Amidst Controversy and Tranquility (5 AM, Break of Dawn)
She had been forever grateful that most were far too exhausted to overhear her lover's raised voice of absolute panic. Those that had were there in a flash even though one had been laying with her own sister. Furthermore her little one had whimpered in her crib and without hesitance the young Arias had carefully wrapped her to bring her with her towards the nerve wracked cry. The moment they had arrived though their movements halted when ten feet away.
"Oh my god." Sam found her voice and footing rushing over as her daughter flew passed her to settle Rose in the other crib to sing soft kryptonian melodies to assure her all was well. Sam noticed immediately how Lena had slid a pillow under Supergirl's head as well as begun using small portable sun lamps to aid in the healing as her eyes landed on Kara's open bleeding hands. She knelt down slowly next to her friend her sister providing a warm supportive touch feeling how bad Lena was shaking. "What can I do."
"Slap her?" Lena tried her best not to snap but she was far too scared and worried to be angry. "Help reassure her we are here to take the weight of her demons if she needs that. I don't.." Tears ran down her face shutting her eyes trying so hard to calm her scattered emotions. Kara didn't need the wrath of a furious Luthor. She needed to know that it was okay to cry to scream to let these troubles out. "I didn't even notice until she walked away when I was trying to get her to open up. She...she looked like she was ready to puke and I should have recognized the symptoms. Dammit she had it on her." Sam gasped and Lena turned her head to the side catching two sets of shivering eyes. "How could she carry that when she knows...it almost killed her."
"She is aware of too much and harbors the guilt that everything that happened to all of us especially to her sister, is her own doing." Ruby explained. "How much does she know Aunt Lena.."
"Did you hear.." One nod confirmed what Lena must have already known. "Yes. You are right. I didn't know. We have all had one thing after another plague us and any slight chance at peace seems to be violently ripped from our hands. I should have known." The guilt had passed to her like a riptide. "She's tried to be strong. She's kept her suffering in. I...none of us will let her do that anymore. I don't care if I have pound it into her skull for her to see that we are here."
Their quiet conversation continued unaware they had been heard by two whom did their best not to let tears fall. As both sisters listened to every word it was as if they made a silent promise to each other to let their family be whom they spilled their own darkness out to. It was time to let go. It was time to let them help the Danvers rise again..
Once they knew everything had settled down Sam returned to the bedroom that she was sharing with Danvers only to walk in and see Alex up and sitting back against the iron headboard with coffee in hand. She raised one eyebrow with a finger pointing to the nightstand where another mug was with steam coming off it.
"I could kiss you right now." Sam walked over only to stop for a moment with her face turning red to continue to the side of the bed and lift the mug without any worry of being burned by the quite high temperature around the base. She took a sip contemplating what her bed mate's response would be.
"Is that all I have to do is give you a wake up call to earn that?" Alex quirked her own eyebrow looking over while smirking between sips. Sam swallowed hard feeling her heart pounding in her chest and her pulse racing like crazy. Was this an opportunity to remove the stress and tension she'd just endured and somewhat still carried? Rao yes. Yes it was.
"This is really good." Sam spoke lowering her voice to almost a whisper sitting down setting her mug down slipping her legs to turn to Alex as she reached out and took the other mug placing it beside her own on the nightstand. With much more confidence than she'd had in a while she reached up to Alex's face tucking a few strands of her short sexy hair behind her ear. Though every single part of this woman screamed sexy and beautiful. Alex was everything and more. She brought her lips close enough to the woman's own and whispered with a sultry tone, "You are so gorgeous Danvers.." She pulled her head back just enough.
"Sam.." She'd lost all that agent mentality when lips met her own in such a deep yet smooth kiss and instantly she reached up to bring a hand to Sam's face to express how much she loved this embrace. Alex had been aching for this and it had been Arias to make that first move. Now she was returning the press of lips as the softest of sweet moans left her throat with her hand slipping behind Sam's head to keep her right there.
Perhaps what they were doing was selfish but they both needed this. As the kiss deepened with an unbridled passion and they fell onto their sides joining together like two destined soulmates it was abundantly clear this would be what kept them strong in the turmoil they were all enduring..
"Ugh...tell me the rooster did not crow at seven in the bloody morning." Sawyer groaned with her face against the wall awaiting her brew to pour into the mug. She had to admit the gourmet roasting machine was quite pleasant but she needed that caffeine kick. Like now..
"Maggie?" The detective turned her head slightly flicking her eyes to the side where the door was. The knock had stirred her from her slightly groggy state. "May I come in?"
"Lane?"
"Yeah."
"Suuuuuure." Sawyer sighed as the door opened and the woman in all navy blue with what looked like the thinnest yet softest of pajama pants with a string strapped tank alerted at least one of her senses and that was to oogle the sight before her. Damn this Major was hot. "Hiii.." Maggie smiled then kicked herself internally with how dreamy that hello came out. Lucy just smiled back walking over to remove a cup from the stack then slid between the machine and the detective which left both women in a rather tight proximity.
"That good?" Lane asked not complaining about how it felt to be slightly rubbing up against Sawyer.
"Tasty.." Maggie kicked herself again for the smooth as silk return. Yet that didn't seem to deter her visitor one bit in fact it brought Lucy turning to face her as the cup filled up. Sawyer felt a slight tinge of nervousness which Lane picked up quickly only to offer the warmest of smiles. "Luce." One finger over her lips as the woman expertly retrieved her cup to bring it to her lips while keeping her eyes locked on Sawyer's had Maggie gulping.
"Mmmm.." She practically purred slowly removing the rim of the cup from her lips. "It could use something sweet and a topper of the whipped kind." Lane smiled to slip out from her rather tight space to walk right over to the comfy lounge chair in the corner sitting down continuing to enjoy her latte of choice. She smirked as the detective still stood by the machine with the cup away from her lips with her mouth practically open. Apparently Lucy's comment had left Sawyer dumbfounded. Finally the woman came out of her stupor turning slowly around.
"Is that something you prefer to use your finger to enjoy or your tongue." Maggie smiled sipping her mocha. Two could play this game. Looking over at Lane she saw the eyebrow raise and laughed. She couldn't help it. "With an angle just to squeeze out the filling."
"Damn you're good at this." Lucy chuckled.
"I do know several ways to work the right angles actually." Sawyer ran her tongue along the rim of her cup. "Mmmmm…" Lane watched attentively at this flirtatious torture. "It is missing that sweetened component." If this kept up Lucy would be topping the detective in no time. This was gonna be a looong morning. "Did you have something for breakfast in mind?" Lucy's orbs attempted not to fill with lust but it was growing far too difficult of a feat to apply to the table..
As Lena wrapped a protective yet comforting arm around Kara's body while being the big spoon on her bed she kept laying the softest of kisses along the back of her love's neck providing that promise that she would be there to chase away the demons when they approached to claim the blonde so torn in far too many ways. The fact that Kara had gone so far as to hide something so lethal to her and used it to inflict herself that strike of pain which she believed she deserved spoke to the hidden struggles she had been dealing with silently.
So Lena brought another promise to join the one she had to Kara, that she would show her angel that was her entire world what she should have done but had been scared to approach, which was an offering of love and romance that was long overdue for both of them. It was time that they had more that didn't involve war and strife. It was time Lena showed Kara what she'd been shown all along by her bubbly babbling reporter and hero. The guiding light..
*This was indeed shorter than most of my chapters but this offers several paths that could be taken. Obstacles or serenity. Only time will tell..