Request by: Superflash2255

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Red Kryptonite can be a devious thing, especially when it falls down onto the Earth and effects National City's Golden Heroine of the century, the cousin of the Man of Tomorrow who resides within Metropolis.

Where it began? It was just a normal day for Supergirl aka Kara Zor-El, or Kara Danvers within her job, CatCo Media and to the rest of her family and friends, Supergirl and Kara Zor-El were the same people, but Kara Danvers? She was a different person.

Smart, nerdy, geeky and the cute girl with the glasses, she may not seem much but it wasn't what her soon to be Husband, her High School Sweetheart, Y/N L/N, saw in her.

He fell in love with Kara Danvers, who was just new to Midvale High at the time, he was her first Earth friend since coming here to Earth at twelve years old, before he even knew the other side of her, the secret she kept from him until the Prom.

When she revealed her true heritage, that she was a Kryptonian, much like Superman, the boy wasn't convinced, until she levitated herself and did mostly all she could to convince him otherwise, but in reality? He just wanted to see her float off the ground and put on a show for him, his vibe was something that Kara loved about Y/N, alongside his charisma and selflessness, he'd help anyone any day of the week.

However... He had to keep it all a secret about Kara's heritage from his parents... Before they eventually found out nonetheless...

Kara Zor-El and Supergirl she came to be some years later, was this goddess like figure. Girly, friendly, powerful and naïve at times, always willing to help others, she thinks that she rubbed it off from her boyfriend... Or well...

Fiancé now, the day after Kara debuted as Supergirl which was just not long ago, Y/N popped the million-dollar question...

To Marry Her.

Ecstatic and all? She said yes almost immediately while her sister that adopted her, Alex Danvers watched with tears of joy, the news spread quickly of the proposal, Y/N insisted he'd take up the last name of the Danvers family, which both his and Kara's adopted mother were alright with.

However...

Things would soon turn for the worse...

When Kara began to act... Stranger as some time continued... From what seemed to be an odd feeling to her that she was effected by something after snuffing out fires raging throughout a building and saving Firemen...

Her behavior began to change drastically some time after, she was being rude, cocky, not giving a damn or feeling sympathy for anyone at all... Prone to anger very quickly and would lash out violently...

Unfortunately... Y/N would fall victim to this lashing out too...

Alex was lectured by Kara... Or at least... Something that was effecting her mind in a way, the Red Kryptonite not known yet, but known soon at least, Alex was on the verge of tears before Red-K Kara dropped the bombshell and dropped off the engagement ring to Alex's feet, which completely sunk Alex's heart, she recalled on Kara not "wanting him anymore" but that wasn't true... Whatever this Kara was saying??

That wasn't her sister talking... That wasn't Supergirl...

It was the Red-K effecting her mind that was talking...

Y/N had tried to stop Kara from making a big mistake, not knowing about the Red-K that was effecting her, then a fight ensued, a fight...

That Y/N could not win...

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"Y/N!!" Alex busted down the door that was the shared apartment of Kara and Y/N Danvers, or soon to be Y/N Danvers at least and her eyes first saw the aftermath of chaos everywhere, broken glass from the vases they owned, little droplets of blood, the sofa was flipped.

"A-Al?" a pained groan spoke up after a minute, rushing in with just her D.E.O pistol, stepping over shards of glass as her eyes fell onto her soon to be brother-in-law, beaten up badly, roughed up in many places, his nose seemed to be broken along with some bruises across his face and body.

"Oh my God..." Alex rushed over, checking out Y/N's injuries as his hissing pained groans continued.

"Al... She's... She's not herself..."

"I know, believe me, I had a first impression of it myself..." she blankly told him quickly, noticing a few broken ribs. "Broken ribs, broken nose, bruises everywhere... I th-thought she..."

"I thought she would too... Or whatever's caused her to act like this" he hissed out, groaning in pain more as Alex tried to get him on his feet. "No use... I'm heavy".

"That's what happens when you work out, too much" Alex rolled her eyes.

"I don't work out... That much" he hissed out a half-truth, as the D.E.O Agent tried to get him onto his feet again.

"Work with me here, I need to get you medical attention, you're lucky you're still conscious".

"Maybe I'm Kryptonian proof, eh?" he joked before groaning again.

"No time for jokes, c'mon! On three..." Alex demanded. "One... Two... Three!" a hissing Y/N successfully got onto his feet with Alex's help, placing an arm around him to support him.

"Hospital?" he asked.

"No... D.E.O, you'll be safe there" she corrected him.

"Alex... There was... Something in her neck, red veins I think?" he spoke lowly. "As if she was effected by Kryptonite?".

"Red Kryptonite?" Alex questioned... "So that's why she's acting like that".

"Wh-Wha?"

"I'll explain later, right now? I'm getting you to the D.E.O" Alex brushed it off, focusing more on helping her soon to be brother-in-law.

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Eventually... Kara would soon be apprehended, though it was a tough fight, but she was soon detained... Now cured from the Red-K effecting her mind, she awoke in a panic, realizing what she had done as she tearfully sputters out apologies, having an emotional breakdown. 

What made it worse was that she remembered hurting her fiancé, physically and emotionally, bursting out more tears as she laid on the table, curing her of the Red-K, sputtering out apology after apology... Her breakdown getting more worse as she remembered taking off the engagement ring, deeply puncturing her heart.

"I don't deserve him! I DON'T deserve HIM!!" all she could say in the next minute, regretting her actions, though it really wasn't her fault at all... Alex could only watch in tears as her adopted sister went through her emotional breakdown.

Once she was cleared and given her suit back to put it on, rather than the capeless suit she worn from earlier, Kara wanted to see Y/N, who was in the other room, awake and beginning to feel a little better, despite the broken ribs and nose which the doctors said "it would take time to heal", Alex handed Kara back the engagement ring and she immediately placed it on her finger.

Her cape rustled behind her as she then walked in, taking deep breaths in and out, refusing to use her x-ray vision to take a peak before entering. Her heart shattered at the sight and state of her soon to be Husband was in, the bruises and broken ribs and nose seemed to turn her frown sadder by the second as tears perked at the brim of her eyes.

"Hey, Honeybee... How you feeling?" Y/N softly asked Kara, now back in her Supergirl attire, her friend Winn Schott from work, made for her, or at least helped in some form.

Supergirl said nothing in return, letting her tears flow down her face as she rushed over and instantly held his hand, having her head hang low as she sobbed quietly, something Y/N could see quite literally as his smile soon faded.

"I'm... I-I'm s-so-"

"Hey..." he interrupted, placing his finger under her chin to lift her head up so he could see her baby blues, even if they were filled with tears. "Don't apologize, I'm not mad or upset with you...".

Supergirl and Kara Danvers did horrible things yes... But it wasn't her fault... The Red Kryptonite made her that way, the Girl of Steel felt so vulnerable at this moment, all the good things she did? It seemed like it all went down the drain.

She could hear people now putting distrust in her after her actions tonight, going rampant at innocent people, almost killing them too, until the D.E.O put a stop to her... Even with force.

Heck, she even almost killed her boss, Cat Grant who owns CatCo, while Kara was in her Supergirl attire, putting a bad stain on Supergirl's reputation with the media now against the fabled Girl of Steel.

"In fact? I love you, Kara Danvers, Supergirl" he softly spoke out before smiling bright, their lips soon connected with a gentle touch after he pulled Kara closer to his face, although she still shed tears, both of his thumbs would wipe them away, anyway.

He noticed that Kara had her engagement ring back on, which made him relieved that it wasn't lost, still? He was glad to have the Kara he knew, back. He missed her more than anything.

Supergirl felt some weight lift off her back, thinking she would be facing the love of her life, now heartbroken and distrusting in her... But it was the complete opposite... Just like with Alex, her sister.

The kiss soon ended after some seconds, at least so Y/N could catch his breath as their foreheads touched, his one hand resting upon her cheek as she sobbed quietly.

"I don't deserve y-you" she said quietly, more tears brimming at the edge of her eyes, which she fought back against.

"Don't give me that" he scolded her playfully. "You deserve me more than you think, what happened wasn't your fault, none of us could've predicted what happened with that Red Kryptonite" he comforted her. "Assuming that Al, caught you up to speed on that".

"Yeah... She has" she responded, knowing her sister was watching from the entrance of the room they were in.

"FYI, we're gonna have to wait on that wedding of yours" the two lovebirds looked toward Alex, her words spreading a sadness amongst Kara's facial expression. "Until Y/N recovers which would probably take three weeks" Alex said from the entrance.

Kara looked down in guilt, guilty of her actions, actions she caused, again feeling like the blame is on her which in a way? It sort of was... But not at the same time.

In the eyes of many? They saw Supergirl commit those horrible deeds...

But at the same time? The Red-K was at war with Kara's mind, making her do all those dark deeds and treating people badly.

Supergirl wasn't that at all...

Or was it a darkness that the Red-K awoke inside of her, making her do all those sorts of things??

"Hey, that's alright" Y/N spoke up, gaining Kara's attention away from the floor. "At least I'll be indoors with my soon to be Superwife right here" he gave out a smile, seemingly cheering up Kara a little as she smiled a little, but not the smile Y/N was hoping for.

"By the way, I've gone ahead and cleaned up the mess that was made within your apartment, the doctor has cleared Y/N to go home to recover for the time being, but he'll have to stay here for a little while longer, just for now, you can take him back home later tonight" Alex informed her sister who acknowledged her but didn't show a smile.

Alex thought it best to leave the two lovebirds the now, let them have their one on one moment together as soon to be Husband and Wife, Y/N's hand tightly grasped Kara's as she looked back at him.

She was unsure of what to say to him, after the situation after all... She felt guilty for the state Y/N is in...

"Well... I can't wait for the flight home" he smiled at her still, aiming to cheer her up with her favorite thing about her powers... And also his favorite power of hers.

"Is that really the only thing you love about me?" Kara lowly asked, with Y/N puckering his lips at her question, his look of worry sprung across his face as he squeezed his hand tighter in the Girl of Steel's.

"Kara... I love everything about you, especially..." he grabbed Kara's cape gently and wrapped it around him since she was close to his bedside, knowing she won't be leaving his side anytime soon. "When you're wearing the red cape or not, whether I see the S on that suit or not" his eyes locked onto her Kryptonian glyph, the very same S that Kara and her cousin wear on their suits. Though personally; Y/N has yet to meet Kara's cousin yet.

His wordings and reassurance was enough to get a smile out of Kara after watching him trace out the House of El glyph of Hope with finger, smiling a little more brighter which was the smile he hoped for earlier.

"There it is! There's the smile I wanted to see" he grinned as Kara quietly chuckled at him.

"Yeah... Maybe I can't wait to fly back home with you in my arms" she admitted finally, before pecking his cheek gently and with tenderness.

"When we do? How about we order some food and your favorite... Potstickers" he suggested, brightening up Kara's face with her favorite thing.

"Okay, maybe I do deserve you" she let out a few giggles, looking into his E/C eyes with love in her baby blues, his hair was amess but she could care less, she was happier now either way.

"Doesn't matter how many bumps we take, Honeybee... We'll triumph through them..." he then said out of the blue, grasping Kara's hand again and using his other to feel the fabric of her cape... A cape that she used to protect him once or twice. "Together".

"Together" she smiled, still not taking her eyes off of him.

"Now... Kiss me" he demanded playfully, Supergirl... His hero, obliged with planting her lips to start a deep kiss, a kiss she needed after the roller-coaster of emotions that happened earlier... She wasn't going to leave his side...

Ever.

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A/N: Never thought I'd be working on these imagines again, especially since I'm busy with Light of Tomorrow and "Justice or Injustice" at this point in time of March 18th, 2024. Hope this was satisfactory to all of you CW Supergirl/Melissa Benoist fans!

She'll always be Supergirl to me... Always.

And who knows? Maybe I might make a new CW Supergirl x Male Reader story at one point...

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