731. Chapter 731

Alex and Maggie are on a priority flight back from DC, and Lena has finally allowed Vasquez to take her out of the med bay to make sure she showers and eats something.

“Kara will be fine,” Vasquez promises. “She just has to recharge under the lamps. She’s gonna be just fine. I swear.”

So now, it’s only Winn and James, keeping vigil at Kara’s side.

James goes to get them both a cup of coffee – his feet and his eyes both dragging with exhaustion – but when he comes back, his boyfriend has fallen asleep with his forehead planted on the side of Kara’s bed, his hand holding hers.

A soft, sad smile passes over James’s lips as he sets the coffee down and crosses the med bay to Winn’s side of the bed.

“Hey you,” he whispers, pressing a kiss to his temple as he easily slides a hand under Winn’s chest and guides him into a sitting position.

“You’re gonna throw your back out sleeping like that,” he says, and Winn just nods sleepily, letting James move his body to a more comfortable position.

“My Guardian’s always gonna rescue me. And I’ll always rescue you,” Winn mumbles, mostly asleep, and it’s enough to bring tears to James’s eyes.

He kisses Winn’s mouth softly, and, even this sleepy, Winn kisses back, his lips turning up into a soft smile.

“Our girl okay?” he asks, and James ‘mmhmm’s into Winn’s temple.

“Kara’s just fine. You sleep now,” James assures him.

It’s only a half hour later that Winn wakes up, blinking rapidly in the dim lights of the med bay. He checks on Kara first, and – once he’s satisfied that she’s still resting peacefully, recharging her cells painlessly – he turns his attention to James, leaning back in a metal chair with his arm holding Winn close to his chest.

“You don’t always have to be the one taking care of me,” Winn murmurs with a small smile, though he knows his boyfriend is fully asleep. “I got you, too.”

He slips out of James’s arms gingerly and repositions them both so that James is no longer leaning back on such a hard surface. Winn’s lap is, sure enough, much more comfortable.

In his sleep, James smiles and sighs softly, slipping his hand under Winn’s thigh, snuggling as close as he can, warm under the blanket Winn had rummaged up and tossed over them both.

It’s three a.m. when Kara’s cousin arrives, eyes wide and alert from his flight from Metropolis.

At first, he doesn’t notice the boys, sleeping on each other, chairs transformed by Winn into a makeshift bed.

All he sees, at first, is Kara.

Clark presses a kiss to her forehead and is gratified by how warm she feels – she’ll surely be awake in no time.

It’s only then that he notices James and Winn.

His heart does a strange somersault.

He remembers when Jimmy would fall asleep that way on his couch, his hand tucked under his thigh.

Clark gulps and tilts his head, studying the peacefulness on James’s face and the protective way Winn’s body is huddled around his.

“You found yourself a superhero after all,” Clark smiles softly, nodding to himself as he pulls up his own chair by Kara’s bedside.

He’s joined, soon after, by Lena, Maggie, and Alex; and it makes his heart soar that his cousin has such a beautiful family.