Pink Kryptonite

Pink With Envy

"Don't worry. The signs will be obvious," Alex promised as she finished lacing Supergirl's costume with Pink Kryptonite.

"How will I know?" Lena asked back, but Alex only gave her a teasing and playful wink before sauntering off, leaving the Luthor to wait and wonder. Luckily, though, Lena didn't have to wait for long. Instead, within the next few hours, a crisis ended up occurring towards the outskirts of National City and, just like always, Supergirl was the first to arrive on the scene. Today, however, Lena was the second. It was a bank robbery, but because it was being orchestrated by normal humans, it didn't take Supergirl very long to put an end to the issue.

Once the criminals had all been relocated to cop cars, the Kryptonian was able to take a moment to survey the crowd and make sure no one had been hurt. Not a single bullet had been fired from the thieves, but that didn't mean people wouldn't have somehow gotten injured. As the Kryptonian made a quick visual sweep of the area, however, she caught sight of a painfully familiar face and suddenly, her heart began to pound. Before she even knew what she was doing, the Girl of Steel had flown over to that familiar face.

"Lena!" she cried, and sure enough, it was.

"Supergirl!" Lena smiled back up at her.

"Are you ok?" Supergirl's concern was instant and obvious.

"Oh, yes, I'm fine," Lena promised as Supergirl landed in front of her. "I was only just passing by when this started." Supergirl looked relived, shoulders lowering back into a relaxed position the moment Lena was able to give her word that she was ok.

"Good," the Kryptonian said. Lena hear the genuinely relieved tone in Supergirl's voice and decided to turn it into her first chance at seeing just what the Pink Kryptonite could do...

"It's sweet that you were worried about me," Lena began. All at once, Supergirl began to shuffle her feet and look away. Interesting. "But it really wasn't necessary," Lena continued.

"Not necessary?" Supergirl didn't look up, but Lena heard a disbelief tinged with protectiveness in her voice. Interesting.

"I would've been fine," Lena tried to sound dismissive of her own wellbeing. "The others are far worthier of your time and your concern."

"What?!" Supergirl nearly interrupted the Luthor, finally looking up to meet her eyes head-on. Lena was surprised to see such an intense protectiveness in her crystal blue eyes. In fact, that protectiveness was bordering on... anger?

"Don't be ridiculous!" the Kryptonian continued passionately. "You are just as important as anyone else!" Lena raised an eyebrow, genuinely surprised by just how fiercely Supergirl was reacting to this idea that Lena's safety shouldn't be one of her concerns. But Supergirl caught herself at the same time Lena did and, while asking why on Earth she was acting like this, she sealed her lips again, but Lena wasn't done with her yet...

"It is sweet that you care," the Luthor repeated, pretending to look flattered and touched.

"Of course I care about you, Lena!" Supergirl sounded hurt that Lena had thought otherwise, but Lena wasn't just focused on that tonal change in Supergirl's voice, she was also fixated on the fact that Supergirl had just called her 'Lena' instead of 'Ms. Luthor'...

"I am sorry to have ever misjudged you," Lena replied. "Can you ever forgive me for doubting you?" she put on the most sincere and sweet expression she could and, just as planned, it worked like a charm.

"Of course I couldn't stay mad at you," the Girl of Steel began, but once Lena raised another eyebrow at this passionate remark, she amended her statement. "I mean, of course I couldn't stay mad at you about something this trivial!" she cleared her throat awkwardly, but Lena continued to give her an almost knowing look that she could no longer meet. It was funny, seeing the Girl of Steel, National City's greatest champion and defender, looking so shy and uncertain. She looked like she was trying far too hard to keep her voice level. Lena loved it.