Castaway AU - The Rain Scene
Obviously the first thing Kara wants to do once she truly believes she's home-- because her rlsense of reality isn't the same as it used to be-- is see Lena.
Lena doesn't come to see her.
Alex warns Lena against visiting, both for Lena's sake and for Kara's. Kara isn't exactly who she was when she left, and well... neither is Lena. Alex doesn't want to see either of them hurt by what the years and trauma have wrought in the other.
In the end, Kara goes to see Lena. She watches from the street as the rain comes pouring in, catching glimpses of Lena's life through the partially open blinds of their modest single family home. She sees the kids, and the gentle way Lena parents them, giving affection freely and often.
She's beautiful still, Kara notes, more so by the gentle happiness she witnesses. She hovers at the door, working herself up to knock, but in the end she turns away without making her presence known. Lena is happy, without her. The last thing she wants is to make a mess of Lena's wonderful life.
As Kara returns to her car-- she doesn't have her powers after so long in the Phantom Zone, doesn't know if she ever wants them back-- the front door snaps open, and a dark figure pelts outside.
"Kara?"
Lena's voice calls through the deluge of rain.
"Kara!"
Kara turns, finding Lena standing breathless before her. Then, in the next moment, Lena's arms are around her, squeezing in a desperate hug. After a long moment, Kara finally reacts and wraps her arms around Lena in return.
Bodily warmth is foreign to her, and she savors it.
"I'm sorry," Lena murmurs, pleads even. "I'm sorry."
Kara doesn't respond except to press her face into the pocket of Lena's neck and shoulder.
"I always knew you were alive, I knew it." Lena's voice cracks. "Everyone said I had to let you go. That you were gone-- you weren't coming back."
Except she is back. She's here. Right here. Kara wants to shout it to world, as if raising her voice would rewind time and return her to where she left.
"I love you," Lena gasps, pulling away. Tears mingle with the rain on her cheeks. "With all of my heart. Everything that happened-- before-- after, it didn't seem to mean anything at all."
Kara lifts her hand, letting her fingers trace the lines of Lena's face, memorizing every inch of it. The rain hides the faint creases that have found a home at the corners of Lena's eyes and mouth, disguising the grey hairs sprinkled across her head.
For a moment, everything is as it was-- for a moment, Kara thinks she has the chance to do what she was always too much of a coward to do before.
But then she catches the light of the open doorway, and the silhouettes both large and small looking out at the two of them. Lena's family.
Kara pulls back. "You have to go home," she murmurs quietly.
"Kara--"
"You have to go home," Kara repeats. Leaning forward, the only kiss she gives is the one she presses to Lena's brow, pouring all her love and forgiveness into the tender touch.
"Please don't go," Lena pleads, prompting Kara to offer a sad smile.
"I'm not," she promises.
Then she turns and makes her way back to the drivers side door, slipping in behind the wheel to drive away, eyes glued to Lena's figure in the rearview mirror.
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