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Lena is a 40-year-old divorced omega, and it’s safe to say she isn’t like most Omegas. Lena isn’t one that gives into alphas who try and seduce her or anything. Lena is able withstand the alpha pheromones as they don’t seem to affect her, although a part of Lena thinks that maybe it’s just because one alpha ruined her for everyone, scarred her for the rest of her life.
Lena wasn’t always like this, an omega that wasn’t interested in any alpha attention, and unaffected by alpha pheromones. There was a time when the brunette was a young carefree omega, who fully embraced the omega she was, and enjoyed being with alphas. However, in Lena’s last year of university she met this seductive alpha called Andrea. As soon as Lena met her, she was smitten, and completely under her spell. Lena literally thought Andrea was one of the most beautiful beings in the world; she was completely and utterly enamoured with her. Andrea, for her part, seemed to like Lena too, and they both soon became a couple. After this, Lena loved being with Andrea, and taking in her alpha scent all the time. Lena felt so loved and cared for by Andrea. Lena finally felt utterly and truly safe, which is something that she found difficult to find, given her unpleasant family history.
Things began to change between Andrea and Lena when they graduated university. At the time Lena’s plan was to get her PhD, with the hopes of starting her own tech company afterwards. However, Andrea had other ideas. After the couple graduated, Andrea told Lena that she planned to start her own company right away, using some of her father’s money, and she would need Lena there to support her, meaning that she couldn’t pursue her goals of getting her PhD. At first Lena was reluctant to agree, but Andrea soon turned on her alpha charm, telling Lena that it would only be temporary, and once the company was up and running she could get her PhD then. So, because of that, Lena eventually gave in to Andrea, and was just happy to please her alpha.
After this, about 6 months went by, and Andrea’s company was a success. She’d grown the business into one of the most successful ones in all of Metropolis, quite the achievement, even for someone who had a leg up from most other people, due to the contacts Andrea had from her father. However, by this point in time Lena was starting to become unhappy. This was because over those 6 months Lena was essentially used as Andrea’s partner to attend party’s and everything with her, just to make her look good, while also basically acting as her secretary. Lena knew she was capable of so much more, but Andrea insisted she needed Lena’s help because she trusted no one else as her secretary. Eventually though, things came to a head when Lena’s best friend Sam finally gave her a talking to.
“Lena, Andrea is using you!” Sam said.
“What? No, she isn’t.” Lena replied, “She just needs my help, as she doesn’t trust anyone else right now to be her secretary and everything.”
“That’s not true at all!” Sam said back, “This is starting to become a pattern now! Andrea is just constantly finding excuses for you not to go off and get your PhD, and then start your own company. She just wants to keep you as her good little omega. She doesn’t want you to be independent or anything.”
“No… that…. that’s not true…” Lena replied, hesitantly.
Sam sighed.
“It is though, Lena.” Sam said, “And deep down I think you know it’s true.”
“But…. but I love her….” Lena said, after several moments silence.
“I know…. which is why you need to talk to her, and lay down the law. You have to let her know that you are not going to be some submissive omega that lets their alpha walk all over them.” Sam said.
“You’re…. you’re right.” Lena agreed.
After that, Lena did just as Sam encouraged her to do, and confronted Andrea on constantly trying to keep her at the company, and stop her from getting her PhD and everything. However, Andrea surprised Lena, and once more turned on her irresistible charm.
“Lena I…. I’m so sorry that you feel that way.” Andrea said, in a sympathetic voice, “It has never been my intention to keep you from pursuing your own dreams. I recognise how much of a help you have been to allowing me to build this company into what it is. And perhaps I haven’t been entirely fair to you. But honestly that’s just because I have been afraid to lose you, that’s all.”
As soon as Andrea said that, Lena’s resolve sort of melted, a bit.
“And…. Andy….you are not going to lose me…” Lena replied.
“That’s good to hear…. because there’s something else I’ve wanted to do for a while now.” Andrea said, and then pulled out a wedding ring.
After that, Andrea proposed to Lena, and Lena quickly said yes. Andrea then told Lena that from then on things would be different, and for a while they were. Andrea encouraged Lena to actually go off and pursue her doctorate, and in the meantime the couple began to plan their wedding and mating, when Andrea would finally mark her claim on Lena, letting the world, and all other alphas, that Lena is claimed, and hers. Lena was completely and utterly taken with Andrea once more, and looking forward to her wedding. However, at the same time Sam was trying to convince Lena that Andrea was still manipulating her, which ultimately caused a rifted to occur between Lena and Sam, which Lena would realise later was strengthened further by Andrea herself.
About 6 months after Andrea proposed to Lena the two were married, and that night Andrea took Lena to bed and claimed her. Lena was honestly on cloud 9, even though she had lost her best friend. Lena was just completely and utterly taken with Andrea, not much else really mattered.
A month after Lena and Andrea’s wedding, Lena graduated from university with her PhD, with Andrea cheering her on and offering her a bunch of praise and support the entire time, which Lena loved so much. About a week later Lena began to process of starting her own company, but that was suddenly put to a halt when Andrea told her that she was moving her own company across the country from Metropolis to National City. When Lena found this out, she was very annoyed, because Andrea had never mentioned it prior. However, Andrea just turned on her charm again said she didn’t want to mention it when Lena was working hard on the last few bits of her PhD. So, again, as had become usual, Lena’s anger towards Andrea melted, and she just accepted that she’d have to wait until they had completed their move to National City for her to start her own company.
Another month later, Lena and Andrea were finally settled in National City, and the Luthor was finally about to start the process of creating her own company, but that is when Andrea dropped another bombshell on her. Andrea told Lena that she wanted them to start a family, and have pups right away, and thought it would be best to do it now when Lena didn’t yet have a career and was too busy to take care of the children herself. Lena, of course, was very hesitant and annoyed at Andrea’s suggestion, for many reasons, as it really started to feel like Andrea was using just about anything to stop her from making her own company. However, again, after multiple weeks of Andrea turning on her charm and using it on Lena, the omega gave into her alpha, and they began trying for pups.
It only took Lena and Andrea one month to get Lena pregnant when their heat/rut cycle synched up, and over the next 9 months Lena actually began to think that maybe Andrea was changing for the better because they had their first child on the way. Andrea was spending so much more time with Lena, and taking care of her, even doing little things like rubbing her feet every night, or massaging her shoulders. Lena, once more, felt so loved and cared for by her alpha. Then eventually the day came where she gave birth to their first daughter Ashley Rojas. Lena did want her daughter to take her name too, but Andrea convinced her it would be better if their new born pup didn’t have the Luthor name attached to her.
After Ashley was born Lena’s dreams of starting her own company were put on hold again because she was just focused on taking care of her new daughter, and at the same time, Andrea began to become more and more distant again. This in turn caused Lena to become frustrated with her partner, but as soon as she brought it up, a year and a bit after Ashley was born, Andrea turned on her charm once more, and 9 months later Lena gave birth to their second child Natalie Rojas.
Over the next 10 years Lena’s life essentially became that of a housewife, always looking after her and Andrea’s children, with the omega now feeling more trapped in her marriage to Andrea, which she felt like she couldn’t leave for the sake of the children. Then, at the same time, things began to get worse and worse between Andrea and Lena. At first, Andrea just became more and more distant to Lena and the kids, working long hours, barely coming home, and taking several business trips, sometimes without notice. However, eventually Andrea told Lena that while she still loved her, she wasn’t meeting her alpha needs, so needed to seek out other omegas for comfort. As soon as Lena heard Andrea say that to her, it felt like the final straw, and Lena exploded in anger, and was preparing to leave Andrea, with the alphas charm not working that time. However, Andrea then resorted to an extremely low tactic, by emotionally blackmailing Lena, and asking her if she wanted to be the one responsible for breaking up their family, and destroying their two daughters’ lives. As soon as Andrea said that, Lena froze, because while she knew everything was Andrea’s fault, Lena didn’t want to do anything to harm or hurt her daughters, because she loved them so much. So, Lena gave in, for her daughters, but she made it clear to Andrea that they would no longer be sleeping in the same beds or anything, which Andrea didn’t seem to care about.
Over the next couple of years, Lena just lived like that, in a completely awful and loveless marriage, where Andrea would hardly be at home, and would likely be off most of the time fucking a bunch of different omegas, instead of her wife, not that Lena wanted Andrea to do that to her anymore. However, things turned worse once more when Lena found out that Andrea had taken an omega called Eve as her girlfriend, and not in a secret way. Andrea had been going about a bunch of her business events letting people know Eve was her girlfriend, which was completely and utterly embarrassing for Lena. But things then finally came to a head, and an end, on the day about a few months later, when Lena found out that Andrea had claimed Eve. When Lena found out that news, she absolutely exploded in a fit of rage in front of not only Andrea, but their young daughters too. Lena screamed at Andrea, spewing so much anger towards her, and told her she would be leaving, and taking their daughters with her. However, the situations was made even more worse when Natalie and Ashley refused to go with Lena, and claimed they wanted to stay with Andrea. Hearing that utterly and completely broke Lena, far more than anything Andrea had done to her over their almost 13 years of marriage.
After this, over the next couple of months Lena and Andrea went through the whole divorce process. The proceedings themselves didn’t end up being about money or anything, because Lena still had her money from what her father had left her, and didn’t want any of Andrea’s. Instead, the proceedings ended up being about the custody of their two daughters. Lena tried hard, with all her might, and evidence that Andrea was a poor mother, to convince the judge to give her full custody, but the judge saw things differently. The judge ended up ruling that not only would Lena not get full custody, but Andrea would get primary custody, and Lena would only get custody on weekends. The reason the judge explained that he did this was because Lena and Andrea’s two daughters had both said they wanted to live with Andrea, but Lena thinks that it was likely because Andrea paid off the judge, or because he was an alpha like Andrea, and therefore bias. Either way, the ruling crushed Lena even further than she already was.
Now it’s a few years since Lena’s divorce, and she has just turned 40. In many ways Lena’s life is far better than it was a few years ago, as not only has Lena started her own tech company, which has been a resounding success, but she has also reconnected with Sam, who now has a daughter of her own called Ruby. However, in some other ways Lena’s life is worse than it was a few years ago, mostly because of her daughters, as well as Andrea. Lena’s problem has been that Natalie and Ashley make it a constant battle as to them spending time with her, because they both blame Lena for their parents’ marriage ending. Then, at the same time, whenever Lena sees Andrea, her former alpha always finds some way to pod and poke her, just to get on her nerves, or try and get a reaction from her. In fact, Lena is pretty sure that if Andrea didn’t enjoy spending time away from her kids so much, that she would never let Natalie and Ashley see her, by simply giving into them whenever they complained about going to stay with their other mom.
In regards to Lena’s personal life, and more specifically her love life, over the last few years, since her divorce, she basically hasn’t had one. Lena has been entirely focused on building L-Corp, and also on trying to reconnect with her kids, who are now 12 and 14 years old respectably. But honestly Lena really hasn’t been interested in pursuing another relationship with anyone else now, and she has certainly had many people who have attempted to woo her. Lena has had alphas who have tried to be all polite and nice and slowly seduce her, and then she has also had alphas who have been more firm and direct, and used their pheromones to try and force Lena to give into her omega nature. But then also Lena has had other omegas and even some betas who have tried to start a relationship with her, the CEO is just not interested.
Due to Lena’s relationship with Andrea, and how much it has scared her, Lena honestly is hardly affected by pheromones anymore. Sometimes Lena has walked into rooms where alphas have emitted submissive/seductive pheromones in her direction, and they haven’t affected her at all, even when other omegas around her begin to give into the pheromones. This lack of being affected by pheromones is also added to the fact that Lena rarely experiences heats anymore. When Lena first found out about these ‘issues’ she did go and see a doctor, not that she cared about them, but because she wanted to remain healthy for her daughters’ sakes, even if they don’t like her too much. However, after the doctor ran several tests on Lena, she simply told her that there was absolutely nothing wrong with her, and Lena’s issues were likely a mental problem rather than a physical one. In fact, the doctor said that Lena’s omega biology seemed to have more similarity with that of a 20-year-old than a 40-year-old, and that it would be highly likely that Lena would still be able to have more pups for several years to come. Lena, of course, was glad about the news that her health was fine, but she didn’t care about the news she’d still be able to have more children. Lena has absolutely zero plans to ever have more kids, and honestly, she can’t ever see herself being with another alpha either. There is just far too much damage there.
Presently Lena is sitting in her office at L-Corp, doing some work as usual. It is currently the middle of the week, which is honestly Lena’s least favourite time of the week. Lena knows that a lot of people feel the same way, simply because they are in the middle of the week, between weekends, but that isn’t the case for Lena, at least not really. Lena simply hates the middle of the week because it is the exact time when she is in the middle of when she last saw her daughters, and when she will see them again. This is because currently Lena and Andrea’s arrangement is that the two kids come home to Lena’s house after school on Friday, and spend the entire weekend with the CEO. Then after the weekend is over, if the kids have school on Monday, Lena will simply take them both to school, and that evening they’ll just go home to Andrea’s, but if they don’t have school on the Monday, Andrea will come and pick Natalie and Ashley up on Sunday evening. Lena, of course, doesn’t love this arrangement, as she would much prefer to spend more time with her daughters than seeing them basically 2 days a week, but she is also aware that if she made any attempts to change the custody arrangement, Ashley and Natalie would throw a fit over it. In fact, already it is extremely difficult to get Lena’s daughters to actually spend time with her, as there have been several occasions where Lena has been waiting for Natalie and Ashley to show up at her house on Friday afternoon, and they have just never shown, and gone back home to Andrea’s place instead. But despite all that, Lena still absolutely loves her daughters, and even if they are mean and not nice to her, and have taken Andrea’s side, nothing will change that.
There is a knock at Lena’s office door, which surprises the CEO. The reason for this is usually people don’t get a chance to actually knock on her office door because Lena’s assistant Jess is outside ‘standing guard’, like the amazing assistant she is. In fact, there have been several occasions where Jess has essentially thrown out some rude alphas who have tried to force Lena to give into their alpha charm and pheromones.
“Uhhh…. yeah?” Lena calls out, unsure as to who it could be.
Lena’s office door then opens, and a blonde woman who can’t be much older than her mid-20s walks into the CEOs office, looking very confused and flustered.
“Hello? Can I help you?” Lena asks, standing up from her desk, looking at this mysterious blonde woman with intrigue.
“Uhhh…. yeah…. I…. I’m sorry…. I think I’m lost….” The blonde says, looking around at the office very confused.
Lena can’t help but grow a small smile on her face, being very amused by the blonde woman’s demeanour, but not in a mean way. It’s just that this blonde woman looks like a lost puppy right now.
“Well, maybe I can help you.” Lena says, “Where are you supposed to be?”
“I uhmm…. I’m here for an interview for the finance department? I think I’m supposed to be seeing a Miss Samantha Arias?” the blonde says, “The…. the people downstairs told me where to go…. but I think I must have misheard the floor number or something…..”
Lena chuckles, for multiple reasons after the blonde says that. After Lena does that, the blonde turns to her with almost a hurt look on her face.
“Sorry.” Lena says, “I’m not laughing at you. I just think this is a bit funny.”
“Oh.” The blonde replies.
“Firstly, yes you have got turned around a bit. This is floor 43, you want floor 34.” Lena explains.
“Oh Rao.” The blonde says, face palming now.
“Then secondly, I would recommend you address Miss Arias as Miss Arias or Sam. She absolutely hates being called Samantha.” Lena says.
“Oh… right…. yes….. I will…. thank you.” The blonde replies, in a bit of a flustered voice.
Lena chuckles again.
“Come on, I’ll walk you to the elevator.” Lena smiles.
“Oh…. I don’t want to disturb you more than I already have…” The blonde says.
“It’s no problem at all. I could use a little break, and something to stretch my legs.” Lena replies.
“Well…. okay then…. You could make sure I don’t get lost again.” The blonde says.
“Sure.” Lena smiles, and then gestures with her hand for the blonde to begin walking out of her office.
Lena and the blonde then walk out of her office, and head towards the elevators, as they do this, Lena notices that Jess is not at her desk. Lena assumes that her assistant must have taken a break or something.
“Do… do you have any advice for me…. for this interview?” The blonde asks Lena, in a nervous voice, as they walk towards the elevators.
“Just be yourself. Sam is one of the nicest people I have ever met. She isn’t some mean person whose plan is to intimate you in this interview to try and get you to crack or anything. So, relax a little bit.” Lena says.
“Yes… okay…. I’ll try… thank you.” The blonde replies.
Lena and the blonde then arrive at the elevators.
“Well…. I guess this is me…” the blonde says, pressing the button that goes up.
“Uhh… you want to press the down button.” Lena says.
“Oh Rao…. I really am a mess.” The blonde says, and then presses the down button.
Lena chuckles again, and a few seconds later the elevator doors open for an elevator which is going down.
“Okay…. well…. thank you for your help uhmmmm….” The blonde begins, as she steps inside the elevator.
“Lena.” Lena says. This is a bit strange for her, because usually Lena would have just said ‘Miss Luthor’.
“Lena.” The blonde repeats with a smile.
“And your name is?” Lena asks, with a smirk.
“Oh… Kara! I’m Kara Danvers.” Kara says, with a smile.
“Well, good luck with your interview, Kara Danvers.” Lena smiles back.
“Thank you.” Kara replies, with the elevator doors then closing.
Once the elevator doors close, Lena just stands there for a few seconds, with a smile on her face. Lena just thinks that Kara was certainly different from most people she has met before. Lena just hopes that alphas don’t try and take advantage of Kara, who is obviously an omega.
Lena then walks back towards her office, and sees that Jess is sitting at her desk again.
“Oh… Miss Luthor…” Jess says, “I didn’t know you’d left.”
“That’s quite alright, Jess.” Lena smiles, “I was just escorting a lost potential employee to the correct location.”
“Oh…. I’m so sorry Miss Luthor…. I just took a break to go to the bathroom…. I know how highly you value your privacy, and don’t like being disturbed. I promise it won’t happen again.” Jess says.
“Jess, it’s fine. The person is interviewing with Sam, and is a lovely person, it seems. No harm done.” Lena smiles.
“If you say so, Miss Luthor.” Jess replies.
Lena nods her head at Jess, and then walks back inside of her office. For the rest of the day after this, for some reason, Lena is in a really good mood, even though it’s the middle of the week.