What do you think of a Cyrano au?
I'm traoped in a car with coworkers-- enjoy this crappy thought dump of a High School AU:
HS au: Alex sees Lena from afar, has her gay awakening. Panics, refuses to make contact. Kara steps in, writes a beautiful poem, and slips it in Lena's locker after signing it in Alex's name.The next morning, Lena approaches Alex to say thank you, and explains how much she enjoyed the poem. Alex manages to stammer through a response, but as soon as Lena moves on (with a parting invitation for coffee or something if Alex wants), she turns to Kara."What did you do??"And so begins an exchange of notes and poems. In person, Alex sticks to talking points Kara gives her, as her sister seems to know all of Lena's interests and aspirations. Lena gives Alex poetry books-- which Kara picks up and reads when Alex inevitably tosses it aside.Meanwhile, a new girl shows up-- Sam. She and Alex instantly click, which over time leads to a surprise kiss. Immediately, Alex knows that her feelings for Sam are actual feelings whereas her feelings for Lena were just a superficial crush.Alex immediately tells Kara, and then tells Kara to fix it. She started this-- she can fix it. So Kara meets with Lena, and confides that Alex never wrote those notes.... she did."Please don't be mad at Alex," Kara continues swiftly. Desperately, voice shaking. "She genuinely wanted to get to know you, but didn't know how to approach you, so I-- she didn't even know I put that first note in your locker until you came and talked to us...""I know," Lena admits with a soft sigh. "Well, I knew Alex didn't write them. Makes sense it was you."Kara gapes. "How??""Alex never read the poetry books I gave her. The way the poems I read were structured, I figured they came from someone who loves poetry as much as I do."When Kara hears Lena remark that she should have known better, she immediately blurts that she meant every word she wrote to Lena. Every verse, every stanza. All of it.That she devoured the books Lena loaned Alex. That during the lunches Lena sat with them at the cafeteria Kara had fallen deeper and deeper in love and she really hopes Lena can forgive them enough to stay friends.Lena's smile turns sly in a way that makes Kara's heart tap an excited tattoo against her ribs."Only friends?"