So, this'll probably be updated on and off as I write stuff that's exceptionally short. I'll try to include at least five little prompts in each chapter, so that it sort of makes it worth it.

None of these have been proof-read, so if you spot any errors, please let me know!


Prompt number 18: Rainbow

"No Rain, No Rainbow"

They'd had a fight. It was about something stupid, like the dishwasher, or shoes, or toothpaste. Hank couldn't quite remember the original cause, but it had lead to them screaming at one another. Alex had started throwing papers around at some point, as she'd brought up a bunch of stupid stuff that he'd done in the field.

Finally, after about an hour of this, Alex had stormed into the bedroom and had slammed the door roughly behind her. Hank did not follow after her. He knew that it would only lead to both of them doing stuff that they regretted a lot.

So, he decided to give her some time to cool off. Time for himself to cool off.

He picked up the papers, and then set to reorganizing them in the precise order that both of them craved. Then, he set to work on doing some paperwork.

He tried to put the argument from his mind, no matter the cause, or who was "right" and "wrong".

He eventually finished everything that he'd brought home with him, and went to check to make sure that Alex was okay. He found her standing out on the balcony, even though it was misting slightly.

She was caught in some weird glow from the street-light below, and with the moisture, it made her look ethereal.

"Why are you standing out in the rain?" he asked gently as he approached the open door.

"Oh. I'm just… cooling off." She chuckled slightly at her little joke. It was quite chilly out.

She held her face up to the sky for a moment longer before she turned around to face him. "Listen, I'm sorry about everything. I didn't mean what I said. I was angry."

"I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have said those things, either," Hank said.

"So we're okay?"

"Yeah."

Alex looked up and smiled brightly. "The sun's coming out. Let's go up onto the roof to see if there's a rainbow."

Hank agreed by wrapping his arm around Alex's waist and flying her the few stories up to the roof of their building.

There was one. It stretched across the horizon. "No rain, no rainbow," Alex said gently. "No relationship is perfect, but at least we try."

"Yes. I love you."

"I love you, too," Alex said as she kissed him. "Hey, do you ever just want to… fly off to try to find the pot of gold?"

"A rainbow is nothing but a reflection of light off of water. And you know that, Alex."


Prompt number 70: 67%

"Sixty-Seven Percent"

It was by silent agreement between Hank and Alex that sixty-seven percent of the bed belonged to Alex. It didn't matter if it was the bed in Alex's apartment, the bed in Hank's apartment, or later, their marriage bed. Sixty-seven percent of the bed belonged to her.

Hank only just wished that she stuck to the agreement that only sixty-seven percent of the blankets belonged to her. She was a horrible blanket hog! He often woke up in the middle of winter nights, freezing cold because Alex was wrapped up in all of the blankets on the bed. He was beyond okay with her taking up sixty-seven percent of the bed, but not okay with her taking one-hundred percent of the blankets.

However, sometimes her one-hundred percent usage of the blankets was nullified by her almost zero percent usage of the pillows. Her preferred pillow was, of course, Hank.


Prompt number 23: Cat

"Phobos"

"What exactly is that?" Hank asked with irritation.

"It's a cat!" Alex exclaimed cheerfully. She offered him a bright smile over the top of the calico cat.

"I know what a cat is, but what exactly is it doing in our apartment?"

"I adopted her! She's such a sweetie— I couldn't possibly say no."

Hank let out a slow breath through his nose and rubbed his temples with irritation. "I should not have let you go with Kara to the shelter thing. I'm not going to let you within fifty feet of another shelter."

"Well, I'm keeping her. She's perfectly nice, and since she's a cat, she won't require a lot of care. Just help me feed her from time to time, and it'll be okay. Alright?"

"Fine," Hank said as he sat down with the sofa. Alex put the cat down on the ground, and the first thing that she did was to walk over to the sofa and climb onto Hank's lap. Hank held his hands up as the cat curled up into a ball and started to purr loudly.

"Aw, she likes you! She did the same thing to me at the shelter!" Alex said as she waltzed into the kitchen to get herself something to eat.

"Get her off of me, Alex!"

"Nope. She's chosen you now, too!"

Hank growled lowly under his breath, but summoned the remote off from the coffee table with his telekinesis.

An hour later, Alex was curled up around him on the sofa and they'd just finished watching Law & Order. The cat was still on his lap, and he was absently stroking her ears. "Okay, so maybe she can stay," he said reluctantly.

"What? Really?"

"Yes," Hank said with resigned sigh. "What are we going to name her?"

"Hmmm… I should be something profound, yet also a bit of an inside joke between us," Alex said slowly. Hank said something in Martian, and Alex gave him a dirty look. "We are not going to name her 'You dirty cunt bucket'."

Hank gave an absent shrug. "It was worth a try."

They fell silent for a moment as they tried to think of a good name for the cat.

"Phobos," Hank said quietly.

"Hm?" Alex said as she looked over to her husband.

"Phobos," he said a bit louder.

"Yes! That's perfect!" Alex finally scooped Phobos off from Hank's lap. "Phobos."


Prompt number 52: Deep in Thought

"Deep in Thought"

Alex's brow was furrowed as she stared intently at the colorful game board in front of her.

"Mommy," Jeremy said. "Mommy? Mommy? It's your turn. Mommy? Mommy?! MOMMY?!" His frantic cries were getting louder and louder the longer Alex sat, unmoving until Hank finally stepped over to where they were playing CandyLand on the coffee table.

"Alex?" he said gently as he touched her shoulder. She startled slightly, and then she looked up at him briefly before she turned her attention to the now-screaming three year old.

"Yes, honey?" she asked with infinite patience.

"It's your turn!" Jeremy said with exasperation.

"Right," Alex said. She drew a card and moved her character forward on the board.

"You looked exceptionally deep in though," Hank whispered into her ear as Jeremy drew a card and moved his piece forward. "What were you thinking about?"

Alex took her turn before she turned her head to Hank. "I was thinking about the last time that I actually experimented in the lab. About the last time that we were alone. And I mean… alone alone."

"What are you thinking about?" Hank asked evenly.

"Jeremy, how would you like to have a sleep over with Aunt Kara and Uncle Winn?" Alex asked her son.

"What? Can I? Aunt Kara always takes me out flying! And Uncle Winn always lets me win at Mario Kart! And they both let me stay up as late as I want!" Jeremy exclaimed, his eyes growing wide with excitement. His parents chuckled— "as late as he wanted" for a three-year-old translated to out like a light around nine.

"I'll call Kara and see what she has to say," Alex said as she got up. "Hank, would you keep playing for me?"

She came back into the room just as Hank was helping Jeremy to set up for a game of Clue Junior. "What'd she say?"

"She's busy tonight, but she'd be happy to take him for the entire weekend," Alex said with a huge grin on her face.

Hank gave Jeremy a skeptical look. "Gee, I don't know. Are you sure that you're ready to spend an entire weekend with Kara and Winn?"

Jeremy's eye's widened. "Am I ever?!" he exclaimed.

"Want in on this round, Alex?"

"Deal me in," Alex said as she sunk down onto the sofa next to her husband. Hank swiftly dealt out all of the cards. A second after they'd been passed out, Jeremy looked up at his parents.

"Polly with the cat in the bank!" he exclaimed, and then clapped his hands over his mouth in horror.

"JEREMIAH!" Alex said sharply. "How many times do I have to tell you not to read people's minds?"

"I'm sorry, Mommy!" he exclaimed as fat tears started to leak from his eyes. "It was an accident. Please don't let me not go to Aunt Kara's this weekend."

"It happens," Hank reassured his son quickly. "Let's reshuffle and try again."

After they'd gotten started on a new game, Hank turned to Alex. "You should get lost in thought more often. You come up with some wonderful ideas."


Prompt number 46: Family

"Giving Thanks"

Hank Henshaw had a lot to be thankful for. His life was at the top of the list, closely followed by the peace that had fallen over his new home thanks to the help from people such as Supergirl.

Of course, the number one thing that he was thankful for was his family. With all of their lives running parallel to one another, they didn't get a chance to meet up as often as he'd like. But it was Thanksgiving, so they were all gathered at his and Alex's place to celebrate the holiday.

Before Alex, he usually spent the day working. He didn't have anybody to celebrate it with, anyway. But he tried to convince himself that it was a holiday that had nothing to do with him. Not only was he not an American, but he also wasn't even from Earth.

But his views on the holiday changed after Alex. She taught him that anybody could be your family— it didn't matter.

Of course, then they'd gotten married, and that made her his family. And Kara, and Eliza, too. As much as he sometimes hated Eliza, he was more than happy to call her family. Especially coming from a period where he literally had none.

And then Jeremy had been born, making his little family unit complete.

Finally, Kara and Winn had gotten married, and they had two little super-brats of their own, Alura and Zack. Alura wasn't so bad, but Zack was the single most annoying child in all of history. This was a fact he brought up to his wife whenever the subject of Zack came up.

But it was his family, and he wouldn't give any of them up for anything. Ever.

"What are you thankful for, Uncle Hank?" four year old Alura asked.

"For having the most wonderful family in the world."


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