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Kara hums, feels a nose nudge the underside of her jaw, a kiss placed against her neck. There’s warm sun streaming through the open curtains and an even warmer body slotted perfectly against hers, a hand across her stomach, a leg slotted between hers.
This is definitely Kara’s favourite way to wake up.
“Morning,” Kara says, blinking sleepy eyes open, closes them again when the kiss against her throat increases in pressure.
“Morning,” Lena breathes, Kara can feel the smile against her skin.
“What time is it?” Kara asks, sleep trying to take over her mind again, her body so comfortable and relaxed, wrapped up in Lena, though a different feeling tugs in her stomach as Lena presses closer, naked skin sliding deliciously against her own.
It’s not often they get mornings like this, mornings where they’re woken by the sun and not an alarm or an emergency.
“After nine,” Lena says, lips leaving Kara’s skin as she settles back onto the pillow. She’s gorgeous, cheeks pink, smile soft, her own eyes blinking sleepily back at Kara.
“We slept in that late?” Kara asks, brushing a strand of stray hair behind Lena’s ear. Her eyes are so green in the morning light, Kara never wants to stop looking.
Lena laughs quietly. “We did, we had a late night last night.”
Kara grins as she remembers exactly why they’d been up so late. She shifts closer, eyes dropping to Lena’s lip, soft and pink, missing their usual red. “Well, I was-“
A knock from across the apartment startles them both, Kara actually jumping at the sound. It’s not often someone can sneak up on her with her super hearing. She blames the fact that Lena is literally naked next to her, even if she’s currently covered by the sheets.
“Rao, it’s Alex,” Kara says, picking up her sister’s heartbeat across the apartment. “Shoot.”
The panic sets in immediately, Kara can see it in Lena’s eyes too.
Because Alex is here, and she’s currently in bed with Lena.
Alex is here, and very soon she’s going to walk into a situation that is decidedly less than platonic, because even if they put clothes on, it’s obvious Lena spent the night.
Alex is here, and she doesn’t know that for the past three months, she and Lena have been dating.
And this isn’t how she wants her sister to find out she has a girlfriend.
“You need to hide,” Kara says, already formulating a plan. Lena hides, Kara gets rid of Alex, and then she gets to spend the morning with her gorgeous girlfriend and she can make it up to her sister later.
“What? Where?” Lena asks, looking around Kara’s room. She really needs a wardrobe.
“Bathroom,” Kara points, the only place that’s really an option, short of Lena hiding under her bed. They both know that’s not going to happen.
“Kara?” Alex calls, the voice accompanied by the sound of Alex pulling her keys from her pocket.
“Now,” Kara panics, her foot getting caught in the blankets as she tries to scramble from the bed. She falls, hits the floor hard, wincing as she stands and sees the dent she’s made.
“Are you okay?” Lena whispers, halfway towards the ensuite, sheet wrapped around her naked body. Kara just hopes Alex doesn’t decide to come into her room for any reason, the clothes scattered around are telling of exactly what happened in here last night.
“I’m fine,” Kara says, giving Lena a quick smile. Kara can hear Alex entering her apartment now, and Lena must hear the same because she quietly shuts the bathroom door.
“Kara?”
Kara uses her speed this time to quickly pull on some clothes and then she exits her room, ready to pretend she’s not hiding anything and to get rid of Alex as soon as she can.
“Hey, Alex, what are you doing here?”
“Breakfast,” Alex says, the ‘duh’ clear in her tone as she holds up the items in her hand, two coffees in one, a paper bag in the other.
“I…uhhh…” Kara glances towards the bedroom then back to Alex. Breakfast makes it even harder for her to get Alex to leave without making it look suspicious. “Yum, you’re the best.”
“And don’t you forget it.”
Kara presses a kiss to her sister’s cheek as she reluctantly takes a seat at the table. “Never.” Even if Alex is interrupting her morning with her girlfriend and making things rather difficult for her, she still is the best sister anyone could ask for.
“So…how’s things?” Kara asks, wincing at how awkward she sounds, it’s like she’s forgotten how to have a normal conversation all of a sudden.
Alex narrows her eyes. “ Things are good with me, how are things with you?”
Kara takes a huge bite out of her first sticky bun. “Good,” she says, mouth full, using the food as an excuse not to elaborate. She’s not sure what particular things she was asking Alex about, just life in general, they see each other enough that they keep up on each other’s day to day lives, minus the fact that Kara now has a girlfriend of course. So, her own ‘things’ are going pretty well.
Alex watches her for a long moment, and Kara thinks she’s busted. Her sister knows her too well, even when she acts just a little bit different, Alex picks up on it. It’s honestly a surprise she hasn’t figured out she’s dating Lena yet but she supposes they were pretty close before they got together.
“So, I-“ Alex’s words are cut off by a loud crash. They both turned wide-eyed towards the sound, the difference being that Kara can actually see what happened, can see Lena sprawled across the bathroom floor, the quite “ow” escaping her girlfriend’s lips.
Kara’s heart leaps in her chest, worried Lena is hurt. “Oh Rao.” She turns to Alex. “Stay here, I’ll go check it out. I think that cat might have snuck in my window again.” It’s the first thing that Kara can come up with as she slips out of her seat and disappears into her bedroom.
Lena’s standing again when Kara opens the door, her girlfriend looking surprised for a second before she relaxes when she sees it’s just Kara.
“Are you okay?”
“I tripped over the stupid sheet,” Lena grumbles, rubbing her arm, sheet wrapped under her arms once more.
Kara quickly scans her, relieved to find nothing is broken. “Sorry.” Kara steps forward, gently takes Lena’s arm and blows cool air on where she’s rubbing. “I’ll get rid of Alex.”
“But I brought you breakfast.”
That’s twice today that Alex has surprised Kara, where her super hearing would usually alert her sister’s to her presence sooner. She jumps at the voice behind her, had been too worried about Lena to focus on where Alex was.
Kara turns to find her sister, arms crossed, eyebrow raised.
“I…” Kara trails off as Alex’s eyes flash between them, no doubt putting the pieces together and figuring out exactly what’s going on here. “I can explain?” It comes out sounding more like a question than a statement.
“You mean explain the fact that you and Lena have been dating for the last few months but have been trying to keep it a secret? Or explain why you haven’t told me yet?”
Kara’s mouth drops open. “You knew?”
Alex laughs. “I’m pretty sure everyone knows, you two aren’t subtle. I just didn’t say anything because you hadn’t yet.”
Kara looks back at Lena, flashes her a small smile as she nods her permission. She reaches out and threads her fingers through Lena’s hand, the one not holding up the sheet. “Lena and I are dating, have been for nearly three months. Sorry we didn’t tell you sooner, we just wanted some time to ourselves first." It had been so nice, just keeping it to themselves, something they just shared with each other, with no pressure, no one talking about them, just the two of them being incredibly happy together and figuring out the new dynamic between them.
Though, it turns out, it wasn’t as much of a secret as they thought.
“Well then,” Alex smiles. “I’m happy for you both.” Alex pulls Kara into a hug then turns to give Lena one too before she stops herself. “I’ll give you a hug later, when you’re wearing something more than just a sheet.”
Lena’s cheeks are red. “Thank you.”
“You do know you both could’ve just said Lena stayed over after a movie night, right? There really was no need to hide at all.”
Alex laughs as Kara frowns, a muttered “oops” under her breath.
“Why don’t I duck out and get a few more pastries and another coffee while you get dressed,” Alex continues. “And then we can all have breakfast together and you can fill me in on everything I’ve missed?”
Kara pulls her sister into a side hug. She never expected Alex to react badly to the news of their relationship but she really does have the best sister.
Kara can see the relief in Lena’s eyes, knew she was nervous about Alex finding out even though they’re good friends too. Kara leans over a presses a kiss to Lena’s cheek, feels the skin shift under her lips as Lena smiles.
Alex pulls a face. “I’m going to leave, I don’t need to see that, I’ll be back soon.” Alex pauses on her way out of the room. “Wait, is that a dent in your floor?”