driftfleet | may mingle (blameless!)

[ takes her arm and heads out. she mostly tries to keep her composure on the way over, but once they make it to the bar she flops her head dramatically on her arms on the table ]

Hey, sunspot. Chin up.

[ kate nabs a stool next to kara, and doesn't hesitate to curl her calloused fingers gently around her elbow. ] Tell me what's up.

[ kara flops her head to face Kate ]

I was being dumb and flirting with Hank but it turns out his ex is here and he, quote, "doesn't want to hurt me".

[ why isn't invisibility one of her superpowers ]

[ oh, hank, you are cruisin' for a bruisin'. ]

...Doesn't sound much like an ex to me. [ seriously. ] What, you figure he's still hung up on her? Or him?

[ no judgement here. ]

Well, clearly he still feels hung up on her. He did the whole "it's complicated" routine.

[ god dammit. ]

Boys suck. [ she scoots her stool closer to kara's and gives her arm a gentle squeeze. ] But that doesn't make you dumb for flirting. That makes him dumb for not being able to get over his ex. Those kinda stories never end well.

Yeah, except this just happened to me at home. Oh, perfect guy who knows your secret identity just happens to start working with you? Awesome. Except I got too nervous and waited too long and his ex who just happens to be I don't know, gorgeous and accomplished came to town to reconcile with him.

They're broken up now, but I wouldn't want to be a rebound, and anyway, I'm here. I was just kind of hoping for a fresh start.

[ girl, you know who else is gorgeous and accomplished? you.

kate signals the bartender. maybe kara can't get drunk, but they can at least commiserate over something fun-coloured. ]

You want me to put an arrow through his favourite piece of lab equipment? I'm not above petty revenge when it's in the service of someone else.

Probably not... I mean, I'm still first in line to try any ice cream he ends up synthesizing. And he's a good guy. I wasn't entirely sure—between the age difference and maybe being too similar, who knows if it would've worked out. But I just feel mortified.

No, no, no. He doesn't get to make you feel that way. [ he should feel mortified. kara said she'd already been flirting -- it's not like hank could have been so blind to it. he's the one that let her flirt right up until this point where it was suddenly too complicated. at least, that's kate's pov. ]

I'm pretty sure I'm making me feel this way.

Well, stop. Or I'll be forced to find you an acceptable one-night-stand to wipe the slate clean and you seem way too nice for that.

[ oh! look! drinks! kate grabs hers and slurps an initial sip through a straw. ]

[ she sips hers, too. I HOPE IT'S BRIGHT BLUE ]

Yeah that's not really my style.

Do you think it's silly to want something here though? Maybe I'm just jealous of Winn.

Silly? No. [ she puffs her cheeks. ] It's human nature. [ oh wait. ] Probably non-human nature, too. Things are slow, here. We don't have to go out and worry about life-and-death situations, like some of us do back home...

We finally have the opportunity to think about wanting something that doesn't interfere with the work we do. So it's only natural.

It's not like I don't understand it wouldn't last forever. But I feel like, okay, I could've died with the rest of my planet, or at home I could be killed or— I mean, you know. The superhero lifestyle isn't exactly prime for relationships.

We can't always afford the distraction. [ kate nods. ] So why not get a little distracted, here? [ ... ] Just, don't let what happened with Hank dissuade you from that.

Fine, but I don't want to keep embarrassing myself?

Understandable, but -- Kara, you got something working for you, now, that you didn't have before.

What's that?

Hawkeye. [ ... ] The best Hawkeye, at that.

Are you offering to be my wingman, Hawkeye?

I am. If you'll have me.

I imagine with a codename like that you'd make a great wingman.

Well, I'll take that as a yes. [ ... ] Which reminds me -- what are some of your hard nos in a partner? Who could you, like, never date?

[ she finishes up her drink ]

This stays between us? I really mean it. I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

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