Lena woke to the sounds of someone tinkering in her kitchen and for a brief moment felt her heart race at the idea of an intruder being in her house until she heard light melodic humming. The recollection of Kara taking her home the night before reminded her of her insistence that Kara stay. She buried her face at the realization, she had asked out of her exhaustion and Kara didn't fight her on it.
"Don't leave." Lena pleaded as Kara approached Lena's bedroom.
"You need to rest." Kara said softly as she lowered Lena to her bed.
"Wait. Just... stay with me a little longer?" Lena asked with a bit of hesitation holding onto Kara's arm.
"Alright." Kara smiled as she laid down next to her, letting Lena drift off to sleep in her arms.
Lena stretched lightly at the memory and turned over to sleep a bit longer, listening to the sweet tunes that drifted in from her open doorway. Something fell with a crash and Lena sat up straight in her bed, hearing a soft "Shoot! Shhhhh!" being muttered from across the hall. She couldn't help the smile that swept across her face at the image of Kara shushing a pan. She flipped the covers over and pulled herself out of her bed. She looked down and noticed she was in her old National City sweatshirt and a short pair of shorts and she racked her brain trying to remember when she had changed clothes. She shoved up the arms of her sleeves to quarter length and ran her fingers through her hair as she walked into the kitchen to find Kara standing over the stove. She was dressed for work, her hair in a braided bun up high on her head and her black rimmed glasses were off and resting on the counter in front of her. She was wearing tan denim pants with a white blouse and brown flats and looked absolutely stunning. She must've left to change and came back before she woke up. She had headphones on and was swaying to a beat only she could hear, whispering words into a spatula. Lena watched quietly as she enjoyed the private moment.
"Good Morning." Lena said amusedly.
Kara twisted around, dropping the spatula and throwing off her headphones in a start as she clutched her chest. "Holy moly! You scared the bejesus out of me." She exclaimed. She chuckled at herself and stood up a bit straighter and took a breath. "Good Morning." She said with the brightest smile. Lena laughed at the reaction and stepped further into the room. "Something smells nice."
"Bacon and eggs!" Kara stepped to the side to show off the spread. There was also an assortment of cheeses, sausage and fruits all laid out diced and cut ready to eat. Kara looked at all of it and shrugged "I, uh, got a little carried away." She smirked and waved Lena over to her. Lena obliged stepping in closer as Kara pulled her into a hug locking her arms behind Lena's waist. "Hi." She whispered softly.
Lena pushed up on the balls of her feet slightly as she met Kara's gaze and smiled. "Hi to you too. You didn't have to go through all this trouble."
Kara gave her a look. "After all you've done the past couple of days for me and for Clark, trust me, this is the least I could do." She squeezed Lena a little tighter before releasing her, handing her a cup of coffee. "Here."
Lena took the mug eagerly with both hands and took a small sip. "It's really good."
"You sound surprised." Kara said teasingly.
"Pleasantly so." Lena said through another sip.
"Break one coffee machine…and suddenly everyone seems to think I can't make it." Kara grabbed a piece of bacon and ate it while she finished cooking the eggs and made two plates, offering one to Lena.
"I could get used to this." Lena said cheerily. "I don't normally make breakfast in the mornings, sacrificing it to sleep before my busy schedule."
Kara smiled as she loaded the rest of her plate with an assortment of fruits and charcuterie. "Well, you deserve it."
"It's perfect. Thank you." Lena said. She leaned in and kissed her cheek and walked over to the table with her food and coffee. Kara sat down across from her.
"Have you talked to Alex yet?" Lena asked as she took a bite out of a strawberry.
Kara sighed and gave Lena a loaded look. "She wasn't exactly thrilled I left her at your lab, but she got over it pretty quickly. Kept asking about you."
"Me?" Lena asked, surprised.
"She wanted to know if you even tried to wake her to take watch after she fell asleep."
Lena smiled and looked down. "Well, call me selfish, but I wanted to be the one you woke up to." She took a tentative bite out of her own bacon and looked up to see Kara who was blushing shyly unsure how to react.
"Well looks like I got the sweeter end of that deal." Kara laughed.
"I gather you have a lot of work to do today." Lena asked, pointing to Kara's outfit with her fork, trying to change the subject.
Kara sighed. "Unfortunately. There's no telling what I'll be walking into today after being away for several days."
"Well if you aren't busy Friday, there's an art gala I'm kind of obliged to attend. They're doing a sort of fundraiser that was sponsored by L-Corp and I would be missed if I didn't attend. How would you like to be my plus one?"
Kara lit up and then hesitated making Lena waver in her confidence. "I'd love to go. So are we, I mean ever since that night at my apartment we haven't really officially said we are dating. Would this be a date?"
"Only if we want it to be. It's not like we have to publicly announce that we are now a bit more than friends." Lena said. "We've been seen at similar events together in the past, so we don't have to say anything. The fact that it's a date can just be between us."
"So, it is a date then?" Kara smiled as Lena raised her eyebrow.
"Only if you want it to be." Lena reiterated playfully.
"Yes, definitely." She smiled through nervous laughter and shoveled eggs into her mouth to keep from babbling.
"Good." Lena said simply, but her smile betrayed her own excitement as she herself found eating another strawberry as a way to distract her mind.
They ate in silence for a bit, content in enjoying their food when Kara began to shift in her seat and moved some eggs around with her fork. Lena tilted her head questioningly. "What is it? You never play with your food." She asked.
Kara worried her lip. "There's some things I need to tell you. With everything that happened I haven't really had a chance to. It's just I don't want to bring down our breakfast."
"Well now I have to know." Lena commented. "I won't let whatever it is affect our breakfast."
"You have no idea how difficult fulfilling that will be." Kara warned. She paused as she tried to find the best way to say it, and then just went with the bandaid approach, "Lex was the one who attacked us."
"What?" Lena asked, stunned. "You saw him?" Then realization kicked in and barely controlled rage rose up from within her. "He's the one who did that to you?" The words seeped out of her like venom. Kara nodded her head silently. Lena's hand shook before she managed to recollect herself. "He really is a monster." She said through gritted teeth.
Kara found herself reaching up for her glasses out of habit only to remember she had left them on the counter. She fidgeted a bit then added, "He was with Andrea."
Lena's eyes widened. "And what was Andrea doing there?"
"She's desperate and willing to do whatever it takes to find her father. And Lex says he knows where he is. So Andrea's cooperating with him to get to her father."
"What does Lex want with Andrea?" Lena asked carefully.
Kara huffed as her own anger at the situation came forth. "He wants you, or rather your research in quantum waves and your work with non nocere. He believes…" Kara couldn't help the tremor that escaped her own voice at having to say it out loud, "that because of your past, um, history with Andrea that you would be more receptive to her." Her own jaw worked at the idea of Andrea trying to seduce Lena, manipulating her to get what she wanted. "She's desperate, Lena… she's willing to do anything, she said as much to me before she disappeared."
She saw the hurt and the anger that came from hearing her words written across Lena's face. All she had wanted was to bridge a gap in their friendship and Andrea was effectively throwing a wedge between them. Kara looked at her sympathetically hating that she had to be the one to tell her. "Lena I'm so sorry."
Lena forced a smile, but kept from looking at Kara directly. "Don't be. You found Lex, we now know what he's after, that's a step… Andrea will be problematic, but nothing I can't handle. I'll just need to step up my security and make sure whatever is left of the research is locked away where prying little hands can't retrieve it." She finally looked up at Kara and gave her a reassuring look. "Thank you, for telling me."
Kara smiled through closed lips still worried that the news bothered Lena more than she let on. "Sure."
"You should inform Alex and J'onn of what you just told me. If Lex is after my Q-wave tech, I think I have an idea as to why. And if I'm right, we will need them." Lena put her fork down on the plate and leaned forward, resting her hand gently on Kara's. "Never a dull moment is there?"
"I like to keep things interesting." Kara joked softly. Lena laughed as she pulled her hand away and Kara's own smile beamed brightly as her stomach filled with butterflies at the sight. "I don't think I'll ever get tired of seeing your smile." She confessed. Lena blushed as she bit her lip trying to contain the smile.
"Don't do that." Kara said in a lower voice, her eyes growing dark. "You don't know what you do to me when you do that."
Lena felt her face grow hot at the comment and Kara heard the rapid uptick in her heartbeat. She didn't hesitate much longer after that before pulling Lena to her as she stood, kissing her before her own courage wavered. Lena's hand came up to Kara's jaw as she opened her mouth searching it for her tongue, and moaning as it pushed back against her own in response. Kara pulled Lena's waist to hers and Lena pressed herself into her finding her unyielding. She gasped at her own arousal as she pushed harder wanting to be closer, needing to feel her warmth. Kara's hand drifted just under the rim of Lena's sweatshirt, finding the soft skin of her waist and she struggled to keep her emotions in check as she moved her thumbs across the velvet skin. She gently squeezed the soft flesh of her sides and gasped out "Oh Rao, I lose all sense of control when I kiss you." She pulled Lena in for a longer kiss savoring the sweetness of the strawberries that still lingered on her tongue.
Lena pulled back breathless, her hands roaming Kara's face and neck slowly as she tried to settle her mind. Kara still held her waist to her own, keeping her from breaking contact. The sensation left Lena's core screaming for attention. "Is that all I have to do? Bite my lip and I'll get kissed like that?" Lena asked, her eyes heavy with temptation her stomach flipped when she felt Kara's pelvis push into her own teasingly. Kara smiled triumphantly and released her, making Lena take a step forward in response to the broken contact.
"Every single time." Kara challenged.
Lena smiled and crossed her arms. "Noted." She said.
Kara sighed as she looked out across the city landscape. "I have to go. I'll see you soon?"
Lena nodded, her eyes crinkled as she smiled back at her. "If you must." Kara dashed away all the dishes and put up all the food up in a blink and handed Lena a small lunch bag. "Don't forget to eat today." She kissed her cheek and made her way to the door.
"Kara." Lena called after her. Kara turned around to see her glasses dangling between Lena's fingers. She narrowed her eyes and smirked seductively "I think these might belong to you."
Kara clicked her tongue and pointed awkwardly to the glasses. "Right." She smacked her head at her thoughtlessness and walked back over to Lena. As she reached to grab them Lena pulled them out of her reach slightly and raised her brow.
A confused open mouth smile appeared on Kara's face and Lena made a mental note to catch her off guard more often, loving the way she scrunched her nose as she tilted her head at her.
"What are you doing?" Kara asked amusedly. She tried to reach for her glasses again, but Lena pulled them out of the way again. She knew Kara could take them whenever she wanted but didn't, allowing her some control over the situation.
"I need you to do something for me first, before I give these back." Lena said.
"And what would you have me do?" Kara asked timidly as she took a step closer.
"Well remember how at my lab you asked how you could repay me and I told you you can owe me? Well I'm collecting." Lena set the glasses down on the counter and walked slowly over to Kara. Kara turned red as she stood still, waiting. Lena crossed her arms slowly as she closed the gap between them. "I want you—" She spoke with a faint but recognizable Irish lilt to her voice.
"Y-you want me?" Kara swallowed
"Mmmhmm." Lena said tauntingly. "I want you." She drew the 'you' out, which made Kara's eyes drift down to her lips. Lena smiled wickedly. "To buy me dinner."
"Dinner?" Kara breathed out, her shoulders dropped as the tension left her body, her eyes betraying a hint of disappointment. Lena bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing at her little ruse.
"Unless, you have a better idea?" Lena provoked. Kara smiled through narrow eyes as she realized the trick, but continued to play along. "Oh I have several, surprisingly none of them involve food." She moved breathtakingly fast grabbing Lena and pinning her to the wall. Lena gasped loudly, startled, and then again when Kara's knee came up in between her legs sending flashbacks of being in the cabin rushing through her mind. Kara moved very slowly as she kissed Lena's neck at the base of her jaw. Then whispered "I've replayed this moment differently a thousand times ever since that day."
Lena could no longer hold up her pretense as her body betrayed her, moving on its own accord as it slowly arched and rubbed against Kara her breathing becoming shorter and more ragged.
Instantly they were on her couch, and Lena found herself on top of Kara. Kara pushed herself up holding Lena's legs. She kissed her softly, making Lena pant in anticipation. She wrapped her arms around Kara's neck as she deepened the kiss wanting more. Kara pulled back and smiled "...and this moment. A thousand more."
Lena's eyes were blown out as she stared back. She went to kiss Kara again and Kara smiled and pulled back. "Dinner first. Art Gala second. Then this." She ran her hands back up Lena's back. "I don't want to rush this, I want to be able to enjoy every single second of it… besides, I'm late for work." Lena groaned, her body now primed and ready, she had to find strength from deep within to push herself off Kara.
"I underestimated you." She said as she walked across the room to retrieve the glasses, Kara a step behind her. She turned around and handed them over. "I won't be making that mistake again."
Kara put the glasses on and straightened, a smile playing on her lips. She leaned forward and kissed Lena's cheek and hugged her softly, trying to still her own inner voice which was screaming at her to finish what she started. "I'll see you soon."
"Bye." Lena said softly, her own smile shining bright as she watched Kara leave.