#Mon- El

[natalievoncatte]

“What I did wasn’t personal,” Lena said.

Supergirl had already turned to face her. There were words formed on her lips, but Alex struck first, bringing her viper wit where it wasn’t needed or welcome.

“You had a stash of ‘Kills Kryptonians’. It’s personal,” said Alex.

Lena ignored her, looking directly at Supergirl.

“You know I’d never use it that way.”

“You kept secrets,” said Supergirl. “Secrets change things. I don’t like secrets.”

“Oh really,” Lena spat, knowing she’d regret what came next. “You don’t like secrets. Okay. What’s your real name?”

Alex flinched. Supergirl stared her down. Even in this miserable place, she was inhumanly beautiful, even if Lena was a little resentful that she’d been bitching about walking fifty yards a few moments ago, and making light of exercise, when she had the audacity to look like that.

The pause grew heavy. Something seemed to turn behind Supergirl’s eyes, like she was working something out. Her expression softened lightly.

“Why didn’t you come to me about Sam? I thought we trusted each other.”

“How can I trust you?” Lena said. “You still hold me at arm’s length, won’t let me in, only look for my help when it’s convenient for you. Maybe I should have sought your help, but it isn’t like I have you on speed dial, is it? What was I supposed to do, toss myself off a balcony and hope you were having coffee with Kara Danvers again?”

Supergirl flinched. Looking at Lena intently, she stepped closer, and Alex grew visibly nervous.

“Supergirl…” she said.

“You want to know my real name?”

“Yes,” Lena said, her voice suddenly unsteady, her palms breaking out in a sweat despite the cool, stale air. She stood her ground before a being that could level a mountain with a look and held her gaze.

“Kryptonian names are patronymics, sort of. A man’s name is his own and that of his family. So, for example, my cousin’s name is Kal-El. His father was Jor-El.”

“I knew that already,” said Lena. “Your cousin shared that an interview with Lois Lane.”

“He can share his because he has a name that was given to him by his adoptive family,” said Supergirl, her voice softening as she took another step closer. “I still use my Kryptonian first name.”

Something about that itched at Lena’s brain, but she wasn’t sure what.

“Supergirl,” Alex hissed. “You can’t… we can’t…”

Supergirl threw her a glance. “What? Trust her?” She looked at Lena. “My father was Joe-El’s brother, Zor-El. My mother’s name was Alura In-Ze.”

Lena licked her lips.

“They gave me the name Kara,” said Kara Zor-El. “On Earth, I accepted the surname of the family that took me in to raise me when my cousin gave me up to them. My full name is Kara Zor-El Danvers.”

Lena stumbled a step back, her mouth falling open comically. It felt like the ground was bursting open and swallowing her up, her stomach dropping through her knees.

No. No, no, no, no. It couldn’t be.

“Look at me, Lena.”

Lena looked away from her.”

“Look at me.”

Lena looked.

Lena saw.

Her hair was down, but Lena knew those honeyed curls. Supergirl carried herself differently- her shoulders were proud where Kara tended to hunch down, make herself small, as if to pass through the world without touching it.

Lena hadn’t really looked before. Not like this. She’d studied Kara, maybe even mooned over Kara a little until she seemed to confirm she was straight by dating that alien jackass. She knew every part of her face from her soft lips to her feel blue eyes to that funny little scar right over her eye.

How had she not seen?

“Fucking hell, Kara!” Alex snapped.

Lena’s lip trembled. She clenched her fists to keep her hands steady, knowing they were shaking.

“You tricked me,” Lena hissed, “so many times, so many ways, running off and changing into that suit when I thought you were both people. The super-speed, right?”

“I’m sorry,” said Kara, her voice soft. “Let’s just…”

“I wasn’t finished,” said Lena. “You… you told me you were having coffee with Kara, but you are Kara. Kara… you caught me when they threw me off the balcony. You risked being killed by a kryptonite explosion when Metallo went critical. You… you were… Jesus Christ, the plane, the chemicals, that was you?”

Kara’s eyes grew wider with every syllable and even in the gloom, Lena could swear she saw tears welling up within them.

“She’s risked her life for you over and over and over,” Alex said, quietly. “Her faith in you has only wavered the once. She’s always defended you and insisted on your innocence even when I was ready to throw you in a cell,” said Alex. “She defended you from the first. Shit, she defended you from Superman.”

Lena looked from one to the other, staring at them both in turn, trying to keep her wobbly legs from completely collapsing under her.

“I owe you an apology,” said Kara, raising her gaze to meet Lena’s.

“Can you two do this later?” said Alex. “We’re on a mission, here.”

Lena swallowed, hard.

“Yeah. Let’s go find Sam.”

They did find Sam, eventually, but the plan went sideways. After they were thrust back into their bodies, Supergirl -Kara- curtly told her to help Brainy while she and Alex rushed off.

So Lena helped brainy, until it was time for her to leave. Eventually, she made her way back to her penthouse, and to a glass of single malt, neat. She savored its subtleties as she stared out at the stars.

She knew this would happen sooner or later, so she wasn’t surprised when Kara touched down on the balcony, looking utterly stunning and brave and dashing in her fancy suit. She motioned to knock at the glass.

“It’s not locked.”

“Hi,” said Kara, stepping inside.

Lena looked up. “I can’t believe I didn’t see. You’re just… you, in a different outfit.”

That wasn’t exactly true, Lena knew. As she walked into Lena’s living room, Kara had neither the mousy, retiring way of Kara Danvers nor the brash swagger of Supergirl. It was like she was seeing a third person, one who’d been fully revealed for the first time.

“I’ve been going back and forth in my mind, trying to decide what parts of our friendship were real.”

“All of it,” Kara said.

“If my brother were here, he’d say that you befriended me to spy on me and use my resources and genius for your own ends.”

“That’s not true.”

Lena took a sip, and breathed in through her parted lips after swallowing to savor it.

“I know. He said the same thing about Jack, actually. Lex always tries to convince me that anyone else in my life is just after my name or money or body.”

Kara said nothing. Lena looked up.

“Just because he’s a madman who wants to gaslight me into being a supervillain doesn’t mean he’s always wrong. Does it?”

Kara swallowed, hard.

“You’ve been very insistent on being my friend,” said Lena. “You practically barged into my life and broke down all my barriers with your earnest kindness, but you were keeping yourself behind another one.”

“The first time I ever saw you, I knew in my heart that you were nothing like him,” said Kara. “I remember every detail.”

“In my office, with Kent.”

“No. In the helicopter. That was the first time I saw you.”

Lena swirled the dregs in her glass. “Oh. Right.”

“I just had to know you. You were compelling, and the way you treated me in your office that day was a huge part of that. You seemed so… I don’t even know how to describe it. I just knew I had to be close to you.”

A fit of pique moved her arm before she could contain herself, and Lena threw the glass. Kara snatched it from the air and placed it on the table without spilling a drop.

She was closer now, standing within arm’s reach.

“You can’t just say things like that to me,” Lena almost hissed, her voice loosened by the whiskey and the one before and the one before that.

“Why?” said Kara.

Lena looked up, swaying slightly.

“You told me your name.”

“I should have sooner. We could have worked together. We could have done a lot of things.”

“Fuck,” Lena snapped. “You’re doing it again! Knock it off?”

“Knock what off?”

“You goddamn well what,” said Lena. “Or maybe you really don’t.”

“I’m sorry,” said Kara. “I just don’t understand. Can you… do you want to tell me what you mean?”

“I… sit down.”

Kara swept her cape aside and sat primly in a side chair, folding her hands in her lap, worrying at the back of her thumb with her other thumb. God, she even had Kara’s mannerisms.”

“I’m gay,” said Lena.

Kara swallowed. “But… you were with Jack… and James… and you really seem to like the letter J,” Kara said, lamely.

“It’s called bisexuality, Kara. It’s a thing.”

“Oh, I um, I don’t really get ‘sexualities.’ On Krypton, we didn’t have sexual preferences. We didn’t choose our partners at all, everything was arranged.”

“That sounds awful,” said Lena.

Kara looked away. “It was our way and it worked. We had stable families, and most people had a kind of love. My parents loved each other.”

Lena sighed. “I wish I could say that. One of my parents didn’t love anyone but himself. Your sister is gay, Kara. How can you not understand it?”

“I understand that. I just find the whole thing confusing, and overwhelming. I keep looking for this spark that everyone talks about, and these ‘gut feelings’, but every time I think I’ve had it, it wasn’t right.”

“It seemed right with Mon-El. Oh. Oh Jesus. You banished your own boyfriend from Earth.”

Kara shook her head. “I know it did. I thought it did. I just never… it was the idea of him. I was checking a box. I was with him to have a boyfriend, not to have him. We’re really different people.”

“Why are we talking about this again?” said Lena.

Kara suddenly looked nervous, and thus even more like herself.

“I don’t know. It just seems to have happened. Kind of like our whole friendship. I never made a plan to be your friend. I never had an agenda. I just needed you in my life without knowing why. You just bring me joy.”

Lena wanted to laugh. She wanted to cry, she wanted to scream.

You big indestructible goof, that is the spark!

“I should have told you about me after Medusa. I should have trusted you then, but Alex talked me out of it. I didn’t push past when it counted. I know you doubt how much you mean to me now, and I’m so sorry I did that.”

“I’d never hurt you, ever,” said Lena. “Even if you weren’t Kara. But I could never hurt her. You.”

“I know.

“For what it’s worth,” said Lena. “I felt it too. That pull, that need to know you. That’s why I allowed you to get close to me instead of being bundled off by my security. I felt it from the first, that day you came to my office. I might have felt it a little during the helicopter crash, too.”

Kara nodded.

“I feel like there’s something we’re both not saying.”

Lena licked her lips.

“I have to stop the worldkillers. I have to save Sam. I have to fix it all. I just needed to talk to you first. See you first, see you again, just the two of us.”

Lena nodded, swallowing.

“I guess I should go.”

Lena wanted to tell her not to. To ask her to spend the night, change out of that ridiculous suit, to just be Kara and stay with her, but it dawned on her now that it could never be quite like that again. Kara was Supergirl and Supergirl had to be shared with the world.

“I want to help. I’ll come to the DEO.”

“Okay,” said Kara. “I’ll see you there.”

She stood up and walked to the balcony, pausing before she opened the door. She didn’t turn when she spoke, as if she was afraid to face Lena, to face the answer.

“Do you think, when this is over, we can try it again? Try to fix it?”

“Is that something you want?” Said Lena.

“That pull is still there.”

“I know,” said Lena. “I feel it too.”

Kara’s shoulders rose and fell, as if she’d just rolled a great burden from her back.

“Okay,” she said. “Okay. I’ll see you back at the DEO. Goodnight, Lena.”

“Goodnight, Kara.”

She slid the balcony door open and stepped out, pausing for just the briefest second before lifting off, sending a gentle gust of chilly night air rolling into Lena’s penthouse.

Lena let the breeze flow in for a while before she stood up and went to the door, meaning to close it. Instead, she stepped outside, leaning on the railing as the chill raised gooseflesh on her arms.

“I feel it, too.”

[superfamilyweek]

Superfamily Week is Coming!

We would like to officially welcome you to Superfamily Week, a fandom event which aims to celebrate Superman and all members of his family. The week will run from Sunday, November 24 through Saturday, November 30.

Make sure to check out the event rules here. Stay tuned for the prompts!

[wwprice1]

New stories and creative teams coming in October! Love these covers!

[chick-it-out]

if you had to pick... top 3 favorite pokemon? or more if you can't narrow it down that much (like me)

made em a team of 6 (plus one mistake missing no. in the corner):

:)

[aceofwhump]

@whumpgifathon | Day 17: "Gentle Touch"

Supergirl, 3x07, Mon El

[dailydccomics]

Superman and Mon-El by Clayton Henry

[kent-farm]

As long as you’re safe.

—Mon-El to Kara, Supergirl, “Distant Sun”

[sapphic-luthor]

officially done with the first half of s2!!!! gf’s single main reaction was “why are there so many men” because my god, they really did pack this fucking season full of men. other thoughts include:

“yay to the lesbians, nay to the boys”

her heart still bleeds for poor kelly from last season

she doesn’t have any particularly strong feelings toward lena yet but did immediately believe in her when she was being fake bad and releasing medusa. is currently yelling “FREE LENA” bc everyone has turned against her

believes in her heart of hearts that cat is going to come back and wants her to be like mayor or something very powerful

i personally am surprised how much i fucking despise james as guardian, i don’t remember thinking he was as annoying last time but oh my god. the men’s egos are paper thin in this show god forbid one (1) of them not get to be the hero for three seconds he WILL find a way to make everything about himself

[kitkatt0430]

So... Kara and Mon-El are dating but Mon-El realizes Kara has a crush on Lena. Polyamory is a much more accepted thing on Daxam than it is on Earth and Krypton was somewhere in between, so when Mon-El points out to Kara that she's making with the puppy-heart-eyes at her bestie... he's all 'you should go for it, I'd be cool being her metamour' and Kara... needs to talk it out a lot.

A lot a lot.

But eventually Mon-El gets her to go for it and when Kara flubs things because of course she does, Mon-El cheerfully just sits down to lunch with Lena somewhere and before she can get upset about this he goes "you're gorgeous but I'm not interested in dating you. But my girlfriend is, she totally loves and adores you and think the two of you would really enjoy dating. And then that would make you and I metamours which could be a really fun friendship for us. Or just like, tolerating each other politely but I'd rather friends. Also, you know Winn decently well. I'm pretty sure when I tell Kara I've got a crush on him she'll be cool with it, but do you think I'd have a shot with him?"

Lena staring at him blankly for a long moment before recovering. "He keeps staring at your ass on game night, so there's a good chance you do. And... you really... want me to date your girlfriend?"

"It'd make you both really happy? So why not? I know Earth is kinda uptight about the polyamory thing, but I was raised to be pretty chill about it. It's not cheating when everyone is aware and communicating in a healthy way about it, so... oh, uh, yeah. I'm an alien. Hope that's fine?"

Lena, weakly, "yeah, that's fine." Maaaybe just a little overwhelmed by Mon-el being so chirpy about the whole thing.

[supermanandloisverse]

My favorite passenger princess. #TheGirlsontheBus premieres March 14 on Max.

[gayshitanddadjokes]

Okay so the stepsiblings Tim and Cassie again! I want the rest of YJ to figure it out first and just not mention out of politeness, thinking that 'yeah, everyone already knows but you don't just say it out loud'. Like she brings (read: drags kicking and screaming) Tim to meet young justice. Everyone (actually I wanna say everyone but Kon because he's a moron) can immediately tell and they assume that Cassie knows and is just making fun of him for thinking she wouldn't recognize him so they play along.

Next time Kon and Cassie are making a fuss about Robin not telling them his secret ID they get the most incredulous looks in the world.

Kon: I just don't think we can trust him if he doesn't trust us

Cassie: I mean I love him but who knows what he's doing when he's not here

Everyone else:

[aolechan]

Tenoch Huerta and Mon Laferte in Se Me Va A Quemar El Corazón (2020)

[superfamilyweek]

We are happy to announce the prompts for Superfamily week! Superfamily week is an event centred around Superman and his family (close as well as extended) and we wanted to reflect that through our choices in prompts. Note that the prompts are not mandatory, and can be followed as loosely or as closely as you'd like. They are as follows:

Day 1: It's a Bird! It's a Plane! / Metropolis & Smallville Day 2: Across Space or Time / Friends and Teammates Day 3: Singing Stars / Hope Day 4: Red and Blue / Krypton Day 5: Heart of Steel / Civilian Life Day 6: Up Up and Away / Of Tomorrow Day 7: Free Day

Reminder: the week will run from November 24 to November 30, 2024. Make sure to check out the week rules here.

[nitpickrider]

Being the Leader of the Legion SOUNDS cool. But is the kid of job no one who deserves it actually WANTS Action Comics 392

[berunov]

[Infinite neigh]

[rjmac211]

Alex, Maggie, Lena, Kara and Mon El are at lunch and Kara and Lena went to get drinks

Mon El: Hey guys can you tell Kara that Lena is okay she keeps having nightmares waking up moaning for Lena

Maggie: Moaning… for Lena

Mon El: Yeah and she can’t even look at me after you don’t think she thinks I’ll hurt her do you

Alex: When you say nightmares what do you mean

Mon El: Well she wakes up sweating and cries out for Lena

Lena and Kara come back

Lena: What are you guys talking about

Alex: Kara’s nightmares

Kara *blushes*: There nothing don’t worry about them

Maggie: mhm

Kara: Well look at the time Ms. Grant needs me gotta gay go gotta go

Kara runs away

Maggie: So all the Danvers are useless when it comes to women

Lena: Maybe we should compare notes Sawyer