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[ilovetragedies]

CatCo Senior Editor Kara Luthor-Danvers reads the National City Tribune. (She’s one proud wifey <3)

[danversxluthor]

Glasses Pt. 2

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Part 2 of the 3 part series. Lori’s anxious to hear Kara’s news, but is forced to wait until everyone in the household is conscious. Finally, Kara gets to share her secret identity. 

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The clouds came in, the wind picked up and Supergirl was called back to National City to deal with yet another emergency. Lena sat in her favorite reading chair looking out at the rough sea as she sipped her black coffee and reflected on the night before. She just couldn’t shake off what Lori had said about she and Kara getting divorced. The couple had a happy marriage, with the exception of a few years prior when, in all truth, Lena had contemplated whether it was all going to crumble, but they were fine now, more than fine in fact. Why would Lori think they were getting divorced? Before Lena could delve further into a hole of self doubt about the status of her marriage, she hears feet padding down the stairs. 

“Morning El--” Lena begins before she cuts herself off seeing that it's Lori, “well someone’s up early.” Lena says with a little smirk.

“Hey, ” Lori gives a big yawn before making a b-line for the coffee pot. The teen was exhausted, she barely slept the night before, tossing and turning as a million thoughts went through her head about what the big news her Jeje had. Was she dying? Did something happen to Grandma Eliza? Were they moving? Were they having another kid? Lori finally decided to give up on the prospect of sleep, figuring that the sooner she was up the sooner Jeje could spill the news and, most importantly, the sooner Lori could take a nice long Sunday nap. 

Lori pours herself a big mug and then joins Lena in the sitting room looking out at the ocean. Lena side eyed her daughter, noticing the tension in her shoulders and dark circles under her eyes. 

“So, do you want to tell me or do I have to guess?” Lena broke the silence. She had a sixth sense for reading when Lori was having an internal battle, probably because she herself struggled with so many throughout the years. 

“Where’s Jeje?” Lori asked in a quiet voice without looking up.

“She went out for a bit.” Lena was so used to making excuses for Kara’s absences, but today Lena decided not to give more than a vague excuse. Lori would know everything soon enough. 

“What...for a morning walk or something?” Lori looked at Lena suspiciously. “When there are gale force winds?” Lori paused listening to the pinging noises coming from the roof and windows, “And hale?” 

“I know, but you know how she loves her sunday donuts, and Ed’s has an excellent maple rolls.” Lena didn’t miss a beat. She quickly texted Kara to grab donuts on her way back. 

Lori accepts her mom’s answer and sits to sip at her coffee. As the pair sat in silence, Lena side eyed her daughter. She could tell Lori was holding something in by the tension in her shoulders and crinkle in her eyebrow. Lena learned over the years not to push Lori, she would open up when she was ready. 

“What was last night about?” Lori finally broke the silence. Lena looked over at Lori, who continued to look down at her coffee mug. “What was Jeje going to tell us?” Lena wanted nothing more than to tell Lori the truth, to be a family without secrets, but she couldn’t, not with this anyway. 

“That's for Jeje to share, but once Jeje’s back and your sister’s up, we can all talk, ok?” Lena assured but Lori’s tension was still present. “Lor, I promise it's nothing bad.” 

“Fine.” Lori hated waiting. She kept looking over at the door ready to pounce on Kara the moment she walks in donuts be damned. 

“Lor, can I ask you something?” Lena held her empty coffee cup nervously. Lori looked at her mother, sensing Lena’s discomfort. “Why did you think Jeje and I were getting a divorce?” The question made Lori look down quickly, slightly embarrassed and ashamed at having guessed something that she realizes now was probably harsh. 

“Its just that you never see each other.” Lori took a deep breath before continuing. “We used to do so much as a family--game nights and movie nights, and that all just stopped. You’re both so busy with work and I just… how can you not want to see each other?” It made sense to Lena now. Of course Lori thought that. The girls had no clue that Lena and Kara worked hand in hand on a daily basis dealing with threats to National City and the world at times nor could they know that the couple had daily lunch rendezvous on Lena’s office balcony. She knew she couldn’t tell Lori about Kara’s secret, but she could at least assure her their family was whole.

“Sweetheart,” Lena said with pity, “Lor, please look at me.” Lori had looked away, still slightly ashamed and also worried that perhaps her parents were having some issues. A number of Lori’s friends’ parents had gotten divorced in the past couple of years and she saw how it was, the fights, the stress, the loneliness. She didn’t want that for her family. Lori finally looked at her mom.

“Jeje and I see each other all the time, you just don’t see it.” Lori looked at Lena with a confused expression. “We have lunch dates almost daily,” Lena explains, “and…” Lena decides to take a dive into something that could be risky, hoping Lori won’t inquire further, “we work together often.”

“Oh… so, you and Jeje are fine?”

“Yes.”

“And, you still sleep in the same bed?” 

“Lori!” Lena is surprised by such a direct and intimate question.

“What?! Jenna’s parents stopped sleeping in the same bed and then a month later they completely stopped being married. It can happen mom. I’m just checking for warning signs.” Lori explains.

“Yes, we sleep in the same bed, and yes we have a perfectly healthy intimate romantic life.” Lori waves her hands in front of her face signaling Lena to stop and chuckle at her daughter’s antics. Lena’s relieved to see Lori getting back into her usual self. 

“Ok, ok, I believe you.” Lori stands picking up her empty coffee mug. “But as soon as Jeje gets back she better spill the beans, or I’m calling Aunt Alex to run a full interrogation.” 

“Who are we interrogating?” Kara walked in as if on queue, soaking wet and with a box of Ed’s finest donuts. Lena quickly took the box of donuts from Kara’s hands as the hero was bombarded with questions from a very eager Lori. To the teen’s annoyance, her parents made her wait until El got up. This was family news after all and a few more minutes wouldn’t change anything.

Kara got through two donuts before Lena saw the time. It was almost 9:30 am and El still hadn’t made an appearance. 

“Lor, was Ellie up when you came down?” 

“Um…” Lori and El shared a bedroom at the beach house, but Lori just got up and left the room, she hadn’t bothered to look at El. Now that she thought about it, it was weird that El wasn’t up and moving about. “I don’t think so?” 

“Ok, I’ll go check on her. Can you help Jeje with the dishes.” Lori sighed at having to do actual house work on Sunday. 

Lena was slightly concerned El wasn’t up yet. The youngster never sleeps in. El followed her schedule religiously, it always started with a 7am wake-up, unfortunately for the rest of the household that included holidays as well. The only times El hadn’t gotten up, she had been sick--once with the flu, a couple times with bad chest infections, and once with tonsillitis. 

The girls’ bedroom door was slightly open, but Lena knows lightly anyway so she doesn’t startle El.

“Ellie, are you up baby?” Lena opens the door wider and finds El curled up in bed. Lena makes her way over to the bed and places a hand on El’s shoulder, immediately noticing El’s shaking. El curls in on herself at Lena’s touch, but turns over to face her mom. The thirteen year old has a pained expression on her face, with scrunched up eyes and hands over her ears. 

Lena kicks herself for not realizing it sooner. Between the wind, hale and crashing waves outside, the noises are like scratches on a chalk board to the teen--painful and overwhelming all at once. Lena immediately finds El’s headphones on her dresser and brings them over. 

“Ellie,” Lena whispers quietly, “I’ve got your headphones, I’m going to put them on now.” El opens her eyes slightly to see her mom kneeling by her head, headphones in hand. “El, can you lift your head for me?” El lifts her head just enough for Lena to place them on her gently. 

It takes El a few minutes, but soon enough she is calming down. Even though the headphones help, El’s head is pounding from the overstimulation. She loosens up and opens her eyes to watch her mom, who looks at El with concern. 

“Hey baby,” Lena says quietly. El rubs her eyes and gives her mom a tired smile. “Ready to get up?” El nodded her head, which felt heavy with tiredness. 

Lena went back down stairs to warn Kara and Lori that El’s having a tough start to the day. 

“Should we wait to talk until she feels better?” Kara asked tentatively.

“Oh no you don't.” Lori cuts it, “not fair at all.” 

“Lor,” Lena warns, “your sister is having a rough day, you know how overwhelmed she gets.”

“Mom, I know. But, literally everything we do is so dependent on El and how El’s feeling. For once can we just not.” Lori didn’t often mind changing things to suit El’s needs, but every once and awhile she just wanted her moms to think of her needs too. And, right now, Lori was still anxious over whatever news her Jeje had. 

“Lori,” Kara said in a warning but quiet tone, she could hear El starting to come down the stairs. The group turned when they heard El quietly pad towards them. El looked at the group as if she knew what was being discussed and seemed slightly embarrassed as she fiddled with her sunglasses.

After Ellie ate her usual oatmeal and a few bites of a cinnamon sugar donut Kara had cut into small pieces for her, El seemed to be feeling more herself. Kara and Lena shared a few looks between them, deciding now was as good a time as ever to talk.

“Girls, could you come into the sunroom?” Lena asked. Lori was quick to jump on a chair and wait intently for the news. El was still moving a slower, fiddling with her headphones as a large gust of wind hit the side of the house causing it to creak. 

Once everyone was settled, El and Lena on the couch and Lori in the lounge chair, Kara began. 

“There's something I’ve, well your mom and I have been meaning to tell you both for some time now. And its ok to be upset or happy or anything really. Any emotion is valid.” Kara was feeling her nerves creep up on her. With Lori and El looking at her all bright eyed and innocent, Kara just didn’t want that to go away. She didn’t want this to be something that hurt them. Kara took at deep breath. First she took her glasses off and set them on the coffee table, then let her hair fall free from her bun, and finally she unzipped her hoodie to reveal the red S.

“I’m Supergirl.” She finally let out. She looked from Lori to El and back, waiting for a response. Lori looked at her Jeje like she was insane before looking over at her mom to see if this was all some joke.  

“Seriously?” Lori asked, somewhat annoyed that this was an elaborate and cruel prank. 

Kara allowed herself to float up a few inches as proof, “seriously.” Lori just looked at Kara stunned and silent. Kara noticed El had picked up her glasses and was analyzing them form different angles. “They’re lined with lead.” Kara explained. “That's why they’re heavier than normal glasses.” El gave Kara a very serious nod and continued to turn the glasses over in her hands.

“And you waited 16 years to tell me?” Lori said with disgust. 

“Lor, Jeje and I made this decision to protect you.” Lena cut in. The CEO knew first hand how Lori was probably feeling now. The betrayal, the lack of trust, Lena could see it all as clear as day in Lori’s eyes. 

“Protect me!” El flinched at the raised voices. “What ever happened to ‘we’re a family and we’re in this together’!?” Lena and Kara turned their full attention to Lori, trying to defend their decision to keep this a secret. But things were getting louder and louder and El was already trying to keep the sound of the wind and waves at bay. Without Lena or Kara noticing, El slipped out of the sunroom and back upstairs to her and Lori’s room. 

Once upstairs and away from the direct noise, El removed her headphones and sunglasses, cringing slightly as she did. She took her Jeje’s glasses in her hands and very carefully put them on. 

Back downstairs, Lori and Kara were going at it, with Lena doing her best to referee. 

“Look,” Lori pointed at El’s empty spot on the couch, “even El doesn't want anything to do with this and honestly either do I.” Lori stormed off up stairs to join El. 

When Kara heard Lori reach the top of the stairs she released the tears that had been building up in her eyes. Lena pulled her wife into a hug. 

“Give them time, love. Lori’ll come around, just like I did.” Kara held Lena tightly and looked over her wife’s shoulder at where El had been sitting. 

“And Ellie?” Kara asked. The couple figured Lori would be her usual dramatic self, but they didn’t know how El would take the news. She thrived on predictability and routine, what would the news do to her feelings of safety? Would she feel comfortable around her Jeje any more? 

Lori entered the bedroom to see El looking out the window, back facing the door and shoulders shuddering slightly as if she were crying.

“Ellie?” Lori said softly as she made her way over to her little sister. She noticed El’s headphones were off. “Hey,” Lori gently rubbed her sister's shoulder but El didn’t jerk away this time. El looked at Lori while still wearing Kara’s glasses which looked rather awkward and big on the young teen’s face. El had silent tears running down her face, not even bothering to whip them away. 

Lori, who could typically read her little sister like a book, found herself at a loss. She saw so many emotions cross El’s face. The blond didn’t know what to do, she didn’t know if El was ok, if she should break and get her moms to help El calm down. But then El did something even more confusing, she gave Lori the biggest smile Lori had ever seen. 

“Ellie?” Lori asked again, still concerned and confused about what was happening. 

“So quiet.” El said softly.

[vima000]

Saving Supergirl Chapter One - Crash Landing

Before You Read: I suggest reading my introduction real quick if you want to get a better understanding of what this fic is about.

https://vima000.tumblr.com/post/632471235536814080/new-fic-update-saving-supergirl

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EARTH-9

When Nora West-Allen suggested hopping Earths to see how others are recovering from the last few weeks after Crisis, Lorraine should have realized not everything was going to go to plan. Usually when Nora and her go off on their so called “adventures” by themselves or with the Legends, they end up getting caught up in some kind of trouble and this time was no different.

“Okay I know that you wanted to visit the Titans, but now that we have can we please go back home to Earth 72? I still have to finish writing my term paper on molecular physics before my moms realize we disappeared again,” Lorraine complained to Nora as they left the Titans Tower in San Francisco. Ever since Crisis, Nora has been dying to check on her other friends since the large wave of anti-matter hit and destroyed the multiverse. Luckily Oliver’s sacrifice on Earth Prime helped rebirth the multiverse, bringing back some old earths along with new ones.

“Loosen up Lori, everyone knows you can write that paper in your sleep. Plus I think we still have enough charge to visit my parents back on Earth Prime, they don’t even know I'm alive yet.” Nora retorted as they entered an alleyway. Lori was going to complain again about being cautious with the amount of charge left in their courier bracelets until she looked up at Nora and saw the hope and determination in her eyes to see her parents again and apologize. Lori knows how guilty she felt about the events that lead to her death in the old timeline and why she has avoided visiting them until she was ready.

“Fine.” Lori conceded with a pout and Nora did a little happy dance.

“Yes! Yes! Yes! Okay i’m so excited! It will be a big surprise!” Nora exclaimed as Lori shook her head with a grin at her friend's antics. 

“All right and hurry up already, what’s the coordinates again?” Lori inquired, but when she turned to look at Nora, she was already pushing her button to transport. 

“Oops.” 

“Nora wait!” Lori exclaimed, trying to grab her shoulder so she could travel with her but as her fingers were about to reach Nora, she disappeared into a bright light. “Great. No Nora, don't worry about me, it’s not like I have never visited Earth Prime before.” Lori mumbled to herself sarcastically and set her courier to Earth Prime. Seeing as she had no specific coordinates Lori entered a rough estimate of National City coordinates. She pressed the GO button and hoped for the best as a familiar bright light engulfed her body.

EARTH PRIME

“Kara, go home. You look exhausted,” Alex mused as she entered the DEO breakroom, where Kara was currently laying on one of the couches, sprawled out and pouting with her cape covering her as a blanket. 

When she went to go and prevent an attack on L-Corp Luthor-Corp, she didn’t expect to be fighting a meta-human with the ability to teleport. Every time she swung, he would disappear and reappear just to punch her and disappear again. She spent what felt like forever frustrated and over exerting herself until Lena stepped in with a device that acted like an EMP and stopped him from teleporting long enough for Kara to put meta-cuffs on him. Just after doing so, Kara turned to thank Lena but she already left as DEO agents entered the room with Lex, wearing a big grin witnessing the cold shoulder Lena gave her.

After the fight, Kara took off from the balcony and headed straight to the breakroom to grab a tub of ice-cream and sulk. Still pouting, Kara sat up and faced Alex.

“She acts like I'm invisible Alex! All I want to do is make things right but she won’t ever give me the opportunity to. All I want to do is explain why I kept it from her for so long but how can I when the only time I see here is in a meeting or in an emergency?!” Kara huffed out and tossed the now empty ice cream carton into the trash bin.

“You will figure it out, have a little hope.” Alex joked and lightly nudged her leg with her boot, which brought a little smile to Kara’s face. 

“Ugh, you’re right, I just have to be more patient.” Kara replied.

“Good luck with that, you are the least patient person I know.” Alex smirked as she dodged a pillow being thrown at her.

“Quit it Alex!” Kara exclaimed and the two girls laughed. Then Brainy walked in with a tablet and started spewing a hundred words at once about particle traces and space breaches that popped up in Central City and National City.

“Breathe Brainy and start over.” Alex said as she put a hand on his shoulder to relax him.

“My apologies, Director Danvers, we’ve just received readings of a new sort of breach, similar to Cisco’s but also different that popped up here and in Central City. I’ve connected with Team Flash but nothing unusual has happened yet. They said they would be on standby in case of any attack.” Brainy explains as Kara goes to clip her cape back onto her shoulders. 

“Well where is the particle reading located in our city, I can go check it out from an aerial view.” Kara suggested, already heading towards the balcony for take off. Brainy told her the reading was located in the park across from Luther-Corp and to be careful in case it’s a trap. Alex reassured her they will be on standby in case anything happens.

With that knowledge Kara takes off in the air and heads over to the park. At first, when she arrives she doesn’t notice anything out of the ordinary until she sees a dark haired figure laying by the statue recently put up by Lex of himself to commemorate his role as a Paragon. Kara has always considered chopping off the head one night with her heat vision but it would be too obvious since everyone adores Lex in this reality.

Cautiously, Kara descended in front of the unconscious figure until she was just a couple feet away from her. As she was about to clear her throat to get her attention, the stranger groaned and rubbed the side of her head. 

“Well that’s certainly new.” The stranger mumbled aloud with a slight Irish accent. 

Kara then figured now would be a good time to announce herself and said, “Excuse me miss, did you need some help?”

Lorraine startled and whipped her head around and dropped her jaw looking up at Kara, her mom… except it’s not her mom, Lori had to remind herself. Blinking a few times, Lori stood up and brushed off her jeans and cleared her throat.

“I’m sorry Superwoman, I didn’t mean to cause any problems, or damages.” Lori finally said as she addressed a curious Kryptonian but winced after she realized her slip up.

“Superwoman? What damages? Are you hurt?” Kara asked as she did a quick x-ray check of the woman to make sure she is in fact okay. 

The woman pointed to the statue and Kara followed her gaze. Kara noticed a small head shaped dent near the podium base. When she went to ask how that got there, she made eye contact with strikingly familiar blue-green eyes and facial features. She just couldn’t put her finger on it.

“Who are you?” Kara inquired. Lori shifted her feet uneasily under Kara’s gaze, not knowing what to do in this situation. She can’t give out her usual alias, Lara Kent, which is on her fake ID for when she and Nora go to other earths since Kara will see right through that lie.  Instead of answering she looked at her courier bracelet and attempted to contact Nora but it seemed to have run out of battery.

“No, no, no, no! This cannot be happening to me! First Nora and now this.” Lorraine uttered out as she began to pace nervously. Not knowing what to do in this situation she attempted to distract her not-mom and pointed to a random building in her sights. 

“Oh no! There is a fire!” Lori tried to distract her as she attempted to escape, except Kara didn’t buy it and radioed Alex over coms while putting a firm hand on Lori’s forearm so she wouldn't attempt to run.

“Hey Alex,” Kara said as she activated her earpiece, “ I don’t know how to explain this but I think I found out what, or rather who is responsible for the particle readings that Brainy received.”

“Okay, bring them in for questioning so we can get some answers.” Alex responded and the coms cut out.

Grabbing a hold of the stranger, Kara put on specialized cuffs and took off into the sky towards the DEO. 

[wemakeourownhope]

So yesterday I got this interesting fanfiction idea while in the shower...and well, now I’ve written about 1,500 words already, planning out the story!

Followers of mine might know that I already have an active story going, but especially as I’m so excited for this new one I’m saying “oh fu** it” and I’m working away on this new idea now!!! 

I’m hoping to start posting by the day’s end or within the next couple days.

Read on if you’d like a preview of what my story will be!

It’s going to be a Supergirl piece, specifically Supercorp.

I believe I’m going to quite simply call it, “Religion in the Luthor-Danvers Family.” It’s going to be a series of (interconnected) one-shots following the lives of Kara and Lena, and their daughter Molly. Importantly, I’m using a headcanon I’m developing, of Lena actually being Christian. Within this headcanon, Lena grew up Christian but found it not to fit and be frankly oppressive. However, she found herself drawn back to her faith later and you will soon be able to read more about said headcanon and ideas in the story when I start publishing it. And so it’s going to focus on Kara and Lena trying to raise their daughter Molly, as an interfaith family of sorts, both as a Christian and as an adherent or worshipper of Rao.

I’ve already got about 10 one-shot ideas sketched out to various extents, and am super excited to write them out in full.

Myself, I’m not only a Supergirl fan but a practising Christian (and, believe it or not bi and trans - yes you can be all of those), and so really I’m just so jazzed and energized to bring this idea to life. It really intrigues me and I love it and am just so excited to explore it.

Join me, won’t you? :)

(As I said above I’m planning on posting potentially as soon as later today but within the next few days at the latest. Also, for those who don’t know and want to look it or me up that way, I’m on AO3 as “42Forever”)

[melissaloveskatie]

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For my Luthor-Danvers family stans.

I see you ;)

[dyke-diana]

tamales! christmas! i’m ready to die bc i ate too much!

Y E S baby you get it!!!!!

[wemakeourownhope]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Well, some of you may have seen me hype this story a few days ago, well, here it is!! Chapter 1 or the first one-shot in the series is here and my current plan is to post simply as future chapters are ready. For those who didn’t see my hype post the other day, I’m just going to copy-paste my “Summary,” for the story from AO3. “Follow through these interconnected one-shots the lives of Lena and Kara Luthor-Danvers and their daughter Molly.
These stories will tell the story of their lives while trying to be an interfaith family. 
Kara as you might have guessed worships Rao.
However, for this story I’m also integrating a headcanon I’ve got and have been developing of Lena having grown up a Christian, giving up on it (especially due to the church she went to in question), and later finding her faith as a Christian again, this time on her own terms.
And so they decide to raise Molly as both a Christian and a follower of Rao - making them an interfaith family, of sorts.Join me as we glimpse different moments in the life of this family as they interact and engage in and with religion, in various ways. The one-shots (at least I’m aiming for these to all be one-shots) will be in the same “universe,” but will be separate, especially as I’ll be jumping around in time some.” As may have been evident in my post the other day, I’m super excited about this story and in fact not only am I working on the second part, but I have about 10 more ideas sketched for this story already. And as I mentioned in my other post, basically, this isn’t coming completely out of nowhere for me. I am a (practising) Christian myself. (A bi, trans, Christian woman, but a Christian nevertheless) Also for anyone who is reading my other story (“Becoming Zhed”) - don’t worry my plan, at least, is to still work on both!!