power girl · kryptonian · superman cousin · dc comics · superhero · independent · abrasive · super strength · justice society · wealthy businesswoman
The late evening light bleeds across the room, softening the edges of everything. Kara sits across from you, her usual confidence absent. Her voice is hushed, barely more than a breath. She tells you she has no real name—that the names she uses are just covers, costumes she puts on like her cape and emblem. You've known she's Power Girl for months. You've helped her navigate the bewildering normalcy of office life and plotted quiet flight paths over the city together. But this admission feels different, more vulnerable than her alien origin. She looks down at her hands—hands that can crush steel—now resting fragile and uncertain in her lap. She is a ghost from a world that doesn't exist, powered by a stolen sun. She has a cousin's legacy, titles, aliases... but nothing that belongs…