donât you know (that you donât even need to try?)
âAll right. Letâs keep moving, Lena Luthor,â Kara says softly, quietly, âthe touchy drunk.â
âTipsy, you mean. Not drunk, Kara Danvers,â Lena firmly states, âwho has really nice biceps.â
Despite what Kara said, neither make the effort to separate from each other. Okay. So Lena has to make the first move, then. She will.
She moves, and doesnât register reaching out. Not until her fingertips brush against Karaâs clothed bicep. Kara is standing still, only quietly studying Lena as she breathes.
âSee, touchy drunk,â Kara murmurs.
Okay. Fuck. Wrong movement, abort. Lena flushes, quickly taking her hand back.
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or Lena runs into a blonde woman and meets her mortal enemy. Kara moves into her new apartment and meets her best friend for life.
OR Kara Danvers is cute, and handsome, and funny, and smart, and Lenaâs just living her life trying not to think about how much she really, really, really wants to kiss her.
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âSeeing you [James] and Lucy makes me think that I am never going to have what you two have.
Someone who knows everything about me.
My perfect partner at a game night. â
âI thought itâs gonna be something special, like what you have with IrisÂ
He [Mon-El] cares only about himselfâ
â- And youâre what? Other than an alien, I mean.
 - Alone.â
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I'm really wondering how does Lena react when she realizes that Kara is smarter than she pretends to be
âOw! Lena, jeez, stopââ
Lena does not stop.
Karaâs yelped ow is essentially a reflex at this point, more of a dramatic declaration than anything resembling a real indicator of pain. Usually, itâs enough to incite a ceasefire. Not today.
âQuantum what, you said!â Lena is advancing on her with a rolled-up magazine in her hand and fire in her eyes. The furious set of her features wrests Kara backwards, her hands up in surrender. The backs of her knees hit the couch and she floats herself over it on autopilot, still eyeing Lenaâs makeshift weapon warily.
The new barrier doesnât even give the younger woman pause; Lena clambers straight over the back of the couch as she corrals Kara toward the kitchen island.
âYou sat there,â Lena growls, eyebrow arched to a lethal height, âand you batted your eyelashes and smiled your innocent, pretty little smile and you said quantum what? As if you havenât been studying classical mechanics since before you were in diapers!â
âWe didnât have diapers on Kryptonâ ow! Okay, okayââ She ducks before Lenaâs magazine baton can make contact again, darting around to the far side of the kitchen island. If she has to face Lenaâs wrath, sheâd rather do it with half a tonne of Calacatta marble that would be very expensive to replace as a makeshift buffer.
âI asked you about polyatomic anions and you stared at me like Iâd started speaking Japanese!â Lena accuses, eyes narrowing as she brushes a rogue strand of hair back from her flushed face.
âI, uh. I actually speak Japanese.â Kara grimaces, face screwed up as she braces for the inevitable backlash. âMĹshiwakearimasen?â
The sound that breaks free from Lenaâs throat is almost a snarl. She advances quicker than humans should be able to, crowding Kara against the stainless steel fridge as she swats at her none too gently with the magazine.
Kara cowers against the cool metal, arms up to shield her face. The blows are about as painful as a gentle breeze on her skin. She knows she could stop this in a heartbeat, knows Lena knows it too, but thatâs not the point.
âIâm sorry I lied,â she tries from behind her forearms, one eye cracked open.
She watches Lena pout through the gap created by her crossed wrists. âDo you have any idea how much we could have accomplished if youâd told me the truth?â she admonishes, magazine dropping to hang limply at her side. âHow many projects I got stuck on with no sounding board? How much of a difference we could have made if weâd pooled our resources and our intellect? God.â
Lena sighs as the fight seems to drain from her body, leaning her weight heavily into Karaâs. âGod,â she huffs again. âYou made me explain the EPR Paradox to you like you were a first-grader.â
Kara lets her arms drop from in front of her face, fitting her hands to the soft curve of Lenaâs waist instead. Just to steady her, of course. Itâs good physics, after all. âYeah, but can you blame me? Youâre so cute when you talk science.â
Lena swats at her again, weaponless this time. Itâs light as a caress and her hand stays on Karaâs chest afterwards, fingers curling against her collarbone. âYouâre impossible.â
Kara sees exactly how Lenaâs softening to her, redoubles her efforts in response. âBut Iâm right. You get so excited when you explain things, so passionate. Itâs beautiful.â
Lena, predictably, flushes a delicious shade of pink. She presses bashful hands to the warmth of her cheeks, ducking her head. Kara chuckles. Gives her waist a gentle squeeze, tracing the outline of her hipbones with her thumbnails.
âAnd I know you liked it too,â she hums, dropping her own chin to catch Lenaâs gaze and hold. âYou just admitted it. You thought my smile was pretty.â
âYou are pretty,â Lena says softly. Her hands drop from her own face to the base of Karaâs neck, skating up her throat to the hinge of her jaw. Karaâs breath catches in her chest just as Lenaâs hands jump up, squishing her cheeks together. âPretty infuriating.â
âIs that whatâs really bothering you?â Kara manages, words misshapen and mumbled between Lenaâs squeezing hands. She stretches her jaw when Lena releases her, licking her dry lips. Green eyes track the movement with a tangible hunger.
Kara smirks, nails digging just the slightest bit against Lenaâs hips. âOr,â she hums, low and smooth as the richest scotch, âare you just resisting the knowledge that youâre no longer the smartest woman in the room?â
Lenaâs mouth drops open. âYou really think youâre smarter than me?â she asks, words reverberating through their bodies where theyâre pressed together. She leans in close, drags her thumb slow and deliberate over the damp heat of Karaâs bottom lip before she taps her cheek sharply with two fingers, cool and confident and utterly charming. âOh, sweetheart. Game on.â
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