Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Krypton (TV 2018)

Ratings: Teen and Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Seg-El & Nyssa-Vex, Seg-El & Val-El, Seg-El & Adam Strange, Adam Strange & Val-El, Seg-El & Kem

Characters: Seg-El, Nyssa Vex, Val-El, Adam Strange, Kem (Krypton)

Additional Tags: Episode: s02e10 The Alpha and the Omega, Missing Scene, canon nudged to the left, Grief/Mourning, Implied/Referenced Character Death, Major Character Injury, Male Friendship, Grandparents & Grandchildren, Guilt, Regret

Summary:

Reeling from Kem's death, Seg clings onto the hope of some good news from the rebels when he sees them, that everyone really is alright and got off that moon unharmed-

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Chapters: 1/1

Fandom: Krypton (TV 2018)

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

Relationships: Seg-El & Adam Strange, Adam Strange & Val-El

Characters: Adam Strange, Seg-El, Val-El

Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Insecurity, Self-Doubt, Self-Esteem Issues, Guilt, Introspection, Minor Segdam at the end, other characters appear but only briefly, Angst with a Happy Ending

Series: Part 30 of flufftober 2023

Summary: Adam's always struggled with his self-worth - the events on Krypton don't help with that and he becomes convinced that no one wants him there.

Astra and Alexa fell from the portal onto the floor with a thud. Astra swore at the pain from the fall as well as the shock of the fall actually hurting.

She rubbed her forehead, trying to think about all the reasons her powers weren’t working. She looked up, only to be surrounded by a crowd of disheveled people, several of which had large guns trained on her and Alexa. The girls scrambled towards each other, trying to protect the other.

To their surprise, the crowd parted as a man walked towards them. He was tall, with dark hair and, to Astra, he didn’t look much older than herself and Alexa. “Who are you and wha-,” his eyes widened in surprise, “why are you wearing my family’s crest.” His hand shot out and he grabbed Astra by the collar, pulling her up to her feet before she could back away.

Astra jerked out of his grip, “I’m Supergirl, jackass,” she said, “and I don’t know who the hell you are but this is my family’s shield.”

She watched the young man’s expression shift from anger, to confusion, and back to anger “you’re coluan. Brainiac sent you here, didn’t he?” He charged towards her. Astra followed suit. Not completely prepared to fight without her powers, the stranger landed the first blow. His fist connected with her jaw. She recovered quickly and managed to kick him in the ribs. He tackled her to the ground. Astra struggled against him and kicked him off of her. He stumbled back and was caught by an older man who also wore the seal of the House of El.

Astra turned, ready to fight the woman who had gotten ahold of her sister during the scuffle, until the older man cleared his throat, “Ladies, I believe this can be settled civilly.”

“Only if she lets my sister go,” Astra growled.

The old man nodded the woman. She released Alexa, albeit reluctantly. Astra closed the gap between them and took Alexa’s hand, “I believe introductions are in order,” he began, ”My name is Val-El, and the young man,” he laughed, “that you just gave quite a beating to is my grandson, Seg.”

“Seg-El?” Astra asked. She looked at Alexa, who looked as confused as Astra felt.

“How do you know my name,” Seg asked, leaning towards them like he was preparing for Round Two.

“Our mom told us that her grandpa’s name was Seg-El,” the gears in Astra’s head began to turn, “wait, are we on Krypton?”

Of course, you’re on Krypton, how do you not know where you are,” the woman asked.

“Well, lady-“

“Lyta.”

“Whatever. We were on Earth until Brainiac blasted -“

“So you are working with Brainiac,” Seg shouted.

“The hell we are! We’re trying to stop that douche nozzle from bottling our home!”

“You lying-“

“Enough!” Val-El shouted, and a hush fell over the room, “bickering like children will get us nowhere.” he took a deep breath, “Now, girls, you said that your mother had a grandfather named Seg-El. Is this true?”

Alexa nodded, “our mother’s name is Kara Zor-El, daughter of Zor-El, son of Seg-El.”

“My son’s name is Jor-El.”

“Yes, you do have a son named Jor-El but that’s our uncle’s father.”

“I mean, he’s our mom’s cousin so we’re like, technically first cousins once removed but we just call him our uncle.”

“Astra, you’re not helping.”

“Astra,” Val mused, “that is a common name here. And what about you, miss?”

“My name is Alexandra. Everyone calls me ‘Alexa’ though. I was named after our mom’s adoptive sister, she’s a human. Do you…know what a human is?”

“Know what a human is,” Val chuckled, “why, we have one in our midst, one Adam Strange.”

“What is Adam doing here,” Astra asked.

“You know him?”

“Totally, he’s a big fan of our uncle.”

“Superman,” Seg said under his breath.

“Yup, that’s the one,” Astra said.

“None of this explains why you look like Brainiac,” Lyta said.

Alexa sighed, “while our mother is kryptonian, you are correct,” she said, looking at Seg, “our father is coluan.”

Seg looked at them in disgust, “You’re Brainiac’s daughters?”

Astra rolled her eyes, “No, you dickhead, our dad isn’t Brainiac, that’s gross. Our dad’s just a regular coluan,” in a rare moment of forethought, Astra decided that telling them their dad actually was a distant relative of Brainiac probably wasn’t the best idea.

“Why should we believe anything you’re telling us,” Lyta asked.

Astra scowled at her but she knew she was right, if these people were determined to believe that she and her sister were working for Brainiac, or worse, there wouldn’t be much they could do to convince them otherwise. But she still had an ace up her sleeve. She reached into her pocket, “hold your fire, folks,” she said, raising up her free hand in response to the crowd once again raising their weapons, “I just want dear old grandpa to look at something,” she pulled out her phone and held it out for Seg.

He eyed it suspiciously. “Can you relax for, like, two seconds? It’s not gonna hurt you,” Astra said.

Seg snatched the phone from her indignantly. Astra pursed her lips, it was a long shot but she hoped that a photo of her, Alexa, and their parents looking like a normal, happy family would convince him that they were telling the truth.

He looked at the screen for what felt like an eternity. Val looked over his shoulder at Astra’s phone, as well. Though she cringed as he tentatively swiped his finger across the screen, she didn’t need him to see whatever memes she had on there.

As he looked through the phone, Alexa spoke up, “we weren’t sent here by Brainiac to attack you. We don’t even know if he sent us here on purpose”

“What we do know,” Astra said, “is that we’re gonna get back home and kick Brainiac’s ass.”

She must have said the magic words because she could see that Seg was trying to hide a smile as he handed the phone back to her.

“Well,” Val said,”I’ve heard, and seen, enough. I would like to help you get back to your home, to your family. What do you say, Seg?

Seg nodded silently.

“Excuse me,” Alexa said, “if Adam Strange is here, he could use his zeta-beam to send us home, couldn’t he?”