To everyone's surprise, Alex didn't put up much of a fight when she was presented with a pseudo maternity leave. Per her contract with the DEO, she was benefitted with three months plus paid maternity leave. After they'd signed the adoption papers, J'onn had approached her with a new DEO contract, that had only one addendum added to the benefits package. Under maternity leave, it had been added that maternity leave would be benefitted to all new parents, including those through adoption. Alex signed it with a big smile and a hug to her best boss.

And after the first week of having Abigail, the Union Rep of Maggie's precinct had told the detective that she also was due a maternity leave if she so wished. In twenty minutes flat, the detective was packed up and at home with her fiancée and child.

After the baby shower, Eliza offered to stay for a bit, to help the girls settle into motherhood and spend some quality grandma time with Abigail. She kept mostly out of the way, staying at Kara's since Alex and Maggie had yet to find a house. She cooked them dinner almost every night and babysat occasionally when she forced the two to take a night off and relax.

When they finally found a house, they had a lot of remodeling to do before it was livable. Luckily, Kara and J'onn could do the demolishing and moving in around half the time, and even Vasquez was eager to throw around a sledge hammer.

It was a two-story house with four bedrooms, three bathrooms, a spacious kitchen and dining room and a living room in the front of the house. The attic was big enough for a home office and the basement was unfinished but had a lot of potential. (Kara personally thought it would be a perfect place to make she wanted to coin as Game Night HQ, but Alex was still warming up to the idea.)

The backyard was plenty big enough and butted up against three other yards and was enclosed with a tall privacy fence. In the middle of the yard was a recently filled in hole that the real estate agent said had once been a swimming pool. (When Kara found out there had once been a swimming pool, she went into a full-on pout until Maggie shrugged and said "Well, maybe we can put in a new one") To compliment the now demolished pool was a small building in the back-left corner of the yard. It was built as a storage shed/pool house, complete with hookups for plumbing and electricity.

When they closed on the sale, Maggie asked what Alex's plans were for the pool house.

"I don't know, maybe we can just use it as a shed."

"Can I have it…like maybe like an office or workshop for the bike or something?"

Alex thought a moment and then turned to her fiancée with a smirk, "I get the attic and you get the pool house?"

Maggie held out her hand, "Deal."

Alex just rolled her eyes and kissed her fiancée instead of shaking her hand.

The remodeling of the main house only took two weeks. Seeing as Alex had never dipped into her housing allowance from the DEO, they were able to fund the entire remodel without paying a cent out of pocket and have everything fast tracked.

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The night before moving in, Maggie trudged into their almost empty apartment, exhausted and ready to collapse in bed. In the previous few days, she'd spent a lot of time in the pool house with Vasquez and a couple of other workers, working on her secret project.

"Baby, how's the pool house coming along?" Alex asked as she fed Abigail her night bottle.

Maggie leaned over the back of the couch and kissed her fiancée's temple, "Done!" she exclaimed, "Hi baby." She murmured in Alex's ear. Her eyes turned to the baby, "Hi baby." She ran her fingers through Abigail's ever thickening dark hair. The baby paid her no mind, but just kept her hands and eyes on the bottle in her grasp.

"Are you ever going to tell me what you did with it?"

Maggie smirked as she tore off her ratty, paint-covered t-shirt. "Tomorrow."

Alex eyes the smaller woman a moment as Maggie stepped into the kitchen to grab a beer, "Am I gonna like it?"

"I think so…I hope so."

"You're not gonna tell me, are you?"

"Nope." Her lips punctuated the 'p' quite heavily

Alex sighed dramatically as she stood and took Abigail to her bassinet. Alex put a little extra sway in her hips as she looked back at Maggie, "Then I guess I won't tell you the plans I have for after we're all moved in tomorrow night…"

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The next morning, Eleanor Vasquez showed up at the Danvers/Sawyer apartment, three coffees in hand, and ready to drive the moving truck to the house. Eliza showed up seconds later with a grin and grabby hands as she entered, going straight for the wriggling 5-month old. Abigail's eyes widened with glee at the sight of the older woman she was starting to recognize.

Alex and Maggie packed up the last of their things and got into their van with Eliza and Abigail in tow. When they arrived at the house, Kara, Lucy, Winn and Lena were already there and unloading things from the truck that had arrived before the women. Lena had set up a table in the garage with a large pot of coffee, water bottles, a couple boxes of donuts and scones and various other snacks, which Kara had already torn into half of. J'onn came out of the house with a clipboard in hand, ready to start the move in.

The whole day went by quite quickly, and the truck was unloaded faster than they had expected. By lunch, everything was in the house, and everyone was given a room to help unpack.

Alex had set up the high chair in the kitchen and was sitting on a box of pots and pans while she fed her daughter lunch. Maggie sat cross legged on the floor a few feet away with Eliza next to her.

Eliza looked up from her sandwich and out to the backyard, "What are you guys doing with the pool house?"

Alex turned an upturned eyebrow to her partner, "I don't know, what are we gonna do with the pool house?"

Maggie choked slightly on her food but coughed it down. She fought through a blush, "Well…there's no time like the present." She stood and brushed some dust from her pants, "Let's go look."

Alex pulled their daughter from the high chair and the four of them walked out the patio door to the yard.

"The moment I saw this little house, I knew that there really was only one purpose that it could serve." Maggie started as she took a key from her pocket and unlocked the door. She reached in and turned a switch before stepping away to let the other two walk in.

Both Alex and Eliza looked around in astonishment.

It wasn't a big pool house by any means. It was maybe the size of a studio apartment. But everything had been so well designed and organized that is seemed quite spacious.

Maggie stepped in behind them, "There's a bed, a small kitchen with just the basics, and a table for either four or six, depending on if you use the leaf from the closet. There's a small bathroom with a toilet and shower." She pointed to the small love seat at the end of the bed and the large cabinet across from it, "There's a TV in there. There's basically enough space for someone to live comfortably."

Both the Danvers women turned to look at Maggie.

"What are you trying to say, Mags?" Alex asked

Maggie wrung her hands together, "I'm not saying that you should move in…" she started, looking at the matriarch, "But I wanted you to have your own space in our new home so that you could come visit more often. There's space in case you want to just hang out with Kara or be on your own. I can't imagine that staying at Kara's is that comfortable."

Maggie turned to her future wife who was holding their child and saw that tears were quietly streaming down her cheeks, "Baby." Alex whispered

"Are you okay with this? I know I didn't get your input first."

Alex stepped forward and placed a hard kiss on Maggie's lips, "Of course I'm okay with this." Her free hand (not holding the baby) found its way to Maggie's chin to hold her close a moment, "This is wonderful." She whispered

"This is for me?" Eliza had turned once again to look around the small living space.

"I know it's kinda small." Maggie blushed

"It's perfect!" Eliza interrupted, turning with a teary smile, "This is all perfect." She pulled the smaller woman into her arms for a fiercely tight hug, "I am so happy that I have a place in your lives and now in your home. I hope that we can grow as a family now. And I'm so excited to see you three grow together." She pulled away and pulled her daughter into a side hug, kissing her temple lovingly.

Abigail let out a little whine and they all turned to see her eyes were starting to droop.

"I think it's naptime." Alex mused, bringing Abigail to rest over her shoulder, "I'm going to take her inside." She gave Maggie's arm a loving squeeze before she left and headed towards the main house.

Now alone, Maggie turned towards her future mother to see the older woman smiling down at her softly, "I only know a little from what Alex and Kara have told me…about your relationship with your parents. I don't want to pressure you in any way, but I'd like you to know that you can always count on me for anything…any time, any place, I'm just a call away."

Tears formed in Maggie's eyes and she looked down at her shoes to hide them, "I appreciate that."

"You don't have to call me mom, if that makes you uncomfortable, but I'd like to take on that role in your life, if you're willing and open to let me. I can't stop myself from already taking on those feelings for you, but I can reign it in a little to not overwhelm you."

Maggie chuckled and looked back up at the woman.

"And when you're ready and comfortable, I'd love to get to know you better, not just as my daughter's fiancee or my grandchild's mother, but as yourself."

"I'd like that." Maggie nodded, her heart filling with warmth and love.

Eliza pulled her in for another tight hug, "Good. Now lets get back to the house and finish unpacking. I'm sure you guys are ready to start this new chapter."