"Okay." Lena said with conviction.
"Okay?"
"You… you did mean it right, when you said you wanted forever?" Lena was instantly unsure and extremely embarrassed if Kara had meant it another way.
"What, oh my god, yes I meant it, I would've gotten a ring… if I head to the university's graphite supply I could make you a diamond right now."
"Right now," Lena took Kara's face into her hands and pecked her fiancée' lips, "I'm inclined with the notion of forever with you Kara Danvers."
"My… my Kryptonian name is Kara Zor-El."
"Kara Zor-El, Kara Danvers, you are inconceivably precious to me, I love you."
If Kara thought she couldn't get happier she was wrong. She felt lighter than she had in her entire adult life. Her heart felt ready to bust, set her body aflame with pure joy. She laughed as she spun them up higher and higher and held Lena close as she nuzzled into her love's neck and inhaled a scent that felt like home.
"KARA!" Alex, a speck in the sand waved at them and pointed at the ground. "Get your asses down here before someone sees you!"
…
"I heard congratulations were in order." Shayera raised an honest to god fucking gleaming metal goblet. "You two make a lovely coupling."
Jess couldn't believe someone with wings was just mingling in the den. She glared down at her drink. They had promised this particular drink was safe for human consumption, but she shouldn't take the chance...
Jess looked up at the room once more before draining her entire glass.
She had seen what Kara did outside and saw them fucking hovering like bad CGI in a place where no wires could have ran. Now the owners of the house were back and apparently felt comfortable enough to strut around in wings.
Were those real? The pair of wings fluttered very realistically.
What the fuck was happening?
Couldn't they just be the normal kind of weird and be into extreme cosplay?!
Jess snatched Kathy's drink and finished it for her.
…
"I would not define your Earthday resulting in a marriage proposal" Diana quirked her brow, "then subsequent engagement as 'using discretion'."
Kara stared down at her goblet of Tamaran ale. "I was hoping you'll officiate…"
"Little ones," Diana placed a hand on Kara and Lena's shoulders, "while the timing could have done with more thought, I do not see a pair more worthy of one another," Diana paused when Kara finally met her eyes, her smile radiant, "I would gladly attend in any manner you wished of me."
Shayera whooped and slammed her goblet into Diana's bracelets, the motion caused a clang loud enough to stall the room of chatter, but Diana didn't so much as sway. "You have Diana's blessing! Let's alert the League."
"Would you mind waiting?" Kara looked at Lena, they had discussed this outside. "I don't think I want Clark to find out from anyone other than us."
Shayera nodded and gave Lena's shoulder a light punch. "I knew you were special when I met you."
Diana leaned down to kiss the crown of Lena's head, "welcome to the family, little sister."
Lena lowered her head to hide her joyful smile. For a woman that has always struggled to find a family, this warm acceptance was more than she had hoped for.
"I flew into the best curry secret in Thailand and have all the spices to make a platter that could feed this room, Beloved, please help." Shayera wrapped a wing around Diana and dragged her along.
"I suppose it's late enough for a more hearty meal." Diana said agreeably as she was towed into the kitchen.
Lena took one look at Kara and could immediately tell, "Would you like to go help taste test?"
Kara nodded enthusiastically and kissed Lena's cheek before following after her mentor.
…
"Your in-laws are Supers." Jess swirled the contents of third glass of whatever the fuck this was. "You're marrying a Super."
"Yes, I suppose I am."
"How are you being so blasé about this," Jess stopped Lena from taking another sip of her wine, "the one all aproned up and making Thai food has a pair of wings!"
"Well, this is their home and she's being kind enough to make food for us so if she wants to use apron because food prep can be messy… let her?"
"Out of everything I said, that is what you're going to focus on?!"
"I don't know what you want from me at the moment, the wings are real." Lena tilted her head. "As a feminist I would think you would support fellow women if they wanted to serve a meal."
"I fucking hate you!"
Lena shrugged free of Jess's hand so she could finished her drink. "Would you be my maid of honour?"
"I have invested too many of my personal hours listening to your gay pining not to be given that position." Kathy took this moment dropped into Jess' arms; the shorter woman had little issue adjusting her drink to accommodate her girlfriend.
"Will you bore of me now that you realize you could be fucking a bird?"
"You're a classless drunk, what if Shayera heard you say that," Lena tried to cover Kathy's stupid mouth, but the other woman slyly avoided her.
"Ah, I see you're already trying to play the good daughter-in-law." Kathy rolled her eyes. "Pitiful that you want to please them so much, like you wouldn't want to fuck an angel… what are you doing?"
Lena kept a tight hold on her cellphone least Wilde tried to snatch it from her, "say hello to the camera, I just wanted Mr. and Mrs. Choy to meet the real you, the bad influence that cradle robbed their precious daughter."
"Luthor, don't you fu-freaking dare." Kathy reached forward, loss balance and fell into the spot that Lena just vacated.
"Be nice, Eleanor," Lena patted Kathy's head, "and maybe I'll delete this."
Jess was guffawing while Kathy petulantly raised both her middle fingers.
…
Lena headed to the kitchen, but not before Alex pulled her in for a hug. "I'm glad Kara has you."
Lena was stiff for a moment before relaxing. "I'm glad I have Kara in my life as well."
"Think I may have powers too."
Lena raised an eyebrow.
"Future vision," Alex tapped her temple playfully, "first I saw you, I thought you would be part of this family," Alex gave a smile as she lightly squeezed Lena's arm, "just didn't think it would be so soon."
Lena smiled back, not sure what she could say.
"I'm glad we're friends." Alex pulled back so she could shake Lena's hand which she held onto rather tightly, "I rather a sister-in-law I liked than one I need to burry."
Lena smirked, recalling the first time Alex gave her a version of the shovel talk. She understood how Alex could let a girlfriend slide from it, but a fiancée, someone being welcomed into the Danvers family, was at a stricter cut off.
Alex meant nothing more than the fact that she also enjoyed Lena as a person. She laughed and gave Lena a shove towards the kitchen. It was adorable how those two follow after one another. When the shootout had occurred, Alex had been worried, but a blind person could've seen how much Lena just needed comfort from the one they loved.
Alex would've had to talk some sense into Kara if her sister tried any self-sacrificing nonsense and decided to leave Lena to some boring civilian life.
She watched Kara absolutely glow when Lena approached. Lena brush a strand of hair behind her ear before self-consciously trying the morsel of food Kara held out to share. Kara waited with great anticipation before Lena gasped, pleased at the favour.
Kara laughed, smiling as she pressed her lips to Lena's and leaned her forehead against her love's. They had a sweet aura about them; both seemingly unable to believe their good fortunes.
Alex knew this Luthor and Super were going to make it. What with them smiling dreamily at each other like some great secret, like love hadn't ever been invented until they had met each other.
They were too precious for words not to.
A thank you to everyone that joined me for this ride, and it was a long one. I earnestly want to thank every single person that has left a review. Every time I thought I was done with this fic or that I didn't know how to reach the finish, you all helped to keep me writing.
I'm rather notorious for being unable to finish projects due to my rather hectic work and university schedule, but this behemoth is done; so every one of you pat yourselves on the back.
I was finally able to have Kara and Lena secret-free and happily engaged.
Don't worry your hungry eyes; I'll be posting more snippets of their lives along with the ridiculous amount of sex I have saved up for them. In writing this I finally understood the necessity of not writing the smut until you knew how to get your characters in bed since I was hitting into a writer's block so large I couldn't touch this fic until some comments from you lovely readers brought me back.
If you have any particular requests, feel free to drop me a line and I'll see if the plot bunny takes a nibble. ;3c
That's all she wrote, folks.
With infinite gratitude, Mina Mauveine
