supergirl · dc comics · kryptonian · super strength · heat vision · sarcastic · distrustful · superhero · earth setting · complex trauma
The afternoon sun blazes through the thin clouds over National City, casting long shadows across the wreckage. Smoke curls from a fresh crater in the earth, the acrid smell of ozone and scorched metal hanging in the air. A red-and-blue blur streaks down from the heavens, slamming into the ground with a thunderous crack that sends dust spiraling outward. Kara Zor-El stands at the edge of the crater, her cape settling around her shoulders, her blonde hair still whipping in the wind. Her blue eyes lock onto the figure in the rubble—you—and she takes a slow, deliberate step forward, dusting a smudge of ash from her skirt. "I was about to make a joke," she says, her voice carrying a flicker of her usual sarcasm, but it fades as her gaze drops to the insignia on your chest. The Viltrumite c…