Suits and Boxers

"Hey, Kara! How do I look?" Kara heard Lena calling out to her as she emerged from the bedroom of Kara's apartment. The CEO had spent the night with the reporter after a rather anti-Luthor man had managed to break into Lena's home. While her home was being renovated with new security and while she waited for everything to simmer down, Kara had offered to act as the Luthor's host for the next day or two. Lena had not hesitated to take Kara up on that offer. She had, however, protested slightly when Kara offered to sleep on the couch while Lena took the bedroom, but nothing Lena said or did would stop Kara from insisting so, in the end, Lena caved to Kara's demands and took the bed. Now, with the sun just peeking up over the horizon, Lena had woken up and was getting ready for work. She'd made sure to bring some spare clothes while spending the night at Kara's.

Kara, meanwhile, turned around, having already been in the kitchen and devouring breakfast. She had been expecting Lena's typical wardrobe of a white blouse and a black skirt with black heels. What she got was Lena in full suit-and-tie mode. Her hair was pulled back in a tight ponytail that managed to look professional and elegant, despite only being a ponytail. She wore a confident smile, even winking at Kara and raising a questioning eyebrow. But despite this more playful accent to her expression, her posture was tall and proud. It was a very large-and-in-charge moment for Lena and it was abundantly clear she was channeling her inner CEO hard. She even crossed her arms and raised her chin to increase her no-nonsense, down-to-business seriousness. The commanding authority radiating off her was more than queenly, it was god(ddess)ly!

When Kara turned around and got an eyeful of all of that, she opened her mouth to gasp and speak all at once, forgetting that she still had half of a breakfast donut shoved in there as well. Suffice to say, it only took about two seconds for Kara to start choking, sputtering. It was mortifyingly embarrassing, to be choking to death (metaphorically speaking, of course) in front of her crush like this, but what else was Kara supposed to do when Lena "Sexy Badass in a Suit" Luthor sauntered out of the bedroom like that? Did Lena not know that her smile could kill a thousand people? And don't even get started on her eyebrows! Kara was sure that if the choking didn't kill her (which it wouldn't), Lena's overall appearance would. Kara was suddenly flooded with dirty fantasies of a domineering "CEO Lena" and she hated herself all the more as she managed to think those kinds of thoughts while gagging on a donut.

But the 'badass' part of Kara's assessment of Lena faded the moment Kara began clutching at her throat, still trying to hack up her donut. At once, Lena's face turned into one of concern and alarm. She walked quickly over to Kara, reaching out to the girl as she continued to choke.

"Woah, woah, Kara!" Lena put one hand on Kara's arm while she used the other to pat Kara's back, starting gently and then progressively getting harder and harder as Kara continued to cough. Once again, despite the seriousness of the moment, only comical thoughts could fill Kara's head.

The first was amusement that Lena thought that a mere donut mishap could kill a Kryptonian (though this wasn't Lena's fault, she still had no idea Kara wasn't entirely human). The second thought was in the similar vein, amusement that Lena was worried she might hurt Kara. In the back of Kara's mind, she was urging Lena to hit harder, it wasn't like a few slaps on the back from a mere human would do any harm to a Kryptonian! Then the third thought, and perhaps the most random and inappropriate of all, was that even though Lena was only slapping her on the back, Kara couldn't help but think about where else Lena could've slapped her. The thought made Kara want to giggle, except she couldn't. But it also made her blush, which she had been doing ever since she first saw Lena strutting in in that blasted suit! Just for a moment, Kara was glad she was choking, because at least it gave her an excuse as to why she was so red-faced!

At last, Kara felt the donut coming out of her windpipe. She quickly pushed Lena away and gave one more powerful cough. The donut shot out of her mouth like a bullet, landing all the way on the other side of the room. Kara was horrified, for multiple reasons. Her biggest was that Lena would question how Kara had been able to cough that far, but luckily, even though Lena did look astounded with how far that donut had gone, she didn't say anything other than: