When Kara awoke, it took her a minute to take in her surroundings and remember where she was. Rao. It really happened. I stayed the night in Lena's bed! Using her x-ray vision, Kara located Lena in the kitchen, cooking breakfast. With a burst of speed, she was by her girlfriend's side.

"Good morning sleepyhead," the brunette said, a smile making her eyes twinkle when she looked in the direction of her older girlfriend.

Kara walked up to Lena and hugged her from behind, smiling as the other woman leaned into her embrace. "I don't think I've woken up to breakfast since I lived with my foster parents. You really didn't have to go through all this trouble."

"I need to eat, too. Besides, I like cooking breakfast on the weekends. It's the only time I get a chance to have something homemade. I've just made about ten times as much of everything to keep up with your appetite," she finished with a sly smile before spinning around to kiss the Super. "Now let's eat so I can get back to work on that research for you that was interrupted last night."

In a flash, Kara had the table set for the 2 women and was standing there, chair pulled out for Lena. "Such a gentleman, Ms. Danvers."

"Zor-El," Kara blurted, eliciting a confused look from the brunette. "Danvers is the last name of my foster parents. My birth name is Kara Zor-El. That's something you should know about me."

"Well, Kara Zor-El. Help me eat all this food before it gets cold and then I'll finish looking through the L-Corp records to see if I can find that trail of breadcrumbs for you." Lena flashed a bright smile at her girlfriend before digging into a pile of eggs.


Kara left the apartment intermittently throughout the day to take care of Supergirl business. It was starting to get dark when she landed on the balcony after stopping a bank robbery.

"I was just about to call you. I think I found something. I know where Cadmus is." Lena had barely finished her sentence when she found herself in Supergirl's arms.

"Let's go to the DEO then. You can tell them everything and learn more about how I do what I do. If you don't mind me carrying you, that is," Kara finished with a sheepish grin, not wanting to assume her new girlfriend cared to fly with her.

Lena responded by wrapping her arms around the blonde's neck. "It's my favorite way to fly."

Kara reached up to her ear, switching on her coms. "J'onn. Lena and I are on our way. We have a lead on Cadmus."

When they landed in DEO headquarters, Kara wasted no time switching into Supergirl mode. "Lena did some digging into the L-Corp financial records and we think she found where Cadmus is. They're at…"

Before Kara could finish, alarms were sounding. "What is it?"

Winn was the first to answer. "Detecting spacecraft launch on a hyperbolic trajectory. Cadmus." Supergirl was already taking off when his phone started to ring. "Alex, can I call you back? We've got an undetected launch."

"It's me. I'm the launch. Not a drill. Once this ship reaches atmo, it's going to jump to lightspeed."

"I'm here. I can slow it down," Kara said across the coms.

"Winn, what's happening?" Alex asked over the phone, panic evident in her voice. "The screens are lighting up red."

"They've just registered Supergirl as a threat and they're trying to target lock. Supergirl, keep moving."

Both over the phone and Supergirl's communicators, everyone in the DEO could hear the firing of lasers. "Supergirl, are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm…" The lasers fired again, leaving silence on the superhero's end.

Lena, who had remained largely unnoticed until then, lunged forward with a scream. "KARA!"

J'onn caught her and held her, choosing to ignore the fact that Lena had used Supergirl's real name. "It's okay. She just lost her coms."

Lena remained in J'onn's arms, unable to focus on what was going on around her for fear that one of the sobs rising in her chest would burst free, unleashing a dam of feelings. She had just found out the woman she had feelings for felt the same, and now she was at risk of losing her. Lena had no clue how long she had been clinging to J'onn's chest when everyone around her burst into applause. Lifting her head, she saw a bedraggled Alex half carrying an exhausted Supergirl into their midst.

A sob ripped it's way from her chest and out of her throat as she ran to the taller woman and held her. "I thought I was going to lose you. I was certain you were going to wind up dead or on the other side of the universe."

Supergirl loosely threw her arms around Lena's waist, only staying upright by sheer force of will and the embrace of her girlfriend. "I couldn't let that happen. Not when I have you and my sister to fight for," she mumbled into the brunettes neck.

They remained in each other's arms for a moment, the passion in their embrace clear to everyone. A small smile was playing at the edge of Alex's lips, a sparkling knowing in her eyes. "J'onn?" Alex whispered, not wanting to interrupt the two. "I suspect you've already read her mind?"

The man chuckled. "When your sister was hit by the lasers and we lost contact, Lena called out her name. Not Supergirl. Of course I read her mind. She never once stopped thinking about Kara and how strongly she feels for her."

Alex could no longer hide her smile. "Let's give the love birds a moment before we take Supergirl to the sun lamp and make Lena sign a nondisclosure agreement. And threaten her to within an inch of her life if she hurts my little sister."


A few hours later, Kara and Lena were once again in the CEO's apartment, changed back in their pajamas and cuddling on the couch. Lena had just finished putting away the remnants of the large meal she cooked and Kara was choosing a movie to watch.

"Your sister seemed to take the news of our relationship really well. Especially since I still appear to be just a Luthor in the eyes of everyone except you. She did threaten to come after me if I hurt you while making me sign a bunch of paperwork saying I wasn't going to out you or any of the secrets of the DEO." Lena couldn't help but smile as the blonde turned slightly red.

"Oh, well, uh… She actually has really good reason to trust you. You read about J'onn being an alien in the paperwork, right?"

"Of course I did," the younger woman replied, her eyebrow threatening to disappear into her hairline. "What does that have anything to do with Alex trusting me?"

"You see, um, one of the powers he has is reading minds… When you yelled out 'Kara' and not 'Supergirl' he was curious and wanted to make sure you could be trusted…"

It was Lena's turn to sputter and blush, remembering what was going through her head in those terrifying moments. "Did he tell you what I was thinking?"

Kara was up in a flash and wrapped her arms around the timid woman in front of her. "Just that you really care about me and that I would be incredibly stupid to let you get away," she replied, blue eyes sparkling with the affection she felt for Lena. "You weren't the only one that got a shovel talk. Alex told me it was about time I found someone who felt just as strongly for me as I do for them. And that if I did something to screw it up she would kick my ass."

When she pulled back, tears were pooling in the green eyes in front of her. Gently grasping the sides of her face, Kara wiped away the tears and planted a soft kiss on the brunette's forehead. "They're both right. I would never be able to forgive myself if I was dumb enough to do something that drove you away. I'm lucky to have you, Lena. We prove to each other that you aren't defined by your family. I trust you even without the ability to read your mind."

Lena stretched up onto her toes to kiss the taller woman, pulling Kara in closer to deepen the contact. Before she realized what was happening, Kara had floated them over to the couch and settled in, laying Lena on top of her as she hit play on the movie. "An alien creature crash landing on a new planet and finding a family that takes him in and accepts him for all he is. Danvers, you're such a teddy bear," the brunette teased, reveling in the fact that her girlfriend was looking a little pink.

"Hey after the evening I just had, I deserve to relax with my girlfriend and watch an adorable children's movie. The plot line just so happens to make it one of my favorites," Kara finished with a fake pout, eliciting a giggle from Lena.

The couple lay there in silence for awhile, Kara engrossed in the movie and Lena in her own thoughts. She was interrupted when the older woman shifted their positions so they were laying side-by-side, looking into each other's eyes. It took a few seconds for Kara to make eye contact as she figured out how to put what she wanted to say.

"Lena, I almost gave up today. I thought I was going to fail and that spaceship was going to take me, Alex, and all of those aliens to the other side of the universe. But then I thought of you. I couldn't leave you behind. I've never felt stronger than I did in that moment. Everyone else I've ever dated has tried to make me less to make themselves feel like more. All you've ever done is encourage me." Tears were starting to glisten in her eyes, making them look even more blue than Lena thought was possible. Kara stopped for a moment, trying to gather her thoughts and steady her breathing.

"You're the personification of a yellow sun. When I spend time with you, I always leave feeling stronger than I came. You don't drain me like Mon-El did. The thought of never seeing you again coupled with the need to protect my sister gave me the strength to stop a spaceship. Stop me if I'm moving too fast, but I realized today that you're absolutely special. I never know what's going to happen from day to day and I don't want to leave anything unsaid between us. You're too important." Both women were crying freely now, Lena too afraid to say anything and interrupt the speech Kara seemed so desperate to deliver.

"I've had feelings for you that were stronger than friendship for awhile now. Out there tonight, something inside of me snapped into place. I know we only just started dating last night. Hell, we haven't even been on a real date yet. But I don't think I can wait and risk not getting to tell you that I love you, Lena Luthor. I'm madly in love with you. And I will do anything in my power to prove that to you every day. I'll do anything to keep you safe. You're my home."

Lena now had her face buried in Kara's chest, sobs racking her entire body until the couch was shuddering. The blonde just pulled her closer, whispering soothing words to her as she ran her fingers through the younger woman's long locks. "You don't have to say it back any time soon. Take as long as you need. I'm not going anywhere."

When Lena got her breathing under control, she pulled back so green eyes could meet blue. "For once I'm not crying because I'm sad or scared. I'm crying because I'm happy. Relieved, even. I never once thought there was a remote chance that this could happen. I love you, too, Kara Zor-El Danvers." She pulled the superhero in for what she wanted to be a passionate kiss that was made wet by the tears still flowing freely down their cheeks, making both women break out in grins to end the endeavor. It was there on the couch that they fell asleep in each other's arms, the movie on the television long forgotten.


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