Kara woke to the soft warmth of sunlight filtering through her window, her body humming with power as the Marvel sun worked its daily magic. She stretched, her limbs flexing with casual strength that could level a building if she weren’t careful. It was getting easier every day. Too easy. She was reag that dangerous point where holding back was being sed nature. If she soo hard, she might actally vaporize someone.

  But that wasn’t today’s problem. Today’s problem was her phone buzzing for the third time that m.

  She reached rabbing it with a zy smirk. Harry Osborn. Again.

  Harry: “M, beautiful. Thought I’d check if you survived all the turkey. Thinking about that one-oour yet? ;)”

  Kara ughed under her breath, shaking her head. Harry ersistent. Dumb, but persistent. She appreciated the effort.

  Kara: “Careful, Harry. Natasha might be watg. ;)”

  She heard the sound of coffee being poured i. Right on cue. Natasha. Always Natasha.

  Stepping out of her room, Kara found the Bck Widow statio the ter, dressed casually—if casual meant ready to kill a man at a moment’s notice. Her tight bck tank top and fitted jeans gave her that lethal edge that made her look like a supermodel with murder on her mind.

  “You texted him again,” Natasha said without looking up, her tone perfectly ral.

  Kara grinned. “Jealous?”

  Natasha’s jaw tightened slightly. “He’s annoying.”

  “You read that over my shoulder, didn’t you?”

  “I don’t o read it. I know his type.” Natasha took a slow sip of coffee. “He’s a problem.”

  Kara rolled her eyes, amused but not taking it seriously. “Rex, dear. You’ll scare him off.”

  “That’s the idea.”

  Kara bit into an apple, enjoying the possessiveness radiating off Natasha like heat. She wasn’t worried. Harry was harmless. Flirty, sure. But harmless. Besides, she liked the attention. She liked all the attention. Natasha h like a guard dog, Gwen’s subtle but obsessive texting, even Wanda’s lurking—though Wanda was more like a ghost haunting the edges of her life right now. Kara liked being desired. She liked being in trol.

  Another buzz.

  Gwen: “Good m! You looked so good st night. Wish we could’ve had more time just us. We should fix that soon. <3”

  Attached was a selfie. Gwen, wearing an oversized sweater, her hair down, smile perfect. But Kara could see it—the hunger in her eyes, the possessive spark beh the surface.

  Venom’s voi Gwen’s mind: “Harry is in the way. Weak. Remove him.”

  Gwen smiled sweetly at her phone, pretending she couldn’t hear the symbiote’s growl of agreement.

  Kara replied with a simple: “You’re adorable. Soon. ;)”

  Natasha noticed the ge in Kara’s expression. She kly who it was. Her lips thinned. “Let me guess. Gwen?”

  Kara smirked. “Jealous of her too?”

  Natasha didn’t answer. She didn’t o. Her fingers drummed lightly on her mug—a habit Kara was starting that was Natasha’s “I’m thinking about eliminating someone” rhythm.

  Later that day, Kara was lounging on the couch, scrolling her phone while Natasha worked on S.H.I.E.L.D. paperwork. Well, Kara assumed it aperwork. Knowing Natasha, it could just as easily have been a kill list.

  Aext from Harry popped up.

  Harry: “Free this weekend? Thought maybe we could grab dinner. Just you and me. I know this great pce. :)”

  Kara smirked, shaking her head. He really was trying.

  “You’d think he’d get the hint,” Natasha muttered without looking up.

  “You’re watg my texts again?”

  Natasha raised an eyebrow. “You’re ly subtle.”

  Kara replied pyfully.

  Kara: “Careful, Harry. I think my bodyguard is plotting your disappearance.”

  Natasha’s eyes flicked up. “I’m not plotting.”

  Kara raised an eyebrow. “Oh?”

  Natasha’s tone dropped, cool and even. “I’m deg.”

  There was a beat of silence. Kara ughed, but there was an edge to Natasha’s voice that made her pause—just for a sed.

  “You’re scary, you know that?”

  “Security protocol.”

  Kara ughed again, shaking her head.

  Fury’s call came in ter, right as Kara was pting whether or not it was too early for pizza.

  Natasha answered it, stepping aside, but Kara could still hear her.

  “Five agents haven’t checked in,” Fury said, voice low and irritated. “They were all assigo the perimeter rotations around yirl.”

  “Men are unreliable,” Natasha said smoothly.

  Fury sighed. “You said that st week. You sure they’re not buried somewhere?”

  Natasha’s eyes flicked to Kara’s backyard, where the soil was still a little too fresh.

  “No idea what you mean,” Natasha said. “Thwy probably got drunk. You know men.”

  Fury grunted. “Find them. I want answers.”

  Natasha hung up, her fareadable.

  “Fury?” Kara asked from the couch.

  “Nothing important,” Natasha said, sitting down beside her.

  “Men still unreliable?”

  Natasha’s lips curled. “They always are.”

  That evening, Kara was flipping through TV els when her phone buzzed again.

  Harry: “You’re too amazing to be guarded all the time. I keep a secret. ;)”

  Kara snorted.

  Natasha, sitting nearby, g her. “Him again?”

  “Yeah.” Kara paused, then grinned. “You’re really gonna shoot him, aren’t you?”

  Natasha didn’t answer immediately. She leaned forward, resting her elbows on her knees.

  “I’ll ha.”

  Kara blihat was new. “You’re not joking, are you?”

  Natasha’s smile was small. Sharp. “He’s a problem.”

  Kara waved her off, still not taking it seriously. “Rex, honey. You ’t shoot all my admirers.”

  Natasha’s eyes darkened, but she forced a smile. “Watch me.”

  Later that night, Gwen y in her room, staring at her phone. She scrolled through Kara’s messages again, her heart rag every time she reread the simple “You’re adorable.”

  She traced her finger over the s like it was sacred.

  Venom whispered again: “Harry. He is getting closer. He flirts. He is weak. We kill him.”

  Gwen licked her lips. “Soon.”

  Norman Osborn sat in his study, gss of whiskey trembling slightly in his hand. His refle in the window seemed to s him.

  “You saw it, didn’t you?” the Goblin whispered. “She’s not normal. The blonde. She’s power. You need power. Use her. Or destroy her.”

  Norman closed his eyes. He would o be careful. Very careful.

  Peter sat in his room, staring at his mask. Everything was unraveling. Norman was onto him. Kara knew something—he could feel it. Natasha terrified him. And Gwen… Gwen was different tely. Closer. gier. He was trapped in a web, and every strand led back to her.

  Back to Kara.

  Kara y in her bed, staring at the ceiling. Her phone buzzed.

  Harry: “Dinner? Saturday?”

  Gwen: “Thinking of you. <3”

  Kara smiled.

  Marvel Earth erfect. But what happe will be eveer because now Kara has mastered her eleportation powers now she is w ohers. If her guess about her ability's are accurate then the women in Kara’s like may end up powered up enough to destroy this universe. Kara could not wait to take Natasha and Perhaps Gwen back to see her cousin Crk he is in for a surprise.

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