - Lena didn't even remember getting to bed. She must have fallen asleep some time late at night when Kara had held her in her strong arms. Her favorite place to be.

She smiled brightly and thanked her, enjoying the smell of fresh coffee and baked goods. Though they didn't actually get to eat too much but instead picked up on the passion of last night.

They only startled apart and untangled themselves from each other when Kara's alarm went off.

"Rao, that timing is terrible.", Kara groaned as she sat up to turn it off.

"Don't worry, love, we have all the time in the world to continue this. No need for pouting.", Lena smirked as she sat up too and rested her chin on Kara's shoulder after placing a little peck on it.

Kara raised her eyebrows. "Why do you think I'm pouting? I'm not pouting!"

Lena chuckled. "Please. I may not see it but I just know it. I can almost feel you pouting."

Kara laughed quietly. "That's not fair."

Lena's hand glid up her shoulder until finding her face and cupping it. She smiled cheekily. "Well, you have your superpowers, I have mine."

"I guess so.", Kara grinned, leaning over to kiss her.

"You know, as much as I'm enjoying this... You're going to be late.", Lena mumbled against her lips.

"What is superspeed for? I'll be at CatCo in the blink of an eye.", Kara whispered back, now moving her head down to press soft little kisses on Lena's neck.

The brunette had to resist the urge to shudder, instead going for a chuckle. "You're unbelievable."

"Well, your heartbeat tells me you're really into this so I don't buy that you want me to stop.", Kara murmered while continueing her quest of kissing her neck.

Lena mentally groaned. Damn superhearing. She couldn't stop the very real, loud moan fleeing her throat as Kara's hand wandered under her shirt, carressing her hip and leaving a trail of goosebumps on her skin wherever her hand stroked her just the slightest bit.

"Five minutes.", Lena whispered and she could basically hear the bright grin on the blonde's face as she returned with a deep voice: "That's all I need."

And with that, she cupped the brunette's face, kissing her passionately before taking one hand down to place it on her back and gently lay her down.

A few minutes later, Kara left the bed - quite reluctant and disgruntled. Lena herself wasn't too happy about it either.

She listened as several gushes of wind indicated that Kara rushed in and out of the room to collect her clothes and put them on.

When she was dressed completely, she sat down on the edge of the bed and took Lena's hand. The latter had stated the night before as they laid cuddled together that she gave her full permission to touch her without asking first.

"So, are you still sure about it? Going to the DEO this afternoon to accept that job offer, I mean?", Kara asked. She didn't want her to feel pressured into it, just because she liked the idea of having her close by more often.

Lena smiled, squeezing Kara's hand. "I am, darling. As long as you're there to accompany me."

"Of course.", the blonde responded happily, leaning her forehead against Lena's. "I'll come to pick you up after I get out of CatCo then, okay?"

Lena nodded.

"Good... Until then.", Kara said softly.

"Yeah.", Lena whispered. "And Kara?"

"Hm?"

"I love you."

"And I love you.", Kara rejoiced, giving her one last quick peck on the lips before finally standing up. "Bye."

"Bye."

And like she had said, she arrived at the building in question not even a minute later and right on time. Though Kara couldn't wait to get out of CatCo the second she got in. She just wanted to go back to Lena. But she couldn't neglect her work anymore. She already did that quite a lot when she had to go out as Supergirl.

So she pulled herself together and finished her work responsibly.

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When Kara arrived back at Lena's place a few hours later, the brunette instantly noticed in the way she spoke and the way she didn't directly slung her arms around her and kissed her that someone must have been wrong.

She decided to let Kara choose for herself if and when to tell her what was up and simply hooked her arm into her's as she guided her outside.

But considering the fact that she still didn't engage much into a conversation with her, she started growing worried.

"Kara, what is it?"

"Huh?"

"You've been awfully quiet. Something's wrong. What is it?"

"Oh.", Kara said, biting her lip. She sighed deeply. "I, uh... There's this guy at CatCo - William Dey - and... he seems to have a crush on me. He's actually a nice guy but he's been very pushy for weeks now and... I told him earlier today that I'm in a relationship. But he's still being flirty and he's kind of making me uncomfortable."

Lena clenched her jaw. "I can talk to him. I'll make sure he stops."

The corners of Kara's lips lifted themselves slightly. "I don't think that's necessary, Lee. I'll handle him. But thank you."

She leaned over to give the brunette a kiss on the cheek.

Lena smiled softly, letting her hand glide down Kara's arm until she was able to interwine their hands.

"Alright."

They continued to walk, hand in hand now.

"There's the DEO.", Kara said quietly, squeezing her hand a little. "You ready?"

Lena just nodded, then swallowed down the lump which was starting to form in her throat.

"Okay. Then let's go.", Kara said and without a warning, leaned down to place one hand under Lena's kneecaps and the moving the other to her back before lifting her up and carrying her bridal-style. Lena shrieked when her feet left the ground and her arms quickly wrapped themselves around Kara's neck.

She couldn't help the laugh erupting from her mouth. "Kara! I'm still able to walk, you know. I managed perfectly up until now."

The blonde grinned. "This has nothing to do with your capabilities. I just like treating my girlfriend-", she savoured the word. "-like a princess. Which is what she deserves more than anything."

"Is that so? Well, I guess your girlfriend's a very lucky woman.", Lena said with a soft smile.

"Eh.", Kara made with a shrug. "I'm the lucky one."

Lena felt her cheeks heating up a little. God, how she loved that woman.

Kara now finally started moving, carrying her into the building and only letting her back down when they were inside and agents started staring at them.

The restaurant which Kara had picked wasn't too far away, they didn't even need a car but instead were able to walk there.

Lena tried imagining the route, tried remembering if she had ever walked these steps before and had maybe seen this restaurant once. But she didn't think she did.

"Careful, there's a little step at the door.", Kara said, slowing down enough to make Lena know when to raise her foot a little higher to avoid tripping.

Shortly after, a waiter approached them and brought them to their table. There was a very pleasant scent there, reminiscient of spring, and Lena wondered if there just flowers with a strong smell or if there were scented candles. Kara confirmed seconds later that the smell came from scented candles.

She noticed that the chairs were very comfortable and consideing the material of the tablecloth and the entire atmosphere, she assumed that this restaurant was rather chique and expensive. Hadn't Kara said it was rather small? It didn't really feel like it.

Lena couldn't help the fact though that her mind always went back to a few hours earlier when Lex had surprised her by coming by and offering her a job at the DEO. It had to be a trap. Or part of a malicious plan. There had to be something behind it. Why would he do it otherwise? He had proven countless times that the only person he truly cared about was himself. He couldn't give one flying fuck about other people's well being - he had killed countless people for his own gain.

So, why should she believe him now? It didn't make any sense.

She was deep in thought, turning almost completely absent-mindly.

Kara noticed the sudden change in behaviour and grew scared that it had to do with their date as she didn't know what had happened earlier with Lex.

The blonde bit her lip, watching her girlfriend worriedly.

"Do you not like it? Would you rather want to go back home? If you don't want to do this, it's fine, I-", she exclaimed nervously, fidgeting with her hands under the table.

Lena was startled out of her thoughts and she was instantly feeling a wave of guilt weighing on her consciousness for making Kara feel insecure about this evening, which was supposed to be spent happily - maybe a little flirty every now and then but surely not in silence while Lena was brooding over something that could be solved later.

Her hands rushed to search for Kara's and interwined them when she finally found them. "No, no, no. Kara, sweetie, I love this. It's great. Really."

Kara frowned. "But something's on your mind. What's wrong, Lee?"

Lena licked her lips, debating whether to tell her but she never wanted to keep important secrets between them again, so in the end she decided tell her. "Lex visited me this morning."

"He did what?", Kara asked, face hardening and her free hand balling into a fist. "What did he say? What did he do to you?"

"That's... that's the problem actually. He did nothing. He... offered me a job actually. At the DEO."

Kara's jaw dropped. She thought she might have misheard her. "He did what?"

Lena chuckled darkly. "I couldn't believe it either. Still can't. I don't know if I... if I should. It could just be a trap. Maybe he has an ulterior motive for this. I can't imagine why he would suddenly give me the opportunity out of the kindness of his heart."

Kara opened and closed her mouth a few times, furrowing her eyebrows and thinking about what to say.

Finally, she considered the whole thing again, shrugged simply and said: "Accept it."

Lena raised an eyebrow. "Pardon?"

"Accept the job. If he really does have evil schemes planned, then we'll figure it out and stop him. Together.", she explained, as she her thumb carressed Lena's hand. A smile spread across her face. "And to be honest, I'm having some selfish motives here because you know... it- it would be nice to work with you... with my girlfriend together."

Lena couldn't help her own smile which appeared on her lips. "A very convincing argument."

Kara giggled and leaned over to give her a quick soft kiss.

Roughly an hour later, they had finished their food and had just talked some more, but then decided it was time to get home.

Kara wanted to pay but Lena smirked a little. "Kara, darling, no offence, but I'm part of a multi billionaire family while you're living of a reporter's salary. I'm going to pay."

Kara wanted to object but Lena, sensing that she would want to protest, shut her off with one of her infamous eyebrow raises before she could even open her mouth. So the blonde looked down with a sheepish smile and blush, agreeing with a small "Okay."

Lena smiled, satisfied.

After the payment had been done, they left. Kara once again linked her arm with Lena's to guide her.

Some time later, they arrived at Lena's place.

"Sooo.", Kara said quietly. "This is you."

"I guess so.", Lena responded. She smirked. "Wanna come up for a drink?"

Kara grinned. "I'd love to."

However they didn't get to that drink.

As soon as the door shut close behind them, their lips collided in a passionate kiss.

Kara's hands glid down to Lena's waist and with one quick movement, she lifted her up, seating her down on the counter behind her. Lena's hands were cupped around Kara's jaw, pulling her face as close as possible.

Lena couldn't help but feel turned on by the fact that Kara seemed to grow very dominant, not at all showing similarities to the usual awkward and timid reporter.

She wrapped her legs around Kara's middle and Kara tightend her arms around her. Then she supersped them both to the couch where she laid Lena down, while mounting over her, using one arm to support herself and prevent herself from crushing the brunette and using the other to glide her hand up under Lena's shirt.

Lena sat up, letting Kara take off her blazer and open the buttons of her shirt before taking that off too. The quiet thuds indicated that they landed on the floor next to the couch.

Lena felt around until she found the rim of Kara's dress, pushing it upwards and finally pulling it over the blonde's head, letting it drop on the floor where her own clothes were already laying too. While Lena leaned back down, she rose up her waist, making it easier for Kara to take off her pants as well.

Now they were only in their underwear, continueing their passionate kisses. Lena's hands wandered around Kara's hips, while Kara's was stroking the inside of her leg, making Lena shudder in arousement.

Then Kara pulled away, breathing heavily. "Wait, I just want to make sure. Do you really want this?"

Lena hesitated. It would be weird, no question. The first time making out, having sex even, without seeing what was happening. But she trusted Kara and there wasn't anyone else she'd rather want to do this with than Kara. So she smiled and nodded. "I do."

Kara grinned.