Supergirl: “Let’s Get Down To Business”
Title: Let’s Get Down To Business Rating: G Series: Summer of Supergirl 2016 (#20) Summer of Supergirl prompt: Super Sidekick (That’s So Meta) Summary: J'onn and Alex have a heart to heart about what's bothering her. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
He'd watched her for years. He'd trained her for far less. Alex Danvers was in a horrible space when J'onn had first found her. She was spiraling and he knew that he couldn't just sit back and allow that to continue. He'd promised Jeremiah Danvers that he'd keep his family safe, his daughters safe...and Alex, she was who needed him most. She was the one who was the most like Jeremiah and unlike Kara, Alex was human. There would come a day where Alex Danvers would need to defend herself and possibly assist her sister (though J'onn hoped that day never came), so he'd done what he felt like he needed and had trained her. He had trained her harder than any other DEO agent. He trained her to be able to take on aliens with superpowers, even though Alex was a human without superpowers. He'd encouraged her science background and had given her room to grow in so many ways that he felt like mattered...for her own future. That was probably why every morning they still did this. It didn't matter if it was only one five minute session or one where he didn't think Alex was going to stop so he had to be the one to make an excuse for them to stop (unless they were interrupted first). They sparred in one of the rooms, which also helped them both with any issues they might need to work through. Today was a day where J'onn found himself getting whacked by Alex a bit harder than expected. It was always a balance of figuring out if he was just not focusing and allowing this to become something more casual or if it was truly because Alex had something she was trying to work through. A jab to his shoulder, enough of an impact that he let out an audible grunt of dissatisfaction over. He grabbed her, upset slightly welling up inside of him, and easily flipped her onto her back. That didn't keep her down for more than a breath, J'onn glared a bit and then he saw it clearly in that moment… It reminded him so much of all the times he and Alex had spared when he'd let Kara believed that he'd been the one who had killed Astra. There was anger, upset, and it almost looked like grief inside of her. "We've had a discussion about choosing coffee over sparring when needed," he said, his tone gentle and his facial features softening in turn. But Alex's hands were up and she was ready to continue. "Today I need sparring," she insisted. "What happened?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "It has to be Kara." "It's not--"
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