A/N at the bottom
A sigh escaped Maggie's lips as she found her fiancee's lab was empty. It had been a long day, at the end of a couple of very long weeks, and the NCPD Detective had hoped that she could pick her fiancee up a few hours early from work and have a nice dinner and start a very relaxing weekend. Her brain fired off more ideas of where the redhead could be and she headed down a side hallway next to the lab, towards Kara's green training room.
She groaned quietly when she saw that too was empty.
Alex, Maggie and other DEO agents and police officers had been running after some rogue alien while Kara was flying around, taking care of other aliens in a small attack on the city. An explosion just a hundred yards in front of them caused them to all fall backwards. Maggie knocked her head against the pavement and sat up a little dizzily. In her hazy vision, she watched her fiancee run into a burning building, no regard to the huge flames coming from the third floor.
Dazed and confused officers around her started to stand again and Maggie directed them to nearby buildings to check for casualties. As she fought through a crowd of screaming citizens, she pointed them towards the DEO barricades a few blocks over, and tried to make it closer to the building her woman had disappeared into. About a hundred feet from the entrance, Maggie was thrown back again by another explosion nearby.
Maggie looked around the break room she'd stepped into and saw Agent Vasquez at the coffee maker with another agent she didn't know, "Hey Vas, have you seen Danvers?"
"Which one?"
"Mine." Maggie smirked
"No ma'm."
Maggie clicked her tongue and started towards the shooting gallery.
When Maggie stood up again, her heart dropped when she saw the next door building had a gaping hole in the front. Paralyzed with fear, Maggie stood stock still in the middle of the street, hoping with everything in her that Alex was going to come back out that door.
Smoke started pouring from every window and door. From the smoke came a hazy figure. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as Maggie finally unrooted herself and ran towards the other woman who was coming out. In her arms, Alex carried what looked to be a rolled up blanket close to her chest. Alex's head was bleeding and there was dirt, soot and blood all over her arms.
As they got further from the building and away from the loud noises, Maggie heard a soft crying coming from the blanket and moved a flap aside to see a baby. Alex's eyes were wide with fear and apprehension as they made their way to the DEO barricade.
The detective found no one, save the gallery attendant, in the shooting range and groaned pitifully. Behind her came a familiar voice and she spun, "J'onn!"
The Martian turned and gave the detective a nod in greeting, "Detective Sawyer."
"Hey, have you seen Alex?"
He nodded, "Awhile ago, she said she was heading down to the infirmary."
Maggie sighed in relief, "Thank you. I've been looking everywhere."
"Why not just call her?"
"Her phone is off. See ya later J'onn."
"Detective Sawyer." he said in parting
The paramedics ran to the two women when they saw them walk up. Alex refused to give them the baby, and insisted she ride with them to the hospital. It surprised Maggie that her fiancee was willingly leaving a battle field. When she climbed into the ambulance behind Alex, she heard Alex talking to Kara on the comms, "Supergirl."
"Alex, you guys alright?" Kara responded quickly, sounding out of breath
"Yeah, how's the fight?"
"It's over. The rogues are detained and J'onn is on his way with the one's from your side of town."
"Perfect. I'll dispatch search and rescues, and repair teams. I'm escorting a casualty to the hospital."
"Okay. You alright?" Kara's voice sounded concerned
"Yeah, we're good."
Seven minutes later, Alex was carrying the baby into the emergency room and Maggie watched the doctors peel the child from her arms so that they could attend to not just the baby's wounds, but Alex's as well.
Maggie turned down the final hallway and spotted her fiancee through the large windows of the infirmary. Alex was sitting on a bed, leaning back, with the baby in her arms. Maggie felt herself smile and her heart warm at the sight. Though the agent's wrist was still broken and in a cast, she held that baby close to her chest, smiling down at her lovingly.
Alex had a whole team of people searching for the parents of the baby. But none could be found and no one was reporting a missing baby. Alex had sustained a broken wrist, multiple lacerations and burns on her hands and arms, a cut on her forehead and smoke inhalation. However, thankfully, the baby sustained no major injuries, save some smoke inhalation and a very small cut on her cheek.
But no matter her injuries, Alex put all of her attention and focus into the welfare of this random child, and finding her parents. Maggie knew that once Alex had her mind set on something, she was determined to see it through and there was very little anyone could do to sway her.
It had all started at a random comment from Alex. They'd been walking back to Alex's apartment after a wonderful picnic in the park. They'd seen a woman sitting, leaning against a tree and talking quietly to the baby in her arms and Alex made a comment on how she couldn't wait to have kids. The whole walk back, Maggie's heart had been racing. How was she going to break it to Alex that she didn't want kids? That she never saw herself as a mother? Luckily, a group of angry aliens had started a fight between each other and were now taking it out on the city a few blocks away, interrupting what could have been a very interesting and very heartbreaking fight.
Four days after the explosion and sustaining her injuries, Alex was discharged AMA from the hospital and had moved into the infirmary of the DEO, bringing along the baby. And now a week after that, Maggie found herself spending many a night at the DEO beside her fiancee in Alex's private office and room. And as Maggie watched her agent through the glass doors of the infirmary, she thought back on why she didn't want kids.
Over the years, the detective had developed a rather warped view on relationships. Ever since she'd been kicked out of her parents' home, she struggled with the idea of parents. How could someone that raised you - birthed you - show such little regard to you and kick you out of their home? Was it really that easy to give up on love, on family? So when Maggie approached relationships, she never saw them lasting more than a couple of years before she moved onto the next person. And heaven forbid one of them wants to get all mushy over stupid holidays designed to make money. Usually when that happened, they were out the door the next morning.
But with Alex…
She could see a future. She could see them moving in together. Maybe even marriage along the way. And after that first successful Valentines day, Maggie was kind of excited for the next cheesy holiday to come up. Dumb things like Valentines day, or flowers or cheesy cards were very much worth it if she could see the smile Alex gave her. And though that specific holiday held many bad memories for the detective, Alex had been able to create new ones. And that's what relationships were about: trying new things together, creating new memories and creating a new life together, leaving an old life behind.
Maggie opened the infirmary doors and stepped inside. Alex looked up and her smile grew wider at the approaching woman, "Hey lady. What are you doing here?"
The detective shrugged, "I thought I'd come spring ya while J'onn wasn't looking, and maybe start our weekend early." She sidled up to the other woman with a soft smile, "Thought maybe we could get dinner at Teddy's Bar and Grille, then maybe sit by the fire with some wine, and just chill."
Alex smiled, "That sounds heavenly."
"I looked everywhere for you. J'onn finally told me where to look. I shoulda known."
The agent smiled guiltily, "Yeah. It was a long, fruitless morning, and I thought maybe a little baby time would help."
And suddenly, they both turned silent. It brought their interrupted conversation to the forefront again. Though Maggie had made surprisingly great strides, mentally, over the last week in considering her future with or without Alex, she was still holding up some walls from her past life.
"I guess we should really finish that conversation." Alex sighed
"Yeah. We should."
The door opened behind them and they both turned to see Agent Vasquez and J'onn walk in. Vasquez carried a file folder and a sullen face. "We've been running all kids of searches this morning and even ran some facial recognition software on the baby, aging her up a few years" the agent started, "And I think we found the parents."
Alex's features brightened slightly, "Who are they?"
Vasquez opened the file and looked it over, "Dan and Melissa Ewing. I found them by your description of the building and then searched the leases within that building."
"And where are they?" Alex looked hopeful but something inside Maggie told her that the news wouldn't be good.
"They died, Alex." J'onn interrupted, "In the fire you saved the baby from."
Maggie couldn't bear to see the pain on Alex's face as her fiancee looked down at the baby in her arms.
"Her name is Abigail." Agent Vasquez said quietly. "She's three months old. I looked for relatives, but there are none. Dan grew up in an orphanage and Melissa was an only child. Neither had any close friends since they traveled a lot for work."
Seeing the tears falling from Alex's cheeks, Maggie took the file from Vasquez's hands and gently asked, "Can you give us a minute?"
Both the young agent and the Martian nodded and walked out of the room.
"I'm so sorry Abigail." Alex whispered, kissing the forehead of the sleeping baby. "You're all alone now."
Looking down at the baby, the detective's heart broke for the child. She was so little and she had already lost so much. Something in Maggie sprung to life. Something deep seated and rather…maternal. Whatever it was, strange feeling as it was, caused her to utter words she never thought she'd say, "She's got us."
Alex lifted her head and Maggie saw her red eyes, "What?"
"She doesn't have anyone Alex. Except us. And she can't go into the system. The system is horrible. I know."
Alex's shoulders dropped slightly at the confession.
"Over the last few months, you've shown me how amazing life with someone else can really be. I never thought I'd find a woman like you. One that could challenge me, but also… accept me for who I am. And I never, in a million years, thought I'd be cut out to be a mom; that I'd even want to be a mom. But you'll be a great mom. And if I'm not good at it, you'll be there to pick up the slack. And I love you so much. And this kid is… starting to grow on me. So…yeah. Let's have like, a hundred kids."
Alex chuckled, "A hundred is a bit much."
Maggie smiled. Alex's tears were slowing. "Okay, then how many kids do you want? Ten? Fine. It'll be you and me and our ten kids. We'll have as many as you want. But let's maybe just start with one. Just to see how things go." Maggie looked down at the sleeping baby girl and felt her stomach leap into her throat, "Let's start with this one." she whispered
Alex gasped, "Maggie."
The detective shrugged, "You heard Vasquez; she doesn't have any family. She's gonna go into the system if we don't do something. And come on, we have plenty of family to go around. She'll never be alone again."
Fresh tears fell from Alex's cheeks as she pulled her fiancee close enough to kiss her softly, all the love and adoration she had, pouring into that kiss.
Abigail made a gurgling noise and they both looked down to see wide blue eyes staring up at them. Her little mouth curved into a smile, showcasing her toothless gums.
Maggie groaned, "Damn she's cute."
Alex laughed and pulled Maggie up onto the bed. When she was situated, Alex held out the baby for her to take. It felt awkward at first and Abigail let out a couple of short whines. But then, once she was settled, it's like Abigail found the perfect fit in her arms, and her eyes started to droop. A little hand reached up and waved around until Maggie let her finger be captured. Abigail's eyes finally shut and she was asleep, content to be held by the detective. Maggie felt a sudden surge of affection and her eyes began to water when she turned to see Alex watching her with so much love in her eyes. "Dammit." she muttered, almost hating how much she was falling for this kid…almost.
"Are you sure?" Alex whispered, tucking a stray strand of hair behind Maggie's ear, "This is a huge step for us."
Maggie looked back at the baby and knew in that moment, they were meant to find each other; all three of them. "Yeah. Let's be moms."
A/N Hey guys. In case you've read this on AO3, no worries, its mine. I just got an AO3 account (same name) and decided to post on both, just to see how things differ. I will be posting on both venues for at least this story, possibly more.