Work Text:
It's a normal Sunday in the Fright Zone. Their training and classes are over and they have a little bit of free time before dinner. So here they are in the rubble stash looking for junk to claim.
"Look, Catra!" Adora enthusiastically points at something on the ground. Catra turns her head towards whatever Adora is pointing at. "What?" She says, flatly.
Adora looks at her with a beaming smile. "Dandelions!" Adora says like she's found 24k gold. A beat of silence then Catra says, "You're excited over dandelions, Adora?" she rolls her eyes half-heartedly, raising an eyebrow.
Adora blushes, averting her gaze. "I mean, I heard you can make wishes with them." She bends down, plucking a dandelion.
Catra wants to scream about how cute Adora is being right now but she doesn't. Instead a quiet, "You're cute." comes out of her mouth before she can comprehend it, which surprises both Adora and her.
Catra ignores what she had just said and says, "Uh how do you do that?" she bends down, plucking her own dandelion. "Do what?" Adora asks, scooting to sit closer to Catra and she adjusts her sitting position to something more comfortable.
Catra slowly inches closer towards Adora. "Make a wish with a dandelion." Catra turns her head towards Adora and mirrors her position. A mistake really, those blue eyes are looking at her with so much..so much of something. Catra can't help but smile.
Adora begins explaining. "You think of a wish and blow the dandelion, and boom it'll come true!" Her eyes are shining as she talks. Adora brings her dandelion close to Catra's, their hands brushing.
Catra hums in response. "That sounds dumb." She turns away and inspects the dandelion in her hand, twirling it around. Adora pouts, "I don't think it's dumb."
Catra scoffs playfully, she turns her head to look at Adora's face. She cracks a smirk and lightly presses a finger on Adora's forehead. "You're dumb." She mutters.
When Adora goes cross eyed, she let's out a laugh. It's contagious, Adora starts laughing too.
"I'm gonna make a wish." Adora says, proudly. Catra rolls her eyes, "Suit yourself, Adora." she turns to inspect her dandelion again.
Adora holds the stem of her dandelion tighter in her hand. She briefly looks to Catra, not wanting to get caught staring. Those mesmerizing eyes, so focused on the dandelion she's holding, the cute freckles that are dusted on her cheek. Her lips look soft, she wants to kiss them. Adora looks away, blushing at the thought.
Adora looks at her dandelion and closes her eyes.
I wish that you'd be mine.
Adora smiles and her eyes flutter open. She brings her dandelion inches away from her mouth and blows the dandelion.
Catra's head perks up. They both watch in silence as the dandelion fly into the wind.
Adora rests her head on Catra's shoulder. Catra leans into the embrace, letting out a breathy sigh. She likes moments like these with Adora. But everytime Adora touches her, she's afraid of Shadow Weaver watching them.
After a moment of silence, she speaks, "What did you wish for?"
Adora closes her eyes. "If I tell you, it won't come true." You can tell Adora's smiling by the tone of her voice and Catra smiles at that.
Adora opens her eyes and looks over to Catra's dandelion that is being held so loosely it looks like it's about to fall. "Are you going to make a wish?" She whispers.
Catra sighs, "Sure, why not."
"Yay!" Adora beams and sits up but she quickly regrets it, missing Catra's warmth.
Catra looks at the dandelion then to Adora. Stupid Adora, who looks so happy. Smiling brightly at her. Catra knows what her wish is going to be for the rest of her life. She looks towards the dandelion in her hand.
I wish that you'd be mine.
Catra brings the dandelion inches from her mouth and blows on it.
They both watch as their dandelions fly into the sky.
Catra looks at Adora's hand on the ground. She looks away and puts her hand on top of Adora's.
Adora notices and she doesn't question it.
"Do you think our wishes are gonna come true?" Adora asks. Catra slowly turns to look at their intertwined hands. "I hope they do." Catra answers.
Catra looks at Adora, who is looking at the sky. A strand of hair from her dumb hair poof is falling onto her stupid face. Catra can't resist fixing it.
Adora gasps and Catra quickly says, "This is not because I like you." Adora lightly chuckles.
Catra takes a dandelion flower and puts it in Adora's hair. Catra slowly blinks at her. Adora slowly blinks back.
-
Catra isn't happy. Why isn't she happy? She got what she wanted. They're winning. She is winning. Her troops are going to attack Bright Moon the Horde will have control of all Etheria but why is she still..
She lets out a frustrated groan not wanting to think about whatever this is. She's walking to her room when she sees them.
Dandelions.
Her wish didn't come true.
But that's not what she wants anymore. Right?
Catra bends down and aggressively plucks a dandelion. She feels her eyes getting watery and her vision is blurry. She quickly rubs her eyes.
Without any thought to it and without a wish, she blows the dandelion and watches it fly into the sky. She throws the stem on the ground. She hugs herself, feeling cold, missing someone.
Adora is changing her clothes, she's going to Beast Island to save Entrapta. Ignoring Glimmer's orders. Glimmer and her, things haven't been easy. She has so many things to do, so many people to save. She let's herself think of the easier times. When Bow, Glimmer and her would go to parties, when they would have sleepovers..and when Catra. She shuts her eyes close, stopping herself from thinking.
Adora hurriedly slips on her red jacket, she takes the rubber band that she had been holding with her teeth and gathers up her hair to tie it but she drops her strands of hair when she sees dandelion seeds flying into her bedroom through the window. She emits an inaudible gasp as she hesitantly puts her hands out and the dandelion seeds land onto her hand. A saddened look on her face, a pout on her lips. She doesn't want to admit it but she misses someone.
Where could they have come from?
-
It has been exactly eight months since the war had ended.
Catra is with Adora, racing to their spot on the roof in the Fright Zone. No, it's not going to be the Fright Zone anymore. It's going to be Scorpia's kingdom. It's currently being renewed.
Catra is in the lead when she accidently steps on them.
Dandelions.
She stops running and bends down, hands on her thighs, panting from all the running. Adora sees that Catra had stopped and she stops running to ask what's wrong. She sees them too. "Oh." Adora mumbles.
Catra hums then half-smiles. Catra sits down on the ground.
Adora sits down next to her, bumping their shoulders together and nostalgia hits them like a brick.
"Did your wish come true, Catra?" Adora asks softly.
Catra turns towards a smiling Adora. She smiles back. "Yeah, it did."
Catra doesn't realize that she's crying until Adora swipes a thumb across her cheek.
"Don't cry, Catra."
"You're going to make me cry."
Catra laughs softly, "You're an idiot."
Adora takes Catra's hand and kisses her knuckles. "My wish came true."
Catra cups Adora's jaw and pulls her in for a brief kiss. When the kiss breaks, Adora accidently makes a weird sounding kissing noise. She snorts and covers her mouth, trying and failing to hold back a laugh. Catra pushes her away for ruining the moment but despite her gesture, she laughs, "Don't ruin it.