章 87: Chapter 87
Lena and Kara are way too tired to do anything but fall asleep in each other's arms.
Lena's the first to awaken, and judging by the light coming in through the windows, it's a lot later than she usually sleeps. She blinks away her tiredness and yawns before focusing on the beautiful woman lying in bed next to her. Kara's still asleep, her mouth open slightly.
Lena grins when Kara sleepily mumbles something about food and snuggles closer to Lena. Gods, she can't wait to spend the rest of her life with this woman.
The thought doesn't alarm her as much as she expected. Lena knows she's in this forever, and by now has been reassured that Kara wants that too somehow. There's a niggling voice in the back of head that she's listened to for so long it's hard to forget what it says. It whispers a single question into her mind: "how?"
Lena starts at that question, making Kara snort in her sleep before readjusting herself and cuddling up to her again. The question is unexpected and something Lena has vaguely considered, but not seriously thought about. How?
How are they going to do this if Lena has to go back to the Luthor Kingdom soon? If Kara has a duty to her people and her family, and has stay? Will they visit? What could they do? Is it even possible? Would long distance even work?
Lena can feel her heart rate climbing and tries to calm down, knowing that Kara listens to her heartbeat and will wake up if she doesn't calm down. But the thoughts don't stop, so neither does her fast heartbeat. Kara inhales deeply and stretches out her limbs, her eyes blinking open slowly like a tired dog. She yawns and grins sleepily at her girlfriend.
"Hey, Lee." Kara murmurs, lifting her head from Lena's shoulder to press a sloppy kiss to her cheek. "Good morning. It's really nice to wake up in an actual bed with you."
Lena smiles softly, mentally pushing her worries away. They can talk about it later, once Kara's actually awake. Though that feels like an excuse to not talk about it now.
"Yes it is, darling. How are you feeling?" Lena asks.
"A little tired. Hungry. The usual," she jokes. Lena chuckles and Kara tightens the arm around her waist, settling back down and cuddling with her. "What about you? You're more tense than normal, and your heart rate is faster."
Lena sighs. She can't get anything past her girlfriend, not with how well she knows Lena and with the side of her superpowers.
"It's just my mind making me worry, darling."
"It's never just anything, Lee." Kara says and Lena can hear the frown in her voice. "We're in a relationship, babe. I want us to talk about stuff that's bothering us."
"I know, I want that too, love. I just want to talk to you about something." Lena promises. "It can wait until we get something in that black hole that is your stomach."
Kara's lips twitch up at the joke but there's still concern in her eyes. "Is it anything bad? We're okay, right?"
"We're amazing. And I hope it isn't anything bad." Lena murmurs that last part, knowing that Kara will still catch it.
"But it has the possibility to be bad?" Kara asks worriedly.
"It also has the possibility to be good." Lena reminds her. "We can talk about it after we get food."
Kara nods hesitantly. They get dressed like usual, tossing each other's close at each other and stealing kisses in between putting them on. They finish getting dressed and the following make out session before heading to the kitchen.
Maggie and Alex are already there, and Maggie's trying to sneak vegetables into Alex's food when she's not looking. Alex is sneaking the vegetables back onto Maggie's plate (or onto the floor for the dog patiently waiting for food nearby) while Maggie's not looking.
"Hey nerds." Maggie greets when she sees them, batting Alex's hand away without looking as she tries to sneak kale back into Maggie's salad. "What's up? You both look less happy than I thought you would be to be back here."
Kara looks to Lena, who shrugs. She doesn't care if they know. Well, Kara doesn't even know what they're going to be talking about.
"Lena says she has something to talk about with me, but hasn't said what it, just that it has the possibility to be good or bad." Kara explains.
"Ooh, lesbian drama." Maggie grins widely and rubs her hands together. "Sorry Kara, lesbian and pan drama." She amends. "Lay it on me, Lena. Let me help."
"Why?" Lena asks curiously.
"I want to help. Plus, I've helped with a bunch of other gay women relationships. I suck at my own relationships, except with Alex of course, but I'm great at advice. I'm like the gay mentor. The gay-tor." She snorts. "Nope, that's something entirely different. Ha, gay-tor."
"How much caffeine has she had?" Lena asks Alex, amused.
"Too much, apparently." Alex answers, subtly replacing Maggie's drink with a glass of water.
"Like you haven't had as much as me. Come on, Lena. What's the deal?"
"I just had the thought this morning. How is this supposed to work? Kara, I'm the Queen of my Kingdom, and you're the Princess of yours, the next in line for the throne. I can't stay here forever, or even too much longer. And you have a duty to your people and to your family. I can't ask you to leave, just to be with me." Lena says the last sentence miserably.
"Okay, I understand what you're saying. Alex and I have actually talked about this before. And you're overlooking something, Lena. We need an ambassador." Maggie says.
For a second, Lena had forgotten she and Alex were even there. She frowns, confused. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, Kara can be the ambassador." It's deathly silent for a second until Maggie continues. "It's perfect. This alliance with the Luthor Kingdom is new and everyone wants someone trustworthy and incorruptible for the ambassador. Who better than the Princess herself?"
"Me?" Kara asks, surprised.
"Yes, you. You've been around the politics of this place enough to know what to say, what to do. You're sweet and almost impossible to hate. Plus, you're banging the Queen, no one could be mean to you anyway." Maggie says matter-of-factly, grinning when all three other girls start blushing. "You can fly, you have superspeed, you can get back here in an instant if you're missing us or if there's news."
Kara is less hesitant now and actually considers it. "But National City..."
"Doesn't need Supergirl. They have other heroes to help them. Us." Maggie points to herself and Alex.
"Calling yourself a hero, Sawyer? That's kind of self-centered." Alex teases.
"I mean like the DEO, you nerd. And J'onn is a crime-fighting alien too." Maggie reminds her.
"True. What about us, though? I've never been away from Kara for a long period of time." Alex worries.
"She can fly back here in like two minutes. Plus, I have no doubt that we're going to be visiting them and they're going to visit us." Maggie says.
"Um. You're kind of talking like this is set in stone. We haven't even discussed this yet." Kara points out.
"Alright, discuss." Maggie waves her hands at then.
"It's hard to with you both staring at us." Lena raises an eyebrow at them.
"Fine. Kara, how about this. I'll make out with your sister instead." Maggie offers.
Kara sighs. "Ugh, that's not... You know what, go crazy." She waves a hand, not looking, and grimaces when she hears the smack of their lips against each other. "Ew. At least we know they won't be listening." She hears a humming noise and makes a slightly exaggerated gagging noise. "Hey! Little sister is right here! Keep it PG-13!"
"You're no fun, Little Danvers." Maggie murmurs, but luckily listens.
"Okay. So." Kara says when she turns back to Lena. "This... Whole thing."
Lena hums. "Yeah. What do you think, Kara? I have to go, I have no other option. But you do have options. Ultimately, it's your choice."
Kara bites her bottom lip. "I know it is. But I want to know what you think before I make a decision. Would you be okay with me being the ambassador? Would you find it weird because we're girlfriends?"
"I would be more than okay with it. I would love to have you by my side, to show you the beauties of my kingdom like you have shown me the beauty that lies here." Lena lets out a breath. "Perhaps the castle wouldn't feel so cold and empty if your light is present. It is your choice, Kara. And you don't even have to decide now. Or commit to a decision, we could test it for a year and see if it works for us."
Kara nods. "Okay. Let's try it for a year."
Guys, you know what I just realized while writing this? I don't have a ton planned after this... So I'll have to do that if I have time this week, let you know if you should expect just a couple more chapters or a horde of chapters. We'll see, it depends on how much I can squeeze out of this story! And I can always do what I'm planning on doing with my other books, which is taking prompts from the universe (or just total aus or whatever) and making another book just filled with those! You can comment your prompts, or message them to me! If you have questions because I don't think I explained this super well (ha, super well, I didn't even mean to do that), just comment or message me and I'll respond as quickly as I can! Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!
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