Fight or Flight

"But I love you," Kara says, as if the statement doesn't knock the air right out of her lungs, leaving her hanging on just a thread of her sanity. Something awful wraps itself around her throat, squeezing. "I love you, Lena, I-"

And this last sentence, this last string of honesty between them; it's what really breaks her. Because Kara has no right to do this, no right to-

"Stop it!" Lena cries, and she knows she needs to get this out, knows that she can't stop once she says it, "You think this will fix anything?" She points an accusing finger, a fire burning, burning, burning across her chest; shrivelling whatever sense of direction she has left. She has nowhere to go now, nowhere to hide. And, for the first time in her life, she doesn't know what to do. It's this helplessness, this ability to do nothing, that scares her the most. "I was the one in love with you! I was the one who trusted you with anything! I gave you everything, every single part of me, and you broke it all with a lie!"

or,

a rewrite of season 5. cue some mutual pining, dramatic gays, and a whole bucketload of angst to get you through the day.

(Disclaimer: I don't own Supergirl, or any of the characters. This is made purely for entertainment.)