"Would you believe me if I told you that I remember every single one of my past lives, every one of my lives in the infinite universes out there, and in every single one we end up together." Lena questioned quietly, running her fingers up and down Kara's arm.
"That sounds like a corny pick up line."
"We've been married for ten years," Lena pointed out. "Does this seem like something I would lie about?"
Kara eyed her wife sceptically over the head of their sleeping daughter.
"What is the two thousands here could be mid-evil times in another universe." Lena elaborated. "What if I told you there was a time and a universe where the women became the knights and leaders while the men took up the inherently feminine jobs?"
"I would say that that sounds fake." Kara said, "But your heartbeat isn't elevating so you aren't lying."
"What if I told you there was one time we weren't even on earth at all."
"Where were we?"
"Krypton,"
"We met on my home planet?" Kara questioned, nodding when Lena did. "Okay, say I believed you, tell me about it?"
"Okay," Lena hummed. "I'll start with the first one I remember."
—
I.
Lena remembered the first time she saw Kara the best.
The Middle ages, England, their current Universe.
England was just finding it's footing, emerging from the fall of the Roman Empire. The economy was destroyed.
Between disease, famine and the cold weather people were dropping like flies.
Lena was one of the lucky ones, and looking back now she knows how damn lucky she got.
She was part of the very few that still had enough money to live comfortably, she father owned a chain of breweries, she was relatively high the social class spectrum, which meant her life was much less influenced by gender and authoritarian beliefs.
Kara was much less fortunate.
Kara, and her sister, Alex, both worked at Lena's fathers brewing company. Alex had be forced to marry the son of the blacksmith, Maxwell Lord (but Lena later found out that she was having an affair with Lucy Lane, that daughter of the head of the guardsmen).
Lena met Kara when they were teenagers. Her father was trying to teach her tricks of the trade (after Lex had been killed she was the only one left for take over), and he decided when she was sixteen that that would be a good time to take her to work with him.
They were doing rounds of the brewery floor when she spotted Kara, she was mixing something over the stone oven, her face damp with sweat and her muscles straining with every movement.
Lena's dad disappeared ten minutes after they got there, going off to get some business done, telling Lena to have a walk around and get familiar with the process of producing liquor.
Lena nodded and waited for her father to disappear before making her way over to Kara.
"Hey,"
Kara glanced back over her shoulder, only looking at Lena for a split second before getting back to work. "Are you new?" Kara asked in a soft voice.
"No," Lena said, which prompted Kara to look back at her again. As soon as Kara took in Lena's clothes she straightened immediately. "I'm Lena."
"Luthor, the bosses daughter?"
"Yeah," Lena nodded. "What's your name?"
"I'm Kara Danvers, ma'am." Kara rushed to hold her hand out to Lena, but withdrew it quickly after that when she realised to dirty it was. "Sorry, I'm filthy." She laughed nervously.
"Please, call me Lena." Lena smiled softly, offering Kara her hand.
Kara looked a little unsurely but tentatively took ahold of Lena's hand. The first thing Lena noticed about Kara's hands was how calloused that were, compared to her unworked, soft hands.
"Have you, uh, have you worked here long, miss Danvers?"
"If I'm to call you Lena you should call me Kara," Kara insisted. "And, yes, I have, two years now. I started when I was fourteen."
Lena's eyebrows raised in surprise. "That's awful young."
Kara shrugged. "Are you going to be working with your father?"
"Yeah, he is trying to show me the ropes of the business."
"Well, if you need any help don't hesitate to ask." Kara offered with a friendly smile, and Lena couldn't help but smile back, heat spreading across her chest and, not for the last time, Lena was worried about the instant feelings she was having for Kara, and the implications them.
"I should go," Lena pulled her hand out of Kara's grasp, smiling to herself when Kara got all flustered and rushed to apologise. "I'll see you around, Miss Danvers."
Kara nodded once, "Miss Luthor."
Lena smiled, turning and quickly walking away before she changed her mind.
She insisted on going to work with her father every weekend after that, and ever weekend she would seek out Kara and sit beside her work station for the majority of the time she spent at the factory.
They had known each other for almost six months before Lena kissed Kara.
The brewery was closed and everyone had gone home hours ago, Lena's father was locked away in his office doing work so Lena and Kara had camped away in the the supply room, both of them with books on their laps but neither of them paying any attention to the books.
"My father died the week before we met," Kara leant her head back against one of the stacks of boxes, Lena mirrored her movement, both of their heads tilted to face each other.
"I'm sorry,"
Kara shrugged sadly, "Everyone is losing someone, right?"
"That doesn't mean it hurts any less," Lena placed a hand on Kara's leg, giving it a little comforting squeeze.
Kara looked down at Lena's hand, looking up at Lena through her eyelashes.
"I lost my brother," Lena whispered.
"I'm sorry,"
Lena just shook her head, keeping her hand on Kara's leg and moving her other hand to her cheek.
Kara smiled softly as Lena smoothed her thumb over her cheek, her eyes slipping closed at the comfort.
"Kara?"
"Yeah?" Kara whispered, her voice cracking slightly, and she opened her eyes.
"Can I kiss you?"
Kara looked a little surprised at that but she swallowed and nodded.
So Lena kissed her, the first of many, not only in that life but many more after that.
Kara kissed her back, smiling against Lena's lips as she done so.
They were together until they were twenty one, neither forced to marry because Alex was doing enough for the Danvers so Kara didn't have to marry someone she hated, and Lena because no one was deemed good enough for her.
They were together until Kara was killed by the flu. After that Lena was heartbroken, she married someone she didn't love and had three kids. She died in child birth at the age of thirty one.
—
"Alex has an affair with Lucy?" Kara raised an eyebrow sceptically.
"She has dated quite a few of the women in her life right now."
"And you asked if you could kiss me?" Kara grinned when Lena nodded. "So, are you a nerd in every lifetime?"
Lena grinned and rolled her eyes. "Only with you."
"A resounding yes," Kara laughed. "How many more are there?"
"I remember at least twenty."
"Okay, tell me one more before we go to sleep?"
"Okay, they won't necessarily be in order."
Kara just hummed, stroking her daughters hair.
—
II.
There was a time that they met on Krypton.
A Krypton that wasn't dying, a Krypton that had been saved in time.
Kara's parents saved it in time and proceeded rule over the planet.
And, of course, Lena was the daughter of the woman who was strongly against the House of El ruling over Krypton.
Lena remembered Kara, she remembered her from before, and she hated that they were technically enemies.
She and Kara didn't meet properly until Kara was old enough to leave the castle on her own at eighteen.
They did meet briefly when they were fifteen and Kara's aunt took her out of the castle for a day trip to the theatre and Lena just happened to be there too. They ran into each other in the bathroom and didn't really talk much, Lena just offered Kara a little smile, to which Kara smiled widely in return and told Lena that she loved her dress. Lena felt that same thump in her chest as she did when she first met Kara in the life times before this one.
They met officially at eighteen.
Lena was sat at the bar, drink in hand, her best friend, Sara, by her side. Sara nudged her shoulder.
"What?" Lena grumbled into her drink, glaring over at Sara when she nudged her again. "What?"
Sara nudged her head behind Lena so Lena turned in her chair to look in that direction.
There was Kara, dressed in a pretty blue dress and looking a little uncomfortable at the fact most people were now staring at her.
"For Roe's sake, people need to get a life." She grumbled, turning away from Kara, rolling her eyes at everyone who's staring at Kara.
It was about half a minute later when Kara sat down beside her.
"Uh, can I have just anything alcoholic, please? But nothing too gross." Kara asked, gaining a funny look from the barman.
"Give her the houses' special brew," Lena ordered and the barman glanced at Kara who looked at Lena, then back to the barman, nodding and pointing at Lena.
"What she said," Kara agreed and Lena hid her smile behind her glass. "You're Lena Luthor."
"And I didn't think you were allowed out of your castle." Lena shot back.
Kara either didn't hear her or chose to ignore her. "We've met before," She said with a smile, motioning between them. Lena looked a little surprised, she had never met anyone who remembered their past lives, Kara had never remembered any of her past lives. "Remember? At that show, you were wearing that pretty green dress?"
"I'll leave you to it," Sara muttered against her ear and Lena could hear her smirk.
"You remember that?" Lena tilted her head at Kara, she couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
"Yeah, of course."
Lena nodded slowly. "This your first time out?"
"Yeah, I turned eighteen the other day so I thought it would be a good way to celebrate."
"On your own?"
"My cousin is too young to come, I don't have any friends." Kara shrugged. "How are you?"
"How am I?" Lena chuckled lightly, downing the remained of her drink. "How about we celebrate your birthday properly?"
Kara looked unsure, and a little worried, glancing up at the barman as he set her drink down in front of her before looking back at Lena with an almost scared puppy look.
"I-" Kara swallowed, nodding slowly. "O-okay, sure."
"Okay," Lena grinned, turning to address the barman. "Six shots please, Koz."
"Sure thing, Luthor."
Kara watched the man as he set down six shot glasses and filled them to the brim.
"We are going to celebrate this right, Kara Zor-El." Lena said, picking up two of the shots, handing one off to Kara. "Don't look so worried." She grinned, hitting her shot lightly off of Kara's. "I'll look after you."
Lena didn't flinch as the liquid burned its way down her throat but Kara did, scrunching her face up in disgust, which made Lena laugh.
"Come on, Zor-El, you're going to have to get used to that because there are plenty more of those to come tonight." Lena gave Kara another shot, which she reluctantly took, having the same reaction as before.
"Do you remember me?" Kara asked in a gruff voice.
"More then you know," Lena pushed the other shot into Kara's hand before she could question. "Okay, start on your drink, then we're dancing."
"I can't dance."
"Can't or won't?" Lena raised a challenging eyebrow at Kara, wrapping her hand around her fresh drink. "Come on, Kara, let loose a little. It must be so stressful being a part of the House of El."
"Was that sarcasm?" Kara grumbled and Lena had to wonder what she had been told before to make her assume that.
"No," Lena said truthfully, looking up at Kara with earnest eyes. "I believe that it must be hard, there must be a lot of pressure."
Kara looked a little taken aback by that. "It's… fine."
"Fine," Lena laughed. "Come on, Zor-el, we're going to dance."
Lena gulped down her drink but Kara didn't get to finish hers before Lena's pulling get toward the dance floor.
They had only been dancing for around twenty minuted before, unsurprisingly, someone approached Kara.
Kara looked unsure, like she didn't want to be speaking to him but was too polite to tell him to go away, so Lena took ahold of Kara's hand and pulled her closer, grinning at the way Kara's blue eyes opened in surprise.
"Trust me," Lena said to her, moving Kara's arms to rest around her shoulders, her own hands pressing against Kara's back. "Just say no and I'll back off, okay?"
"I don't want you to." Kara admitted shyly.
Lena's grin softened and she pressed a little harder against Kara's back, pulling her flush against her.
"What would your parents say?" Lena grinned wickedly.
"What would yours?"
"I don't care," Lena shrugged. "I'm not the heir to an entire planet."
"Can we just not talk about anything like that?"
"Of course," Lena nodded, "Do you want to go get another drink?"
"Yeah,"
They danced together until the club closed at four am, Kara pressed up again Lena, Lena's hand consistently pressing protectively against her lower back.
They left with everyone else when the club closed, Kara leaning against Lena for support, her arm wrapped around Kara's waist, both to keep Kara standing and to keep herself stable.
"You wanna go get food?" Lena questioned.
"Do you live alone?" Kara asked instead of answering, Lena hummed yes. "Can we go there? I've had enough funny looks for tonight?"
So they did, they walked back to Lena's place, Lena on Kara's back for the last five minutes because she just couldn't continue in her shoes.
They settled on Lena's carpet, both on their front facing each other, biscuits beside them.
Lena rested her chin on the carpet, her mouth hidden by her arm while she stared over at Kara who was quite content chewing on the biscuits and making a mess as she done so.
"You're so beautiful," Lena murmured in awe, catching Kara's attention.
Kara blushed at the unexpected compliment, her cheeks puffed out with biscuit.
"Did you have fun tonight?" Kara nodded, chewing quickly on the food she had in her mouth.
"Thank you," She said after swallowing. "Both for the compliment and tonight."
"You're welcome, for both."
"Why did you do it?"
Lena eyed Kara, she had know this girl long enough (In every lifetime Kara was exactly the same woman) (except earth-3 but she doesn't like to think about that) to know when she was hiding something. "What do you really want to ask me?"
"Did you just do what you did tonight because you know it is a good way to spite your parents?"
"No," Lena assured, "I just wanted you to have a good eighteenth birthday, but if you never want to see me again I get that."
"I don't want that,"
"What do you want?" Lena pushed herself up on to her elbows, coming eye to eye with Kara.
"You,"
"Does that mean you wouldn't slap me if I kissed you?"
Kara shook her head. "I would quite like it if you did,"
Lena smiled, her fingertips brushing against Kara's forearm as she leant forward, coming within a few inches of Kara's lips, giving the girl time to back off but when she didn't Lena pressed her lips to Kara's.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds before Lena pulled back, grinning at Kara when she just stayed still, mouth parted slightly and her eyes still closed.
"Are you okay?"
"Mhm," Kara hummed in a shaky voice, only opening her eyes when Lena chuckled. "I mean," Kara said in a more sure voice. "Yes, yeah, I'm good. Really good. We should definitely do that again."
"Oh, we should, should we?" Lena arched a playful eyebrow at Kara.
"Only if you want to,"
"I want to," Lena assured. "I really want to."
They kept it a secret for the most part, Kara sneaking out of the castle and heading to Lena's place to hang out.
Lena was amazed that this Kara, the Kara who had everything she could ever want and more, Kara who was the heir to an entire planet, was still the same dorky, loveable Kara she had met in every other past life (even evil, earth-3 Kara was dorky and loveable in a horrifying way).
They kept it a secret for a year, until both Lillian and Lex Luthor were arrested for making an attempt on Kara's life.
Lena growled, marching over to Lex as he was being shackled by one of Kara's guards. Lex didn't expect it, he probably expected her to praise him, but he looked shocked when Lena punched him, square in the nose, causing him to stumble back, the guards didn't stop her when she advanced on him again.
"You're dead to me," Lena growled at her brother, blood seeping from his nose. Lena pointed over at her mother. "And so is she."
"Lena," Lex frowned in confusion.
"You are both so fucking stupid! Not only is trying to kill anyone callous and cold but trying to kill one of the most important people on this planet is just stupid!" Lena snapped. "You both deserve everything you are going to get after this, I'm not going to preach your innocence or help you get off." Lena shook her head. "Dad would have been so disappointed in you."
Lex looked wounded as he was dragged away.
Lena startled when she felt a hand on her shoulder, "It's okay, it's me."
"What are you doing here?" Lena turned to Kara, checking her over to make sure she wasn't hurt too badly.
"I had to see you,"
"You were almost killed." Lena said in a shaky voice, like at any moment she could burst into tears.
"How about we go back to your place?"
"Or you could come back to the castle?" Both Lena and Kara's heads snapped to the side to see Kara's father standing there. "Both of you."
"She didn't have anything to do with this." Kara said, motioning over to Lena.
"I know,"
This lifetime was one of the ones that didn't end in tragedy. It took Kara's family a little while to warm up to having a Luthor around but they did eventually, Lena and Kal actually got on surprisingly well. They lived a long, happy life, got married after three year, had three kids in the space of ten years of being married.
This lifetime was one of Lena's favourites.
—
"So you could tell me something about Krypton that only someone who lived there would know?" Kara said.
"I could,"
"Okay," Kara tilted her chin challengingly. "Tell me about the moons?"
"Well, Jax-Ur destroyed Wegthor while testing nuclear weapons."
"Alex could have told you that, I told Alex all about that."
"Well did you'll Alex that Jax was the first and only person to be banished eternally to the phantom-zone?"
"No," Kara narrowed her eyes.
"What? You've see someone who can jump between universes and can run the speed of light but me remembered my past lives is so unbelievable."
"Why do you always have to bring Barry into our disagreements?" Kara huffed.
"He makes a surprisingly great argument for a lot of things." Lena laughed quietly.
"Momma?" Lena looked down at her daughter when she gently tugged on her shirt. "More?"
"You wanna hear more stories, baba?" Lena smiled, taking ahold of her daughters handed giving it a little squeeze. "Okay, One more than we all have to go to sleep, okay?"
"Yes, Momma."
"Do you want to hear the one were your mommy was a knight?" Lena smiled over at her daughter who nodded quickly.
—
III.
She had first met Kara when they were nine years old.
Kara's sister was head of Lena's guard so, when their mother and father both died, Lionel would allow her to bring Kara into work with her, reasoning that it would be good for Lena to have someone her own age and gender to play with.
Kara was shy when they first met, Alex dropped her off at Lena's quarters, kneeling down in front of her and offering Lena a smile over Kara's shoulder before looking at her sister, saying something that Lena couldn't quite hear.
Kara nodded and Alex gently patted her shoulder, pulling her in for a hug.
When Alex let go of Kara the girl turned to look at Lena, offering Lena a shy smile.
"Hi," Lena got off of her bed and made her way to Kara. "I'm Lena."
"I'm Kara,"
"Do you want to come inside, Kara? Or we could go outside and play?" Lena offered.
"I don't mind."
"My father got me some new charcoal, we could draw?"
"Okay," Kara nodded with a smile. "I've never used them before."
"That's okay," Lena took ahold of Kara's hand and gently pulled her inside. "It'll teach you."
By the time Alex came back to get her sister she was filthy, covered in black charcoal and and giggling along with Lena.
Lena remembered Kara, at a young age she thought it was from a dream, that all of her past lives had been a dream, but as she got older she realised that wasn't true.
Kara spent almost everyday with Lena over the next few years, every time Alex was working Kara was with her.
They became really close, closer than Lena ever expected, and at thirteen, when Lena saw the way Lex looked at his wife, she realised that that was exactly how she looked at Kara. She didn't know what that meant at such a young age so she ignored it as best she could (ignoring the way Kara made her feel, however, was much harder).
When she was fifteen Kara didn't show up with her sister, which was strange, Kara never once missed coming over so Lena pulled Alex aside and asked her.
"She's very sick, Lena." Alex told her.
"Is she going to be okay?"
"I don't know," Alex admitted. "She's at home, Maggie is looking after her."
"What's wrong with her?"
"We don't know," Alex shrugged. "She's vomiting, sweating, she's very pale. We don't know what to do, we can't afford a doctor."
Lena frowned, her stomach churning with worry.
"I need to get back to work."
"Of course." Lena nodded.
Lena showed up at the Danvers house hold later that night with the castle doctor. Maggie looked confused when she opened the door but let them in.
Kara was in bed, her eyes closed, shivering and her body covered with sweat, Alex was beside her, holding her sisters hand but she stood when Lena entered with the doctor, a confused frown on her face. "Lena? We can't- we can't afford this."
"That's not an issue." Lena assured and she could see the way Alex's face morphed from confused to grateful.
"Lena," Lena's eyes moved from Alex to Kara, who had opened her eye and was smiling weakly at her. "Hey."
"Hey," Lena smiled, moving to crouch down beside Kara's bed, taking ahold of her hand.
"Did you come to see me one last time?" Kara grinned crookedly.
"You're not dying, I won't let you." Lena squeezed Kara's hand, looking down at Kara, who was looking at her with a mixture of curiosity and worry. "We've got a doctor."
"To replace Maggie? But she is so good." Kara joked.
"Shut up, Little Danvers." Maggie huffed and Kara laughed, but it turned into a coughing fit.
"Miss Luthor," the doctor placed a hand on Lena's shoulder. "I should get to work immediately."
Lena nodded and every one but the doctor left the room, waiting anxiously outside.
"I owe you everything for this," Alex said, chewing on her nail.
"You don't owe me anything, I'm not doing it for you."
"Do you-" Alex trailed off, eyeing Lena curiously. "Do you love her?"
Lena looked at Alex from the side of her eye, "It's hard not to."
Alex nodded once, returning her eyes to the door.
The doctor managed to make Kara better, though he did admit that if it had been any longer she probably would have died.
Lena didn't get to see her again after that night, there was an attack on the castle so she was locked away inside and couldn't leave. Alex came to her a month after that night telling her that Kara was better, she was getting stronger.
But she still didn't see Kara, and every time she asked Alex she would just tell her Kara was busy, but she never told her with what.
Lena was beginning to wonder if she had done something wrong, she hadn't seen Kara for over six months, she still couldn't leave the castle to see her, and she was hurting. Then Kara entered her quarters, knocking on Lena's door first, only entering when told.
She was grinning widely, looking considerable more stronger than she had the last time Lena had see her. That could be down to her not being sick anymore or the fact Kara was dressed as a knight, as one of Lena's guards.
"Kara?"
"Hey, how are you?"
"How am I? That's what you open with! I haven't seen you in months, I thought I had done something wrong!" Lena snapped, getting off her bed and marching over to Kara.
Kara, who was looking strong and confident in her armour, scurried back away from Lena. "I- I wanted to surprise you."
"Surprise me? You were dying the last I seen you!"
"I just- you saved my life, so I wanted to surprise you by making something of myself, becoming something, like my sister."
"You didn't have to stay away from me to surprise me."
"That wasn't the reason I stayed away, not really." Kara admitted. "The doctor said what I had was very contagious, he said it was a miracle that Alex and Maggie didn't get sick, he also that you may be more at risk, Maggie and Alex spent their lives amongst sick people, amongst the towns people, you didn't. He said that might be dangerous to you." Kara explained. "I didn't want to get you sick, so I waited until now, I trained with Alex to keep my mind off of you, I went and applied for the guard yesterday, apparently the name Danvers carries a little weight behind it in with the guard, I was instated today."
"Were will you be posted?"
"Here, with you." Kara smiled, motioning down to herself. "This stuff is just temporary, Winn is making a suit and weapon to fit."
"You are going to be my knight?"
"I am," Kara smiled softly. "I will keep practicing, I'll keep you safe."
"I don't doubt that."
Kara bit down on her bottom lip to repress her smile. "I missed you."
"I missed you, too." Lena over closer to Kara, taking ahold of her hand. "You look better than you did before you were sick."
"I almost died," Kara breathed, her voice shaking slightly. "I had to make myself stronger."
"I wasn't going to let you die," Lena swore, her bottom lip quivering. "I need you."
"I'm here," Kara whispered, bringing her free hand up to tuck Lena's hair behind her ears. "I'm not going anywhere."
"I was so worried." Lena admitted, her head tilting to press her cheek against Kara's hand. "I can't- I can't loose you, Kara."
"You won't," Kara smoothed her thumb over Lena's cheekbone. "I- I love you."
"I love you, too."
Kara grinned down at her, shaking her head lightly.
"What?" Lena questioned. "What was that thought?"
"You just- you are incredible."
"Can I… I want to kiss you."
"I want you to."
So Lena did, the same thump in her chest that happened every single time they kissed for the first time present when their lips touched, which caused her to release a deep breath through her nose.
"Are you okay?" Kara questioned quietly, her eyes remaining closed when she pulled back.
"So okay," Lena huffed and Kara smiled.
"I need to go, I only came by to see you, make sure you were okay." Kara smiled down at Lena. "I have practice with Alex."
"Will I see you tomorrow?"
"I start tomorrow," Kara nodded, dipping her head to press a quick kiss to Lena's lips. "Now that's something I can get used to."
Kara stopped by early the following day, a large smile on her lips when she entered Lena's quarters, dressed in her armour, her sword strapped to her side.
"You look so good," Lena commented in a sleepy voice, a dreamy smile on her lips as she pushed herself up to sit, her hair mused and her eyes sleepy.
Kara smiled softly at the sleepy woman, "You look good."
"Oh, I'm sure I look fantastic after just waking up."
"You really, really do." Kara stressed, unclipping her sword and moving over to the foot of Lena's bed, placing one knee on the mattress.
Lena watched her curiously, leaning back on her hands. "Are you going to come up here?"
Kara nodded slowly, "If that's okay?"
"It's okay," Lena assured with a little laugh, prompting Kara to climb onto the bed fully, crawling the length of Lena's body to kiss her.
Lena hummed happily, bringing on hand unto cup Kara's cheek as she laid back, Kara chasing after her lips as she done so.
"I was so sure this was a dream," Kara breathed against Lena's lips when Lena had settled back against the pillow. "I was so convinced that I was going to come in here today and you wouldn't remember what happened."
"As if," Lena mumbled, pulling Kara back in for a kiss.
"Alex warned me to stay alert, she said not to let you distract me."
"You seem pretty distracted."
"It's hard not to be when you're this cute," Kara shrugged. "But you should get up and get dressed for the day. You mother will be along shortly, apparently you promised to go to town with her today."
Lena groaned. "I did, didn't I?"
"I'm afraid so, princess." Kara pressed a kiss to Lena's cheek before pushing herself off the bed. "We leave in an hour."
"You're coming?"
"Of course, I am your personal guard now, Princess."
There was another attack on the castle two months later and, of course, Kara was there, she rarely left now that she was Lena's personal guard, she was sitting at the bottom of Lena's bed, Lena sitting behind her with her arms wrapped around her neck, when the horn sounded.
Kara was on her feet in a second, grabbing her helmet and heading for the door, "wait here," she ordered.
Alex was on the other side of the door when Kara opened it.
"They are coming for her," Alex said.
"I won't let them take her."
"I think we can stop them before they breach the castle walls but in case a few slip through stay here."
"Okay," Kara agreed, closing the door behind Alex.
"Kara," Lena clambered off the bed and over to Kara.
"I'm not going to let them take you, I promise." Kara swore.
"I believe you."
A few did managed to make it to Lena's room but Kara managed to stop them with little effort, only suffering a few flesh wounds on her hands from punching one of the intruders and on her arm where she just barely managed to avoid being skewered.
Alex didn't come away as lucky, she died before Kara could get to her, leaving both Kara and Maggie heartbroken.
That life wasn't one of their best, but it wasn't their worst either.
They lived a relatively long, happy life, but they spent all of that life hiding away, hiding their love from everyone.
Kara never really got over the death of her sister, Maggie never got over the death of the woman she loved but they stuck together, helping each other cope.
"Thank Roe Alura was asleep for the ending of that one." Kara glanced down at their sleeping daughter.
"I made sure she was."
"We should sleep, too. But I will be asking for more of these."
"And I will tell you about all but one."
"Which one?" Kara frowned.
"Earth-3,"
Kara looked like she wanted to ask why but she didn't push, because she's Kara and that just wasn't really she style to push Lena into talking about something.
"Bad?" Was all she said.
"Really bad."
"Okay," Kara said in a soft voice, planting a kiss to Lena's forehead. "Goodnight."
