Conversations on a Balcony
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A/N: for Yurimyansan, who asked for a Conversation in a Bathtub ;-) So we're doing a hybrid!
Translations:
/:zrhymin/ : Intimate use of the word "wife".
Kara trudged into her bedroom, toed off her low-heeled shoes and dropped her messenger bag unceremoniously onto the floor beside them in utter exhaustion. She took off her glasses, set them on the nightstand next to her and then tossed her suit jacket onto the bed. "Cat? Babe, are you home?" she called out.
"Just waiting for you, Sweetheart," the older woman said softly, and Kara turned to find her wife, dressed in a black, thigh-length, satin negligée, leaning against the balcony door with her arms folded and a wide smile on her face.
"Wow," Kara sighed appreciatively. "You look gorgeous."
Cat pushed away from the door and came around the bed to hug the younger woman gently. "You're tired," she said.
"Honestly," Kara replied, leaning heavily against her. "I'm totally exhausted. I've been running around chasing leads all day and my back and pelvis are aching like hell. I feel like I've solar flared, even though I know I haven't. Thank God J'Onn is picking up Supergirl duty."
"The baby is eating your resources," Cat replied. "Little parasite."
Kara laughed softly. "She really is." She sighed again. "I could really go for a hot bath right now."
"I might be able to do you one better," Cat replied. She released her wife and then led her by the hand out onto the bedroom balcony.
Kara's eyes widened and she grinned happily as she took in the brand-new hot tub for two, merrily bubbling away. To the right of the tub was a small, white-clothed table laid out with sushi, strawberries with cream and a bottle of something cold, chilling in a silver cooler. "I LOVE it," she exclaimed. "When did you have time to do this?"
"Well, there's this wonderful thing called an assistant," Cat teased. "She does work things for me while I'm shopping for hot tubs online and getting sushi delivered. You should get one some time." But then she frowned as Kara winced and tried to stretch her back out. The older woman massaged her wife's spine with her fingertips and then kissed her gently. "Let me help you," she said as she unzipped Kara's skirt and let it drop to the floor. The younger woman stepped out of it and then opened the buttons of her silk shirt, smiling as Cat pressed against her back and ran her hands over her swollen belly. "You're so beautiful, Kara," Cat whispered as she eased the shirt off her wife's shoulders and then popped open the catch of her bra to sweep it down her arms and toss it with her shirt, back into the bedroom behind them. Kara's breasts were full and heavy, and she sighed as Cat ran her hands over them.
"I don't feel very beautiful right now," the hero said softly, admitting a truth she'd been keeping to herself for a while.
"I understand," Cat replied, kissing along her wife's shoulder. "But to me, you're the most beautiful woman on this planet, /:zrhymin/. I want you to just relax and rest this evening. Let me take care of you."
She slid Kara's underwear off and then moved to the hot tub, pausing a moment to take off her negligée and then stepping into the hot water. She held her hand out to her wife and, with a smile, Kara took it and stepped into the water with her. The older woman lowered herself to sit facing the city lights and then Kara sat too, her back pressed to her wife's chest. She exhaled heavily as the hot water caressed her aching body and she leaned her head back against Cat's shoulder with a heartfelt moan as the older woman's arms closed around her.
"You are a fucking goddess, Cat-El."
The older woman chuckled and kissed her wife's temple lovingly. "Hungry?" she asked.
"Have you met me?" Kara snickered, looking back over her shoulder with raised eyebrows.
Cat nodded. "Silly question." She reached over to the table and first poured two glasses of sparkling cider, one of which she passed to Kara. Then she grabbed the plate of sushi and held it in front of the starving Kryptonian, chuckling as she carefully selected a piece of salmon sashimi and popped it into her mouth.
"Mmmm… wow…" Kara groaned. "That's good." She plucked another piece from the plate and reached over her shoulder to feed it to her wife.
"Very good," Cat agreed as she swallowed the fish. "Rainbow roll," she prompted then, smiling as Kara obliged and nibbling on her fingertips. They traded sushi, sparkling cider and then strawberries dipped in cream until Kara finally blew out a long breath, her head lolling back against Cat's shoulder again.
"I'm actually full," she said. "Thank you, Honey, this is amazing."
"You're welcome, Sweetheart. How are the aches now?" the older woman asked as she set the plate back on the table.
"Better," Kara admitted as her wife kissed her neck.
"Do you want...?" Cat asked softly, caressing the younger woman's thighs under the water and letting her hand drift between them. But Kara caught it and laced their fingers together.
"Not tonight, Cat, is that ok? I'm not…" she trailed off, not quite able to explain how she was feeling.
"Of course it's ok, Sweetheart," Cat replied with a smile. "Do you want me to just hold you while you sleep? Or if you want to sleep alone, that's ok too." Cat remembered the nights during her own pregnancies when she'd just wanted space alone to sleep but hadn't known how to ask for it.
"I don't ever want to sleep without you," Kara said, looking back over her shoulder again.
"Me neither," Cat replied, as their lips met in a lingering kiss.
