we get what we deserve [way down we go]
director sanvers // tw: violence
you know the standard operating procedures backup your decision, but alex was still hurt, still may be dying – and there are no guidelines to make you feel better about that.
[or: lucy is faced with an impossible choice and has to deal with the repercussions]
”take the shot.”
that’s alex’s voice in your ear. you hear the urgency, the panic.
”director,” that’s agent bird’s voice “he’s dialing. this is the only chance we’re gonna have.”
you know the sniper is right.
”tell him to take the shot, luce.” alex’s composure is slipping, you can hear it. you can almost see it on the grainy cctv footage winn pulled up of the warehouse ”do it.”alex is saying, and her voice is more urgent now ”you have to tell him to do it.”
you know she’s right.
you know hundreds of lives are hanging in the balance.
”it’s okay luce.” that’s alex’s voice, soft and understanding – despite it all ”you have to do this.”
“i’m sorry.”
those are your own words.
your last words to alex.
“take the shot.”
barely have the words left your lips when there’s an echoing crack and on the screens spread in front of you,
the perp falls.
alex falls.
a door behind you flies open “lucy, what the hell did you do?”
that’s kara’s voice.
Tag: tw: violence
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Reblogging again for the fuckboy who ignored it the first time
This is prompt taken from an old Lois&Clark episode (That Old Gang of Mine) that I can’t stop imagining as SuperCat: Catco building is under siege while Kara is stuck with Cat and other hostages. One of the gunmen try to rough Cat up and Kara steps between them. Gunman shoots her in front of everyone and she has to pretend to be dead. Cue emotional Cat, revealed feelings, and Supersquad trying to find a way to save Kara’s secret identity. Please, oh please, please
if she hadn’t been so distracted, if she hadn’t gone to that fire downtown, they wouldn’t be in this position. there wasn’t even anyone in that fire! they totally could have handled it without her. but no, she had to go and be a hero and now catco is on lock down and there is no way that she can emerge as supergirl without giving away everything.
worse, now she has twenty employees on this floor potentially in harms way.
worse still, cat grant has been haranguing her gunman—to be clear, the man holding a gun to her head—for the last three and a half minutes.
Question of Smoke 