A/N: Just some Christmas fluff... sorry for the short chapter. I have so much going on that I haven't had a lot of time to write. Just wanted to drop this part off real quick ;-) Mistakes are all mine. Characters aren't!
Full to the brim with turkey, ham and trimmings, not to mention a really great selection of desserts, Alex was curled up on the couch with Maggie leaning against her. She ran her fingers through the detective's hair, admiring the slope of her neck and the shape of her nose. She couldn't help but place some kisses below Maggie's ear. "I love you," she whispered.
"Mmmm…" the smaller woman replied lazily. "Love you too."
It was getting dark outside and the Christmas lights from nearby houses were pretty, so Kara got up and offered her hand to Cat, who readily took it and was drawn to her feet. They took their coffee to the porch swing and curled up together, one of Kara's long legs pushing them slowly back and forth as she kissed Cat's temple. "This feels like a dream," she murmured. "Like I'll wake up any moment and just be your employee again."
Cat smiled and laced their fingers together. "You've always been more than just an employee to me. From the very first day you walked into my office, trying to convince me that there was nothing extraordinary about you, I knew there most certainly was."
"I just wanted to be normal," the hero replied with a shrug. "But after I saved that plane, I realized something. I realized that I had to be myself. I couldn't be a fraction and just hide the rest away. I realized that I was stifling the best part of myself. You know? That part of myself that wanted to help people beyond being a normal human." She laughed a little. "Gosh, that was eye-opening."
"I bet," Cat nodded. She gazed out over the darkening ocean and then rested her head against Kara's collar bone. "What was it like? I mean, I saw the footage on the news but… was the plane heavy? Did you get hurt?"
Again the hero shrugged. "It wasn't a walk in the park," she said. "But Alex was on it so it didn't matter. I had to stop it from going down."
Cat rubbed a lock of Kara's hair between her fingertips. Like everything else about the hero, it was soft and yet strong. Then she sat up straighter and wrapped her arms around Kara's neck, kissing her, teasingly at first and then much deeper as the hero's hands slowly wandered. They were both breathing harder when they eased apart. Kara's eyes had darkened into a much deeper shade of blue and Cat's breath caught as the love in them came shining through. She wondered how she had missed it before.
"Kara, Kara, Kara," she whispered, shaking her head a little. "I'm such a fool for not doing this a long time ago."
"No, Cat, you're not," Kara smiled. "Like I said before, we both had to be ready for this." She sighed then. "We should probably talk about what's going to happen when we get back to National City." She took a breath, steeling herself for the answer. "Will you be going away again?"
Cat shook her head. "No, Darling, I'm back to stay. However, I do need to wrap up what I was doing in Europe so I'll have to go back now and then. I asked Miss Tessmacher to make some travel arrangements for a couple of weeks from now."
"Ok," Kara replied, relieved. "And… um… do you want to tell Carter about us?" She paused. "And Adam?"
"One step at a time," Cat chuckled. "I haven't even gotten you into bed yet," she teased.
The hero swallowed. "Um… about that," she murmured, her face turning pink again.
But Cat kissed her forehead and her smiled widened. "It's ok," she said. "We can be nervous together."
Kara's eyes widened. "You've never…"
"I've never wanted to before," the CEO responded with a little shrug. "Frankly, I never expected to fall in love with a woman."
The hero thought about that for a moment. "Neither did I. Maybe we both just fell in love with a person."
Cat nodded slowly. Then she met the younger woman's eyes. "Kara, can I ask you a personal question?"
"Of course. Anything."
"Is it… are you… anatomically…" Cat stumbled over the words uncharacteristically, but this was new territory. She felt silly asking but the hero was an alien after all.
"Yes," Kara replied quietly. "I have a vagina, just like you. Everything works mostly the same. My organs are a little different inside though."
Cat closed her eyes. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean…"
Gentle fingers stroked her cheek. "Shh, it's ok. It was a fair question and I want you to feel comfortable asking me things if you need answers or are unsure."
The CEO nodded. "We have so much to talk about," she said. "But right now, I just want you to kiss me."
Kara grinned as she leaned in. "Happy to oblige."
..
Doctor Eliza Danvers was an open-minded and loving woman. She'd been through a lot in her life: raising two daughters – one of them an alien – losing her husband when the girls were just teenagers, having to deal with the knowledge that her husband had essentially come back from the dead and was being held by some secret, alien-hating organization. She swirled the wine in her glass as she watched over her children and their partners, snoozing on their respective couches.
She was proud of Alex and Kara, probably more than they even realized, but the constant worry about Jeremiah was wearing her down. Eliza had decided that she wanted to be more involved in the ongoing search for him and she'd made a serious decision. Now, she just had to tell her kids that she was moving to National City to work for the DEO. She'd spoken to J'Onn who had been more than happy to hire her and she'd signed copy after copy of secrecy and non-disclosure agreements. She'd even been fitted for a personalized lab coat. She just hoped that Alex and Kara would be glad that she was there.
"Eliza?"
The eldest Danvers was pulled out of her thoughts and she met Kara's blue eyes with a smile. "Yes, Sweetie?"
"Are you ok?"
Eliza nodded. "I was just thinking about how much I miss Jeremiah," she said. "We've had too many Christmases without him. I can hardly wait for him to come home."
Kara felt Cat shift a little and snuggle closer. "I'm sorry," she murmured, looking down. "I really wish I could have saved him."
"It's not your fault, Sweetie," Eliza replied. "Those butchers took away your powers and hurt you. I wish I could have saved you from that."
The CEO sat up straighter then. "Someone hurt you?" she asked Kara worriedly.
The hero nodded sadly. "There's an organization in National City whose main goal is to destroy all alien life on Earth. They're holding Eliza's husband and they kidnapped me but Jeremiah helped me to get away."
"The police or FBI can't do anything?" Cat asked.
Kara and Eliza exchanged looks. "No," the eldest Danvers replied with a sad look.
"Not even Alex?"
The agent sighed, having heard the tail end of the conversation. "I don't actually work for the FBI, Cat," she admitted. "I work for a different organization. Top secret. We haven't been able to find him yet either."
"But we will," Kara said determinedly. "I promise you both. I will bring him home."
For a long moment, there was quiet but then Eliza spoke softly. "I'm moving to National City. I've spoken to J'Onn and I'm going to be working with you and helping in the search for Jeremiah."
Alex moved across the room and knelt next to the older woman, taking her hand. "Mom, are you sure you want to do this?" she asked softly as Kara mimicked her position on the other side of their mother.
"Yes, I'm sure, Alex. I have to do this."
"We're going to make an awesome team," the hero smiled.
..
Detective Maggie Sawyer hummed softly as Alex spooned against her back, chasing away the slight chill of the bedroom with little kisses up and down her neck. "How do you feel about your Mom working for the DEO?"
"Worried," the agent replied with a chuckle. "The other agents think I'm tough? Wait 'til they try to deal with a pissed off Eliza Danvers." She sighed then. "Seriously though, I should have seen it coming. She only has so much patience. Plus, my Mom is an amazing bioengineer. She be a fantastic asset to the DEO."
In the bedroom across the hallway, Kara and Cat were having a similar conversation. "What is this organization you and Alex work for," Cat asked.
"Well," Kara replied. "I don't actually work for them I work with them as Supergirl. Alex pretty much is the second in command to Director J'Onzz.
"Oh my God," the CEO exclaimed. "You all work for the non-existent DEO?"
"With," Kara corrected gently. "I work FOR CatCo. But yes."
"Semantics, Kara," Cat teased. She pulled back the sheets and slid into bed, dressed in adorable blue pajamas, closely followed by the hero, who was wearing a simple white tank top and boxer shorts. The older woman sucked in a breath as the hero unconsciously flexed well defined biceps and she couldn't help but run her fingertips along them. It'd be rude not to… right?
"God, you're hot," she murmured, blinking as she suddenly realized she'd used her outside voice by the pink tips of Kara's ears.
"Thanks." The younger woman smiled shyly. "But I can't really take credit for anything. I'm just… like this." She ran her fingertips along Cat's collarbones then. "You on the other hand, are completely gorgeous."
They captured each other's lips in a long kiss and it was Kara's turn to suck in a breath as Cat nibbled on her bottom lip and ran her nails lightly over her abs under her shirt but when her hands moved higher, the younger woman caught them in her own and smiled.
"Are you ok?" Cat asked. "Did I overstep?"
"No," Kara grinned. "I'm just a little… um…"
"What, Darling?"
'This is my Mom's house." She winced slightly then. "Although Alex doesn't seem to have a problem with that." She shut her eyes tightly. "Ugh… I can close my eyes but I can't turn off my ears."
Cat just laughed and snuggled closer. There was plenty of time for more later.
