679. Chapter 679

“Absolutely not,” J’onn crosses his arms over his chest, the only one of the group not in shorts and tank tops and nerdy snapbacks (and, in Winn and Kara’s cases, Mickey Mouse ears).

“You can disarm me before I go in. I promise I won’t shoot anything,” Alex pleads, like she’s twelve not twenty-nine, her eyes wide and beginning to pout.

“Look away if you want to stand your ground, J’onn. You know who Little Danvers learned her pout from, don’t you?” Maggie warns, slapping five with Kara as Lena giggles with Winn and James.

“Agent Danvers, am I to understand that you brought alien weaponry to Disneyland?” J’onn shifts the subject, and Alex fidgets.

“…. no?”

“Your girlfriend is extremely trigger happy, isn’t she?” Lena teases Maggie under her breath, who pffts.

“Yeah, well, yours is bulletproof, so, you know.”

“It’s… not the same thing, Mags,” James ventures, but backs away quickly when Maggie rounds on him.

Winn laughs until Maggie turns to stare at him, which prompts him to take James by the arm and head off in search of popcorn.

“Did you expect her to not come prepared for anything, dear?” M’gann asks J’onn, who falters, not under Alex’s pout, but M’gann’s.

“I’m just concerned that she’ll draw her weapon at the first sign of anything even remotely frightening in that ridiculous Haunted Mansion.”

“I will not – “

“Babe, to be fair, you nearly drew your gun at Winn when he leaped onto our bed this morning – “

“You all think I can’t handle a haunted house?”

Kara steps toward her sister, eyes wide and Mickey Mouse ears practically bouncing with her enthusiasm.

“It’s not a haunted house, Alex. It’s a whole mansion of haunt.”

“A mansion of haunt, darling?” Lena asks, and Kara shrugs.

“English wasn’t my first language.”

Lena laughs as she draws her in for a kiss, and M’gann leans into J’onn’s chest.

“It’ll be fun, J’onn. You and your daughters, getting the thrill of danger without actually being in danger for once?”

J’onn sighs and Alex tries – and fails – to hold back a cheer.

She grabs Maggie and J’onn’s hands and tugs them forward, looking over her shoulder to where Winn and James got to.

“Guys, come on! To the Haunted Mansion!” she calls, and they catch up with Lena and Kara to race after her, weaving their way through children and adults who’ve forgotten how to be children, but who might just remember, watching this group, these nerds.

This family.