Conversations on a Balcony

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Kara was sleeping in after a Supergirl mission that had lasted almost the entire night. Cat was standing at the bedroom door, watching the steady rise and fall of her wife's chest. Kara winced in her sleep and shifted a little and Cat wondered if she was in pain. She sighed and closed her eyes unhappily, wishing there was something she could do to help.

"Don't," Kara said sleepily. "You have to stop doing this to yourself."

The older woman slowly crossed the room to sit on the edge of the bed, taking Kara's hand to bring it to her lips. "Did the pain wake you?"

Kara sat up and leaned back against the headboard. "Catherine, listen to me." She ducked her head to meet her wife's downcast eyes. "Please look at me." She smiled as green eyes lifted. "I love being pregnant, Cat-El. I love that our baby is growing inside me. I can deal with a little discomfort."

"Don't lie to me, Kara," the older woman replied, tone a little angry. "I know it's more than a little discomfort."

Kara's hands fisted as her temper flared in return. "What do you want me to say? Yes, it hurts. Yes, I wish I could take painkillers. Yes, it's not easy being pregnant." She shook her head. "All of those things are true, but I'm dealing with it, Cat, and I need you to stop looking at me like I'm going to break!"

There was quiet between them for a long moment and then Cat got up. "I'm going to work." She turned and walked away, scooping her jacket off the chair as she went.

Kara sighed and scooted back down in the bed again. "Shit."

Xx

Cat didn't come home at the usual time. Kara paced slowly back and forth on the balcony, listening for her but the baby's heartbeat in her ears made it hard to concentrate on others. She x-rayed herself, smiling as Liv's hand moved in a waving motion. "Hi to you too, Little One," she said softly, rubbing her hand over her bump.

"I'm sorry," Cat slurred softly from the balcony doorway. Kara turned, already smelling the alcohol on her wife's breath. "I'm sorry I'm drunk and I'm sorry I made you feel the way I did."

Kara moved closer to her, gently stroking her knuckles down her cheek. "Are you ok?"

The older woman nodded and slipped out of her jacket and heels. "Just tired," she replied. "I'll sleep it off in the spare room."

"Not a chance," the Kryptonian chuckled. "I want you here with me."

Cat shook her head. "I'm a mess, Kara."

"Hey," Kara smiled. "How about we take a shower and go to bed? Alex already said she'd keep Abby until tomorrow."

"We should talk," Cat replied. "I know I fucked up."

"Baby, you didn't fuck up. How can I fault you for being protective of me when I'm the same towards you? I just forgot that for a while."

"I didn't?" Cat asked, insecurity flooding her eyes.

"You didn't. I was being oversensitive and worrying about how you were feeling about how I was feeling."

Cat blinked and frowned a little as she tried to work that sentence out.

"Oookkk… that's a conversation for more sober times," Kara said. "Now come on, I want you naked in our bed."

Cat grinned. "You too."

"After we shower."

"Naked in the shower… ooooooohhhhh."

And Kara just laughed.