When the Minnie ears finally arrived in the mail from the online Disney Shop, Kara called Lena immediately, even though Lena was already on the way to Kara's apartment.
In a hushed tone – Alura was in the next room over, doing her homework – the hero whispered into the receiver, "They're here!"
"What's there?" Lena asked, not immediately putting together what Kara was saying.
"The ears, Lena! The ears!"
"OH!" Lena shouted. "Oh, my God! So we do it tonight?"
"Yeah! If you're ready. I've got the Disney princess wrapping paper."
"Awesome! Wrap 'em up and we'll write the note together when I get there?"
"Totally!"
"See you soon, baby. I'm about five minutes out."
"Can't wait!"
"I love you, Kara."
"I love you too, sugar."
~!~!~
"Alura!" Lena called out from the living room. "Time to put the tablet and electronics away!"
"But moooooom," Alura whined. "I'm about to beat the boss level!"
Sitting side-by-side on the couch, Lena and Kara stared at each other in disbelief of what they'd just heard. Alura had called Lena 'mom.'
"Did she just…?" Kara asked, dumbfounded.
Just as surprised, Lena blurted, "I… I, um… I'm sorry. I'll talk to her… I… I never told her to—"
"Oh, God, Lena. I know that. I know you obviously didn't tell her to call you that. She did that on her own."
"But that's… You're her—"
"Apparently, you are too," Kara whispered with a broad smile, cupping Lena's chin and leaning in to connect their lips.
"B-But, I—" Lena stammered. "I don't know how to be a… a…"
"Yes, you do," the hero told her. "You do it every day."
"What do you mean?"
"Think about it. You drop her off at school, pick her up, feed her, hug her, read to her, tuck her in at night, tell her you love her… How is that anything other than motherhood?"
Eyes wide, betraying her sense of shock, Lena continued to stare at her partner in disbelief.
"Lena," Kara said gently, wrapping an arm around the brunette's shoulders. "You got this. You are just as much her mom as I am."
"No way! You—"
"Do you care for her?"
"Of course I do!" Lena nearly shouted.
"And do you love her?"
"Yes! Absolutely! More than life itself."
"Would you protect her like your own?"
"I'd die for that kid, Kara. You know that."
"Yes, I do. And that makes you just as much her mom as I am."
"But I—"
"Go get your kid, Lena," Kara laughed. "She's not listening, and it's your turn to play Bad Cop."
Blushing and rolling her eyes, Lena rose from the couch and gave a nod of understanding before saying, "I love you, Kar."
"I love you too, Lee. You will always be a vital part of this family."
Finally, a smile spread across Lena's lips as she kissed her partner's forehead and headed for Alura's bedroom.
Once in the girl's room, Lena gently encouraged her, "Come on, sweetheart. Time to shut it off."
"But Mom!"
Pausing for a minute as her heart leapt into her chest, Lena watched as the girl looked at her with a well-played pouty face.
"Alura… Sweetheart…"
Blinking in confusion, Alura tilted her head slightly and said, "What?"
"You… You called me 'mom.'"
"Am I not allowed to call you mom?" Alura asked, her suddenly shaky voice giving away her rush of anxiety and embarrassment.
"It's not that, honey. I just… Today was the first time, and you surprised me a little bit."
"But… is it… bad?"
"Not at all, darling," Lena said, sitting down beside the girl on her bed.
Sensing the gravity of the situation, Alura used her game controller to force the console to shut down, without saving the game, and never took her eyes off Lena's.
"Then… what's the big deal? I mean… aren't you my mom too?"
Hesitating only a moment, Lena answered, "Only if you want me to be. I know I can never take your mom's place, but—"
"You don't need to take Mom's place. You just need to be you. I need you both."
Feeling an intense surge of emotion flood her, Lena had to fight back tears in order to keep looking at the girl who had so amazingly become her daughter. Of course, she lost the battle and began to cry, tears streaming down her cheeks, betraying her feelings.
"What?" Alura asked again, still confused by Lena's obvious display of emotion. "Why are you crying? Did I do something bad?"
"No, baby girl," Lena sighed, pulling Alura into her arms and holding her. "I just love you so much."
"I love you too, Ma."
Ma. Lena replayed the sound of the word in her mind, her cheeks tinting red ad she continued to cry, still holding Alura tightly, who was returning the hug with enthusiasm.
"Come on, honey. Time to go out and see your Mom."
"But—"
"Trust me. We have a surprise for you."
"What? Really?"
"Mhmm."
"Is it a good surprise?" Alura asked excitedly, letting go of her new mother and bouncing on the bed.
"Very good surprise. You're gonna love it. Now, come on. Let's not keep your mother waiting."
Smiling broadly, Lena stood up and tugged Alura out of the bed and into the living room.
"Finally," Kara huffed, upon seeing them enter. "I thought you were never gonna get out of that bedroom. I was about to check on you and see if you'd died, for crying out loud. What took so— Wait… Lena… Why are you crying? What happened? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Lena sniffled, sporting a bright smile through her tears as she reached up to wipe them from her cheeks. "I'm outstanding."
When she wrapped an arm around Alura, the girl bounced excitedly and asked, "So what's my surprise? Gimme, gimme!"
"Alura!" Kara scolded her. "Be polite or you'll get nothing."
Whining, Alura sighed, "Fine. May I please have my surprise now?"
"YEP!" the hero shouted, clapping her hands and handing her the wrapped box.
"Can I open it?!" Alura asked, obviously bubbling over with the intensity of the anticipation and excitement.
"Go ahead," Lena offered, her smile growing into a grin as Alura instantly began to shred the paper off the box. "Read the note out loud first."
Alura grabbed it from the box immediately and nearly ripped it as she pulled it out.
"Okay… Here it goes," she announced, dramatically clearing her throat. "'Dearest Alura, we love you so very much, and we are so, so proud of you. You are an amazing student, an amazing daughter, and an amazing person. We wanted to give you something awesome, so we're taking you on your very first vacation!'" Alura nearly screamed the end of the sentence. "Wait! We're going on vacation?! WHERE?!"
"Keep reading," Kara urged her, beaming from ear to ear.
"Okay, okay!" the girl exclaimed, continuing to read aloud. "'But we want you to guess where based on the clues in this box. What do you think? Can you guess?'"
Throwing the note to the side, Alura tore through the tissue paper in the box to first reveal a large stuffed, plush Mickey Mouse. Instantly, her jaw dropped as she continued to dig through the box, revealing a Minnie Mouse plush as well. Then, she got to the ears.
"OH MY GOD! WE'RE GOING TO DISNEY!" she screamed, starting to sob. "MOMS, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!"
To Lena's surprise, Kara looked to her to reply first.
"We love you too, sweetheart," Lena assured her, wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Try on the ears!" Kara cried happily, nearly vibrating with excitement just as Alura had been moments before.
Without hesitation, but with shaking hands, Alura put the Minnie ears on her head and started to sob.
"I love you both so much," she sniffled, grabbing both stuffed characters and clutching them tightly to her chest. "Thank you!"
"Of course, baby girl," Lena told her. "Like we said, we're very, very proud of you and the good work you do in school."
"And your good behavior," Kara interrupted, making sure to point this out and reinforce Alura's recent ability to stay out of trouble.
"I'll be good, I promise!" Alura exclaimed. "I promise!"
"We know, sugar," Lena said with a warm smile. "That's why we're taking you. We're going this summer, once school's out!"
"YES!" the young blonde shouted, pumping her fist in the air. "This is gonna be SO awesome! I'm gonna get to meet Mickey and Minnie and—"
"And all the princesses!" Kara cut in, grinning.
"THIS IS AMAZING!"
"True. But… it's time for you to head to bed, okay?" her mother told her, kissing her forehead.
"But I—"
"Listen to your mother, please," Lena cut in, having developed slightly more confidence in her new role as a second mother to Alura.
It felt good to step in and reinforce what her partner had said. Even though they were only dating, she felt more at home with them than she ever had with her own family. She was happier than she'd ever been. And she wasn't about to let anything – anything – get in the way of that.
"Okay, okay," Alura huffed, rising from the couch. "Tuck me in?"
Both women nodded and followed her to the bedroom where Alura climbed in bed and they both kissed her cheek goodnight and shared 'I love you's.
Once Alura was sound asleep, the women made their own way to Kara's bedroom.
"That was awesome," the Kryptonian blurted, flopping down on the bed with her head landing on the pillow.
"Yeah, it was," Lena said with a smile, sliding her slacks off and sitting on the bed as she unbuttoned her blouse.
It wasn't as though Kara had never seen this before – of course, she'd seen her naked several times – but the sight of Lena undressing in front of her was enough to make her mouth water.
"L-Lena?" Kara asked shyly, touching the woman's bicep from behind as she sat up in the bed.
"Yes, love?" Lena replied, turning to face the blonde.
"Do you, uh… Do you wanna… um…"
Laughing at her partner's sudden shyness, Lena smirked at Kara before bumping noses with her and whispering, "Of course I do. When don't I?"
"I dunno…" Kara confessed, blushing. "I just thought… Maybe you'd be tired or not want to or—"
"Kara. I always want you."
Raising an eyebrow, the hero watched as Lena slowly slid her blouse off her shoulders and tossed it to the floor.
"I…"
"Ravish me, you idiot," Lena ordered, climbing up fully onto the bed and straddling Kara's thighs as she grinned down at the woman who was so clearly captivated by her beauty.
"But I'm not undressed," Kara protested, blinking.
"Then get undressed."
"But you're—"
"Now," Lena said sharply, dismounting to allow Kara to nearly tear her own clothes off.
She wasn't nearly as patient as Lena was, and certainly not patient enough to make a show of the gesture like Lena had. Instead, heart pounding in her chest, Kara scrambled out of her clothes and pushed Lena down onto the bed, jerking her panties – the only article of clothing left – down past Lena's ankles and tossed them to the floor.
"Take me," the brunette husked seductively, placing her hands on the hero's hips.
Kara nodded and reached for the bedside table drawer, where she removed their favorite toy – the strap-on.
"Please," Lena whined, watching as Kara fastened the straps around her hips.
Saying, "Of course, my darling," Kara spread Lena's legs and positioned herself between them.
"I need you inside me."
Kara's stomach dropped as her heart leapt into her throat. Dirty talk was definitely a turn-on. Not only that, but seeing Lena desperate for sexual attention also sent an intense wave of desire shooting through Kara's veins like a heavy dose of heroin.
Gripping Lena's hips – nearly hard enough to bruise, but not quite – Kara slid the toy into Lena's sex. It slid in easily, as Lena was already heavily soaked her own arousal.
"I love you," Kara whispered, upon hearing a loud whimper from her partner. "I love you so much."
Another whimper and a quick nod was all she received in return, but the blonde knew what this meant. Lena felt the same. This still stunned her every day when Lena returned her sentiments. What did she see in her? Kara wasn't sure, but she was eternally grateful.
Tearing herself from that thought and back into focus on her task, Kara drew her hips back slowly, tantalizing her lover with steady movements.
"Feels so good," Lena husked. "Please, don't stop, Kara."
"I won't, Lee," the Kryptonian whispered back. "I couldn't if I wanted to."
"Good," the brunette panted. "Because I fucking need you. Make me cum, Kar. Please."
Kara nodded obediently and thrust just slightly fasted, working up a rhythm that drove her partner wild. Kara could tell, too. Lena was writhing beneath her, gripping the sheets tightly.
When she noticed this, the hero scolded her, "No. Touch me."
Lena obeyed immediately, scrambling to reach behind Kara's back. Without much thought, Lena's nails dug into Kara's back, and the blonde felt an intense shiver spread through her body, leaving goosebumps in its wake.
"That's it, baby. Good," Kara praised her, making Lena's back arch as she made her thrusts heavier by the minute.
She wanted it to last. Really, she did. But the sounds Lena was making were almost pushing her to the edge. Just the sound of Lena's moans was enough to soak her. When she saw the brunette bite her lip to muffle the sounds, Kara shook her head.
"No. Let me hear how good it feels."
"We'll wake Alura," Lena protested, then let out a sudden gasp, followed by a high-pitched moan as Kara's thrusts became more forceful. "Shit. Fuck, Kara."
"I'm trying," Kara teased, bucking hard and slamming her hips forward as she gripped Lena's to hold her still.
Regardless, Lena tried to thrust up to meet her lover's movements, but was stilled by the strength of Kara's hands.
"Please. Deeper. Please," the teacher panted, squeezing her eyes shut as her nails dug deeper into Kara's skin. "I'm so close."
"Don't," Kara begged, stilling her movements with one last movement to bury the toy completely to its hilt in her lover's sex. "Please. Just a little longer."
"Are you… Are you gonna—"
Kara nodded as soon as Lena opened her eyes, feeling her own wave of arousal dripping onto her thighs.
"Feels so good thrusting into you," Kara confessed. "Just a little longer."
When Lena bit her lip again and tried to slow the desperate lifting of her hips to take the shaft deeper into her center, Kara let out a groan, feeling her push back one last time.
"Yes," Kara moaned. "That's my girl. My precious girl. I'm… Shit. Lena. Fuck. I'm gonna c— Ah! Fuck!"
The last word was hiccupped as the hero tried to quiet herself, to keep from waking her daughter who was sleeping soundly just down the hallway. Taking advantage of Kara's distracting wave of intense pleasure, Lena took the opportunity to thrust up hard and fast, shoving the toy deeper into her.
"Don't stop," she begged, feeling Kara still herself as she came.
Whining from the pressure and friction, Kara forced herself to thrust through her orgasm, sending her partner far, far over the edge, all at once.
"I love you," she blurted, her climax drawn out by a combination effect of the increased pressure on her clit and the sound of Lena's moans. "I love you. I love you."
"Love you," Lena breathed, then let out a loud moan.
Kara immediately covered Lena's mouth to stifle the noise as she bucked hard and fast into the woman's sex.
"Stop. Stop," the brunette panted, trying to cease the movement of her own hips as she began to come down – just slightly – from the intense orgasm she'd just been given.
But the blonde shook her head vigorously as she slowed slightly but did not discontinue her movements.
The sensation of the shaft of the toy sliding in and out, creating friction on the inside of the walls of her core drove Lena into a second orgasm, which she gasped through as she struggled to stay quiet.
"Good girl," Kara praised her again. "Good girl. I'm—"
But Kara was interrupted by a second orgasm of her own as Lena's nails scratched her hard.
"Shit," she gasped. "Can't—"
"Please. More," Lena begged, not having thought she could even come a second time, but longing for a third now that she'd been proven wrong.
On the brink of delirium, Kara began to thrust wildly, with no rhythm at all that Lena could match. When her thrusting brought Lena great pleasure, but no third orgasm, Kara reached between them and roughly brushed Lena's clit with her thumb. She didn't even have to circle it; Lena came again right then and there.
"Fff—" she started to cry out, but the hero's hand covered her mouth again, just in time to stop the sound.
Kara shifted her movements to an excruciatingly slow pace to carefully bring Lena down from her high, and as soon as it was over, the brunette pulled her down and hugged her tightly, feeling the slickness of their bodies made them stick together with sweat and cum.
"I love you," Kara whispered, stroking Lena's hair back.
Responding immediately, Lena said, "I love you too."
"Can I ask you something?" the hero questioned, slowly pulling back to look into her partner's bright eyes.
Lena nodded and told her, "Anything at all."
Clearing her throat – mostly to make sure her voice didn't crack from the anxiety she was feeling – Kara asked her, "Lena… Do you want to move in with us?"
Blinking away her shock, Lena paused for quite some time before stating, "I thought you'd never ask."