Chapter 16: Fluffy Filled Morning

This morning the detective awakens slowly, still unaware of her surroundings, body still infused with sleep. It's like a waking dream, she feels floaty. Panic never settles in, it usually would when she wakes in an unfamiliar place.When she dreams, it sometimes feels like she's awake. She goes about her day, makes coffee, and toasts a bagel. Then a knock at the door comes, she's face to face with her father, red as his tanned skin can allow, screaming all the words in the dictionary. Then she's back home, hiding under the bed, knowing inevitably she wouldn't be able to move the morning after due to her stiff muscles from the present her father gives her.Cool air seeps through a cracked window, the winds streams brush her cheeks and hugs her from the waist up. The bright sun peeks into the room, it paints the walls with a golden glow. The beams warm her windswept cheeks.I've slept through the night? She whispers to herself in ah.It's been years since she has been able to sleep this good, and wake up so refreshed.With eyes closed, she feels around to the spots on both her sides, waiting for her hand to connect with a warm body. But they are cold and empty. The detective goes to sit up then, wanting to get up to search for her girlfriends. Maybe a cuddle or two.As she props herself up, the bedroom door creaks open. A brunette's head peaks in, only the tips of hair can be seen. The hair is on the darker side so Maggie can assume that it's Lena and not Sam."She's awake!" She can hear Lena's voice a bit loudly, happiness and slight excitement evident in her tone.The door creaks open more and it reveals the blonde Kryptonian carrying the CEO, well, floating with her.On the revelation of Maggie being awake, even though the blonde could have just checked with her X-Ray vision herself, she rather not point that out to Lena though, she seems to be having fun with all this, Kara floats further into the room and deposits her girlfriend on the bed, in the spot next to the detective."Sam said she heard you waking up. Lena wanted to come and see if you were fully up yet. She wants company."Kara pulls the blankets back and rests them snug onto Lena's waist. "We are making breakfast, well, Sam is, Alex is trying and I'm eating the ingredients. I was slowing the process sooooo they sent me away. I'm gonna fly to Paris to get those pastries you like, maybe stop in Dublin to restock some tea.''"I also have to get more apple juice because someone," Kara looks pointedly at Lena, "decided it was a good idea to drink the six left this morning in one sitting."Lena huffs. She pulls the sheets a bit further up her torso. "Not my fault you weren't paying attention, and we did get them for me too ya know."Kare moves behind her and fluffs the pillows for Lena to rest her back onto. "Actually I got them for Maggie, you just started to get obsessed with them." Lena scrunches her nose at that, because she knows she's right."I'll come get the two of you when breakfast is about done." Kara leaves on that note, she fully closes the door till you can hear the pin click in place."Good morning sunshine."Maggie laughs at that. The detective is the opposite of sunshine in the morning and Lena is almost always on the short end of that stick.This morning though, she feels light. Like she can conquer the world with just her smile.Maggie smiles at the other brunette, She freefalls backwards, back into a lying position and makes an audible plopping sound.Maggie takes the nickname, this time, in stride. "Yea, G'mornin." Happiness evident in her tone."Oh, she speaks?""You're so lucky you're injured or I would have thrown this pillow squarely in that gold-encrusted face of yours.""It's diamond detective, diamond-encrusted face."Maggie tries to rub the sleep that's still in her eyes, trying hard to not fall asleep again. She knows it would feel good to rest more but she knows too much sleep can just make her feel even more tired than before.The bed shifts, it's Lena trying to shuffle closer, as best as she can with her injuries. The CEO picks something up from the spot next to Maggie, the detective doesn't pay much attention."What's their name?"The detective props herself on her elbows and turns towards the CEO, "What's whose-" She looks at who Lena was referring to.The raveness was holding Fluffy, petting him. Maggie freezes for a second, but only for a second. I am safe, this is home."His name is Fluffy."The raveness laughs a bit, not maniacally or mean though. "I have like three stuffies named fluffy. I renamed my favourite Oliver, he has the softest fur."Lena is still petting Fluffy, scratching the stuffed elephant behind his ears as if they were a real-life pet.Maggie would usually insist on having him back but she isn't in little space right now. She is fine with her most prized possession being cuddled up by someone else, for now."Can I cuddle him, just-, just till I can have Ollie?" The CEO asks in a whisper, her voice wavers a bit. The detective can see her eyes are a bit glassy, she can hear the pick-up in sniffles."Of course, you can cuddle him, he loves company." Maggie scoots as close as she can to Lena, weary not to jostle her too much. She pulls the CEO into a hug and guides her head to her chest. She shuffles them into a lying position.They sit in a bit of heavy silence, the Luthor breaks it first."The other day was- it was scary." Her words are a bit muffled due to her face smoothed up to the Latina's chest. Her tone is choked, As though she was afraid to even udder words, lest this all finally break her.The tiny detective keeps quiet for now, she brings her unoccupied hand up to her friend's hair, she massages it, plays with it. Just like how her mama's do it when she is feeling overwhelmed and needs some comfort and contact. She can feel the CEO settle a bit."I know, but you're safe now, with people who love you. I'm so sorry that happened, but you're ok now, you're safe." Maggie can feel the tears pile onto her shirt, they soak into the fabric, leaving room for more of their friends to follow right behind. Maggie unconsciously sings the Kryptonian lullaby Sammy sings for her all the time.The CEO starts to calm, she clutches Fluffy firmer though, not ready to let go of the soft comfort. He's buried under her chin, his large floppy ears brush her cheek."Kara sings me that song after I have nightmares, or when I can't sleep." Maggie hums in acknowledgment, her fingers still playing with the long brown tresses."Mommy always sings it to me too. When there are too many voices and I can't hear. When she sings, I can focus on that, and her heartbeat, it makes them all stop talking. It allows me to breathe." She stops and reminisces, then continues."Sam has a faint memory of Reign left her with, even though she was just a baby, she has this faint memory of someone singing it to her, it's stuck in her head. It used to make her sad, or angry because the vessel she lives in was made to be a weapon of destruction. She sang it by accident once, I was having a panic attack and she couldn't touch me, I wouldn't allow her. She just started to sing, I asked her about it later, she said I looked like I was about to pass out so singing came to mind. It helped me a lot. Now she uses it all the time, and even in the shower or making breakfast, she has come to embrace it, embrace that part of her."Maggie realizes too late that she let the m-word slip. She didn't want to reveal that much, too late now. Lena doesn't seem fazed by the slip at all though."Yea, Sammy is perfect like that, almost as perfect as Kar.""Of course you would think that you lovesick puppy." They have a laugh, relieved that the tension has dissipated. They sit in comfortable silence, Fluffy is still clutched in the Luthors fingertips, and Maggie continues to massage at their scalp."Love you Mags.""Love you too Lee, so much."