>time passes by, he feels more and more dissociated from his hero persona
>doesnt have time to date, doesnt have time for hobbies, doesnt have time to just be himself
>there is always someone in need, always a new disaster or a new gala or a new thing that demands his attention
>her power starts to fail
>he goes to sleep as supergirl but wakes up turned back into a normal guy
>turning back into supergirl becomes harder and harder
>then one day, in the middle of a fight, a villain throws a particularly strong emotion based attack
>before anyone can notice "she" falls into a bunch of rubble
>gets buried
>othe heroes defeat bad guy and rush to rescue supergirl
>they discover this guy, wearing her clothes
>he is like, you know what, im fucking tired, time to tell the truth
>there is this huge ass scandal
>suddenly the whole world has to deal with the fact that the most beloved woman ever was a man all along
>lots and lots of backlash, dude decided to take a break from being a hero and hide from the rest of the world
>a lot of the other heroes are indignant as well
>except for a few that manage to look past the shock and realize that this was beyond his control
>the hero that had rejected him when he was a teenager is particularly shocked, specially because since then they had become great friends
>flies to his apartment to confront him
>he opens the door, greets her and invites her in, he is used to hanging out with her, she doesnt know how to react, specially since this guy is basically a stranger to her
>but as time goes on she starts to see that he has the same mannerisms, the same expresions, and slowly comes to terms with the fact that he is the same person she has been hanging out with and fighting crime with all these years
>their friendship is stronger than ever
>she is one of the main heroes that support him and help him get back into the game
>goes to a shitton of interviews, there is a lot of PR work, now also becomes LGBT icon, he just rolls with this
(cont)
