A Princess for Christmas

Rating: ABO, Alpha Kara, Omega Lena, explicit.

Description: This is based on the Christmas movie A Princess for Christmas, starring Katie.

Tags:  Comedy, fluff, softness and some angst. (The whole thing is in keeping with the general mood of the film - and if you've seen it, you'll know exactly what I'm talking about). Slight enemies... to instant smitten idiots...??
Masturbating each other, barebacking, knotting, etc. and so forth.





The Christmas season was a time of wonder and peace for Lena Luthor, even though she was estranged from all of her blood relatives. She had her own little chosen family: her best friends Sam, Jack, and Jess, and ever since college they had made their own traditions. They baked cookies together, and Jess cooked them a fabulous five course meal that was a fusion of Thai, Italian, Colombian, and Indian cuisine, which covered the bases on all of their different cultures. Lena brought the booze and joked that it was her contribution as an Irishwoman.

It had taken Lena by surprise when Jess and Jack announced their engagement one year, but she didn’t expect that it would change their holiday traditions altogether.

The perfect storm of conditions occurred when Jack announced that he had a job offer in London. He and Jess made the transatlantic move, and that meant Lena and Sam were alone the next year at Christmas with her five year old daughter, Ruby.

Despite all of the differences, they had a lovely Christmas together — but the year that followed that one was much harder. Sam was in a car accident and passed away from complications at the end of August, leaving Lena all that was precious to her, including her daughter.

The grief and depression that came over Lena needed to be shoved aside, because what mattered most was taking care of Ruby and making Sam proud. She hired a part time nanny and bought a stack of books on parenting so she could learn what to do. Lena already knew what not to do from her own experiences with her mother.

Ruby had a precocious and curious nature, which one afternoon led to her walking out of Lena’s office and out into the streets of the city to do her own Christmas shopping. It was terrifying for Lena to turn around and realize the five year old was missing, but after that one big incident, she began to adapt better to her new role as Ruby’s guardian, though it was hard to deal with a demanding job and a raising child.

Lena had gotten word from her boss that she would have to work through Christmas, so she put up a tree next to her desk and wrapped some tinsel around her chair, but she knew the whole ambience of an office in a very busy tech company was the exact opposite of the type of holiday she wanted to provide for Ruby.

She stressed over it for a few weeks until finally it was the week before Christmas and Ruby was off from school. Lena attempted to do all of the things Sam would have done with her, including attend the ballet and the Christmas tree lighting, though she could sense a building discontent in Ruby.

They were both taken by surprise late one night when they returned to Lena’s apartment after work.

There was a strange little man in a bow tie waiting outside Lena’s door, who introduced himself as Winn, and explained that he was a good friend of Alexandra Danvers.

Lena had never met Alex and only knew her to be the alpha who knocked Sam up.

Winn held out an envelope addressed to Lena and explained that it was an invitation to Christmas in Belgium. “Alex would really like to meet Ruby.”

“Ruby, why don’t you go inside and pick out a Christmas cookie that this man can choke on — I mean eat—“

Lena heard the door swing open and glanced back to see Ruby stepping inside the apartment, then she set her cold eyes on Winn. “If Alex wanted to meet Ruby, maybe she should have turned up five years ago when my best friend Sam invited her along to the birth.”

“She couldn’t, unfortunately, and I know for a fact that she regrets it,” Winn emphasized and pulled open a satchel that held a Christmas present all wrapped up in ribbon. “This is for Ruby. She’s lost so much in her young life, and I just hope I can persuade you to come to Belgium this year. I’m sure it will be an improvement on whatever you have planned.”

Lena shot him an icy glare and hurried inside when she heard a loud clatter.

Ruby had dropped a plate of cookies, and she burst into tears when she looked down at all of the broken pieces.

“Oh, no—it’s okay, honey, we can make more,” Lena whispered and lifted the small girl into her arms to calm her down.

Ruby sobbed into her shoulder and clutched onto her dress. “No, I broke the special one with the snowflake that we made for mommy.”

It devastated Lena to listen to Ruby’s soft cries and hiccups. It reminded her of the time when she had broken the chain on a pretty locket that had belonged to her own mother who passed away when she was young.

She rocked Ruby and glanced around to find Alex’s present just sitting there all tied up in such a pretty bow.

“We’ll make your mommy a dozen more cookies, okay?” Lena whispered fiercely and patted Ruby’s back a few times before carrying her over to where the present was resting. “This is a present for you,” she added and sat Ruby down her lap so she could reach for the giant box.


She passed the gift into Ruby’s small hands and hoped to hell she wasn’t making the wrong choice.

Unlike most children, Ruby was careful with opening presents and pulled neatly at the bow, then tugged at the tape to see what was inside. When Ruby lifted the lid off the lovely box within, she found a beautiful, soft rabbit. It looked to be from the same expensive brand as the bear that Sam had given Ruby on her first birthday.

Ruby grabbed the rabbit and gave it a rough hug, and Lena at last breathed out a sigh of relief that the little girl’s tears were drying.

“Ruby, I want to talk to you about a very serious matter,” Lena whispered, half hoping that the child would be too distracted by the gift to listen to her.

Ruby cocked her head to the side and then nodded, “Okay.”

“We’ve been invited to Belgium this year.” Lena stared at the globe in her living room and then shifted Ruby off her lap so she could point out where it was by tracing her finger across the distance they would have to travel. “Remember how your mom told you about Alex? She’s your other parent and she would like to meet you. She apparently has a home in Belgium—”

Ruby’s eyes rounded at that and she hugged the toy rabbit closer before asking, “Do we have to go?”

Lena responded with a little too much enthusiasm, even though she had wanted to allow Ruby to have her say in the matter. “No, we don’t, we could stay here for Christmas. You already know I have to work, but we can do everything we normally do—“

Ruby furrowed her brow in a rather moody way, then firmly announced, “We’re going.”

The kid was so stern about it that Lena could have sworn she was talking to Sam.

Reaching up to grab her hand, Ruby dragged her across the apartment and into her bedroom, where she immediately started packing.

Lena didn’t know what to expect from their first meeting with Alex, but she didknow what she planned to give the alpha for Christmas. A slap across the face.

Their first class flight was scheduled for the early next morning, and Ruby curled up in bed with her, so Lena had no doubts that they wouldn't be missing it.

Around four AM, Ruby shook her awake like it was already Christmas morning, and then danced off to get dressed.

Lena fixed the girl’s hair as always, which meant that she had no time to do her own, so she just brushed it fast and left it curly. She pulled on a hat before going downstairs with Ruby to get their car to the airport.

During the flight, they watched movies, and read several picture books, and even colored in a Christmas card for Alex, which was all Ruby’s idea.

Lena began to have doubts about reuniting Ruby with the alpha who spawned and abandoned her. If the first meeting went badly, she wondered if Ruby would spend future Christmases feeling even worse, both mourning her mom and experiencing sadness over the fact that Alex wasn’t in her life.

It pissed Lena off so much that she could scarcely appreciate the scenery during their drive through the Belgium countryside.

It didn’t register at first when they arrived at their destination that the place wasn’t a simple home like she thought it would be, but a castle located on sprawling acres of snow-dusted land.

“This is amazing,” Ruby cheerfully whispered and pointed at the castle with a bright smile. “I’m getting a princess for Christmas.”

It was such a thing that only a five year old would say, and Lena couldn’t resist the small smile that tugged at just one corner of her lips. She hated that she was drawn in by the magic of the castle and all of the fluttering snowflakes that drifted around them when they exited the car. Lena glanced up at a high window to see someone waiting on them.


Even at such a distance, their eyes connected and Lena stared too long into their friendly blue.

It almost made Lena forget her plans for Alex, but when Ruby scampered off to play in the snow, and a butler came down to announce that Miss Danvers would be out to join them immediately, Lena saw her opportunity.


She was shivering from the cold, and yet she felt all warm inside as she considered her next moves, and how this would make up for all of the years that Sam suffered.


The second that Miss Danvers appeared, Lena’s nerve wavered because she was taken aback that it was the same person she had seen through the window — blonde, athletic, and hot, even in a ridiculous preppy outfit.

Lena remembered herself, and before they could shake hands, she slapped the alpha across the face.

Ruby was well away from them when it happened, and no one else witnessed it, but Lena thought it was the perfect greeting for someone who had abandoned her friend and child.


“That’s for my best friend,” Lena announced, her tone frostier than the chill air around them. “If you treat your daughter anything like you treated Sam, this won’t be the last time I slap you.”

The alpha rubbed her face, but then just stared at her, still radiating such friendliness and warmth that Lena didn’t know what to do with herself.


“Kara, your niece may want a warmer coat,” The butler called out, and Lena realized that she had made a terrible mistake.


“I’m Kara Danvers, but my sister Alex will be here soon,” the alpha clarified and put out her hand to take Lena’s, in spite of her apparent misunderstanding. “It’s a pleasure to meet you, Lena Luthor.”


Lena’s heart skipped when Kara kissed her knuckles and she almost tripped backwards over a snow-covered rose bush when the alpha came closer.

Suddenly a kindly looking older woman in an apron rushed from the house with a small jacket, gloves and hat for Ruby, and the same outerwear for Lena.


“I made a few assumptions about you, too. I thought you might not come prepared for our winter weather.” Kara reached out to grab the coat before Lena could bother with it herself. “Please, let me help you.”


Lena stared in heavy silence before turning around to let the charming alpha dress her, and then she trembled, but not from the cold. “Thank you.”

She slid along in the snow to lead Kara to Ruby and contemplated how best to apologize—but Kara seemed to understand that she was sorry.


“It’s okay,” Kara gently whispered as they crunched through the ice that covered the powdery snow. “You were being defensive of your friend and my niece, and I would never fault you for that.”


“It’s just that I don’t want Ruby getting hurt,” Lena insisted as she couldn’t help but think back to her own experiences. “I was impulsive about slapping you and I am sorry for that.”


Kara laughed and rubbed at her cheek again where it must have still stung. “It would have been deserved if I had been Alex. For what it’s worth, she regrets how she handled everything with Sam.”

Lena had questions about that, though her interrogation would have to wait. She saw Ruby rolling out a snowman in her new coat, and Lena hurried over to take her small hand and bring her to Kara.

“This is Kara. She’s your aunt,” Lena muttered and directed her eyes back to Kara, who walked over and bent down to Ruby’s level.

“It’s nice to finally meet you, Ruby. I hope this is the first Christmas of many that we’ll spend together.” Kara’s soft words seemed to please the child, who smiled back at the alpha and nodded.

“Will you help me build a snowman?” Ruby asked and formed a new snowball in her gloved hand to begin the snowman’s head.

“Of course. I happen to be an expert in building entire snow villages,” Kara bragged and began to show Ruby how best to roll the snow.

They spent an hour making five snow people — one for Kara, Lena, Ruby, Alex, and for Sam.


After that, Kara led them back inside to the most decadent hot chocolate Lena ever tasted. The grand hall had such high ceilings that Lena found herself staring up at them as she walked inside and to the dining room with a long polished wooden table. The silver plates on the table were real and servants hurried around the family to take their coats and to tuck them into the comfortable chairs with treats and their warm drinks.

Lena rested both of her hands on her goblet of hot chocolate, soaking in the warmth while torn between staring Kara down and checking her out.

She still wanted to do what was right by Sam, and at the same time there was an instant attraction budding between her and this foreign royal with a hot bod.

It jeopardized her plan to smile around Ruby and drop subtle threats when the kid was out of their earshot.

“These are my favorite,” Kara commented and held out a plate of cookies to her niece and to Lena. “They remind me of winter and new beginnings.”

They tasted like one of the same recipes that had Sam made, and Lena slipped away into her memories before blinking back to the present to find Kara watching her.

“The holiday season is always a time of new beginnings,” Lena muttered a bit late, then snatched another cookie off the same plate Kara had offered her. “What are you hoping to begin this year?”

“I tend to just wait and see what kinds of opportunities come my way, but I am hoping to settle down with a mate,” Kara sighed out, like she was conflicted about some aspect of that.

“I’m sure you must have plenty omegas throwing themselves at you,” Lena muttered with a curious squint of her eyes.

From the partial grimace on Kara’s lips, it was a safe bet that the alpha hadn’t found a mate she particularly cared for yet.

Lena was almost inclined to mock her for having such awful problems, what with being surrounded by such wealth and comfort, but the weary way Kara smiled gave her pause.

“What about you Lena?” Kara asked, her expressive eyes showing interest in the answer as she prompted, “What do you want to begin?”

Kara dunked a cookie into her hot chocolate, and Ruby copied her enthusiastically, her pinky raised as she bit into the treat.

Lena grinned at Ruby, her hand falling onto the girl’s shoulder instinctively to keep her close as she glanced around the lavish dining room.

“I’m not sure I want anything,” Lena informed Kara after a second’s hesitation, her teeth catching the inside of her lip to stop her tongue from saying anything else.

“So is your sister planning on meeting her daughter sometime today, or has she forgotten she invited us?” Lena asked abruptly in an attempt to stop herself from thirsting after Kara.

The touch of forced aggravation in her voice reminded her to stay alert, and she flexed her fingers as she thought of the slap she owed Alex for leaving Sam to raise a child by herself.

“She’s tending to some important business that unfortunately couldn’t be postponed,” Kara whispered, and then wet her lips in a rather distracting and attractive way. “She should arrive soon. We’re hosting a party tonight in honor of Ruby and she won’t miss it.”

Lena continued to sip her hot chocolate instead of voicing another complaint. As Kara promised, they were interrupted soon after by the sound of a motorcycle.

After a little while, an alpha with short auburn hair rushed into the dining room without decorum or announcement. “I’m so sorry I’m late. There was a security issue.” She declined to comment further on the particulars of that, and blinked over at Lena, then at Ruby.

Lena had thought she was bad with children before becoming Ruby’s guardian, and it was the terrified way that Alex froze up that made Lena wonder if the alpha had the same fears.

“I’m—I’m Alex,” she explained and thrust out a hand to her own daughter, but then dropped the formalities when Ruby launched herself into her arms.

Alex scooped the girl up with a hand at the back of her head to hold her close.

“You look just like your picture,” Ruby remarked and stared up in awe at the parent she had never met before. "Mommy showed me once."

“We should give you both the chance to get acquainted,” Kara offered and pushed back from the table to extend an arm to Lena.

“Yeah, okay, I am not leaving her alone with someone she’s barely even met.” Lena harshly enunciated her words and stepped back from Kara so she could check on Ruby.

“I’m okay, Lena,” Ruby insisted and reached out to take her hand for a few seconds before giving her full attention to Alex. “You can go play with my aunt Kara.”

Lena was embarrassed by the fact that she blushed at that suggestion, her thoughts far less innocent than Ruby’s ideas of what they could do together.


She side-eyed Kara surreptitiously and tried to bury the idea of how she might like to play with the alpha.

Lena could almost hear Sam’s voice in her head as she avoided taking Kara’s arm and fixed her gaze on the floor.

Ooh, you like her, why don’t you go for it?

Lena swept Kara’s hand aside to clear the fabrication from her mind and directed her gaze to Ruby, “Okay, but only for a little while. If you need me I’ll be—” Lena faltered, her eyes landing back on Kara for some sort of help.

“In the library, just down the hall. You can’t miss it,” Kara stated, her hopeful smile showing just enough teeth to make her appear all the more handsome.

“Right, the library,” Lena reiterated, and then walked off before she made an even bigger fool of herself. She made it to the hallway and Kara caught up as she hesitated on which direction she should go.

“Left,” Kara whispered, her private smile almost endearing as she offered Lena her arm again.

Despite her better judgment, Lena accepted it this time, and she pressed her lips together to stop herself from smiling when the alpha led her towards a large, double doored room. The inside was lined with floor to ceiling bookshelves made of rich mahogany, and the scent was both comforting and intimidating from the fragrance of imperious alphas that still lingered from previous visits.

Lena broke away from Kara the second she stepped foot inside the library, and drifted over to lightly trace her fingers over the book spines in wonder. “This is incredible,” she uttered, casting a glance over her shoulder to see the way Kara was watching her. “Why did you bring me here?”

“It’s one of my favorite rooms,” Kara supplied and wandered over to stand shoulder to shoulder with her. “It’s also one of the most tranquil, and I thought that maybe you’d like a moment to yourself.”

“Thank you,” Lena whispered in surprise and ran her hands over the old volumes on the nearest shelf. She lifted one and began to flip through the colorful pages.

The low key afternoon was just what she needed after such a long flight, and Lena sank into a big armchair to rest and read.

Kara sat close enough that Lena could breathe in the alpha’s comforting musk, and she found herself glancing up often to catch her eye. At the same time, it seemed that Kara was just as intrigued by her.

Against all logic, she felt giddy when they shared smiles, even when neither of them talked.

“I imagine you’ve read a lot of these books, since you grew up here,” Lena muttered as her pheromones invited Kara to engage, even as she groaned internally at her own behavior.

“You’re right,” Kara admitted, then made a move that Lena had no doubt was prompted by her omega scent. “I used to sit under the desk over there with all of the adventure books and hide from my math tutor.”

After plucking one of the books from the shelves, Kara brought it to Lena and dropped into the seat beside her.

Lena smirked at the illustrated and hardbound copy of The Hobbit and opened it to a page with a sketch of a dragon. She could imagine Kara pretending to be the protagonist of a fantasy novel as a child, but perhaps not one that featured a short, large-footed and hairy creature.

“You know, Sam told me a few years ago that Alex was part of some sort of royal line, but I never thought you’d actually live in an actual castle,” Lena hummed with a critical squint at Kara, who slid just a tiny bit closer to look at the pictures in the book with her.

“This is—um—it’s just the winter castle actually,” Kara admitted with a sheepish laugh and then pointed to a drawing on the wall that depicted another stunning castle. “That’s one of our summer homes.”

Kara’s modesty when discussing wealth was interesting and unexpected, and it put Lena more at ease to be in the presence of someone with such a humble attitude.

“And where will you and your mate live?” Lena asked with an inquisitive scrunch of her eyebrows as she glanced at all of the wall coverings. “I assume there’s someone in your life who you plan to marry soon, since you mentioned it’s part of your plan for the upcoming year.”

“To be honest, it’s not part of my plan, but I’m not against it,” Kara confided with a wry smile that didn’t quite reach her eyes. She tucked her chin towards her chest, the aroma of her pheromones shifting, though Lena couldn’t quite place the scent. “There are certain expectations that I may or may not fulfill. Which is to say, I find myself woefully dismayed by the options—”

Kara looked flustered by her own words, and Lena closed the book so she could turn to scrutinize the alpha with amusement. “Is that the polite way of saying you’re not attracted to the omegas your parents think would make a good match for you?”

The alpha exhaled a self-deprecating laugh and relaxed into the seat with a groan, “Don’t get me wrong. They’re all very lovely to look at, but there has to be more to the relationship than that.”

“And here I thought being pretty was exactly what every alpha wanted most in a mate,” Lena teased, and watched the blush on Kara’s cheeks deepen to a rouge. “What more could you possibly want?”

“The ability to hold a meaningful conversation, a sense of humor, wit, class?” Kara supplied automatically, and then her eyes widened at the slip. “Not that they lack any of those things.”

“Oh, they bore you,” Lena accused with obvious delight. There was a slight thrill to finding that out, like stumbling on a secret that she shouldn’t have known. “What kind of conversations do they try to have with you?”

Lena wasn’t normally one to pry, yet she couldn’t help the way she chewed her lip and waited for Kara to answer.

Kara gave a half shrug and then launched into a long winded explanation. “Well, there’s this one omega named Siobhan who likes to talk about her prize winning sheep, and there’s Leslie, who’s kinda on the wild side. She tried to give me a piercing the first night we met, but around my family, she’s very conservative. There’s another omega named Andrea. She already has her wedding dress all picked out—”

“And you only have three possible options?” Lena questioned as she began to feel the smallest stab of concern over Kara’s situation.

“I’m not limited to those three, but my parents have strongly encouraged me to choose a mate from a reputable family.” Kara’s joyful smile grew thin for a few moments, and she tried to laugh, covering up the emotions that would have otherwise surfaced on her face.

All of the issues that Sam had gone through with Alex suddenly made more sense to Lena, given the attitude of the family.

Lena pursed her lips together, lest she say the wrong thing, and put her hand on Kara’s shoulder. It wasn’t often that a stranger opened up so completely to her, and it was even less often that it felt natural to give comfort to that person. Her fingers moved over Kara’s arm in the lightest caress, and it brought a slight tremble and a tingle to her hand.

Get it, girl. Take her to bed. That will make her feel better.

The type of commentary Lena would have expected from Sam was in her head again.

Kara’s smile was enigmatic, and she cleared her throat when she seemed to realize that she had been staring at Lena for an inappropriate amount of time. She tipped her head to the side with a coy glance towards the doors and murmured, “Do you want a tour of the place?”

Lena rolled her shoulders noncommittally and found herself taking Kara’s arm when the alpha stood up and offered it. “I don’t suppose you have a map?” she asked innocently, her serious expression cracking when Kara’s confusion knitted her brows together. “This place is massive. I’m bound to get lost if I don’t have you guiding me down hallways.”

The sound of Kara’s laughter was entirely too pleasant to Lena’s ears, and she knew that was a sign of trouble. “Then I guess I better chaperone you all night for your own safety.”

Lena could have sworn she felt heat between them when Kara’s eyes lingered on hers, and she was pretty sure she saw the alpha’s gaze drop to her lips. “I’m sure the omegas at the party will be thrilled to have me tag along wherever you go.”

“I might be,” Kara uttered with a touch of shyness to her tone, which she masked by urging Lena along. She showed Lena different rooms that were all very specific for meetings and teas, and then led her straight to the kitchen with a roguish whisper, “My other favorite room.”

Chefs and kitchen staff were bustling around to prepare for the party, and Kara sidestepped a few to raid the walk-in fridge. She gathered up some cheese and grapes, and a few truffles that were clearly meant for the guests later before stacking them all onto a plate.

“Out,” A middle-aged woman instructed, and while Kara didn’t look the least bit intimidated, she did look apologetic. “You sneak in here whenever we have to cater for the masses, and you think I don’t notice, but I always do.”

“Astra, I’m merely taste-testing the delicious things you prepare. It’s a compliment,” Kara insisted, her mischievous behavior amusing to watch as she helped herself to a small freshly-baked bread roll and backed away before the chef could smack her hand with a wooden spoon.

Lena got the impression that Kara’s knuckles had felt the sting of that smack a lot growing up, and she hid her smile behind her hand when Kara glanced her way.

“It’s for our guest,” Kara stressed when it looked like Astra was ready to march her out of the kitchen, the same as she must have done when Kara was only a child.

Astra faltered for all of half a second as she took in Lena, then straightened up with a huff and muttered something under her breath before fetching a few slices of Yule log cake.

Lena didn’t hear what Astra said as she handed off the plate with two forks, but Kara was smiling as she walked over to present her bounty.

Kara ushered Lena out of the kitchen before Astra changed her mind.

They hurried up two flights of stairs and into a large bedroom where there was not only a canopy bed, but also tables and chairs.

“You’ll be staying in here for the duration of your trip,” Kara explained and went to open the curtains so that the afternoon light could brighten the stately space.

Lena exuded disappointment after they both settled into chairs, and Kara sat across from her instead of next to her. She saw that all of her suitcases were stacked in the corner and that most of her clothes had been hung up in the wardrobe.

“I didn’t expect you to have an entire dining room in a bedroom, but it certainly does make midnight snacking a bit easier,” Lena remarked as she pulled her slice of cake closer. She savored her first bite and Kara stared at her as she continued to suck on the fork afterwards.

That led to other considerations, like using the table for entirely different purposes, and Lena had to blink the dirty thought away. They were exchanging scents, and Kara’s was very obvious in expressing a mating interest.

Lena started to do all sorts of idiotic and smitten things, like gather the hair back from her neck and place a hand on her shoulder to keep Kara’s eyes riveted. If she had seen another omega behave that way, she would have experienced secondhand embarrassment. She was a flirtatious mess while they ate, and because of it, Kara’s alpha was aroused.

Fortunately a servant came to the door to call Kara away before Lena did something even more stupid.

“I’ll see you later at the party,” Kara assured her as she put out a hand to take Lena’s and brushed her lips across pale knuckles.

Lena flopped across her bed the second Kara was through the door, and then she popped back up to open a window. She had wanted to project the same attitude she did at work and come off as someone who was in complete control, but Kara’s presence threatened to ruin all of that.

It alarmed her when she had the urge to rub herself to the memory of Kara’s smile.

She stood next to the window huffing fresh air for a good twenty minutes and almost fell out of it when another servant knocked to give her an update on Ruby.

Everyone was preparing for the party, and the servant cleared her throat as she pointed out a dress in Lena’s closet.

“But I brought my own clothes,” Lena frowned as she reached out to touch the fabric of a dress that must have cost thousands of dollars. She had grown up with money, and although she had been ex-communicated from her family, she knew what true wealth looked like.

“This is for a very special occasion,” the servant whispered in a thick accent, and then walked off before Lena could dispute it.

Lena took a long bubble bath in her en suite before fussing with the dress.

It fit her beautifully, with a gossamer material as thin and delicate as butterfly wings. The jewels on the front of the gown gave it a sparkle that was perfect and not too gaudy. She felt elegant in it, and when it was time to head downstairs, she treaded along with the lightest of steps.

The party had already begun, with quite a few new faces turning to watch her as she entered the room. The only one she wanted to see was Kara’s, and the alpha seemed to spot her mid sentence.

Kara’s mouth dropped open, and she seemed to forget her train of thought when their eyes met.

Lena tried to still the fluttering sensation in her stomach by drowning it with a glass of wine she lifted from a passing tray.

Across the room, Kara excused herself from the conversation, much to the grievance of the woman who was trying to grab her by the elbow, and then hurried over to meet Lena with an almost breathless, “I’m so glad to see you.”

“You say that like we weren’t just talking a few hours ago,” Lena noted with a blush to her cheeks that had nothing to do with her cosmetics. She took Kara’s arm before the alpha initiated the offer and glanced up at the alpha through her lashes. “Now, who are we avoiding for the rest of the night and which alphas are eligible?”

The teasing remark caused Kara to subtly square her shoulders, and Lena detected the faint whiff of Kara’s alpha making its presence known. “I was just speaking with Siobhan, though if you’d like me to introduce you to some people—”

“Only if it’s absolutely necessary,” Lena cut in, her smile bright as she flashed her teeth. She craned her head to try and spot Ruby, or Alex, and when she saw neither, tension began to stiffen her neck. “Is Ruby here yet? I’ve barely seen her all day.”

“Oh, yeah, I believe she’s with Alex in the other room where some of the children are playing,” Kara intoned, and eased Lena through the crowd to point into the adjoining room, where an entire table of food and drink waited.

Ruby was standing with the other children, all poised around a chocolate fondue fountain with skewers of fruit. Alex was with her, attentively listening to whatever Ruby was saying.

“Would you like to go over?” Kara asked kindly, her blue eyes filled with understanding as Lena chewed on her lower lip.

“Yes,” Lena decisively replied and allowed Kara to escort her into the room for the children. “Ruby, are you having a good time?”

“The best time. Can we live here forever?” Ruby handed her chocolate skewer off to Alex and came over to hug Lena tight around the waist.

“I don’t know about forever,” Lena intoned and slipped an arm around Ruby’s back to keep her close for a moment.

She knew being in a castle like this ranked high in the fantasies of little girls, except she sensed that Ruby’s question had stirred ideas in the minds of the two adults who were standing close by.

Kara leaned in and lifted her neck so that she was taller, and Alex seemed to be mulling it over.

“You are definitely welcome here anytime,” Alex put in, and Kara seconded that with a finger in the air and a fast step forward, “We’ll send our private jet for you. Please feel free to be our frequent guests.”

Alex threw a sidelong glance at her sister as she picked up on Kara’s very blatant attraction to Lena.

Even Ruby peered up at Kara, and then she pulled at Lena’s hand to indicate she wanted her to bend down to her level.

Lena followed the five-year-old’s request and Ruby whispered loudly into her ear, “Lena, my aunt Kara like-likes you.”

“Did I ever tell you that you’re exactly like your mother?” Lena asked with round eyes and a stern face was all for the sake of dramatics. She nudged Ruby to bring her attention back to the chocolate fountain and away from their adult conversation.

“I think it’s good for Ruby to be around her family, so we will make arrangements to visit, and I would expect you to return the favor by visiting us,” Lena emphasized, her eyes flicking back and forth from Alex to Kara’s well-fitted dress shirt before settling on Kara’s face.

“Are you free on Valentine’s Day? Because I think Kara would like to know,” Alex teased and moved out of Kara’s reach before her sister could slap her on the arm.

Lena’s tongue pushed against her teeth as she fought a grin, and she raised a dark eyebrow at Kara suggestively. It was easier to direct her amusement onto the alpha than it was to admit that she was just as embarrassed at being playfully put on the spot.

She watched Kara forget all of her manners as she moved indecently close to Lena and dropped her head to bashfully mumble, “My sister is-well she’s very-um, how you say—”

“Correct in her assumption?” Lena supplied with more confidence than she felt surrounded by royalty. She could have put Kara out of her misery by allowing her natural omega perfume to diffuse the air surrounding them, yet she stayed silent to watch her fumble with wicked delight.

Kara laughed with exaggeration, and Lena could feel the other omegas watching as the typically elegant and composed alpha turned almost as red as the cherries that were mixed through the Christmas fruit cakes.

“There might be some truth to that,” Kara finally admitted, and Lena gravitated closer to smooth her hand along Kara’s forearm as she observed her through heavy eyelashes.

“Then it’s a good thing I’m free on February the fourteenth,” Lena whispered boldly, her gaze dropping to Kara’s lips while she bit her own in longing.

What are you waiting on? Just kiss her, Sam’s voice whispered in her mind, and Lena might have done just that if a blonde omega hadn’t interrupted them by announcing loudly, “There you are! I was starting to think you were avoiding me.”

“Leslie,” Kara squeaked, then caught herself and cleared her throat. “Allow me to introduce you to Miss Luthor, my new friend and guardian of my niece.”

Kara’s pheromones were laced with pride, and Leslie didn’t seem to like that as she narrowed her eyes at Lena and looked her up and down.

“Luthor,” Leslie repeated, like it was something foul in her mouth. “Where have I heard that before?”

Lena shrank back at the mention of her family name, and waited for Leslie to recall some particularly damning detail about the most notorious Luthor, her brother.

It was a polished older gentleman who intruded on their conversation to comment, “Luthor is the name of that deranged billionaire tech mogul from California who plotted to kill his competitor.”

Lena averted her eyes to the floor in shame, though Kara’s hand was firmer than ever on her arm.

“Lena testified against her brother,” Kara uttered in defense of her and cleared her throat before explaining, “I looked it up. Lena, I’d like you to meet my father, Jeremiah.”

Jeremiah reeked of disapproval, and before Kara could whisk her off, he intervened on Leslie’s behalf. “Kara, there are a lot of pretty omegas who are awaiting you in the ballroom. Perhaps take Leslie for a dance.”

When Lena lifted her head again, she noticed an impeccably dressed omega striding towards them.

“My mother, Eliza,” Kara muttered in introduction just as Lena separated from her. “This is Lena Luthor, Ruby’s guardian.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you both,” Lena whispered and then bent her head again before tilting it towards the far corner of the room. “You know, I was just going to get a breath of air.”

She grabbed at the long skirt of her dress and darted off before anyone could continue the conversation about her brother Lex or the rest of her family.

Lena didn’t stop until she skidded through the front door in the snow and then pressed herself against one of the pillars to suck in a panicked breath.

She was stupid for letting her guard down and actually daring to believe that Kara might choose her after only meeting her that morning. This wasn’t a fucking fairytale, and the cold winter air helped her to remember the harsh reality that she was only here because Sam wasn’t.

“I wish you were here. I don’t know how to face them without you,” Lena whispered to the starless night.

Swirls of snowflakes drifted lazily around her and she exhaled sharply when a hand landed on her shoulder.

“Sorry,” Kara murmured, her hand dropping, so that their arms pressed together, subtle but solid as she stared straight ahead to afford Lena the privacy of pulling herself together. “It was rude of them to mention your history. I should have told you that I was aware of your circumstances.”

The jut of Lena’s chin was stubborn, and she was close to saying something impulsive just to get it out of her system. It was the sorrow in Kara’s eyes that stopped the words on Lena’s tongue from spilling past her lips and she slumped from it. “I should have known you did. You sent someone to my front door with an invitation, for Christ’s sake. Of course you would know everything about me.”

“Not everything,” Kara answered reflexively, her tone almost apprehensive as she carried on in a hush, “I have no idea what your favorite foods are, what you dream about, how you take your coffee, or if you prefer tea. I don’t know how soft your lips are, or how you taste on my tongue. All I know is that the only one I want to dance with is you. I’d rather stand out here all night to get to know you better than go back in there without you by my side.”

Lena was stunned to hear all of that, and she shivered when the wind blew up the snow. By instinct, she moved into Kara’s warmth and the alpha chivalrously pulled off her jacket to drape it around Lena’s shoulders.

Kara guided her back into the foyer, though Lena stuck out her hand to stop the alpha before they returned to the party.

She smiled so hard that small crinkles formed at the corners of her eyes, which shined when she recognized that Kara understood why they had paused.

Kara came towards her, and they held hands, then Lena stood on tip toes as they kissed for the first time. Their mouths sealed together, never breaking apart as their hands roamed.

“Now you know,” Lena whispered against Kara’s lips, and to her complete delight, the alpha kissed her again through a grin.

With Kara at her side, Lena faced the curious, envious and judgmental stares in the ballroom, and the pianist began to play a slow waltz that gave them the chance to dance together.

Kara wasn’t shy with her hands, and settled one on Lena’s hip to keep her body close as they moved together.

Lena could smell the fragrant interest of Kara’s alpha as surely as the other omegas in the ballroom, and it startled her that the alpha was making it so obvious.

She had expected Kara to be subtle in her attraction after the way her father had addressed her, but Kara was confident in how she conducted herself, and Lena swayed to the music when the alpha led her around the room with a grin.

“You’re good at this,” Lena murmured as they danced, her restless fingers squeezing at Kara’s shoulder to stop her hand from wandering.

“I should be after all the lessons I had to attend,” Kara teased, and then spun Lena around just to dip her backwards with grace and precision.

The alpha smirked down at her flirtatiously and then pulled her back up just to move with her at a tempo of their own choosing.

The string quartet picked up their pace and the pianist followed suit with a more lively tune that allowed Kara to stride with Lena. She looked happier than ever, and if her eyes hadn’t been on Lena, she would have seen the way Jeremiah rushed towards her with a thunderous frown on his face.

Lena’s smile faltered when the older alpha’s pungent aroma interrupted them, and Kara turned just in time to catch his tight lipped disapproval.

“I think it best that I take over this dance while you find Andrea,” Jeremiah rumbled under his breath, and Lena watched Kara straighten to her full height as she faced her father.

“I’m happy with the partner I’ve chosen,” Kara informed him candidly, and Lena’s gut twisted as she sensed the friction between them crackle and spread like static through the ballroom.

Alex was twirling around the room with Ruby, but when all of that happened, she pointed the girl off towards the cakes on the table. She waited until her daughter ran off before she turned to glare at her father and warned in a scathing whisper, “You talked me out of dancing with the omega I wanted, but I will not stand back and watch you do the same to Kara. Let them dance.”

Jeremiah cleared his throat, and then glanced at his granddaughter and softened instantly from Alex’s remark. He stepped away from them and exited the ballroom, and Lena contemplated leaving again rather than causing another family feud.

It was Kara’s gentleness and warmth that made Lena want to stay, and although they lacked formal approval from the alpha’s parents, she continued to spin around the dance floor with Kara for the entire night.

Sometime after Alex left the ballroom to say farewell to their guests and Lena climbed the marble stairs to tuck Ruby into bed, Kara came to find her.

She was sitting in the window in her bedroom, watching as everyone departed from the castle, and she hadn’t expected Kara to knock on the door.

“I know we still have a lot to learn about each other, but I — I just wanted to say this was the best night of my life,” Kara stuttered, turning a ripe shade of red, and then placed a hand against the door frame. “Okay—goodnight!”

Lena watched in confusion as Kara made to step away, but she put out her hand to grab the alpha by the tie. “You can’t just tell me that and walk off. Come in.”

The invitation was more than just words. Lena’s omega made sure of that, and as Kara stepped into the room and closed the door without a backward glance, Lena continued to tug the alpha forward until their mouths met.

The kiss was no less sweeter than before, but there was an insatiable urgency to the way her lips parted for Kara’s tongue.

Lena’s breathy moan was cut short when Kara’s hand settled on her backside, and suddenly she wasn’t the one doing the leading any longer.

Kara walked her backwards away from the window, and Lena held fast to her tie while she opened the alpha’s waistcoat with her other hand. Lena’s fingers ghosted over toned abs and she whimpered when Kara sucked on her lip.

“Forgive me for being so forward, but ever since I saw you in this dress, I’ve longed to get you out of it,” Kara rumbled, unable to take her hands off of Lena, even when she tried to catch her breath.

It might have been reckless to hop into bed with a royal she had just met, but Lena let Kara slide the straps down on her gown and helped by pushing the material even further to the floor. Kara cupped her full breasts after taking a long look at them, and brushed both of her thumbs over Lena’s hard nipples.

They were going to have vigorous, carefree sex, and after almost a year of being celibate, Lena’s only reservation was related to how Kara would feel afterwards.

Lena couldn’t stop herself from hoping that it would be more than a one night stand, but she was willing to accept even the briefest fling with Kara.

“Take this off,” Lena whispered and slid Kara’s hands down to her thong, which was already as sopping wet as if she had run it under a faucet.

Kara became preoccupied with stroking her fingers over the soft material between her pussy lips. She groaned just from touching the place where the fabric creased and finding Lena’s clit, despite the covering.

Lena tightened her lips together, only to let them part with a gasp when Kara played with her slit.

She wanted to stay composed as Kara’s fingers pushed at her entrance through the thin barrier that remained between them.

Kara’s thumb followed the elastic band at the side of her cunt and moved it over just enough to expose her.

“In case you’re wondering, I’m the type to open gifts very carefully,” Kara muttered and traced up and down the elastic, teasing Lena to the point her legs felt like jelly.

“This might come as a shock, but I’m not,” Lena rasped, her sultry tone the only warning before her fingers began to pop open the buttons on Kara’s shirt. She moaned at the sight of Kara’s tanned skin, her warm palm smoothing over the alpha’s muscles before she freed Kara’s belt from the loop of her buckle.

Lena slid her hand inside the parted fabric and shivered from the solid bulge that pressed into her palm.

Kara exhaled a breathy groan when Lena cupped her erection, gentle in the way she caressed over the concealed length just to excite the alpha.

They were both holding onto one another, rubbing and teasing and huffing at the incredible scent of their mixed arousal. Lena played a little dirty and tightened her hold just enough to make Kara rock on her heels, her eyes half closed and mouth open in unrestrained pleasure.

“Still want to take your time?” Lena queried, raising a dark eyebrow as she pushed her hand beneath the boxer briefs and curled her fingers around the alpha’s thick shaft.

Kara answered by inserting a single finger into Lena’s tight cunt, and they both moaned from the sensation of it. The alpha cupped her pussy as she thrust into her, slow and deliberate to feel the intimate ridges that made Lena gasp when she stroked them.

She reciprocated by wrapping her hand more fully around Kara’s cock, though she couldn’t close her fist around its thick circumference.

Her tantalizing up and down motions must have broken Kara’s resolve, because soon the alpha was peeling down her panties.

Lena gave a small caress to her pussy and then used her own wetness to rub Kara’s cock.

Kara blatantly stared at the crest between her thighs as she backed Lena onto the bed. She nipped at Lena’s throat from the divot between her collarbones up to her earlobe.

“I—I can pull out if that’s okay with you,” Kara whispered shyly and took a few careful thrusts, not to enter Lena, but just to make her cock slippery with omega arousal.

“I’m good with that,” Lena consented in a breathless whimper and spread her legs while positioning her pelvis beneath Kara.

The first gentle poke of Kara’s cock was delicious, pleasurable beyond belief, and Lena attributed it to the strong and instant attraction between them.

Her cunt responded to having Kara’s wide tip inside of it with a small contraction that welcomed it in much deeper. Kara slid both of her hands beneath Lena’s ass while Lena did her part by holding onto her ankles and keeping them outward.

She sank her teeth into her lip when Kara’s solid erection pumped into her and stretched her narrow tunnel out.

“God, it feels so amazing to be inside of you like this,” Kara huffed into her neck, and Lena raised her chin up to grant the alpha permission to kiss her there.

Kara’s lips puckered over her pulse, and she gave the lightest bite to Lena’s claim spot, enough to remind her who was alpha but not enough to mark her.

Lena’s omega responded regardless, emitting an enticing pheromone meant only for attracting a mate. She blushed in shame at how easily her omega submitted, and wondered if Kara thought differently of her when the alpha reared back to look down at her. Lena would have averted her eyes if Kara hadn’t immediately released her personal scent that was only producible when an alpha truly wished to claim an omega.

Typically it took months for an alpha to develop those pheromones, and only once they had found a mate they were sure was a good match. Lena gaped up at Kara, the crinkle of wonder between her brows deepening to a more pleasurable scrunch when the alpha began to roll her hips with sensual finesse.

Soft whimpers and breathy sighs poured from Lena’s lips and Kara took her time kissing each and every one off them away. They were careful with one another, passionate but unrushed as their fingertips mapped the expanse of supple curves and strong shoulders.  


Lena sensed that Kara was trying to convey that this meant more than a simple fuck, and while she appreciated the sentiment, she wanted it harder.

There was no delicate way to ask to be fucked like they may never meet again, despite how much Lena wished that they would.

Her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth when she tried to utter the words fuck me, and so she resorted to threading her fingers through Kara’s hair to whisper in her ear, “You don’t have to treat me so delicately, I want to feel your alpha.”

That stoked Kara’s libido, and she slammed into Lena like she was going to knot inside of her hot cunt. It changed the mood between them in the best of ways, shifting the sex from sweet and gentle to passionate, much harder mating.

Kara flicked a thumb over Lena’s sensitive clit, earning loud whimpers from her. With all of the rough thrusting, Kara’s cock went in deeper and the base swelled without becoming a full knot. The thick end battered her pussy when Kara sped up, and Lena moaned out filth from how good it felt. “Fuck my cunt like you’re going to come inside of me, like you’re going to give me everything.”

Kara pushed her fingers into Lena’s hair and kissed her, their tongues twining as their bodies did the same.

Lena could feel the shift in Kara’s alpha from the dirty things she said, and she gasped when Kara rumbled against her throat, “Should I do that, Lena? Open you up to take my knot and give you everything?”

The wanton way Lena’s cunt rippled around Kara’s cock almost sent her into climax and she groaned at how effortlessly the alpha turned her own fantasy back on her.

They were already being risky enough as it was with unprotected sex, but she wasn’t in heat and the chance of pregnancy would be low. All Lena could think about was Kara’s knot spreading her tight hole to keep all of the alpha’s come inside her warm cunt.

“I think you want it,” Kara whispered, her teeth scraping over Lena’s neck with just enough pressure to make her whine and writhe.

Kara moved with more force, putting her whole body into every rough thrust.

Lena had no doubt that if she told Kara to pull out that she would, yet being pinned to the bed by Kara’s strong hands while she railed her was so hot that Lena gushed when the alpha’s fingers rubbed into her clit.

They would break the bed if they weren’t careful, though she suspected that was the last thing on Kara’s mind when the alpha groaned praises against her skin. Kara seemed to revel in the pulse of Lena’s cunt going into spasm, though she showed immense self-control by holding off her own orgasm. Kara pulled out just to slip her fingers back inside Lena’s twitching entrance, crooking them to massage into her sensitive upper wall.

“You sound so sweet like this,” Kara whispered and leaned down to kiss Lena’s breasts.

The alpha’s tongue and lips teased her stiff nipples until Lena reached the high of her bliss, and then Kara uttered something so quietly Lena wondered if she imagined it. “Will you present for me?”

The shy request sent heat straight to Lena’s core, and she scrambled onto all fours to raise her backside into the air while she bent low. If they rutted like this, Lena knew she would beg for Kara’s knot.

Kara kneaded her ass with a hard grip and rubbed at Lena’s glistening pussy lips before sliding back between them. Lena’s muscles tensed around Kara’s cock in instantaneous need. She scrunched her brows together as she breathed out soft exhalations and whimpers, concentrating on the blaze of her skin and the warm friction in her cunt.

Her nipples ached and it felt incredible when they brushed against the blankets as Kara began thrusting into her. The deep internal pounding was all that her omega wanted. She could barely hold onto the pillow in front of her and the picture frame above the bed rattled like it just might fall off the wall.

All of the power that Kara had in her lithe, athletic body was being put to good use, and the alpha’s scent seduced Lena all over again.

“I want to feel your seed inside me,” Lena moaned in satisfaction, thinking about a knot bulging inside of her. It would part her labia with its girth and stretch out her pussy, and Kara’s cock was at the right angle to sink it deep. Kara pressed her down into the bed, mounting her from behind with her legs wide apart.

The dominant musk of Kara’s pheromones were almost as powerful as her lunges and Lena grunted into the pillow with every rapid slam into her tender channel. She was inviting Kara to properly mate with her, and the alpha was going for it, giving into her baser urges with wilder strokes while she kept Lena pinned beneath her with a heavy hand on the nape of her neck.

It was an assertive show of control, a way to provoke Lena’s omega into finding Kara a viable mate because of her strength, and god, it was fucking working. Lena trembled from the rush of pleasure, her thighs tensing and toes curling as she strained and arched into Kara. She met every thrust with louder moans and clamped her legs together when Kara’s hand cupped her cunt to finger her clit with such sensual perfection that she convulsed from it.

She humped the alpha’s hand while Kara fucked into her with single-minded determination to get her off. Lena didn’t care that she stained the pillow with scarlet lipstick while she coasted on euphoria.


The wet smack of her cunt being filled was drowned out by her own groans, the raspy “uhh-uhh-ahh,” stuck in her throat when Kara’s fingers pushed into her hair to grasp near the roots.

It was the erotic sensation of having her hair pulled in such a sensual way that tipped her over the edge. This time when her hot muscles squeezed around Kara’s cock, the alpha had no hopes of holding back.

Lena made it very clear that she didn’t want her to stop with her pheromones and desperate cries. “Yes, unnhhh, please Kara, give me your knot.”

A rich, throaty moan signaled the peak of Kara’s pleasure, and the alpha bucked to bury her cock as deep as Lena could take it before it throbbed and expanded.

Kara filled her so completely that Lena could only whine as her body submitted thoroughly to the large knot. The ecstasy of it caused her eyes to roll and she melted into the bed while Kara kissed and nipped at her neck as thick jets of seed emptied into her cunt. The satisfaction was sudden and all consuming and the way Kara wrapped around her to nuzzle made the whole experience even better.

Lena fell asleep that night in Kara’s embrace with the knot still in her pussy.

The noise of her phone alarm woke her up, and she turned it off to swivel around in Kara’s arms.

They kissed as the cool light of winter streamed in through the curtains, and she smiled at Kara because she knew this would be the first of many holidays they shared together.

“Hey—Lena—um, good morning, can I get you anything? Did you sleep good?” Kara asked with the same exuberance and clumsiness of a child on Christmas morning. “I’ve been up thinking for a little while—and you might totally feel it’s too soon to discuss these things—but I—I guess what I’m trying to say is that I would really like it if you would be my new beginning—”

“How many times did you rehearse that speech in your head before I woke up?” Lena questioned with the smallest smile tugging at her lips, before it became a broader grin.

“About five—no, six, probably six times,” Kara corrected with a straight face and a blush.

Lena linked their fingers together and nodded at the silly alpha, contemplating her sincere face for a long moment. “I’ll have to put as much thought into my official acceptance speech, but for now, I’ll just say yes — I’ll be yours.”