It had been a couple of hours since Jeremiah's passing. Alex was fast asleep in Maggie's arms as the latter had more tests run, was given more medication to ensure that all of the neurotransmitters were filtered out of her body. J'onn talked to Winn and Lena about making sure the new cure was readily available in case any Cadmus agents had more access, and a way to deactivate and destroy any remaining L57 she had in her office.

James had arrived with Eliza to see Alex, and J'onn explained everything to them. Eliza silently cried over the death of her husband, but still knew that she had to be there for Alex and Kara. She was glad that he had made amends before he had died, and wasn't angry for not being there when he did.

Kara stood watching over the city. It had been the place she had sat so many times in the past few months, wishing everything that had happened to her family would end. Finally there had been a conclusion, though there was great cost to it.

She hadn't bothered changing out of her Supergirl uniform, now that she discovered Lena had known her identity. She had many questions running through her head on how long she knew, how she found out, who told her, though she knew she had to focus on her sister and family healing right now.

"Looking for company?"

Kara looked behind her, giving the youngest Luthor a soft smile before looking down at the ground. "Lena, hi."

Lena crossed her arms, but still gave Kara a warm smile. "Hi Kara."

"So…" Her voice trailed off. "I'm sure you have a lot of questions, I don't even know where to start." Kara looked up at Lena, tears starting to form in the corner of her eyes. "The reason I didn't tell you was because I was scared, I was scared about how you would think of me as Kara, not as Supergirl. I know there had been a lot of rough patches between us lately with you hiding Sam and-" Lena stopped Kara with a strong hug.

"Kara. It's okay." She rested her chin on the crook of Kara's shoulders. "I'm not angry."

"How long?"

"When my mother and I were alone, after you went to go find Alex, she said something about if she got Alex to turn to Cadmus you'd get off the planet. I realized, and it clicked."

"So she didn't tell you? And you're not mad at me for not saying anything?" Kara pulled back from Lena and looked her in the eyes, now crying fully. "I've been wanting to tell you for the longest time and I know you don't like to be lied to. Lena, I've been lying to you this whole time. Our whole friendship."

"Hey hey, Kara, it's okay." Lena pulled her back into a hug and slowly stroked her back. "Look, we have a lot we'll need to talk about, and I do have a lot of questions, but no, I'm not angry. The circumstances under how I found out weren't the best. If anything, it should be me apologizing for what my mother has done to Alex. To your family. She killed your father."

"We can't change that now, as much as I'd want to." Kara was still stunned at the response. "So you're still my friend?"

"I'm a little offended if you think we're not still best friends." Lena let out a small chuckle. "I don't know how I can make it up to your family for everything my mom did. As messed up as it sounds, I'm glad she's gone."

"You already have. You're not angry with me, you had the courage to do something none of us could do. You gave Alex more time with Maggie, time before Jeremiah died. And Lillian was right about one thing. You're nothing like your family." It was Kara's turn to pull Lena into a hug.

"Yeah, you're right."

Three days later, Maggie was finally released from the DEO medbay.

As soon as Maggie was released, Alex, Maggie, Kara and Eliza headed back to Midvale. They held a small funeral for Jeremiah, burying him in the Danvers Family Plot they had bought ages ago. It was a time to honor him for turning back onto the good side, as well as a time for Eliza to adjust to living back at home. Though it was only intended to be a Danvers family affair, going back to Midvale to bury him, James, Lena, J'onn and Winn all decided to accompany them.

At the Danvers' house, the gang had thrown a celebration for the whole family, Maggie included. It had been a celebration of the months that had come and gone, and the suffering was finally over. Alex and Maggie were slowly getting back into their normal routines, with them going back to work a week later. For the next month, Kara and J'onn had taken turns searching all of National City for any sign of Cadmus or signs of villains kidnapping Alex or Maggie. She felt that even if she was overreacting, they had gone through enough.

Alex still had the thought of proposing in the back of her mind, but figured she should settle in with Maggie and recover for a little before trying again. She still had all of the decorations in a cardboard box, stuffed in the back of her closet from when Maggie had cleaned up after she was put into a coma. She still thought back to that night it all began, wondering how things could have panned out differently if she hadn't gone to the bar that night. Over three months and everything would never be normal again.

Alex had gone back to the bar a couple of times with Maggie, now always carrying the watch Winn created for her and her gun. Though the DEO now stayed around to always have someone protecting it, it had still made Alex and Maggie both shudder walking through the doors.

It had been late November when Alex came back from the bar alone. She opened the door to a familiar setting, soft light created by cinnamon-scented candles, a bottle of tequila on the table with two glasses, roses scattered around the apartment.

Alex placed her gun on the mantle. "Maggie?"

"Just in time." She heard Maggie's voice coming from the bathroom.

"What is all of this?"

Maggie opened the bathroom door wearing her suit from Valentine's Day. "Well, we almost died. Both of us. This year, we've been through hell, we've both been through more hurt than we could imagine." She walked over to Alex and put her thumbs through her belt loops, closing the gap between their bodies.

"Yeah, we have." Alex smiled.

"And I've been thinking about it a lot. How when you were in that coma if I could imagine myself with anyone else. If I could imagine myself living without you, and I've come to the conclusion that I can't. We both know with our jobs that our lives aren't guaranteed, and that's just a given for the work we're both in. That's the nature of the job. But god Danvers, I can't live another second without you by my side forever."

"So what are you saying?" Alex turned her head and smiled, giving her a joking side eye.

Maggie pulled away and knelt down, pulling a maroon box out of her jacket. "I'm saying that as each day goes by after all of the hell we've been through, I want to spend my life every single day with you. I want you to be my Ride or Die forever, and I want to make up for all of the time we've lost from all of this. So, what I'm trying to say is, Alexandra Caroline Danvers, will you marry me?" Maggie was tearful now, thinking back to the past couple of months. She gave her signature smile, dimples and all. She opened the box with the ring, a simple band with two smaller diamonds surrounding a bigger one.

"Yes. Absolutely yes." Alex held her ring finger up and let Maggie slide on the ring, and then pulled her into a deep kiss. "But."

"But?"

Alex walked over to her nightstand and pulled out the ring that she had been keeping in her drawer since August. "The night everything happened, I wanted to do the same thing. I've done a lot of reflecting, a lot of talking to Kara, a lot of feelings had surfaced before all of this happened. And like you, a lot of feelings came when I almost lost you. I couldn't do anything for myself, and that just goes to show how much I wanted you in my life too. So let me ask you too, to be fair, will you marry me Margarita Elena Sawyer?" The ring was similar to her own, except it was a double band with the diamond's bezel connecting the two.

"Well I hope so, considering you're going to marry me now."

They both chuckled, wrapping their arms around each other.

Time had passed with the two newly engaged women talking on the couch, sipping their tequila. They had talked about the past few months' events more, trying to decide what the best way of honoring Jeremiah would be.

"I know you want something small to honor him, but he was the one who told me if I love you, to put a ring on your finger. I think that should say something."

Alex turned to look at Maggie. "You know, I was thinking about it, and before my Dad died, he said 'remember what we discussed when the time is right.' You were talking about proposing to me, weren't you?"

Maggie leaned back into the chair. "You know, even though we weren't in control of our bodies, I was able to talk to your dad. About if we ever escaped or were freed. J'onn explained it as kind of a psychic bond between us. I learned a lot about your father, we had to pass the time some way when we were just sitting there lifeless. I still feel like he's in me. Like we're still bonded. He knew my whole plan, and I kind of figured it out then why the apartment was all dressed up."

"I guess you really didn't have time to think about all of that after everything happened."

"Not really, no. All I thought about was the possibility of losing the woman I love. I didn't really think about what you were trying to do, I was just so worried about you dying."

Alex kissed Maggie's forehead. "There's no more worrying about that."

Maggie smiled. "I guess not. We have our whole lives ahead of us now, all those lifetimes of first, and I don't know what to think. We've gone through so much, I know all of us are saying that. But god Danvers, if I had to live without you I don't know what I'd do."

"I was thinking about that. All that time in the cave, I was trying to do anything to save you and dad. I didn't care if I died, but I guess now that I'm thinking about it if you didn't make it out alive I could say the same thing. You know, I left a message too if I didn't make it. I wanted you to move on, to be happy if I wasn't there."

"I don't know if I'd be able to do that. I'd probably become shut off, or bury myself in work. Even thinking about that makes me shudder."

"Yeah. I'm just glad you're here, with me." Alex wrapped her arm around Maggie.

A frantic knock had pulled Alex and Maggie out of their cuddling.

Alex walked over to the door, holding her gun out. She looked through the peephole, before opening the door to her sister holding grocery bags.

"Kara?"

"Little Danvers, you look like you got hit by a happy ray."

Kara walked in dropping the bags off on the table. She started to pace. "I'm sorry to drop in on your little post-engagement celebration, congrats by the way, but I forgot to tell you something important."

"What is it?" Alex started to look concerned.

"Lena knows. And she's not angry."

Alex smiled. "That's great to hear. Now what's with the grocery bags?"

Kara smiled back. "Well, I thought now that she knows, and she's now officially one of the Superfriends, what's a better way to celebrate that and your engagement than a Danvers-style game night?"

Alex turned to look at Maggie, who shrugged. "Bring them in, I can start calling-"

"Well I hope you would say yes, because they're already here." Kara skipped to the door and opened it. "Come on in guys!"

Lena, J'onn, James, Winn and Eliza all walked in carrying different snacks, drinks and games. They exchanged congratulations with the newly-engaged couple before sitting down in rounds of Cards Against Humanity.

A few hours into the night, Alex looked around. Everyone was smiling, laughing and enjoying themselves.

She held Maggie a little closer, took the sight in and smiled. She thought to herself, this is what family should look like.