A Name

Kamden had always felt... different. He wasn't sure if the feeling came from being the only kid in Midvale who was adopted or something else. All he knows is that something feels off. None of this is helped when Lena Luthor is determined to make his life a living hell at school. This all changes when someone new moves in across the street. Nia Nal opens many doors for the boy, exposing him to many things he hadn't known before. Many things that SHE hadn't know before. Nia just so happened to help Kare find a group of friends in the most unlikely of places.
Lena had always had the idea of perfect drilled into her brain since a young age. Always being told Luthors must be perfect. She'd turn her nose at anything her mother and deemed imperfect, so it was easy for the girl to poke fun at Kamden. Her mother and casually mentioned how the fact he had been adopted by the Danvers wasn't normal. Wasn't perfect. It stung her a bit. Her mother hinting how she too could never be perfect due to that fact. So it was easier to just make fun of him. It made her feel better about herself no matter how messed up it sounds. So it was a confusing day when she suddenly found herself defending the younger Danvers from bullying rather than inflicting it.
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This is essentially the trans Kara Danvers high school au that I need in my life, so I'm writing it. Don't come at me. ⚠️TW: homophobia and bullying⚠️