The Great Gatsby
Some people would say that Lena Luthor, the CEO of LCorp, would be impossible to beat. What they didn't know was that simple puppy eyes from her daughter would be her downfall.
The blonde had given her the perfect puppy eyes, a sad smile, with a small sad eyebrow quirk, and glossy eyes. The black-haired woman would literally give the blonde everything she wanted it, whenever she wanted.
Lena Luthor played in amusement as the young girl ate two pines of cookies and cream vegan ice cream while playing on chess with her. The young Luthor had skills and determination, she saw a lot of herself in the young girl and it scared her since she knew that part of that came a lot of hurting.
Lena would have never wanted to bring the same pain or any pain that was inflicted in her to her child. She would want to be happy and to have the best of the best. She would give them the whole galaxy if she could. That is why she came across the question that was bugging her mind.
“Are you happy?” Lena asked her daughter with glossy eyes and a worried look.
The blonde responded quickly as she looked up from the board with a crinkle in between her eyebrows.“I'm sorry, what?”
“How do you feel?” The older Luthor asked again, knowing that the response of the girl was way too quick, she did the same thing, responding as fast as she could so there wasn't any hesitation of a lie.
“There is no confusion like the confusion of a simple mind. F. Scott Fitzgerald in-” The blonde said getting back to the board.
Lena said as she interrupted the young girl with a small voice. “The Great Gatsby”
The blonde nodded in the knowledge of her mother’s answer and kept playing. The Half Kryptonian was noticing her mother’s attitude and she knew her well enough to know when her mom was doubting something.
“Is there something you might want to ask?” The green-eyed girl cleared her throat and distanced herself from the board before talking, making Lena glance at her with confusion and worried as if she had done something wrong.
The older Luthor asked, making the girl smile.“How is school, you should be in your Senior year, right? How do you feel about it?”
“I'm not a Senior, I'm halfway into my electronic engineering at MIT and in the first year of my physics engineering also in MIT ” The blonde responded with a shy smile.
Lena said surprised, as she chuckled awkwardly she should have expected. “Wow, that is surprising”
What the older Luthor didn't notice until a few moments after is that the girl was looking at her scared as if she understood that her mother was disappointed in her.
“No, not in a bad way, impressively and outstandingly,” Lena said immediately after seeing the blonde reaction, making the girl shake her head in understanding.
“Yeah mom I got i-” The girl said with a reassuring small smile, before interrupting herself with wide eyes as she noticed what she said.
Lena had stopped her breathing and was staring at her daughter. The blonde started murmuring ‘sorry’. In a blinking moment, the young girl was on the verge of tears shaking her head as she kept her hands closed fiercely making blood draw from her palms.
The older Luthor snapped out of her mind and walked over to the young girl that was on the edge of a panic attack. And slowly grabbed the young girl in an embrace, the young half Kryptonian whimpered in pain for a few seconds before hugging back gripping her mom's shirt as she cried.
The black-haired woman whispered into the blonde's hair, sweet and reassuring things until the sobbing blonde calmed down. “It’s okay darling, you are okay”
“I’m sorry” The blonde murmured again as she pulled away.
“You don't need to apologize for feeling something and neither for calling me mom, okay darling?” Lena put a comforting hand on the blonde shoulder as she spoke.
The girl responded after a small nod.“Yes mom”
After a few moments of comfortable silence and a calming chess game. Lena sighed in defeat when she noticed the board. The blonde girl had her in checkmate.
The green-eyed girl giggled softly when she noticed her mother’s expression. Lena looked up to see her daughter with a small smile as she spoke. “Did I teach you?”
“You could say that” The blonde responded quietly as she started to rearrange the board.
The older Luthor nodded in acknowledgment before speaking again. “It’s late, we should head out to the penthouse”
“I don't wanna disturb-”
“Don't you dare to finish that sentence, I'm your mom, I’m supposed to take care of you, you are sleeping in the guest room whether you like it or not”
The blonde nodded, knowing that if she tried to argue, she was going to lose anyway.
Flashback - September 7, 20
The blonde stood in front of the mirror in the bathroom as she finished her social skills. The green-eyed blonde was about to enter the Gala of the launching of her glasses, nervous was an understatement.
The young Luthor arranged her glasses before breathing as she walked out of the room. The LCorp gala was crowded as the blonde started to look for her best friend and her family but was stopped when a soft hand caught her back.
“I'm not interested-...” The blonde started but stopped as she saw the face of a familiar blue-eyed girl with a smile.
The green-eyed Luthor hugged immediately and chuckled as she did. After pulling apart the young Luthor spoke up again.“Madi? What are you doing here?”
“You do realize my last name is Wayne right?” The blue-eyed girl said as she chuckled, shaking her head at her oblivious friend.
“Right, so you are here because of Wayne’s industries and LCorp association” The blonde responded, more as a question than a statement.
The black-haired smiled softly before responding.”Yeah, well it wasn't just for that, I also came because my favorite person in MIT was launching her glasses”
The green-eyed girl giggled and blushed after the comment of her friend. Unknowingly that the Superfamily and superfriends stood a few feet away with smiles and some frowns on their faces.
The blue-eyed girl started to speak but was interrupted when the voice of the older Arias interrupted the conversation. “Sweets I'm sorry but I need to talk to you real quick”
The blonde girl nodded, before turning to her college friend ”Do you mind? I will find you in a few.”
The Wayne girl shot a smile before shooking her head slightly while speaking “No, don’t worry Lizzie, I will see you later”
The half Kryptonian smiled as the Wayne girl walked away leaving the Arias and the young Luthor alone.
Sam spoke up as she hugged the girl.“I'm so proud of you, little genius”
“Thanks, Aunt Sam” the girl responded as she softly smiles while they pulled away.
The brunette woman had a frown on her face as they did, which made the girl question as she moved her glance in the direction. “What?-”
There stood Ruby uncomfortable talking with a tall guy. The brown-eyed girl was in the line of cinnamon bum and warpath and the guy was not seeing the red flags. The blonde put on a Luthor smirk and looked at her aunt who gave her a soft nod as she smiled while rolling her eyes.
The Luthor girl walked to her best friend with a small smile and she caught the glance of the Arias girl. Ruby immediately opened her right arm with a champagne cup which she had grabbed from the waiters and gave it to the blonde as she put her hand on the young Luthor's waist.
The green-eyed girl gave her cheek a small peck as a greeting before turning her attention with a quirked eyebrow to the young man as she extended her hand. “Nice to meet you, Mr...”
“Aaron, Aaron Lord” The tall guy responded with a fake smile as he returned the handshake to the blonde.
“I wasn't interrupted, was I?”The half Kryptonian blonde ignored his irritated expression as she asked the brown-eyed girl.
Immediately the brown-eyed and the Lord guy responded at the same time. The black-haired man with an irritated voice and fake smile and Ruby with a soft smile and tone.
“Actually yes”
“No, of course not babe. We were just finishing”
The blonde smiling nodded before smiling softly as the Arias girl excused both of them leaving the Lord guy with a frown on his face.
“Thanks, Rao, I thought I was not gonna get out of that one, drinks are on me,” The brown eyed girl said as she hugged the blonde. Lizzie just smiled and rolled her eyes at her best friend's statement.
The blonde asked as her eyes kept moving in the crowd trying to find her parents and her siblings.“Have you seen them?”
Ruby opened and closed her mouths a few times before loudly sighing grabbing the attention of House of EL member “Aunt Lena is talking to the board, Aunt Kara had a problem in Catco and had to fly out, the twins Lu and Star went with aunt Kara, Jo had a meeting with the team and Al stayed at the DEO because of the White Martian”
The blonde looked away from her best friend before clenching her fists as tears threatened to come out. The blonde took one last sip of her champagne before speaking as she composed herself. “Ohh okay”
The Arias girl tried to comfort the blonde, but the green-eyed girl began to walk out as her best friend began speaking interrupting her “Li-”
“I'm gonna head out home, I need to work on something,” The blonde said as she began to walk faster.
Ruby sighed deeply as she knew the young Luthor would not back down from her position, Lizzie wasn't going to open up her ‘boxes’ at the moment. “Lizzie- okay I will walk you to the car, I need to stay to close the gala”
The half Kryptonian grabbed her coat and walked out of the building where she was met by many paparazzi asking questions at the same time.
“How do you feel about this invention?”
“Is it true that your mother, Mrs. Luthor Danvers was the one who did the product and not you?”
“Are you finally coming out of your family shadow?”
“Why didn't you work in CatCo like your siblings?”
“Why are you not working with LCorp like your sister Alura?
“Do you have any doubts on LCorp or CatCo ”
But a certain question was the one that grabbed Luthor's attention. And Ruby knew the blonde wasn't gonna let go of it.
“Is it true that behind every successful person is a strong woman?” Asked a woman who was in the back of the crowd.
The blonde deeply sighed before giving them the best smile as she responded with the calmest tone.“Ohh I wouldn't know I never stood behind anyone”
The black-haired woman in the back, smirked as if she had just won the lottery. Ruby who was behind the blonde Luthor clenched her jaw, she knew where the situation was going and that is why she stood behind her best friend as she grasped her hand with superpowers.
The blonde noticed her best friend's attitude and whispered in Kryptonian “tæ?” in which Ruby’s response was to grip her hand harder, which was something they did when they were growing up, which meant for the girl to stay calm.
The moment was broken when the same woman made a louder statement, which made everyone shocked. The reporters and paparazzi were silent and with their attention in the blonde.“You always stood behind your family”
Lizzie clenched her fists as she pulled her away from Ruby's as she contained her tears. The blonde felt all of her insecurities come up in the open, her insecurities are something she never talked about with anyone, she didn't want to burn anyone with her thoughts or feelings.
The blonde reacted after a few seconds, putting up a Luthor facade as she spoke into the nearest microphone with a stern tone before getting into her car, leaving her best friend behind.“Just because you see our public lives doesn't mean you know us”
The blonde entered the car and left in the back seat as she watched out of the window. Without knowing a black limousine was in front of the LCorp building with a familiar face watching the blonde’s every move.