This is my writing blog. I will post updates here. I follow back from sxbstantialfxndom. My name is Argos and I use he/they pronouns. I was born in 1998. I've been writing consistently on AO3 since 2015. My username on AO3 is embracedself.
I write for a multitude of fandoms. Some of my favourites are 9-1-1, Criminal Minds, Supergirl, Once Upon a Time and One Seattle.
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Lena has been getting death threats ever since she can remember. They have almost gotten boring over the years. But now she has a daughter and while she couldn’t care less about her own safety, her daughter needs to be protected. Whatever it takes.OR Alex is the bodyguard of Lena’s child (and later even more than that).
Fairytales Start With Curses by LiteratureLocker
Alex never really fit in, which wouldn’t have been a big deal if she felt comfortable in her own skin. She doesn’t for the record. She doesn’t feel comfortable with the other villagers, her own family, or on her own. That is until she stumbles across several curses that leave burns and scars behind, making her stand out and feel unique. Now if only the Witch who lived in the woods would stop being so pissed at her for ruining all of her hard work.Or The “a princess accidentally wrongs a witch and is cursed so that no man shall ever love her. Fortunately, the princess is a lesbian and is overjoyed” AU that no one asked for but is now stuck reading.
captured by potstickermaster
“You need to stop taking pictures of me.” Alex squirms slightly and drags her gaze from her phone to the woman across her. Lena isn’t even looking at her; she is busy typing away on her laptop—which makes sense, since Alex dropped by L-Corp far too early during the evening. It’s mildly amusing how Lena, a CEO, who could forgo work any day, has longer hours than Alex herself. The agent frowns. “I wasn’t,” she mumbles.
You Need a Hand to Hold by Ymae
Alex saves Lena from someone hired to kill her. It finally makes them see what’s been right in front of them all along.
Get Home by TeamScienceMegaNerds
Exactly two days after moving to National City, Lena Luthor is escorted to an underground facility to be convinced by two very unconvincing agents that her best options in this situation include a) becoming a walking talking puppet for the DEO and b) putting her own life on the line to destroy the negative attributions to the Luthor name. She’s not entirely surprised by the unwelcome pressure, but she is interested in finding out more about the doctor who seems to love hanging out in the DEO labs.or Alex is trying to be a lab geek very quietly, but the storm that is Lena Luthor disrupts her whole life, and now Alex is pretty sure she’s committing treason
so i stayed in the darkness with you by BadWolf_TimeAndSpace
Alex thought she would never dance again, then Lena asks her for a dance at Kara’s wedding.
American Beauty - American Psycho by rubyrox2
“Lena has your Guitar hanging in her office!” All Kara can hear is the phone being dropped followed by what sounds like swearing and coughing mixed together. “Alex?!” or Alex Danvers used to be a Rockstar. Lena is a fan but doesn’t know its Alex. Or Lena redorcorates and it causes both Danvers’ sisters to choke.
10 Times Lena Luthor Absolutely Didn’t Mind PDA by mw4vt9
Lena says she hates PDA. She is a liar.
the world forgetting, by the world forgot by gaygentdanvers
Lena Luthor has had Alex Danvers erased from her memory. Please never mention their relationship to her again.
The Ways I’ll Love You Endlessly (Series) by childofsummer
Note: This just a few that I have read and I haven’t read a lot agentcorp fics, so I probably miss a lot good fics. Happy reading! :)
So it goes like this, with Alex pulling the borrowed car haphazardly up across the sidewalk and bolting into Lena’s building to find the lobby empty. Completely empty, of even the doorman who sometimes retreats just inside the door until he’s needed, and it’s enough to have Alex pulling her gun from its holster as she crosses to the elevator. The trip up seems to take longer than usual, and Alex forces herself not to fidget, trying desperately to supress the seeds of panic curling in her gut. She presses herself against the panel next to the door as the elevator dings its arrival to Lena’s floor, waiting a beat before peering cautiously out towards Lena’s apartment.
The door is open, exposing the scorch marks on the wall beyond, and the sight of it sends a flood of adrenaline through Alex’s veins. Up until that moment she’d been hoping desperately that she’s wrong, but actual, physical damage to Lena’s home confirms her worse fears. It’s only her training that keeps her creeping towards the apartment slowly, when every fibre of her being is urging her to rush forward, yelling Lena’s name.
Look at all this heartache, what is left? Forgetting how it started, this is how it ends. Say that you don't want me, say that you don't need me, tell me I'm the fool. Tell me you've been tortured, tell me you've been beaten; even if it doesn't matter, matter what's true.
Words: 2078, Chapters: 1/1.
Language: English
Fandoms: Supergirl (TV 2015)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/F
Characters: Alex Danvers, Lena Luthor
Relationships: Alex Danvers/Lena Luthor, Alex Danvers & Lena Luthor
Alex frowned. "Wait, Doctor? Since when did you start calling me doctor?” She sleepily eyed the sizeable cup of coffee. “Is that mine?"
"Last night?” Lena says with a playful smirk and Alex snorted. “And no, this is mine. Yours is in the kitchen." The Luthor heiress replied as she boops the sleepyhead's nose with her finger before leaving the bed and taking the coffee cup with her.
"Can't I have mine here, please? The bed won't let go of me." Alex groaned with a plea.
"My sheets are white and coffee stains so, try again, Danvers." Lena takes a quiet sip from her coffee as she made her way out of the bedroom.
Alex attempted to get up but the intense pain of hungover in her head pulled her back to bed. "Goddammit! I lost again!?" She yelped in pain and Lena's giggle echoed outside. With a bit of a struggle, she pulled a silky cream-colored, lacy camisole from the floor and decided to put that on before crawling out of the bedroom.
or
The bad guys got their back stories too.
And Alex becomes a Sentimental Drunk.
READ FULL CHAPTER HERE
On this chapter Kara is kidnapped, and Lena gets a glimpse of the darkness inside Alex.
A big thank you to my girl @lena-lipbite-luthor for being my beta.
( AO3 link/ please consider buying me a coffee ^^ )
Blood rushed to Alex’s ears; the sound of her heart beating hard drowned out the hurried steps of agents scrambling to follow the orders J’onn was barking at them. Her vision blurred as she was drawn back into her mind as she tried to come up with a plan of her own.
“Alex,” the name sounded far and foreign to her; she needed to focus, there was no time to waste. “Alex!!” This time the name was said loudly, accompanied by strong hands clasping her shoulders and shaking her back to reality.
As Alex's eyes gained focus once more, she saw J’onn standing in front of her. “I forbid you to run after this lead on your own, do you hear me?” His furrowed brows and sad eyes reflected the concern heard in his voice. “You and Kara are like daughters to me, and I promise you, we will find her, and we'll bring her back."
She nodded because she had no other choice. But Alex was too much in a stupor to pay any heed to J'onn's words; her sister had been taken away from her, and the desperation taking hold of her mind, making her heart feel like it was in a vice grip was all the motivation Alex needed to take matters into her own hands.
Giving the excuse she needed to be alone, Alex slipped her way into the DEO armory to collect the weapons she would need to rescue her sister.
"You don't think J'onn would really let you out of his sights, do you?" Lena's low voice reached Alex's ears, giving her pause for a second before she resumed gathering the weapons.
"I order you to stand down, agent," Alex said without turning around to look at Lena; she was busy, and she had no time to waste.
Crossing her arms, Lena replied, "It's been months since our training came to an end, Alex. You're not our commanding officer anymore, you can't tell me what to do."
"This is not the time to test me, Lena!" Alex exclaimed, quickly turning around to face her friend.
And for the first time in Lena's life, she understood why people around the DEO were scared of Alex. The look in those brown eyes had nothing left of their usual warmth; they were harsh and cold, a transformation Lena had only seen happening so suddenly when Reign took over Sam's mind. She should be afraid, she should step aside, but just as Lena had fought to save Sam, just as she had fought to try and save her brother before it was too late, she was going to do the same for Alex.
She had to think fast; If I blow the whistle on her and something happens to Kara, Alex will never forgive me, Lena thought, but if I let her go alone and something happens to her, I won't forgive myself... Squaring her shoulders and tilting her chin up, Lena said firmly, "I won't warn J'onn, but I'm going with you."
"No you aren't," Alex shot back, turning around once more to continue packing the weapons.
"It's either that, or I'll sound the bells," Lena said, raising her eyebrow even though Alex couldn't see her.
"If you stand in my way," Alex said, closing the duffle bag she had stored the weapons in, and she got on Lena's face. "I will take you down."
Part of Lena wanted to shrink away, but Alex had trained her for situations just as this one. "You said one of the hardest things that could happen to us as DEO agents would be finding ourselves on opposite sides from our friends and family," she said, looking deeply into Alex's eye, "I'm telling you, I'm on your side, but if you force me to, I will fight you." Sighing, Lena added softly, "I want to rescue her too, Alex. Please... let me help."
Alex cursed under her breath; I did teach her well, I made sure she could fight as well as I can... Alex thought. I can't waste any time fighting her, and I can't risk doing anything that would catch J'onn's attention... "Fuck! Okay, whatever, you can come, but I'm warning you," Alex stepped impossibly closer to Lena, standing mere inches away from her, "when I find the people responsible for hurting my sister, I will pay them in kind."
Without flinching, Lena replied stoically, "That's what they deserve."
Lena's words surprised Alex, but her mind was too focused on her mission, she was too worried about Kara to stop and analyze why Lena would agree so promptly. "Good, let's go," she said leading Lena toward the helipad. As Lena followed behind, she made sure Alex wasn't looking before she discreetly pressed a button on her watch.
They flew for about an hour in complete silence, and it was only when they landed that Lena asked, "What's the plan?"
"Winn thinks they are holding Kara in a building twenty minutes north from where we are," Alex began to explain as they got out of the helicopter and geared up. "The building is abandoned, but Winn noticed huge amounts of electricity being used, so they are either holding Kara in there, or they are growing the largest pot farm I've ever heard of..."
Lena frowned even though she found Alex's words slightly amusing. "What makes you so sure they are using electricity to hold Kara?"
"The amount of it being used," Alex replied, motioning for Lena to follow her. "Livewire could stun and weaken Kara with her electric whips and lightning blasts." Grinding her teeth, Alex added, "With the right amount of electricity, Kara can be killed..."
Sharing a look, Lena and Alex seemed to have an entire conversation without uttering a word out loud and seemingly coming to an unspoken agreement, they started walking faster.
The overcast night skies helped give them coverage to approach the building undetected, and doing a quick scan of the area, Alex and Lena managed to find a blind spot in the surveillance cameras, allowing them to slip inside the building through a broken window at the ground floor without sounding any alarms.
"Did Winn say what floor they are holding Kara in?" Lena asked, huddling together with Alex as they took in their surroundings. Their eyes had to adjust to almost complete darkness, save for the dim light shimmering into the room through the broken window they had used to gain access to the building. Lena could barely make out the shapes hidden away in the darkness, but from the number of things stacked up in huge piles gathering dust, she could tell the room was a long forgotten storage facility.
"No," Alex replied, reaching into her duffle bag and pulling out two helmets equipped with night-vision goggles. "We're gonna have to do a sweep, floor by floor. Here," she said, handing one of the helmets to Lena, "We're gonna need them."
"Alex!" Lena hissed lowly, "This is your plan??? This building has, what, five stories? What if we run into more bad guys than we can take???"
Alex narrowed her eyes at Lena and pointed at the only window in the room, "Feel free to leave now if you're scared."
"Being scared keeps you alive, Danvers!" Lena fired back, groaning in frustration.
Alex pushed the helmet against Lena's stomach, saying, "Take it or don't, but I'm going."
Lena took the helmet, but quickly grabbed Alex's arm before she could go anywhere, "No, you aren't." But before Alex could protest, Lena continued, "You're not going in blind, just--" she sighed, "just give me a second, I have an idea."
Alex was going to protest; she was going to pull her arm free and storm out of the room, but when Lena Luthor said she had a plan, you listened, so that's what Alex did. Reluctantly nodding, Alex watched as Lena got a small flashlight and proceeded to look for an electrical outlet. "This one will work," Lena muttered to herself, prying it open.
"What are you doing??" Alex asked intrigued as to what Lena could accomplish by meddling with an old outlet that probably hadn't worked in years.
Opening the small backpack she was carrying, Lena grabbed her DEO tablet and a gadget that looked like a voltage tester to Alex, but she had never seen anything quite like it before; it was a pen with small, clip-on pincers on one end, and a mini-USB connector on the other. "I can kind of hack the building's electrical grid," Lena explained as she continued to work, plugging the gadget to her tablet and carefully clipping the pen to the outlet wires. "That'll give me a rough idea of the building's structure, and it'll tell me what room is using more electricity."
Just as Lena finished explaining it, Alex watched a drawing of the building's electrical grid appear on the tablet's screen. "It's gotta be there!" She pointed enthusiastically to one room that was lighting up like a Christmas tree.
Lena smiled up at Alex, "That'd be my guess too," she said, unplugging the gadget and putting it away. "Furthest room on the second floor. We won't know how many people we're gonna come across, but at least we know where we're going now."
They cleared the first floor and silently made their way to the second one. "Whoever these people are, they have enough money to build and maintain a machine sophisticated and powerful enough to subdue Kara, but not enough to splurge on personnel?" Lena questioned only to be met by Alex's silence.
The way the older agent kept her eyes trained ahead, shoulders tense, gun ready to shoot told her Alex didn't want to think about who was behind all this; Lena could see in the way Alex kept pushing forward that all she cared about was freeing her sister and punishing whoever appeared in front of her.
When her former commanding officer raised her closed fist, Lena automatically stopped dead in her tracks. She kept her eyes and ears open, trying to find the source of whatever had given Alex pause.
And then she heard it.
Muffled screams traveled through bare walls accompanied by mocking laughter. Even though the sounds were still somewhat far from them, Lena was a hundred percent sure the screams were coming from Kara, while the laughter was from a group of men. Whoever they are, Lena thought, watching Alex's grip on her weapon get so tight, it began to shake. Alex will make them regret ever being born.
Signaling for Lena to follow her quietly, Alex led the way toward the voices. They entered a spacious apartment that, by the looks of it, had once been the home of a wealthy family; the walls were still decorated with now-worn tapestry, fancy chairs laid broken in the living room, and crystal shards glimmered on the floor where Lena could only presume a bar used to be. The closer they got to what they presumed was the master bedroom, the louder the voices were, but both agents could also hear the loud humming of high voltage circulating through top-of-the-line power cables – the only things that looked new in the entire apartment.
Alex and Lena approached the master bedroom as quietly as they possibly could and crouched near the slightly ajar double-doors to peek inside. From opposite sides, Lena and Alex had different views of the room; from her side, Lena could see Kara restrained from her wrists and ankles, panting heavily as if she was preparing herself for the next blast of electricity. Alex, on the other hand, could only see a group of five men; all of them armed, but four were drinking beer in obvious celebration of their success, while the fifth had the controller of the machine holding Kara. Alex's brain zeroed in on that man; the pure joy that filled his eyes when he pressed the button making the Girl of Steel scream again made Alex's blood boil in her veins. Clenching her jaw at the sight, Alex took a deep breath to remind herself she was close to delivering justice to those scumbags.
Gesturing to catch Lena's attention, she reached into her bag and pulled out an Electrical Magnetic Pulse grenade. Lena knew the inner workings of that specific EMP grenade -- she had been the one who helped Winn revamp it, making it more effective while containing its effects to a smaller radius. Just by laying eyes on it, Lena could deduce Alex's real plan. The grenade would cause all electronic devices to short-circuit which meant that not only Kara would be freed from the torture device, but it would simultaneously turn off all the lights in the room, leaving the men in clear disadvantage against the two agents who were equipped with night vision goggles.
Lena gave her a nod in understanding and, taking advantage of the fact Alex was focused on counting down to throw the grenade inside the room, Lena discreetly double-clicked the button on her watch – the same one she had pressed before leaving the DEO. After that, everything happened too fast; the grenade silently went off, and as soon as the building went dark, Alex and Lena stormed the room. Lena quickly incapacitated two men, and when she turned around to fight the next one, she saw Kara using sheer anger to keep herself awake and moving. The hero subdued the other two men and, knowing she was finally safe, the remains of Kara’s energy left her body making her collapse unconscious on the floor. "Alex!" Lena called out, rushing to Kara's side to cradle her best friend. "Alex!!!!" She called again, but the only answer she got was the sound of Alex's fist connecting to flesh and bones cracking on impact.
Lena quickly laid Kara down again and ran towards Alex, tackling her off the man. "Get off me!!!!" Alex screamed, trying to wrestle Lena off.
"No!!" Lena grunted, "You're going to kill him!"
"That's what he deserves, remember????" Alex elbowed Lena hard on the ribs, momentarily regaining the upper hand.
But Lena was just as relentless, and surprising Alex with a combination of moves, Lena managed to get her in an arm-lock. "Stop fighting me!" Lena begged, "I don't want to hurt you!!!"
"I... t-trusted you, Luthor!!!!" Alex panted, trying her hardest to escape Lena's lock. "You betrayed me!!" Just as the words left her mouth, Alex saw a group of DEO agents bursting into the room with J'onn leading them. "You!!" Alex growled at Lena, "You warned them???"
Alex was wriggling even more desperately now, and even though it pained Lena's heart to do so, she twisted Alex's arm harder to keep her in place until the DEO agents had taken all the men away. "Of course I did!!!" She fired back.
"That’s enough!!!!!" J'onn voice seemed to echo in the now mostly empty room. He was holding Kara's still unconscious body tightly against his own as if the close proximity would soothe his soul after almost losing one of the girls he had come to think of as his own daughter.
Even with all the anger coursing through her body, Alex didn't have it in her to keep fighting when J'onn was looking down at her with disappointment in his eyes. Sighing heavily, Alex double-tapped Lena, signaling that it was okay to let her go, and without saying a word to each other, Alex and Lena joined the other agents and headed back to the DEO.
“You know, she won’t be mad forever,” Winn said, catching Lena by surprise. She had been observing Alex examine and treat Kara, and somewhere along the line, Lena had gotten too lost in her own thoughts to hear him approaching her. “She does that from time to time,” Winn continued, leaning against the same wall Lena was leaning on; his eyes locked on Alex and Kara just as Lena was doing. “Something will happen between them, or something will happen to Kara, and Alex sorta goes off the rails for a bit. She’s too stubborn and proud to let any of us help her, but… it’s Alex, you know? She always goes back to being the girl we love.”
Each word Winn spoke made Lena’s heart feel a little heavier, but at that very moment, she didn’t know what she could do to help Alex or make any of it better. Sighing, she smiled softly at Winn, saying, "It's been a long day, I guess I'm going to head home, but call me if anything happens to Kara, yeah?" When he nodded at her, Lena gave him a kiss on the cheek and left.
It wasn't until hours later when Kara had briefly woken up in her sun bed and told her sister to go get some rest herself that Alex left the DEO. Her head was still reeling from the night's events, her judgment still impaired; she blamed Lena for getting her in trouble with J'onn – somehow, in her mind, Alex thought that if Lena hadn't warned him, she would have been able to deliver justice to the scum who took Kara, and everything would be okay.
Before she knew it, Alex was ringing Lena's doorbell.
"Alex," Lena greeted slightly confused; head still foggy from been awaken so suddenly by the incessant buzzing. "Did something happen to Kar--"
"You had no right!" Alex exclaimed, interrupting Lena. "You had no right to stop me from getting justice for my sister!"
"Justice??" Lena scoffed. "You call that justice??"
"It would have been if you had let me go through with it!!!!" Alex fired back, getting on Lena's face.
All the tension and anger Lena had seen earlier in the evening were still visible in Alex's wild eyes. Lena had to assess the situation quickly so she would know how to best defuse the situation. Squaring her shoulders and clenching her jaw, Lena spoke deliberately slow to drive each word home, "Watch your tone, I am not your punching bag."
Lena seemed to have a knack for doing and saying things Alex never saw coming. Her answer, just like her actions during their mission, surprised Alex leaving her with her mouth open as her brain tried to figure out how to proceed from there. As angry as she was, Alex would never cross the line and start physically fighting Lena, and after being verbally shut down, she had two options: either leave or actually voice her feelings in a non-aggressive manner.
The indecision, and consequently the lack of action, started draining Alex's energy making her deflate. "Do you have any whiskey in this house?" She finally said; ego too bruised to apologize right away.
Shaking her head slightly, Lena replied softly, "Yeah. Go sit down; I'll get us a bottle." When she came back into the living room, Lena found Alex sitting on the couch observing her own bruised knuckles. Lena sat next to her, and without saying a word, she poured them a double-shot and handed Alex a glass.
"I'm sorry..." Alex muttered, nursing the drink in her hands.
"What for?"
Alex chuckled and shook her head, Of course, Lena Luthor will not accept a simple apology, she thought. Downing her whiskey first, Alex replied without meeting Lena's eyes, "I'm sorry for being rude to you just now... I'm angry, but I shouldn't have taken it out on you..."
Lena was quiet for a second, taking in Alex's apology and observing as she poured herself another double-shot while Lena hadn't even taken a sip of hers. "Why are you angry?" She asked.
Alex scoffed at the question, "C'mon, Lena," she said, finally looking at Lena. "You're not a shrink; you don't have to try and keep digging into my feelings."
"If all you wanted to do was drink and fight," Lena said calmly, "you would have gone to a bar, but you came to me instead." Looking into Alex's eyes, Lena added, "So talk."
Is that why I'm here? Alex asked herself, Is this what I want, to talk?? Getting up, she started pacing back and forth, holding her drink with one hand while nervously combing her fingers through her hair with the other one. "I'm angry because you stopped me!" Alex said in a burst, surprising herself.
"Are you really angry at me because of that?" Lena asked, observing her closely; the way Alex scrunched up her brows and could barely hold Lena’s gaze, screamed something completely different from anger, and Lena knew that, but she would give Alex time and space to arrive at that conclusion herself.
"Yes!!" Alex insisted, "The world would be a better place without evil people like those men in it!"
"That's what prisons are for, Danvers," Lena deadpanned. "Besides, if you had killed them, we wouldn't be able to interrogate them to find out where they got the money to finance an operation like that; we wouldn't be able to find out who built that machine for them... I know you know killing them wasn't the smart option, I know you were suspicious when I agreed to go with you after you told me you intended to torture the culprits, and yet, you agreed to let me come with you." Taking a sip of her whiskey, Lena continued, "I think you wanted me to stop you, so I'll ask you again," she said, looking deeply into Alex's eyes, "why are you angry?"
Lena's words were making Alex's head spin, and before she could stop herself, she blurted out, "Because I hate that this is how I react when I'm afraid!!"
They fell silent for a long stretch of time, both seemingly petrified in their own places until Lena got up, and without saying a word, pulled Alex into a tight embrace.
Alex didn't realize until then how desperately she had needed a hug that entire day, and that simple realization made her break out in tears. "It's okay," Lena cooed, gently rubbing small circles on Alex's back. "I was scared of losing her too..."
The words made Alex cry harder; she was crying because she had been afraid, she was crying because she had almost lost her sister, she was crying because she had let her anger take over her mind again, she was crying because someone was finally acknowledging her pain.
When Lena felt Alex grip the back of her robe tightly, she whispered softly, "And I was scared of losing you too... That blind anger--" Lena chocked up a little, but continued bravely speaking her feelings, "I've seen it before... I know what's capable of doing to someone, and I... I already lost someone I love to it, I won't let it happen again..."
Lena's words tugged at Alex's heart. The intentional or unintentional parallel Lena had just drawn between the fear and sorrow she felt watching her brother slip through her fingers and the fear Lena must have felt for Alex that night made Alex realize for the first time just how much she mattered to Lena. She realized that she had one more person that truly cared about her wellbeing. “I-I’m sorry,” Alex managed to say through the knot in her throat as she cried harder, “and… th-thank you, Lena. Thank you for everything.”
