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Hot.
That was the first thing Lena registered when she started to wake up. She was unbearably warm, her skin sticky and her clothes sticking to her body. She woke up some more and then she realized that there was a body, a very naked body snuggled into her and was radiating heat like a thermostat. Almost like the person snuggled into her had a very high fever-
Lena shot up in the bed with wide eyes, her mind alert and her thoughts on one thing only. Kara.
She swiftly glanced at her side, almost giving herself a whiplash, to find Kara back to her old self and sighed in relief. But the relief was short lived when she registered the unusual pale contour of her girlfriend's skin and her face flushed with fever. Kara moaned, thrashing sluggishly on the tiny bed. Lena's heart squeezed in pain.
"Oh, baby." Lena moved Kara's sweaty lockes from her forehead. "You are okay. You are fine."
"Lee." Kara whimpered opening her eyes a little, squinting through the pain and exhaustion the serum brought upon her.
"I know, puppy. I know." Lena gently pulled the feverish girl into her arms. She glanced at her watch to find it to be early in the morning and she noticed the DEO was quiet, every agent probably home except for a few who were on night duty.
"Let's get you into some clothes and then we will call Alex here." Lena threaded her fingers through Kara's hair soothingly, "How does that sound, puppy?"
Kara shrugged and snuggled into her neck mumbling something Lena couldn't hear properly.
"What is it, Darling?" Lena asked her softly, "What do you need?"
"Home." Kara whispered, "Please."
"We will go home, baby. I promise, once Alex does her check up on you, we will go home, okay?"
Kara nodded.
"Now come on, Kar. Let's put on some clothes."
Lena gently pulled away from Kara making the girl whine but she managed to sit up sluggishly and left the rest to Lena. Lena managed to get Kara into DEO sweatshirt but Kara immediately started protesting when she tries to put jeans.
"Too warm." Kara croaked.
Lean put the jeans away and found a bag in the corner of the room. She opened the bag and found some essentials from their home. Lena's heart warmed at the sight. Probably J'onn. She thought fondly. She searched through the contents of the bag and found Kara's soft pyjamas. She took the pant and dressed Kara in it and wrapped her up in her favourite blue blanket.
"Okay, baby. Just hold on a second." Lena said moving to go and call Alex. "I will get Alex and then we can go home."
But, Kara had different plans.
"No..." Kara whined as soon as she left her side. "Donngo..." She slurred, blinking slowly up at Lena. Lena's heart melted then and there, staring at the big baby blue eyes, cloudy with fever and sleep, begging her not to go.
"Alright, alright, Kar." She sat back beside the feverish girl and grabbed her phone from the table beside their tiny bed. "Let me call her then. Does that sound good?"
Kara yawned, nodding and rested her head onto Lena's shoulder, dozing lightly.
Lena pressed her lips to Kara's forehead and winced at the hot skin. Alex picked up at the first ring.
"Hey, Lena. Everything okay? Any changes?"
"Alex. Yeah. Kara woke up back in her size, but she is burning up."
"I am coming."
"Okay. We are in the private med-bay."
"Got it. Be there in 5."
"You will be okay, darling." Lena pulled the now sleeping girl close to her side, breathing in her unique scent of vanilla and sunshine. "You will be just fine."
True to her word, Alex arrived right on time. She came to where the both were sitting on the bed and gave Lena a warm smile and a squeeze to her shoulder before moving her attention to her baby sister who was asleep.
"Hey, kar." Alex stroked her sister's cheek softly. "Wake up."
Lena, even after these many months of being together with the youngest Danvers, still finds herself being surprised at how warm and lovely Alex was with her baby sister.
Kara came to sluggishly and turned towards her sister's voice, blinking in her direction.
"Hey, there you are." Alex smiled at her.
"Mhmm...'lex." Kara mumbled and promptly leaned towards her sister, throwing all her weight into her.
"Oh, baby. You are fine. You are okay." Alex mumbled soft reassurances to Kara, holding her tightly in her arms.
"Not good..." Kara mumbled, reaching to grab Lena's hand.
"I know, Kar. I know. How about this? We will go home right now and I will check you there." Kara nodded, still snuggled up in her big sister's arms.
Slowly, but successfully both Lena and Alex managed to get Kara to Lena's car and drove home. The entire way, Alex and Lena indulged in light conversation while Kara napped on Lena's shoulder.
It took a lot of effort to get the mostly asleep Kara into the apartment Lena and Kara share, but they managed it before gently lowering the feverish girl into the bed. Kara fell back to sleep immediately while Lena busied herself getting Kara comfortable.
Alex checked Kara's pulse, BP and for any signs of dilation before nodding contentedly.
"She is going to be okay, Lena. Just give her these pills for fever and she will be fine." Alex said handing her some prescribed pills. "She just needs and lots of rest and sleep. You look like you need one too, luthor."
Lena rolled her eyes and nodded, smiling lightly.
"Take care. Once her fever comes down, we will get her under sun lamps and she will be good as new."
"Okay. Thank Alex."
"No need to thank me, Lena. She is my baby sister and I care about both of you." Alex smiled at her. "Now! I am outta here. Hot girlfriend waiting at home. Call me tomorrow."
"Sure, Alex. Bye."
After seeing Alex out of the door, Lena came back into their bedroom and changed into comfortable clothes before climbing into the bed with her love. Kara, even though deeply asleep, curled towards her immediately, breathing out a little sigh.
Lena smiled adoringly at the sleeping girl and kissed her forehead before following her love into the dream land.