54. Chapter 54

They fall asleep just as it starts to rain, and Alex’s arm is draped over Maggie’s bare abs, her head resting on Maggie’s chest.

Maggie is drifting in and out of sleep, relishing the quiet, relishing the feeling of Alex’s breath on her neck, relishing the sound of the rain outside and how warm it is in their bed, under their blankets, with this beautiful woman’s arm strung across her stomach, her leg draped across her thighs.

Alex doesn’t stir when their bedroom door opens, but Maggie stiffens and reaches to the bedside table for her gun, blinking into the darkness until she sees a very drenched, very unhappy Kara Danvers, in full Supergirl gear, looking defeated and looking terrified and looking so, so small.

“I’m so sorry,” she says without preamble, and Maggie drops the gun and sits up as much as far as she can without disturbing Alex, without letting the covers drop far enough to show Kara that she’s not wearing a shirt.

“I had the worst day, and it’s raining and I hate flying in the thunder, have you ever been flying and suddenly the entire sky shakes, I mean it is not pleasant, and I’m sorry because I know you guys are trying to have alone time but I – “

“Just come here already, Little Danvers,” she cuts her off with a soft voice and a small smile. “And bring me my shirt, will you?”

When Alex wakes up hours later, her first thought is to call Kara because dammit it’s raining and she hopes she’s not flying anywhere. Her second thought is confusion as to when Maggie put her shirt back on, and her third thought is pure bliss, is pure I need to marry this woman, because burrowed deep in the covers on Maggie’s other side is her little sister, sleeping soundly through the storm with Maggie’s arm wrapped around her shoulder and a contented smile on her face.