phrasing! ✧ CARTOON IMAGINES

[ one ] | dating lana kane would include

[ female / female-aligned reader]

+ she doesn't ask you out immediately

+ as a matter of fact, she doesn't even know if she likes you at all

+ she ignores you sometimes but honestly doesn't mean it

+ until you're like "lana we're partners what did i do wrong"

+ and you kinda name down some of the things you might've done

+ she's kinda astonished that someone can admit their wrongdoings, and especially since you really haven't done anything at all

+ she just sighs and admits she is feeling conflicted about you

+ you immediately shout that you're not dating archer, at all, because you think the issues lies there

+ she thinks that's it but it's not

+ later on, she's becomes much more nicer to you - and everyone's noticed this

+ they just speculate that you two had a fight and were working through it

+ but it's odd because lana spends way more time with you now

+ offering to eat lunch with you, visiting your office/desk area quite often, and being just a generally upbeat person now that she's started hanging out with you

+ ray and pam pick up on it immediately

+ ray makes sure pam doesn't start gossiping about it, just in case that they might be wrong

+ cheryl alludes to it one day while you and lana are going to go out for lunch this time, and you're getting your jacket while lana's waiting patiently

+ lana doesn't really freak out, but she gets angry for a few seconds before she realizes it

+ like... everyone's picked up on it

+ everyone.

+ ray encourages her to ask you out while you are... well out on what is basically a date

+ sterling would be at least obviously jealous, but he's more like "wow lana likes a chick"

+ she threatens to punch his heart out of his ass

+ so he shuts up

+ anyways on the date she does kinda confront her feelings for you

+ and you're like "i thought... this was a date as soon as you asked me"

+ and so you're a thing after that

+ it isn't like, publicized at work but everyone knows you're together

+ she makes sure everyone knows that, but she doesn't let everyone in on everything you two do

+ going on missions together

+ when you have to go with somebody else, she makes sure they protect you with their life

+ sterling offers to go with you two, alludes to threesomes and she does actually punch him. hard.

+ lunch dates all the time

+ pam fawning over you two because you two really are just too cute

+ she stays at your place a lot, and you have to make dinner for her

+ lana really does love spending time with you, and i mean she really, really does

+ because you are never boring, and you're always honest and treat her really well