I don't own these characters; DC does.
A/N: This is a gift for TheAlternateArtist. As soon as I saw the prompt "fake dating," this idea popped in my head and refused to let go. I'm not sure if this will work for you (I hope it does!), but I also threw in a first kiss to hopefully smooth things over. I really hope you like this.
A/N the second: this story takes place well outside of the set timeline of the show. Alex has broken up with Maggie, Mon-El doesn't exist, Lucy does exists, Cat is still there, and Lex hasn't shown up. Everyone involved may or may not know Kara is Supergirl. Make of that what you will and enjoy the holidays.
Christmas Miracle
Kara floated (not literally) around her apartment as she, Alex, and Eliza got the place ready for Christmas Eve. They were hosting their found-family for dinner. And, yes, she meant "they," even though it was at her home. Of course, this had started out as Kara's idea, but she was in over her head, so Alex and Eliza came to her rescue. How did I think I'd be able to do enough food for myself and everyone else and still be able to afford more decorations? Because of course she had to put up more Christmas stuff once she decided on company. It was only proper to help everyone get into the spirit.
"I really don't know how you always get us into these things," Alex said as she prepared several different sides for dinner. Mashed potatoes, diced potatoes, and buttering biscuits. Ambitious, but necessary considering they had all of their friends coming over, and Kara was a huge fan of homemade food, Alex was willing to put in the work. As long as Kara did not let anyone know she cooked, as she swore it would somehow ruin her badass image.
"I want everyone to have a good time!" Kara grinned from across the room, getting all of the place settings together. "We deal with so much horrible stuff all the time, I think we need some Christmas cheer every year, especially you." Kara moved over to Alex and kissed her on the forehead.
Alex groaned, but she did not say anything. Kara smiled. Alex loved the affection, even if she pretended it annoyed her.
Eliza chuckled from her space by the sink where she washed the green beans and kept an eye on the rice. Kara went to check on the Christmas tree, wanting to make sure it was perfect and all the presents were there. Did I leave one for Alex in the room? She had too many hiding places for Alex's gifts because Alex always stumbled across at least one thing. Out of the corner of Kara's eye, she noticed Eliza make her way over to Alex. Eliza put an arm around Alex.
"How are you doing? Are you all right?" Eliza asked in a low tone. Kara tried not to eavesdrop, but it was beyond impossible.
Alex let out a loud breath. "I'm fine, Mom. You don't need to keep checking in."
"I know, but it's still your first Christmas without Maggie." Eliza rubbed her back. "I know it can hurt." There was a quiver in her voice.
"Mom, I told you I'm fine."
"You haven't even been dating and it's been a while. Obviously, you're still carrying baggage there."
"I'm not carrying anything. I'm fine." Uh-oh, there was that crazy panic in Alex's voice. She was about to go overboard to get her mother to leave her alone. "I'm not dating because I'm with someone!" Oh, so overboard. They were about to have a damn holiday party. How would Alex explain why her "someone" was not in attendance?
Eliza made a pleasant, surprised chirp. Her eyes lit up. She was so happy for Alex. "Oh, really? Who are you seeing? When did it happen?"
Well, Alex, how are you going to get yourself out of this one? Alex turned to Kara, locking eyes with her, as if Kara had the answer! Kara squinted a little, wanting to give a disapproving glare, but did not want to give away that she listened in. You got yourself into this, you gotta get yourself out of this.
Eliza made another noise, much more high pitch and joyous than the last one. "Wait, did you and Kara finally figure it out?" She pointed to both of them.
"Figure what out?" Both Alex and Kara asked simultaneously.
"You're in love," Eliza said.
"We are?" Kara asked with wide eyes.
Alex looked as confused as Kara felt for all of a split second. "Of course we are!" Alex threw her hand up, as if that did not make her statement seem even more insane.
Kara felt like her eyes were going to fall out of her head. She could not even form words, choking on air at this insanity. Alex rushed over to her, grabbing her hands.
"Are you okay… sweetie?" Alex begged her with her eyes to go with this.
Kara could barely contain herself at this insanity. "Are you out of your mind?" she asked through gritted teeth, making sure to keep her voice down.
"What? Just go with it," Alex replied in a whisper of her own. "She'll get off my back about dating for now and then we can just say later that we tried it and it didn't work out, but we still love each other. Who the hell even knew she thought of us like that? This is perfect!" Alex's face was bright, almost flushed. Kara was about to accuse her of being drunk, but that would not be nice or fair right now since she knew Alex had not had a sip of anything, not even eggnog.
Kara had to resist the urge to face-palm. This was nuts! "What about when everyone shows up and she starts talking about this being our first Christmas as a couple?"
"Again, we just tell everyone it didn't work out later on," Alex said with a smile and she gave a thumbs' up.
Kara really wanted to scream how that was not going to work, but Alex was way too hopeful and happy. There was no way she would listen to reason. So, apparently, they would be girlfriends for Christmas. Internally, Kara groaned. We are so screwed!
"You two really are a cute couple," Eliza said.
Kara tilted her head as she turned back to Eliza. "You really think so?" She was shocked since Eliza used to scold her about snuggling up to Alex so much, usually hiding behind the fact that Alex was not "touchy feely" and probably did not like it as much as Kara did. Ha! Alex was an A-plus cuddler.
"Oh, yes." Eliza's eyes sparkled. "Of course, I worried when you were younger, especially sharing a room. I thought you two would get up to all sorts of shenanigans."
Okay, that sounded more like the Eliza she knew. Kara did not know why Eliza would have thought such a thing. Yes, in the beginning, after Kara got over being scared by everything, she could see herself bonding with Alex, but the more she learned about her new country's customs, the more she put that out of her mind. Besides, she never needed to properly bond with Alex to have Alex by her side.
"I didn't even know I was gay back then, Mom," Alex replied, as if that was the important bit.
Kara put her hand on her chest. "I would never disrespect my bond-mate by lying with her before we took our vows!" Physical bonding only happened after growing a spiritual connection that proved they were bond-mates. Not to say there was no pre-bonding sex on Krypton, but waiting for sex was part of the formal courtship. What kind of person did Eliza think I was?!
Eliza smiled, eyes still alight. "Yes, that was what Jeremiah reminded me. He would always remind me that you are a true and proper Kryptonian through and through and no matter how much you stared at Alex as if she hung the moon, you would never do anything out of line with Kryptonian tradition."
"That is correct." Kara pointed at her. It was awesome that they knew she would never try to physically bond with a bond-mate before spiritually bonding with that bond-mate.
"Yes, but you still followed Alex around like a puppy and Alex let you, which was very much not like you, Alex."
"You put me in charge of her. It wasn't like I could just ditch her." Alex shrugged. Of course, that was far from the case. While Alex made sure her displeasure was known to the world that she had to bring Kara with her, not once did she ever do anything to stop Kara from coming with her and it would have been an easy accomplishment back then. All she had to do was invest in an air horn.
Eliza continued on as if Alex had not said a word. "There was always so much cuddling. You shared your food with Kara in ways you don't even see newlyweds do. You had to watch everything together. And after a while, Alex, you stopped complaining about having to take Kara with you everywhere and you just took her, like she was supposed to go with you." Eliza shrugged.
"Oh, my god! Is that why you used to joke about us going on dates?" Alex groaned and dropped her head down.
"That's what they were, even if you don't think so." Eliza wagged her finger.
Kara could not believe what she was hearing. Yes, she liked hanging out with Alex and snuggling with Alex, but that was because Alex was Alex, not because they were bond-mates. That was just silly.
"I can't believe you thought this and still let us share a room," Alex said.
"Like I said, I worried for a while until Jeremiah said something and I didn't mind you being in love. Yes, you were both so young, but I can't really talk about that. I mean, I met Jeremiah in college, but we were still young and he had plenty of friends who married their high school sweethearts," Eliza replied.
Alex's eyes bulged. "You thought we were high school sweethearts? Again, and you're fine with this?" It helped explain a little of the pressure her mother put on her about taking Kara places and scolding her when she went out with certain friends.
Eliza sighed and looked between them, almost as if apologizing. "It took a little while. After you went to college and Kara was so miserable, I started to get it, but by then I thought you had broken up and that's why you weren't coming around and Kara was so disheartened. Seeing her like that, I thought of when you two were together and happy. You were both so ready to take on the world, even if we kept telling you not to. I realized how much better you made each other, even if Kara had to hide who she was. And, that reminded me that even though we insisted you were sisters, you're far from that and it was fine for you to be together. So, I'm happy you found your way back to each other."
Kara opened her mouth and closed it. Alex just gawked. There was so much wrong with that! Yes, she was downtrodden when Alex went to college. Alex just left her! And, after her stupid flying got Jeremiah killed… but not really, but still. They thought he was dead and it was her fault and Alex just left, which just reinforced the idea that Jeremiah's death was her fault. It was like half of her heart and soul had been torn from her and she never really learned to live with that, so she followed Alex to National City. She needed to fix them as best she could.
"I think you read too much into it, Mom. I mean, we clearly only just got together," Alex said, earning a glare from Kara. Why would she double down on it? Just let Eliza think what she thought. There would be less to clean up that way.
Eliza shook her head. "No, I think you missed the signs because you didn't realize you were attracted to women. Now you know and look at you." She motioned to both of them, standing close and holding hands.
Alex shook her head. "Maybe. Anyway, let's get back to this. People will be here in a couple of hours." She went back to her sides.
"Have you told any of your friends?" Eliza asked as she turned her attention back to the green beans.
"No," Kara quickly chimed in before Alex made this worse. "We're not sure how to tell them. I mean, they've known us for years as sisters, so we need to figure out how to explain our relationship change."
Eliza snorted. "I'm sure they'd get it if you just told them you were dating. They probably won't even be surprised."
"That does not sound right," Kara said. In fact, she was sure if they told anyone they were dating, people would look at them as if they were insane because everyone was used to them being "sisters." This would not be a problem if these pesky humans just had deeper understandings and better ways of expressing different forms of love. Wait, what? You shouldn't be thinking about that with Alex. You know just how you love her and you both express that just fine.
"If you girls act like you did in high school around them, I promise you, no one will be surprised. They'll definitely be happy for you if you're as happy as you were back then," Eliza replied.
Well, now Kara was curious. Would everyone else be as chill about this as Eliza? Would they go along with the assumption? It did not make any sense, yet Eliza had reasoned it all out. Kara glanced at Alex, hoping to see what she thought of things, but Alex was focused on her task, strong arms on display in a tank top as she mashed potatoes.
Kara's heart thumped at the sight, but she ignored it. Her heart did that a lot when Alex was involved, but Alex was her favorite person, so of course she got excited whenever she saw her. It did not mean anything.
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People filled Kara's apartment, decked out in horrible Christmas sweaters in honor of the season, and Alex tried to serve wine without drinking any. She needed to keep her wits about her in case her mother brought up her dating Kara, as she would need to jump in immediately and not let things get out of hand. It was already bad enough she dragged Kara into this, but she would not, could not make Kara's friends think less of Kara.
So, she scoped the room, wanting to make sure the conversations were safe and totally not about her and Kara. Mom was talking to Cat, who always attended any gathering Kara invited her to, even though she always claimed they were beneath her and still swore she could not recall Kara's real name. She also always brought her son Carter, who thought Kara was the coolest because she wrote articles about Supergirl, proving they were both nerds together. Carter was good company for Ruby, who was also a big nerd, but hid it way better than Carter. Similar to how Alex hid being a nerd way better than Kara.
Not far from the teens, Ruby's also nerd mother, Sam, stood with her nerd girlfriend, Lena, as they talked to James about something. Also, a nerd now that she thought about it. Oh, my god, we're a group of nerds! Nerds and badasses, so it balanced out. But, nerds who would ask way too many questions if Eliza brought up Alex and Kara being together. Or, nerds who would figure out that was a whole ass lie because, damn, they were smart. Alex shook that thought away and focused on the room again.
J'onn was with Vasquez, patting her on the back for showing up at a social event. Lucy grabbed Vaz around the waist and pulled her close. Yeah, Vaz was there because of Lucy, not for want of friends. Alex could relate.
"I came because Kara begged me," Vasquez told J'onn and giving Lucy a little glare, which did nothing to Lucy, who was possibly a demon in disguise. Not even a good disguise, but Vas loved her. "And you know how impossible it is to say no to her puppy pout."
"Yeah, but she begged you for Alex," Lucy said, staring Alex down, daring her to deny it.
"What? Why would she beg for me?" Alex asked, stepping closer into the fray. No way would she back down to Lucy, even if Lucy outranked her.
Lucy snorted, as if this was easy. "Because you're both friends, but never want to invite each other anywhere and always like to pretend it's an accident you turn up at places together. So, Kara and I have made it a point to invite you both places, so you can hang out like normal people instead of the two crazy people you are."
Alex frowned. "That's not true."
"What, that you and Vas are weird for pretending you're not friends or that me and Kara have to act as your representatives?" Lucy smirked.
"You make it sound like Kara is my girlfriend or something," Alex replied.
Lucy shrugged, gaze practically dancing with delight. "Well, we are mirroring each other and you dote on her in ways I'm sure any of your girlfriends would love."
Alex curled her lip. "You always gotta mess with me."
Kara came out of nowhere and looped their elbows together. She laughed, bordering on hysterical. "Alex, you're letting Lucy bait you, yet again."
Alex was about to argue, but realized that was exactly what just happened. You absolute fool! And, because she let Lucy bait her, as Lucy often did, she was the one who brought up Kara being her girlfriend, thus opening herself up to teasing, which would also give her mother a reason to bring up Kara being her girlfriend. She groaned. Maybe I should just start drinking now.
"Look at that, Alex, your girlfriend is coming to your rescue," Lucy said.
Kara sighed. "Lucy."
Lucy put her hands up, as if to surrender. "I like to think I'm allowed a little fun after you tried to steal my man."
"He wasn't even your man," Kara said.
"You clearly already had Alex. Do you want everyone?" Lucy cocked an eyebrow.
"Hey, Lucy, come on," Alex said.
Lucy grinned. "See! It's this stuff." She wagged her finger at Alex and Kara.
"Babe, leave them alone. It's Christmas," Vasquez said.
Lucy smiled. "Come on, you know this is my thing with them. I'm just teasing."
That was true and they needed to escape before Alex fell into another one of Lucy's traps. She had already stumbled too much. Thankfully, her mother did not hear. But, then James eased over and Alex could feel things falling apart. She turned to J'onn for help and he only chuckled, shaking his head. Alex was not sure, but she could just feel he called M'gann over to witness this disaster as she saddled up right next to him.
"Is that why Kara dumped me before we even got to be a thing? She's got a thing for Alex?" James nodded, as if he approved. "I guess it could've been worse." He had the nerve to look Alex up and down.
And, of course, Winn popped up to be the spunky sidekick he was. "I didn't think I stood a chance against you, but Alex." He blew out a raspberry. "I'm lucky I didn't get my ass kicked."
"The night's young," Alex said, just wanting out of this damn situation. She sweated under her ugly sweater, fabric pressing against her stomach.
"I thought you two weren't going to say anything," Eliza said. And where the hell did she come from? Alex held in a yelp, but Kara looked like she got hit by a bus. This was beyond a disaster and somehow Alex was at the center without being able to defend a single thing. The world tilted.
"Say anything about what?" Lena inquired, joining this hell circle. And, of course, Sam and Ruby followed right behind her.
Lucy gasped. "Oh, my god! Are you both actually dating?"
Alex could only wonder how she looked for Lucy to jump to that conclusion. "How did you even get that?" Alex's head spun.
"Well, what are we teasing you about before your mom comes over to say you weren't going to say anything? Why wouldn't you say anything?" Lucy countered.
"Yeah, not like we'd be surprised," James said.
"I actually assumed you guys were a couple for a while," Sam admitted.
"You're not alone in that," Cat said. Vaz had the absolute gall to nod in agreement.
Alex could hardly believe what the hell she was hearing, or seeing in the case of Vasquez. "Why would you even think that?"
James snorted. "You're kidding, right? Can we just start with the cuddling?"
"So much cuddling!" Lucy threw her hands up. "And don't say sisters because I would sooner kick my sister in the ass than cuddle her most of the time."
"You guys spend most of your time together," Lena added.
Sam nodded. "Can't have one without the other a lot."
"You bring her lunch often," Cat said.
Alex was not sure if she did the lunch thing so often that Cat noticed or that Cat watched Kara much more than they thought and she noticed Alex coming and going. The latter idea made Alex itch and lit a fire under her skin, but she fought it down. Focus! This thing has gotten way out of hand!
"Aw, you still get her lunch," her mother cooed.
Alex groaned and buried her face in her hands. "Kill me now."
"Come on, Alex. It's cute how you take care of Kara. That's just being a good girlfriend. You should be proud that you so easily put your love on display," James said.
Winn nodded. "Yeah, none of us would ever doubt you love Kara, even though we would doubt you love anyone else."
"Hey, we should eat!" Kara pulled Alex away from the mayhem and toward the dinner table, which was ready for everyone. Plates, flatware, and glasses circled the meal of ham, turkey, mashed potatoes, roasted potatoes, spinach, string beans, biscuits, white rice, and vegetable fried rice.
"What the hell just happened?" Alex asked. The world was spinning. Maybe I passed out and this is all some crazy dream. That made more sense than what just happened. It was hard to breathe, like her sweater was strangling her.
Alex looked at Kara as they sat down, across from each other, and Kara locked eyes with her. Something there said "it'll be okay." That eased the knot in Alex's stomach and the weight in her chest. She breathed a sigh of relief as everyone else sat down. She barely registered the people around her, just stuck on Kara now. The sight of Kara alone relaxed her.
Alex felt like she was seeing Kara with new eyes. Everyone had barely scratched the surface of what she did for Kara or what Kara did for her and they thought she was in love with Kara. Am I in love with Kara?
Well, she definitely loved Kara, no one would ever dispute that. That would never be a question in her mind either. She flew out to freaking space for Kara. She always let Kara have the last potsticker no matter how much she wanted it. She watched shows and movies she hated for Kara and dozens of other little things.
Was she in love with Kara? Alex could not see how she would miss something like that. She had been in love before, so she knew what that feeling was like. She could not feel that way about Kara. Then, her heart thumped. No, I feel more.
She had always thought the emotions were sisterly, but since Lucy became a constant in her life, she learned that was not entirely true. Yes, there were sisters close like her and Kara, but her relationship with Kara was still so different. She could not put it into words. It was something Maggie used to bring up as well.
Maggie used to feel like a third wheel sometimes when Kara was around. Of course, Alex did not want that, but never quite figured out how to balance the two. Even when Maggie and Kara became friends, there was still tension there. They never quite smoothed it over. She always thought time would do it, but it did not matter now. Or did it? Was there more to the tension than she ever figured out?
"Alex, are you okay?" Kara asked. Her voice sounded distant, like she was a continent away.
Alex blinked. "Um… yeah. Fine." She shook her head to get rid of those thoughts. I love Kara, but I'm not in love with Kara. With that firmly in her head, she tried to focus on fixing her plate as they passed around the bowls full of sides.
"Wishing we'd all leave so you can get an early Christmas gift from Kara?" Sam wiggled her eyebrows. Bowls of food paused and eyes went to Sam.
"Sam! I expect this sort of thing from Lucy, but not you. There are kids present," Alex replied. Ruby and Carter were not even paying them any mind.
Eliza cleared her throat. "And parents."
Sam laughed. "Sorry. Sorry." She held her hands up in surrender. "But, seriously, when did you two finally realize you were perfect for each other?"
Alex arched an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
"Yeah. That has to be some story considering you haven't really changed your behavior since any of us have been around," James said.
Winn snapped his fingers. "Unless they've just telling us now and have been dating in secret for years."
J'onn snorted and M'gann laughed, covering her face with her hands. Alex glared at them. They had to read her thoughts because they straightened up and went back to piling food on their plates. Alex was not impressed.
"It's actually kind of sweet when you think about it," Lena said.
Kara gawked at her best friend. "It is?"
"Yes. Who better for you than the person who makes you feel at home? You taught me that," Lena replied.
Kara blinked. "I did?"
"I get what she's saying and I agree. I didn't get to see it until I started being around Danvers more." Lucy nodded toward Alex. "Your military persona always melts away around Kara and you're just you, but not just when you're alone with her. It's whenever she's around. I didn't get that until Vas. Now, I see why you have to consciously become a soldier when Kara's around."
Alex could not deny that truth, especially when everyone at the table knew it to be so. She had always known she was home for Kara, but never realized Kara was home for her. Being around Kara was being home, so she could just be Alex, not Alex fill-in-the-role. She could be herself, comfortable in her own skin, and at ease in a universe fraught with danger.
"Can we please just eat?" Kara requested, which did not surprise any of them, but her eyes were misty. She was upset. Alex would really need to apologize for this whole mess as soon as possible.
"So, funny story," Cat said after just enough silence for everyone to have food.
"I somehow doubt it," Alex replied through gritted teeth. Kara gave her one of those "be nice" looks that she always scolded Alex with if Alex snapped at Cat.
"I thought you two were married at first," Cat continued.
Kara actually spit out her drink. "What?"
"Yes," Cat said this with her usual nonchalance, like nothing she ever said could be wrong. "After Alex came up to bring you lunch a few times, I found out her name was Alex Danvers and considering how she babied you and shared a last name, I thought you being married was a fair assumption." Cat shrugged.
"I didn't baby her! She worried through her lunch trying to finish up work for you way more often than she should have thanks to your last minute changes," Alex replied.
Cat remained posed as ever. "Yes, I understood your disapproval with every glare, which only made me believe that you were married more. You were a good fake spouse."
Alex blinked, not expecting the compliment. "Thank you."
"See, everyone's supportive. No one has to adjust to you going from sisters to girlfriends," Eliza said.
"Were they ever actually sisters?" Lucy pointed at them.
James nodded. "Fair point."
"Can we please just eat?" Kara sounded like she wanted to sob.
Everyone seemed to be in agreement there and other topics of conversation came up. Lucy and Vazquez were moving in together. Lena and Sam were going to do a romantic getaway while Cat had offered to take Ruby. Ruby and Carter already had "shenanigans" planned, as much as two adorable, nerd babies could plan shenanigans. Things were normal again.
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Kara sighed as soon as the last guest was gone. It was like she had been gut-punched by Red Tornado with a spiked fist laced with kryptonite. Exhausted did not cover it. How can unconditional support be so tiring? Probably because it was support for a lie. Then, she turned to see Alex and melted, tension sliding away.
"Kara, I am so sorry!" Alex pressed her hands together and everything clicked. It was not that it was support for a lie. It was that she had been battered with the truth. A truth she had never realized.
Alex would never openly apologize to anyone like this, only Kara. Everything everybody said was absolutely right. Alex was home, had always been home since they met. She would not be able to go on without Alex.
"I didn't think it would go this far," Alex said and she was so near sobbing that Kara rushed to her with super speed.
Kara hugged Alex, pressing her close, basking in her warmth. "No, you don't have to apologize. Yes, all of that was overwhelming, but it made me realize something, Alex."
"What?"
"I love you."
Alex scoffed. "I know that. I love you, too."
"No, I'm in love with you, Alex. I didn't realize it until everyone pointed out why we seem like a couple. And that's why I didn't actually want to be with James when I finally had the chance to be with him. That's why I didn't even realize Lena was trying to flirt with me until Sam pointed it out well after the fact. I don't actually want anyone because I have you and I love you."
"Do you mean that?" Emotion softened Alex's voice.
"Yeah, Alex, I think your mother was right. I think you are my bond-mate and have been for a long time and I just didn't realize it."
Alex gave her a watery smile. "I realized that, too, but didn't think you'd love me back."
Kara could not help grinning. "How could I not?"
"Because you know better than anyone else what a mess I am."
"And I love you just the same. I also know how amazing you are. Besides, I think the universe wants us to be together."
"Why do you say that?"
"Well, I was left in your care when I landed. We both survived that trip to space where you saved me. You broke through the Black Mercy to come get me and we're standing under mistletoe."
Alex looked up and laughed. "Of course, we are."
"A magical first Christmas kiss would be a good way to see if there's something here."
Alex nodded. "Yeah."
They leaned in, never breaking eye contact. Kara was certain the secrets of the universe were in Alex's eyes and she would happily seek those secrets for the rest of her days. Their lips met, slow and light. It was gentle with a wave of calmness, like sharing a blanket on the couch. Their eyes drifted shut as the kiss deepened, lips moving against each other. Kara had never felt something so right in her life. How had she missed it? They pulled back with Alex panting and flushed.
"Magical kiss indeed. Best first kiss ever," Alex said.
"We should check to see if it's always like that."
Alex nodded. "Yeah, definitely. Science demands rigorous testing and retesting."
Kara giggled. "Rigorous."
And just like that they were kissing again. Kissing like they had known all along rather than just figured it out. Kissing like they had all the time in the world. Kissing like the bond-mates they were.
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The End.
I hope you enjoyed the story, especially you, TheAlternateArtist. Happy holidays. Other than that, I'll be going back to my padded cell.
