Luversen soft headcanons #1
Lena always suffers in silence. She doesn’t open up and her feelings are always kept very closely guarded. When she’s upset Kara always wants to help, to try and make it better. James is the one to offer his shoulder, he tries to respect Lena’s need for space a bit more - letting her open up naturally. Which is how he gets her to spar with him, he opens up first to try and help Lena understand that it’s okay and that he’s here for her. Lena opens up to James first, it’s soft and unsteady but he listens and holds her as she cries. James and Lena have weekly sparring sessions, which Kara joins later and there is no pressure to open up but it helps Lena to become more comfortable with addressing how she’s feeling. She never used to let other people see her cry but when James is holding her and Kara’s kissing away the tears she feels safe in her partner’s arms