lena keeps the planner that kara gave her on her desk not because she uses it often. in fact, she doesnt use it at all. she uses an electronic device to keep up with her schedule. she keeps the planner on her desk close to her because at times like this. when she’s alone in her office and its late and shes having the darkest of thoughts.. the planner reminds her of kara. that even if the world presumes shes evil. even if the world expects her to follow his family’s path.. she’ll look at the planner and think of kara. the one person who believes in her. and despite what everyone thinks, there’s kara. her bestfriend. her favorite person. her hero. who believes in her. and somehow, that was everything
Lena finds Karas discarded clothes all over the office. She has no idea where they came from or who they belong to but no one seems to be looking for them. And hey, they’re actually quite nice.
So one night shes bored. A little tired. Maybe a little drunk. And the box of randomly discarded clothing is sitting lonely in the corner of her office.
Ill try one on. Why not, she thinks. Dress up! And who doesn’t like dressing up?
The first shirt fits great. A little slim, but nothing that cant be taken out. Lena goes to button it up and discovers frayed threads instead. Ok. Weird but whatever.
But it happens again. And the next shirt. Who rips off all the buttons to their shirts?? Then the next and Lena, in her frustration, grabs the edges of the dark blue blouse at her chest, one in each hand and pulls, ready to throw it and the entire box from her balcony.
Until the motion of her arms stops her. The act of pulling her arms back. The quick removal. The prominent reveal of whats beneath.
Well shit.
Sexual proximiscuity.
On CatCo property.
Its not a few days later when Lena gathers yet another outfit only to find that it was clearly previously worn by Kara Danvers. The small penguin designs are unmistakable, anything with small animals in a fashionable design is a Kara staple.
Nope. Nope. Nope. Lena mutters as she picks up the pieces with the tips of her fingers. The act of what followed their removal flashes across her mind.
The next week results in even more. And this time Lena is on the look out, keeping detailed notes on Karas outfits, tying each buttonless blouse and sweater combo to the blonde reporter.
And Lena is puzzled beyond belief. With who could it be?? Kara never mentions a significant other, never reveals any sort of fling or closeted lover. Thats not Kara. But she obviously needs to perform some sort of intervention. Its getting out of hand! I mean, thats what friends are for, isnt it?
This is it, Lena thinks. She carries the box of discarded clothing as she walks purposefully down the hallway towards Kara’s desk. Each shirt tailored to perfection, each button carefully replaced, each torn pant leg stitched back up, all stacked neatly in her arms.
Kara looks up as Lena approaches. Shes excited to see Lena, as she always is, wearing a crisp light grey shirt that Lena, sighing as she thinks it, knows she’ll eventually find in a heap in a remote part of the office. But not if she does this correctly. Not if she ends this now.
Lena places the box on Kara’s desk. “I believe these belong to you. Don’t worry, I’ve had them all fixed up, down to every. Last. Button.” Lena emphasizes each word with a small pat to the stack of shirts.
She looks up to see Kara, her face beet red, her mouth fishing for something to say.
“Lena,” Kara finally manages to get out. “I can explain.”
Lena crosses her arms and raises an eyebrow. “I’m sure you can.”
“The great thing for Kara with Lena is Lena is almost Kara’s humanity. She doesn’t have to be Supergirl. She can be human, and she can be vulnerable, frail and weak and needy. If Lena knew Kara was Supergirl, she couldn’t be that any more. That’s so poignant this season because this year opened with Kara not wanting to be human any more. She’s like, “I am Supergirl.” With regards to Lena, her relationship with Kara is the same type of thing. It’s where she can be vulnerable. Lena is not this CEO, this powerful woman. She’s not running all these companies. The great part of the friendship the two of them have, is it allows them to be vulnerable, to say, “I need this, and I need this from you.” For me, from my friends, that’s the best part. I can go to them and say, “Things suck. Help.” There’s very few people that you can do that with. For Lena, it’s Kara. For Kara, it’s Lena, too.”
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