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When they both broke the kiss Danny had a soft smile on his lips. As his hand left hers and her stomach, he reached up to sweep a few loose strands of hair from her beautiful face. Kara's eyes were still red and a little swollen from the tears she'd cried but she replied with a smile, and she leaned into Danny's hand as he gently stroked her cheek. He brushed through her hair again before reaching for her neck and pulling her close for another kiss.
This kiss was similar to the ones they shared when one of them came home from deployments overseas. Danny put all of the fear, worry and shock he felt in the past 48 hours into this one kiss. It had been a whirlwind since the Captain told him that Kara was pregnant. He remembered being angry at himself for not stopping Kara from volunteering to test the vaccine. Then, he remembered the pure joy he felt when Dr. Scott told him the baby will be born immune. And finally, he remembered the feeling of joy when he was finally able to tell Kara the news. When their lips parted again, for some much needed air, Danny opened his eyes only to see that Kara's where still closed. As he removed his hand from her neck again to place it on her cheek, Kara opened her big brown eyes again.
"Wow." She whispered reaching up to caress his cheek. Her thin fingers ran down his jaw line as she was still kind of blown away from the kiss. Kara was almost certain that, if she was standing, Danny's kiss would've made her legs turn to jelly and she'd have fallen to the floor within seconds.
"I love you." Danny said before he took her hand that was now quietly resting on his check and placed a soft kiss on the back of it. "Come here." Danny motioned for her to sit on his lap again. She did as she was told and turned around and sat on his lap. Danny took both her hands into his before wrapping his strong arms around her waist to hold her close. Kara leaned back and rested her head against his shoulder and they remained like that for what seemed an eternity – just enjoying their time together in silence.
She was still exhausted from the past few days, but she would never admit that to Danny. All she wanted right now was to sit on the floor with him holding her in his arms. After another couple of minutes had passed, Kara found herself in a battle with her own body as her eyes started to feel heavy. Peeking down at Kara, Danny could see that she was struggling to keep her eyes open. "You should get some rest, Sweetheart." Danny stated as he saw her eyes flutter again. "I don't want to get up… I want to stay in your arms." Kara protested and Danny rolled his eyes. "You can't stay on the floor, babe. You should really get up and into your bed to get some rest. I'm sure our little one would appreciate it." "I want to stay with you." Kara murmured as she could barely keep her eyes open. Danny took a deep breath as he tried to figure out how to get his pregnant girlfriend into her bed. He could simply lift her up and put her into her bed, but he knew that she would probably protest and get angry the second she realized that he wouldn't go in with her. He thought of joining Kara in her top bunk bed, but it was only big enough for one and he knew from past experiences that one of them would end up on the floor.
"You know what?" Danny asked and Kara lifted her head a little. "I'll stay with you on the floor, but only if you promise to get some rest. I'll get you a blanket, not that you'll catch a cold or anything…." "Ok." Kara agreed and then she got up from his lap and leaned against the closet waiting for Danny to build their "bed". God, I can't remember the last time my eyes felt so heavy, she thought to herself. Or the last time he did something so absolutely sweet. She tried to keep her eyes opened by focusing on Danny as he pulled her blanket down from her bed.
After getting her blanket and pillow, Danny grabbed Kara's yoga mat that was leaning next to her closet. In a few short minutes Danny had built them the most comfortable bed he could with the few things he had.
"It's ready, come." Danny said reaching his hand out to Kara as he kneeled on the yoga mat. Kara didn't say a word as she took his hand and got down on to the mat. She snuggled up against him with her back against his chest, the blanket only covering their legs. Kara's head rested on his shoulder and their hands intertwined on her belly. "Thank you." Kara whispered even though she knew she didn't need to say those words – after everything that had happened over the past few days she felt like she had to say it. "Get some rest." Danny whispered against her hair as he pulled her a little closer. Kara wanted to protest again, but she couldn't bring herself to speak up as she had already closed her eyes the second her head touched his shoulder. Danny watched over her for a couple of minutes until her breathing pattern had changed and he was sure that she was asleep, before he allowed himself to close his eyes.
Hours later….
Kara blinked a few times as she slowly woke up from her much needed sleep. A long yawn escaped her lips as she tried to remember how she ended up on the floor. She remembered as soon as she felt Danny's strong arm resting on her belly. Our little miracle, she thought to herself as a smile spread across her face. For a couple of minutes Kara just relaxed and enjoyed their peaceful moment together. Soon enough they'll both be working again and only God knows what kind of problems they'll encounter once they get back home and try to find a way to mass-produce the cure. She could feel Danny's breathing pattern change and was certain that he was almost awake. After she had given him another couple of minutes to wake up she slowly turned around to face him.
The moment Kara's head was back on his shoulder; Danny removed his hand from her belly and reached up to gently brush a few loose strands of hair from her beautiful face. Kara closed her eyes for a couple of seconds enjoying his gentle touch. She opened her eyes again when she felt his hand back on her belly. "Hey." Kara whispered as she didn't want to ruin the moment. "Hey." Danny smiled at her. "Do you feel better?" Kara nodded and reached up with her hand to let her fingers trace down his jaw line while Danny's hand drew small circles on her belly. After all that had happened in the past few weeks neither of them wanted this moment to end, even though they both knew that soon Danny would have to leave again. "When will Alisha be back?" Danny asked. Kara could tell that he already regretted asking that question. "Her shift won't end before 18:00." She replied after she took a deep breath. "She'll go have dinner and will be back at 18:30 or 18:45. It depends…"
Danny lifted his head to check his watch before sinking back onto the floor with along sigh. "A little over an hour an then I'll have to go back and listen to Tex's teasing." "Aw c'mon Tex isn't that bad." Kara replied as she lifted her head from his shoulder and rested it on her hand. "He's actually pretty funny with his thing for Dr. Scott and the KFC thing isn't that bad." "He is but sharing a bunk with him is a lot different than a couple of hours in quarantine." Danny replied. "And I told him about our secret…" "I thought we should keep it a secret." "I know. I wanted to keep it that way, but I had to tell someone and I know he won't go out and tell everyone about it." Kara just looked at him with an unreadable expression.
"I'm sorry." Danny stumbled sounding a little unsure as he couldn't tell if Kara was mad or not. Kara kept her unreadable expression for a couple of seconds and then she started to laugh.
"It's okay Danny, seriously. If Alisha would've been here earlier I would've told her too. I mean we can't hide it forever. She'll grow and with the rations we get each day I can't use eating too much as an excuse." Kara explained. "Yeah, I just hope we'll get off this ship and give our baby a normal life… hold on… she'll grow? Why do you think it's going to be a girl?" Danny asked confused.
"Maternal instincts." Kara simply replied as she shrugged. "And I always wanted a girl." She added watching Danny's expression change; she could tell that he was thinking hard about how he should respond. "I thought a boy would be nice, you know someone to play football with and do all that fun "guy" stuff, and then we'll have some more kids…girls… and he can be their big brother, protecting them…" Danny trailed off as his eyes wandered down to her belly where his hand was still resting.
"Some more? Hold on, about how many are we talking here?" Kara asked a little serious even though she liked the thought of having more than just one child with him. "Lie on your back." Danny replied instead of answering her question. Kara had a questioning look on her face as she lied down on her back. Then she watched Danny crawling down to her belly. "Hey little boy." He paused." "Or girl." Danny added before continuing to speak to his unborn child in a voice even Kara had never heard him use before. "I'm your Daddy and I want you to know that no matter what you will be, boy or girl, I already love you very much and I will do everything I can to make you feel loved and safe." Once again Kara had tears in her eyes but this time it wasn't because she was sad, this time she felt happy. Then Danny started to whisper and she couldn't quite understand him until at one point he started to talk louder again. "And this sweet girl up here, is your Mommy." Kara started to laugh as Danny kept on talking to their baby. There were both so into the moment that neither of them had noticed someone had opened the door and walked in until….
TBC….
Hmmm, who walked in any ideas?
