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Kara and Lena become friends, a bit more than just friends actually. They have their fun. They start to go out together here and there. There are definitely a bunch of romantic feelings going on but Kara can see that Lena’s not ready to face all the implications so Kara doesn’t push her. Because it’s better to have this messy relationship as is than to admit her feelings and have Lena shut her down. They’re always having a good time together, but they never have an actual date night. They usually meet over lunch or at tea time for a hot beverage and a doughnut. Kara hasn’t even stepped foot into Lena’s apartment. Lena had never offered to be honest and they usually met at L-Corp or Kara’s apartment which fit Kara just fine.
But at some point Kara can feel Lena starting to pull away. Kara’s not sure what to do. She wants to call out Lena on it but she also doesn’t want the whole conversation to blow up in her face. Kara talks to Alex about it and Alex is just about ready to kick some Luthor ass. Kara sighs and tells her sister that it won’t be necessary. The blonde decides it’s probably time to confront Lena so she texts her to tell her they need to have a serious talk. Lena’s answer is instant, “Can you come to my flat right now?”
Kara’s a bit shaken, she’s never been to Lena’s place before, they’ve been friends (or whatever they are) for a few months and only now does she realize how odd that she’s hasnt never once visited Lena at her apartment. The situation somehow feels like an ambush in foreign territory. She knows it’s not though and she trusts Lena but she’s anxious about going to her friend’s place for the first time.
Kara knows the building, she has passed by it many times, wondering how it would be like to go inside. She imagines Lena’s place to match her office, mostly minimalistic, but with some more decoration to make it a bit more cozy.
When she finally does step into Lena’s building though, it doesn’t feel as good as she expected it to be. She’s nervous about what is about to go down. She knows there’s a fight coming up and she doesn’t know if she’ll have what it takes to actually raise her voice at Lena. She greets the doorman who checks who she is and lets her in.
Kara walks slowly towards the elevator, fidgeting as she waits quietly for the small ding and the elevator door to open. She gets inside and press the single button that leads straight to Lena’s penthouse. When she arrives, the door of the elevator opens to show a small hallway, a plain black doormat is on the floor in front of what looks like a impenetrable door. She figures, someone as important as CEO Lena Luthor should have good security measures in place.
She knocks on the door very delicately, not wanting to destroy it. She knows how she sometimes has troubles controlling her powers when she’s too emotional. She takes one step back after knocking and resumes her fidgeting. Kara has a million scenarios running through her head about what could be the outcome of this conversation.
But she sure as hell does not expect what she is seeing right now.
A small girl who seems to be approximately 6 or 7 years old holds the door open for her. The girl has shoulder-length straight black hair, soft green eyes and pale skin. The child is wearing a small overwashed pink t-shirt with the House of El coat of arms on it along with matching pink pyjamas bottoms.
Kara is speechless. She stares at the girl, her mind going blank. All the thoughts that were clouding her mind are now long gone. The little girl is looking at her with an innocent smile on her face, waiting for Kara to say or do something.
Kara can’t get herself to move. She’s still processing the new information, asking herself a million questions when she sees Lena emerge from the kitchen. The beautiful Lena Luthor wearing sweatpants and a flannel shirt over an MIT t-shirt. Lena walks to place herself behind the little girl and drops each of her hands on the little girl’s shoulder. Lorelai looks up at her mother and Lena looks down at her squeezing her tiny shoulders slightly. Kara can see the genuine motherly love on Lena’s face and right there, she knows for sure. The two Luthors hold each other’s gaze and Lena whispers softly, “Kara, this is my daughter. Lorelai.”
Kara’s eyes widen a bit more as the words come crashing down on her. Lena and Lorelai finally break eye contact and Kara feels two pairs of green eyes staring at her, waiting for her reaction.
Lena Luthor had given birth to a baby girl.
She had made a mistake as a 20-year-old girl in college and maybe that hadn’t helped her get in Lillian’s good side. But Lena had powered through it. She had still graduated early and at the top of her class whilst being pregnant. She had Lorelai over the summer break and had decided to take a year off to bond with her child. Lillian had let her because, Lena had graduated early anyway so she could allow herself a year off.
The Luthor family had always been secretive about Lena’s pregnancy. It was a sensitive topic and it was explicitly known to never bring it up. Of course they had kept the child and raised her within the Luthor household.
When Lorelai turned 4, Lena’s heart was breaking, seeing her daughter being forced to stay inside the Luthor property. She longed to bring her daughter at the park and mingle with other mothers, but she knew she just couldn’t. Not as long as Lillian was in charge anyway.
When Lex revealed his true self and Lillian picked his side, obviously Lena had to distance herself from the rest of her family. She decided to take Lorelai with her in National City to start a new life. Lorelai was very small when Lex had started going mad and had gone to prison so she didn’t remember much thankfully which made it that much easier for Lena to move on.
And Lena… well Lena really didn’t want the fact that she had a daughter to be public knowledge. The Luthor name was too much of a risk to expose her daughter to that. So she worked hard to make the Luthor name a better brand, turn it into a force for good, building it into something that one day her daughter will be proud to be a part of.
Lena really cares for Kara… and she has guessed by now that Kara was Supergirl, and it holds her back. She really wants to share her rather important secret with Kara but… Kara has a secret of her own that she isn’t willing to share with her. Maybe that’s a sign that their relationship is not yet ready to go to the next level?
So she pushes Kara away, she doesn’t let Kara go to her apartment because she knows that as long as Kara hasn’t told her about being Supergirl, she isn’t ready to tell Kara about her daughter. It may sound stupid but she needs Kara to tell her her biggest secret to be sure that what they have is real. If Kara is willing to open up completely to Lena, then will Lena feel more comfortable revealing her own big secret.
Lena never goes out with Kara in the evening or at night and her hours as a CEO are tough enough as they are to take care of an infant daughter. Kara has never even questioned the silent no date night rule. The reporter doesn’t even mind not going to Lena’s apartment, she figures the CEO’s apartment would probably intimidate her by its size and luxury anyway.
But Lena can see that Kara is hurt by the way their relationship is turning out and Lena has to admit to herself that she’s also too invested. One day Lena gets home after a rough day at work - where on top of countless boring meetings she had to ignore Kara’s texts who suggested going out the same afternoon - well, when she gets home, Lori can see how sad her mommy is. So Lori asks Lena, “What’s wrong mommy?” and Lena just hugs her daughter close and tell her “it’s nothing but a slight heartbreak”. Lori is a cutie and doesn’t like to see her mommy sad so she hugs her back even tighter and tells her mother that she knows how Lena has been trying to keep away any potential love interest out of the little girl’s life and that Lena’s doesn’t have to do that. The smile on Lori’s smile is so genuine while soft reassuring her mother.
Lena has developed really strong feelings for Kara so she seems visibly relieved to hear her small daughter say these words. So Lena starts to tell Lori about Kara, how they met and “how happy Kara makes mommy!” and Lori just listens, nods and smiles.
A few days later, Lori tells Lena one night before going to bed, “Mommy, will I get to meet Kara one day?” and Lena nods and kisses her daughter’s forehead. “Yeah, sweetie, you will very soon.”