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Little Things

Moment Three

It was a couple of hours past dawn when Conner came home, dragging his feet across the threshold. He'd been out all night and most of the previous day with Superman on a half-mission/half-training exercise. He was more secure in himself and his powers than he'd been following his liberation from Cadmus, but he still got a little excited when he got to spend solo time with Clark for reassurances and pointers. Not that he would ever actually tell the older hero that in so many words.

Kicking off his boots at the door, he trudged his way towards the bedroom ready to collapse into bed only to pause at the doorway. The bed was empty and still neatly made. His eyes moved to look at the alarm clock. It was the weekend and even if Conner could buy Kaldur being awake already, Kagome would definitely still be in bed. Listening closely to the quiet apartment, he could hear soft breathing and small movements coming from the living room.

Conner reached the living room to see that it was quiet, TV and stereo off, while morning sunlight streamed through the gaps in the curtains along one wall. Stepping closer so that he could peer over the couch, he almost laughed. There was Kaldur stretched out across the couch with Kagome wedged between him and the back of the couch, half-draped over Kaldur. Kagome's laptop sat open with the screensaver running on the coffee table along with several files and papers scattered around. Conner also spotted her phone as the notification light blinked. With one more look at the multiple documents, he could take a guess that it was work related and probably important.

Watching his partners sleep for a few more peaceful moments, Conner debated with himself on what to do. He was tired and really just wanted to sleep, but after getting so used to sharing the bed with at least one other person, he usually had a hard time sleeping by himself. So the options he was left with were to either move Kagome and Kaldur to the bed, something he was easily capable of even if it would be a little clumsy, or he could join them on the couch, though it was already looking pretty crowded.

He'd just leaned his hands to brace against the back of the couch when the slight shift and creak made Kaldur's brow scrunch up before green eyes cracked open to look up at him. Conner felt a little bad about waking him up, but he wasn't surprised given what a notoriously light sleeper Kaldur was.

"You're home," Kaldur observed as he began to wake up bit by bit, a little disoriented by not being in bed. As things came back to him and he glanced down at where Kagome was asleep against his chest, he looked back up to Conner as he asked, "How was your mission with Superman?"

"Routine," Conner spoke lowly, not quite a whisper but soft enough to not wake Kagome. He walked around the couch and tapped Kaldur's feet.

Kaldur drew his legs up closer to himself to make room for Conner on the other end of the couch as he gave Kagome a gentle shake. "Kagome," he spoke, "Conner's back."

Kagome took a deep breath at being woken up and got in and awkward stretch before actually opening her eyes. Looking around, she spotted Conner and smiled. "Oh, hey," she greeted sleepily. "Welcome home." When she noticed the few rays of sunlight coming into the room, she frowned and said "Oh" as her brain began coming back to reality. Glancing over at where her phone was still resting on the coffee table, she saw the blinking light and squeaked "Oh!"

Quickly scrambling over Kaldur, she had to brace one hand on the floor as she stretched out awkwardly for her phone. She stay that way, halfway on the couch and halfway off while stretched over Kaldur's stomach, as she checked the emails she'd gotten since falling asleep. The men in the room were quiet as they watched her tap around the screen and read over what had been sent to her.

"Ugh, fine," she groaned before dropping her phone back on the table and awkwardly trying to push her way back up onto the couch. Not able to get back up (and not appreciating the way the other two were barely holding back laughing at her), she pulled herself the rest of the way off the couch, tumbling into the floor. She pushed at Kaldur's legs until he was forced to sit up before she got back up on the couch and leaned against Conner's side, closing her eyes and snuggling in to fall back asleep.

"Don't you need to answer those or something?" Conner asked even as he wrapped an arm around Kagome, settled back into the couch cushions, and stretched his legs out in front of him to get comfortable.

"No," Kagome answered, obviously a little irritated. "If they're gonna be like that, they can wait a little longer."

"Fair enough," Conner laughed as he looked over at Kaldur and waved at him to join them.

Kaldur looked over at the curtains, the sunlight getting brighter by the moment, before he finally gave in and decided that he could use the extra sleep. He turned around opposite of the way he'd been lying and used Kagome's hip and thigh as a pillow while his outstretched legs draped over the arm of the couch at the other end.

Lifting one hand, he loosely tangled his fingers with Conner's where his arm was still draped around Kagome.

Despite Kagome's phone buzzing once before its little blinking light started again, everything was still and quiet. A few muffled noises from the street below filtered through the glass of their windows. The light outside continued to shine brighter and brighter. Every so often the sound of the air conditioning or the ice maker would break the peace of the apartment. But for the moment, the trio was content to relax together, safe and content.

None of them were really sure how long it lasted, but they could all agree that it wasn't nearly long enough. Once again, it was Kagome's phone that killed the moment as it began to ring without any sign of stopping.

"I hate my job sometimes," she grumbled as she wiggled out from between Kaldur and Conner to answer the call.

"It's greatly appreciated though," Kaldur assured her as his head hit the couch just shy of landing in Conner's lap.

Kagome made a face at him as she picked up her phone and walked into the next room.

"It was nice while it lasted," Conner sighed, head tipped back against the back of the couch.

Kaldur hummed in agreement before he rolled to sit up and plant his feet on the floor. "It would seem that the universe is trying to tell us that it's time to get up for the day."

"The universe can tell it to someone else," Conner sniped immediately. "I just got home. I'm going to sleep." He was quiet for a moment as Kaldur began straightening up some of Kagome's papers, but he eventually spoke, "Hey, come lay down with me."

"Sorry," Kaldur apologized as he laid Kagome's files in a neat stack on the table. "I've already slept more than I should. I have a few things I need to take care of."

Conner was just getting ready to resign himself to a sleepless afternoon when Kagome came back into the living room.

Hanging up her call, she gathered up her files and laptop and charger before walking over to lean down and kiss Conner's forehead. "C'mon," she nodded towards the bedroom. "I have some work to do, but I can do it in bed. I can't nap with you, but it's the best I can do."

Happy to take what he could get, Conner pushed himself to his feet and followed Kagome to the bedroom.

"Get some rest," Kaldur called down the hall after them as he made his way towards the bathroom for a shower. "We have a team meeting this evening."

Conner waved over his shoulder at the reminder. Honestly, hero work was the last thing he wanted to think about for the moment. All he was focused on was Kagome, their bed, and a nice long nap.