A Heart Of Kryptonite

Coincidence

"Is there anything in this house?" You huffed upon seeing that there was nothing in the coffee or tea jars.

"Not to those who are impatient," your mum didn't even make eye contact with you but carried on with the left over paperwork.

The pair of you were in the kitchen getting ready for the day. Obviously you were huffy due to the lack of coffee in your system. Every step you took was filled with needless weight.

"In other news, Bruce Wayne steals the attention from Lex Luthor's gala. On his arm was one beautiful lady who just so happened to be his assistant. Is there a new couple in town? This is Vicki Vale signing out," a picture of you and Bruce flashed on TV and your head shot down, hiding your grin.

"Bruce Wayne huh," your mother remarked.

"No, before you even start, no." You spun around and raided the cupboards searching for cereal. Truthfully, you knew you were meant to be embarrassed but there was a small part of you that adored all the attention.

 "How was that meeting?"  You said, trying to spin the conversation on itself. She was quiet. A moment of uneasy silence passed.

"In India, they've found a chemical that can harm Kryptonians. He wants my permission to have it imported and used against Superman. I declined but when I did it was almost like... like he broke. Like something inside him snapped and he was rage-filled. Did you meet him, (Y/N)? Did you meet Lex Luthor?" You'd never known your mum to be scared. She was always this fierce woman who let nothing stand in the way. It was her public persona; her fear made you reluctant to answer.

"No. No I didn't meet Lex."

You were silent. Usually, you were honest. There was something in you that refused to believe  that same quirky boy you'd met last night was.. evil? Finch has a tendency to over exaggerate and you were positive this was one of those times. 

The scent of lies crawled around the room. Lying was not your forte. Trying to distract yourself you grabbed your phone and texted Rose.

Wanna grab drinks before work? There's a lack of caffeine in my system. Come Starbucks now :)

"I've got to go," you mumbled to your mum before scurrying out the door.

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Apparently everyone had the same idea; the queue was long. Rose still hadn't replied so at least the line bought you some time for her to reply. Occasionally the person in front of you would tut at how slow the workers were moving. In a childish manner, he threw his hands by his side. To your curiosity, there clenched in his fist was a news paper with your name in it. Tilting your head you tried to get a better look at it. 'Y/N found a new way to work her way to the top?!'

You growled and snatched it out the mans hand. 

"Who the hell do you think you are?" He turned around and shouted. You were to invested in the newspaper to pay interest in the man. After a while of shouting at the workers and you, he finally left.

Mortified didn't begin to describe it. The public thought you were sleeping  with Bruce for the money? 

"Well that's one way to interpret it." You nodded along to what you thought was the voice in your head. You heard a soft laugh and turned around.

"Lex," you breathed. He took the newspaper slowly from your grasp. 

He was wearing a grey hoodie, presumably to stop people from noticing him, with some blue skinny jeans and white trainers. 

"Papers these days. Don't know the half of things. You were simply his plus one, right?" He asked cocking his eyebrow.

"Yeah. How did you know where I was?"