Love is Blind

A Time and the Place

"You can never run from me," a grossly deep voice hissed in her ear. Her eyes flashed open, finding herself back in Lex's hideout. Kara's arms were raised above her head, both in kryptonite shackles that burned her wrists.

Kara opened her mouth to retort, but nothing came out. She tried to look around, but her vision was blurry from the countless lacerations covering her body.

"You think she really cares for you? A disgusting alien that broke her trust? Lena is not very forgiving," Lex started polishing a kryptonite dagger,"Not that you'll live to see her again."

He raised the sparkling emerald dagger high into the air before plunging it straight through her heart, eyes widened that only aided in his crazed expression.

Kara woke to a scream originating from her own lips as she jolted up abruptly. The fatigued girl blinked rapidly, eyes adjusting to the darkness. The fire died sometime throughout the night, although the early dawn light gave new life to her surroundings.

"Kara?" Lena stirred.

The blonde women glanced at Lena, attempting to discourage her concern with a shrug but the women was already up and leaning closer.

"I-It was just a nightmare," she shrugged,"Nothing I haven't had before".

Every part of her being shouted, ordering Kara to tell Lee everything, but in the same time she could not. It would mean that she would have to confess to her that Lex used Lena as a way to torture her and she would then have to explain why it hurt so badly.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Lena asked, tone sharp with concern. She scouted closer, wrapping her arm around Kara's shoulder as she roped the reluctant Kryptonian in to a consoling hug.

The gesture, while kind, only caused more pain deep in her heart. Kara was completely and utterly exhausted, unable to cope with her feelings for Lee.

Meeting Lena's brilliant fern eyes that twinkled with yellow flecks of affection, lit a fire within her soul. Now was probably the best time, especially when there was a trivial chance Lee would not remember.

"He used you against me Lee," Kara confessed faintly, turning her face away from Lena so she could not see the rosy blush that started to burn her cheeks.

"What do you mean?" Lena asked softly in efforts to keep Kara talking.

"When Lex wasn't torturing me with some new kryptonite infused weapon, he rambled on about how you were a true Luthor deep down. That you'd hate me for lying," Kara was not anticipating the swell of emotion that brought tears to her eyes causing her throat to constrict as she felt herself losing control.

"He could not have been more wrong," Lee reassured Kara by drawing the alien even closer, resting her head against Kara's,"No more apologizing, you don't need to. Lex is unbelievably cruel and I know that just me simply saying that I forgive you won't help. You have to understand I will never leave you."

Kara did not respond, instead she just soaked in Lena's warm hug. What she needed now was a friend, not a girlfriend, just another person that would end up leaving her in the end. Or at least that's what she kept telling herself. Something about this one person seemed different, permanent even. Did she want to risk years of friendship for the risk of something greater?

'That is a question for a different day,' Kara thought as she pushed aside her rampant feelings for Lee and curled up even closer to her. 'Hopefully neither of us will remember this in the morning.'

The Kryptonian closed her eyelids for a heartbeat, opening them seemingly seconds later to harsh light filling the room. Somehow she and Lena had fallen asleep simultaneously and moved slightly during that time. While her head remained against Lena's neck, her right arm loosely hung around the other woman in a sort of cuddling position.