Hi guys, what a journey, right? This started as a request and became one of my favorite works. Thank you all for the support, the constant enthusiasm for this story. Thank you all really, and here, the closing of this beautiful journey, hope you like it
CH 45 (last chapter)
If you had the power to undo, change one thing in your life, what would it be? Well, if you ask Lena, the answer is simple: nothing. For better or for worse, all the missteps, the ups & down, every decision and mistake, it all has brought her where she's right now. She wouldn't be the person she's today without that messy past and she wouldn't have gotten the super family she has without it either. So, yes, Lena wouldn't change a thing, not even when some of her kids push her patience to the limit…
"Clarke, what is Krypto doing here? In your room?"
Lena's posture says more than a thousand words. The little blonde who's now 6, needs to choose wisely her words, even the little, scared puppy knows you don't mess with a tired Lena who doesn't look happy at all. Finding mud dog prints, all around the house the moment she gets home, it wasn't the welcome home she needed today. And the clear path of mud towards Clarke's room reveals exactly the responsible for this mess. Clarke will need to be more careful to hide their tracks next time but, for now, all she can do it's to do as her mom Kara does the best: say the first thing that comes into her mind and go with it. Sadly, just like for Kara, it doesn't work well every time…
"He got lost, mommy!"
"He got lost?!"
Lena takes deep breaths as her daughter starts rambling about Krypto's odyssey. How their new dog, all by himself, was able to open the door of the house, wandering around, looking for its own dog house till he, again by himself, found Clarke's room instead. Really, if Lena thought Kara was bad at lying, her little one is proving Kara's not the only bad liar in the family. Anyway…
"Nice try, but no… c'mon let's go, out, Krypto, out, now!"
"But, mum! It's raining outside!"
"He has his own house in the backyard, Clarke, nothing bad will happen to him"
A very expensive dog house if you might need to know. Lena has paid so many expensive things for a pet she didn't want in the first place. She told Kara that with so many kids in the house and their demanding jobs, they didn't have the time to add a dog into the mix but, of course she lost that battle against Kara's pout. That adorable pout will be her doom, Lena says that to herself. Anyway, regardless of how cute the dog is, dogs should stay outside. It's what Lena thinks, but Clarke will not let him go, especially when the lightning strikes more than once.
"Krypto! Protect me!"
Clarke has never liked the lightning, like Kara, her senses are very sharp and she's still trying to get used to her super senses. Lena immediately lights up the red lamps to damp her powers, it helps a little like the earphones Lena made for her. But, nothing helps her more than the little puppy she's holding between her arms. Lena sighs, she has no choice but to let the dog stay the night inside the house.
"Just for tonight, okay, Clarke?"
Clarke nods with a little smile, and gets ready to go to bed. Lena cleans Krypto pats and helps her little one to settle under the covers with the dog at her side. She would have loved to stay and watch over Clarke, but she has other toddlers who might be getting also a little fussy with the lightstorm. Lena kisses Clarke's head before heading to the twin's room.
"What are you doing, sitting in the dark?"
The twins don't reply, they just stretch their arms towards Lena as soon as she comes into their room. They're already 4 years old and yet, they still…
"You wet the bed again…"
"Sowwy…"
Alec & Izzy look down, sad, and Lena feels bad now for making them sad. She wasn't upset with them, She's just very tired and wasn't up for so much work the moment she came home. In any case, there's nothing she can do other than find a way to make them feel better.
"It's okay, it's okay… come here. Let's get you out of these pajamas and put on some new sheets…"
The night doesn't end there. Karolina, the little toddler who's closer to 1 year old, starts crying fast & loud. Lena runs to the nursery and just when she rocks the baby in her arms under a red sunlight, the baby is able to fall asleep again.
"Sweet dreams, sweetie"
The tired Luthor sighs with tiredness when she gets out of the nursery as quietly as possible, she wasn't having an easy night as she would have loved after the hard week she got in the office. And you might be wondering why she's dealing with all of this alone, where is Kara? Well, she's stepping into the house, with muddy boots just the second after Lena finished cleaning the floor. First Krypto, then the kids and now, Kara, Lena closes her eyes as she takes deep breaths.
Deep breaths, she repeats to herself. Trying to not make a scene. Deep breaths, she keeps telling herself each time a chaotic night like tonight repeats itself and Lena keeps leaning on those deep breaths, especially when their little Hope finally comes to the scene.
"Deep breaths, darling"
Lena whispers to her wife, the blonde who's pushing after hours of labor and who's over the edge of exhaustion. Both women look very tired, they can barely keep up with the 4 kids they've at home and yet, when they finally get little Hope between their arms, they couldn't be more happy.
"Welcome home, Hope"
Lena softly whispers when she gets to kiss the little head of their newborn for the first time. Now, her entire world is back. Not all people can say they have someone who means the world to them. Lena was one of those lonely souls a long time ago, and now, she feels so blessed and lucky for being one of those who can say…
"You're my world"
The entire family smiles at her when they hear the sweet voice of Lena. The kids as well as Kara fly their way to her and just like that, Lena knows that her real purpose in life was to make this happen.
Some things are just meant to be, our world doesn't come to what it's in one night. It takes time, it takes patience and sometimes, it takes us by surprise…
"OMG! I won, I… I won?!"
Lena cannot believe the news. When Kara encouraged her to go for it, she actually never thought she could win and yet, she did.
"Congrats, Madame President"
Kara says with a sassy voice Lena knows too well. The raven-haired woman bites her lips as she can already imagine what this will do to their sex drive. It's not a secret Kara loves women in power, that's one of the things that she loves more about Lena. She's so bossy and now, she will be more bossy and powerful than ever as the new and first woman to become President.
Yes, Lena's new position turns Kara on. It's not a secret at all how much it turns her on to see her wife in power, and it's not surprising at all either than a few months later, Kara gets pregnant once again.
Time flies, and Lena goes for a second mandate. Who would have thought the people loved to have a Luthor as a President? Kara is not surprised. Lena is an amazing leader and she's more than happy for her. Finally, the entire world recognizes Lena's virtues, Kara couldn't be happier but, with great responsibilities, comes a very tight and demanding agenda.
Lena's presence at home becomes very rare. It makes Kara and the kids a little sad the little time they get to spend with Lena, but they do their best to support the dear Luthor. After all, the raven-haired woman is always there for the important days like the traditional trick and treats.
Halloween is a spooky season. Not the favorite holiday for the blonde hero, Kara doesn't like the horror in it but, just like the kids, she loves the candies and to curl around Lena during a scary movie night. Yes, Lena makes everything better, it's her magic power. And, Kara cannot wait to have her in between her arms. She just needs to get the kids ready for the night. A not easy task…
"Enid, you cannot be a wolf 3 years in a row. Choose another costume, honey, please?"
Kara says with exhaustion to the youngest of her kids who's jumping without stopping in her bed. The little blonde doesn't want to choose another costume, she likes to dress and act like a wolf and she shows it when she starts howling to the moon like a real wolf. This is why Kara is so against it. Every year, the 'wolf' phase of Enid gets to a new level and it seems this year, it will not be the exception.
The little blonde is more than excited for the trick and treats on Halloween, Kara cannot even imagine how she will get after all the candies they might get, with the rush of sugar in her system, Kara & Lena will be up for a long, very long night.
And talking about Lena, she was supposed to be at home already. She was supposed to be on time, this time, for trick and treats. She promised. All the family is already ready. Hope is a witch, Karolina chose to be a hero. Kara wonders if she wants to follow her steps. It's too soon to say.
The twins are dressed as monster hunters. They want to look scary and badass. Kara says they look extra cute. And, Clarke, well, she's already a teenage girl and she's not in the mood to disguise but, she wants some candies too, even if she will not admit it, so, in the end, she decides to go with a futuristic, apocalyptic look.
"I'm home!"
Kara smiles when she hears the voice of the only person who's able to wash away her exhaustion. Yes, Lena has that kind of effect on Kara and more than that, she's able to make a mess of her, especially when she's dressing as…
"Poison Ivy…"
Kara whispers, looking up & down Lena's costume.
"Hi, yes. Darling, I know she's a villain but… darling!"
Lena was trying to excuse herself for her choice when Kara flew them fast into their bedroom. They were late for trick and treats and once again, it was Lena's fault in some sort of way…
Anyway, their world continues to build up with moments like this and Lena couldn't be happier and yet, her happiness doesn't feel right, especially since she hasn't been able to reunite Alex with Lexa. Years of research and nothing, it's like the little one never existed in the first place. It makes Lena sad, and that's probably why she's constantly apologizing with her sister-in-law till one day, Alex asks her to stop.
"Alex…"
"Lena, please just stop. Just stop…"
"I'm sorry"
"Stop apologizing too, please. It's not your fault I cannot find Lexa. But, it's kind of your fault that I got trapped with two wives, so, let's talk about a raise as your Security Chief, alright?"
"How is that even my fault?!"
"Well, you told Sam about our other life before the crisis and this new Earth where I was already with Kelly"
"Yeah, but, I don't remember forcing any of you to make a threesome marriage!"
Lena & Alex burst into laughter. Alex' situation is far from conventional and yet, she wouldn't change it for anything at all. She's loved by two extraordinary women, she's able to be a mom, thanks to Ruby and their adopted kid, Esme. Yeah, that's more than enough and yet, when they get to adopt two orphaned little siblings, Octavia & Bellamy, Alex cannot stop wondering if she will ever get the chance to see Lexa once again. And, the answer to that question is: Yes, she will because some things are just meant to be. There are encounters that are supposed to happen. It's fate, it's…
A surprising first day for Clarke when she walks into what will be her new home for the rest of the summer. She just enrolled to be part of the 100 volunteers to the first intergalactic summer camp. She has taken care of her super siblings more than once, all by herself, so, she feels more than qualified to deal with a bunch of kids from all the galaxies and, she couldn't be more wrong.
"Ha-ha-ha!"
A meany little rascal was mocking when the blonde got mud in her face when she tried to stop a mud war between the kids of her group. Really, Clarke was already considering quitting when someone stretches a hand in front of her.
"Here, let me help you"
Clarke takes the hand before noticing who's standing in front of her, she pays no attention to the other camp counselor who was assigned to assist in the same group till she hears the little rascal's apologizing to her.
"How did you make him do that?!"
The girl shrugs with a big smirk on her face. She's a leader by nature and, contrary to Clarke, she uses the mud she got in her face as makeup, making her look more imposing and badass. The mud around her eyes, it brings out her beautiful green eyes. Clarke cannot stop looking at them. Something compels her to get lost in those eyes and her constant glare, it makes the other girl smile when she introduces herself.
"Hi, I'm Lexa…"
"Clarke"
Both girls shake hands for the first time and it feels familiar. It feels like…
HOME!
Lena reads the text in capital letters and she knows this is Kara's way to send her an S.O.S
The raven-haired woman sighs, she was supposed to meet with the new president who has asked her to assist as his vice-president. The brunette was ready to retire from politics after her two mandates and yet, she felt compelled to hear out the new president till she received her wife's text and her priorities changed immediately.
Lena excuses herself. She cannot stay for the meeting. She needs to go home and if it wasn't because the new President, Ms. Cat Grant had a soft spot for the dear blonde, Lena wouldn't have been able to leave just like that.
"Send my hellos to Kiera"
"Her name is Kara…"
Cat dismisses her with her hands and Lena just shakes her head. Some things never change. Like, Lena's anxiety, every time she gets an emergency call. You might believe she would get used to it by now. And, it's actually the opposite, each time a crisis hits them, it's harder and harder to manage. She has so much to lose. Her entire world. That's why she's running when she gets out of her car. She's out of breath when she gets to stand in front of her home, Lena is not sure what she's supposed to face now and she looks even more confused when she sees that Alex is also running towards the main door of her house.
"Alex? What are you doing here?"
"Kara asked me to come immediately"
"To you, too?"
Both brunettes look confused about this big buzz till Kara opens the door and leads them to the living room, where Clarke and her new girlfriend were waiting for them, to meet. She's older now but, those eyes, Lena knows those eyes very well.
"Lexa…"
Fate has its ways to put our world together, and Lena feels completely happy about how things turned for all of them. Alex and Lexa become close as Lexa enrolls in the DEO. She's back in Alex's life in some sort of way, and Alex acts as a proud parent when the young brunette gets the nickname of Heda as the leader of the new recruits.
Yes, some encounters are just meant to be. You cannot avoid them. It's worthless to fight them, and that's probably why Hope doesn't stop the crush of everyone in school, especially the one of two sisters who are crazy about her. Lizzie and Josie are not the only ones with a crush on Hope but are the only ones who get in trouble when they try to catch the attention of the young Luthor. Parents get called in the Principal office and after that, back home, Kara expresses very clearly her disapproval of Hope's attitude towards the situation.
"Hope! What were you thinking?!"
"Well, it's not my fault to be so irresistible, mom!"
Kara rolls her eyes and Lena tries her best to hide her laughs. The raven-haired woman puts on a more serious face when she gets scolded by the blonde mother.
"It's not okay to play with other people's feelings!"
Kara says.
"I'm not playing with anyone's feelings! They ALL love me and I just let them…"
Kara blushes, she opens and closes her mouth without even being able to formulate a word. Lena knows that is her cue to intervene. She doesn't know exactly what to say in a situation like this, except of…
"Hope, you cannot love equally so many people at the same time, sooner or later, you'll have to choose"
"Why? Aunt Alex is happy with Auntie Sam & Auntie Kelly. Why can't I have my own harem too?"
"Hope Luthor-Danvers!"
When Kara stammers the full name of one of her kids, it's never a good sign. Anyway, the blonde hero has fought enough battles to know this will be one she will not win. She's not ready to deal with this kind of problem, but she will need to get used to it soon. Her kids are growing up fast, and hormones are in the air. It's the season of love, even the youngest of the family is falling under the spell of love.
"Enid, who's your new friend?"
"We're not friends"
The somber girl who's standing beside the rainbow Enid, declares without hesitation. She doesn't look happy to be dragged into Luthor-Danvers house and yet, Enid looks thrilled with the idea of being paired with the anti-social little girl who always dresses in black & white. Her wardrobe and her morbid attitude are a complete opposite to Enid, and that's how Kara knows her little daughter is in love. Lena disagrees.
"They just got paired for a school project, darling"
"It's love, Lena. I know it!"
"She's too little to fall in love! It's too soon! They just met!"
"We fell in love the moment we met, Lee"
"Well, yes, but…"
"But, what?"
Lena pouts when she doesn't find an argument to contradict the blonde. She rarely does it and when it happens, it's super cute. Kara finds it so adorable that she immediately kisses Lena all over the face.
"Darling, stop it! Stop it!"
Between giggles and chuckles, Lena pretends to fight this attack of kisses. She lets Kara do as she wishes like always. Soon, the reason for her nuisance seemed to disappear till her adorable wife added another comment on the matter.
'Don't you think it's funny how they inherited my taste in girls? "
"What do you mean by 'them'?"
Lena raises an eyebrow, she doesn't look happy when Kara uses the word 'they', she's talking in plural, Lena doesn't get what Kara means by it till another of her kids comes back home, bringing with her another girl in dark clothes and gothic attitude.
"Moms! This is Nico!"
A very sweet Karolina introduces her new friend and her crush. Karolina has hearts in her eyes every time she looks at the Asian gothic girl who looks oblivious to the love and devotion Karolina has for her. Kara finds it adorable. Lena disagrees once again.
How did her sweet babies fall in love with the complete opposite of them? Lena doesn't understand it till Kara points out how she also fell for the emotionally reserved, anti-hero type. Lena pouts again, it's adorable and another attack of kisses is in motion when it happens.
Soon, everyone in the family has a love interest. The one of Izzie, it's a sweet boy named Simon. He's a very good boy and the best thing about him, it's that he always gets nervous around Lena. He's scared of her and the raven-haired woman likes it a lot.
"Mom! We're just studying!"
"Exactly! So, you don't need a closed door to study, right, Simon?"
"Y-y-yes! Ms Luthor! We will always keep the door open and keep our distance from each other! 2 meters!"
"SIMON!"
Izzie scolds her boyfriend. She doesn't look happy with what the boy proposes. Lena couldn't look happier. The raven-haired woman leaves them alone, she knows Simon is too afraid to make a move on her little girl and for now, that's more than enough to calm Lena's nerves. But, that calm doesn't last as Alec presents a crush on someone older than him: Magnus Bane.
Magnus. A very powerful warlock who acts like a playboy is the last kind of person Lena wanted for one of her kids. Especially for her sweet boy, Alec. He's so pure, so innocent, just like Kara when she met Lena. The raven-haired woman knows the appeal of it, and if this Magnus is just like her, she knows exactly what kind of naughty things might happen in the near future.
Thinking about her own kids having sex. It's not an easy anxiety to overcome. Yet, both moms do their best to have a clear, informative talk with ALL of them on the matter.
"Moms! No! We don't need the S-E-X talk!"
"Yes, you do!"
Lena puts her footh down, this is not in debate. They will talk and the kids will listen and probably ask as many questions as they want. She & Kara, they are just too young to be grandmothers and Lena is afraid she might kill someone when that day happens. She cannot imagine the day when one of her babies will have their own babies. It eventually happens. Years after their 'talk' and, Lena kills no one.
"Moms, this is Madi"
Clarke & Lexa introduce them to their little girl. Kara doesn't stop gushing about how cute she's and Lena cannot contain her big smile when she gets to hold her first grandkid. In the end, becoming a grandmother is not that bad. She even lets some gray hairs in her loose hair. Mostly because Kara finds them sexy.
It's impressive how Lena's world doesn't stop growing. Madi is the living proof of it. And, it's this big family, the best legacy Lena could leave in this world… our world.
THE END.
