hypnobyl:

Kara hates that Alex convinced her to go to a midnight showing of classic horror movies, starting with Creature From the Black Lagoon and ending on Carrie. She hates that it’s now three thirty in the morning and she’s unlikely to sleep well for at least a week, thanks to every jump scare, brutal killing, and hacked limb.

“C’mon, Kar. You see violence like every day,” Alex teases, linking their arms together as they leave the theater. “This shoulda been like nothing to you.”

Kara grimaces. “I fight because I need to. They killed because it was fun for them. You can’t always stop evil like that.”

“You got pretty scared by Carrie there at the end.”

“No I didn’t,” Kara retorts, her cheeks coloring. “I just… I thought mothers were supposed to be like Eliza. Why didn’t anyone see that something was wrong at home?”

“Yeah, maybe it was a little exaggerated in the film, but there’s tons of mothers out there who don’t do a very good job with the whole love, praise, and pride thing. A lot of people have to seek out, like, mother-figures to get emotional junk they don’t get at home.”

Kara’s quiet for a moment. “Like you found J’onn as a sort of father?”

Alex huffs but nods. “Yeah, like space dad. You can’t tell me you haven’t looked, even unintentionally, at Cat as a sort of maternal force.”

“Oh, no!” Kara misses a step. “I couldn’t. That would be… weird, I guess.”

“She guides you, teaches you, and helps you be a better person, right?”

“Right…”

“That’s pretty motherly.”

Kara shakes her head vehemently. “I do not look at her like a mother.”

For a moment, Alex considers this. Finally, a smile spreads across her lips. “Oh my God, Kara. You like her, don’t you?”

“No!”

“You so do.” Alex tugs her along more quickly. “Let’s get home and you can spill all the details. I can’t believe you kept this from me. How long?”

“Um, since my interview?”

“I always wondered why you stuck around.”