She finally fell asleep and slept in the next day. When she did wake up, she could smell coffee, which meant he was up. She lay in bed for as long as she could, nervous to face him.

Then she chastised herself for being a coward. Also, she needed that coffee. And an aspirin. Three beers were way too much for her.

She headed to the kitchen and saw that he had her mug out, with an Equal packet and a spoon beside it. He was pouring cereal into bowls. He turned when he heard her.

"Good morning. How are you feeling?"

"Ugh. Don't ever let me drink again."

He smiled. "Coffee is ready." He poured her a cup, added the sweetener and stirred it. He pushed it towards her, then put the aspirin bottle on the counter.

"You really are a hero." She sipped the coffee, then took out two aspirin.

He got serious. "About last night…"

Before he could finish, she said, "It's okay. If you didn't like kissing me, that's alright. I understand."

He frowned. "Who said I didn't like it?"

"You stopped."

"You were tired and had a little too much to drink. I don't do that. I prefer a woman to know what she's doing. "

She was silent, chewing on her bottom lip as she stared at the floor.

"Why would you think I didn't like it?" He asked her.

She shrugged. "Maybe you compared it to kissing someone else."

"I told you, there haven't been many relationships in my life."

"Maybe you compared it to kissing Supergirl."

He stared at her. "I never kissed Supergirl. Okay, I tried to once, but she wasn't interested."

"But you are in love with her."

He took a deep breath and walked to the window. Looking out at the buildings in view, he told her, "I was, a long time ago. But she never felt the same about me. And now she's involved with someone else."

"That doesn't mean you stopped loving her."

"No, but I did. At least like that. I will always love her as my best friend, but not as anything else."

"You have to understand, it's a little intimidating. I barely have the capacity to compete with a normal human woman, but when I have to compete against someone who is literally superhuman…"

He went to her and put his hands on either side of her face and looked directly into her eyes. "You don't have to compete with anyone. Not for me. But if you did, you would come up ahead of any superhero."

He saw her eyes filling up at his words, so he leaned in and kissed her, removing his hands from her face to wrap them around her waist. Her arms came up around his neck as she kissed him back.

When they finally came up for air, they were still holding on to each other and they smiled.

"Winn," she said quietly, "It's been a long time since I've been involved with anyone. I really like you, but can we take our time before, uh…"

"Before sex? Yeah, we can take as long as you'd like."

"Are you sure that's okay?"

"I'm sure. My last two relationships began with sex. I barely knew them. And, hey, I'm a guy, so I didn't say no. But it would have been nice to get to know a woman before. So, yeah, I'm sure. We can take our time. Wait until it feels right for both of us. Oh, and by the way, I really like you too."

She hugged him.

He laughed and said, "Okay, let's have breakfast. I have your favorite cereal."

"Frosted Mini-Wheats?"

"Of course."

"You are an exceptional man and truly a hero."

They spent the rest of the day together, doing things not too different from other days they'd spent together, except for occasionally holding hands and kissing under a tree in Central Park. They stopped for dinner at a little place they both liked.

Over fish tacos, Sam looked up and asked him, "Will Supergirl really be visiting us?"

"Probably. I told J'onn she could. I know she could have found me, but between my letter and J'onn, she knew not to look. I was kind of afraid she was mad and wouldn't want to see me."

"But J'onn said she isn't."

"No, she isn't. She's a really kind person, so I'm not surprised. But, yeah, now that I said it's okay and after saving her and Superman, I'm sure she'll come."

"Should we leave the window open?"

He laughed. "Well, this is still New York. Let's not chance it."

When the bill came, he tried to pay the whole thing, but she insisted they split it as they usually did.

"This isn't a date. This is just us, Winn and Sam, having fun together like normal."

"Okay, so if I take you out on a real date, you let me pay?"

"Sure."

"Fine. Would you like to go to dinner with me next Saturday night?"

She stared at him for a moment. "Wow, I haven't been on a real date in a long time."

"Me neither. So let's do it right. Let's get dressed up and go to a fancy place."

"Dressed up?"

"Well, whatever you feel comfortable in. But I'll make a reservation at a good restaurant so that we can have an official first date."

She smiled. "Okay."

They went home and cuddled on the sofa to watch a movie. But as it was one they'd already seen, they spent most of it making out.

Hope everyone is happy about the kissing. I think Winn and Sam are!