Chapter 109

It's the day after Kara and Lena left and Alex is sulking. Not that she would ever admit that, but Maggie knows she is. Usually her fiancée is motivated and is the one to drag her out of bed to face the day ahead. But today... Not so much. Not that Maggie really minds. She had a wonderful morning staying in bed with Alex. What she does mind is the sadness she sees hidden in Alex's eyes, the way she holds Maggie tighter than she ever had before, as though if she holds tight enough, Maggie will stay by her side. Gods, Maggie plans on that anyway. Forever.

Maggie looks over at her still sleeping fiancée. Her face is smoothed out, any worries and sad things on her mind gone from her face as she sleeps. Maggie gently brushes the short hair from Alex's face. Alex scrunches her nose and cuddles closer to Maggie, not waking. She briefly tightens her hold on Maggie and lets out a sleepy breath.

"Oh, sweetheart." Maggie murmurs quietly, gazing lovingly at Alex. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Hopefully fun sexy things," Alex replies sleepily.

Maggie chuckles. "I didn't think you would hear that."

"Pfft, Mags." Alex huffs, squirming so she can look her in the eyes. "You know I always listen to you."

Maggie beams at her fiancée, feeling her cheeks flush slightly at Alex's words. "You dork. I love you."

Alex grins up at her, getting less sleepy by the minute. "Love you too. And soon, I'm going to be your dork forever. No take backs."

Maggie laughs full-heartedly at Alex's antics. "I thought you already are mine forever." Maggie gently cups Alex's jaw and Alex turns her head so she can kiss Maggie's palm.

"Mm. I didn't think I slept long enough to miss our wedding."

Maggie grins. "Nerd."

"Yeah, but I'm your nerd."

"Mm hmm," Maggie hums. "You're mine. And I'm yours."

"Sappy," Alex murmurs. Her eyes twinkle with happiness.

"Only for you, Danvers."

Alex straddles Maggie and kisses her gently. Alex loves when she gets sappy, and Maggie knows it.

***

There are loud knocks on their door and Alex groans. She had just gotten back to sleep. Maggie had worn her out earlier. She pulls the covers over her head as Maggie snuggles closer, pressing a sleepy kiss to the back of Alex's shoulder.

Alex grins dopily. She loves being Maggie's little spoon. She feels safe in Maggie's arms. Plus she can tease Maggie, arguing that Alex is really the big spoon since Maggie's so little. That usually turns into some... fun activities where Maggie convinces Alex that she's not little. Though sometimes Alex will still tease her and say that the only thing big about Maggie is her head and her personality. That usually leads to Maggie tickling her, trying to make her admit Maggie's not tiny. Once, Alex had conceded in a different way than Maggie was expecting, telling her that her heart was big too (instead of her height). That had been a great night, but they were very tired the next morning.

The knock comes again and Alex groans. She gets out of bed and pulls on  one of the robes they keep hanging up near their bed. They usually use them when they get out of bed and need to get cleaned up, and use them to keep warm while heading to the bath. Which isn't far, but the air is chilly when you're sweaty and have been "working out" for a while.

Alex grumbles as she opens the door, squinting to try to see who it is since the light of the hallway is distorting her vision after so long in their dark bedroom. It's Winn, she recognizes his outline immediately.

"Why." Alex deadpans, giving him her best tired glare.

"Sorry. Um, it's Kara."

With two words, Winn turns Alex's blood to ice. She pales. "What happened?"

Her frantic voice wakes Maggie from the dozing slumber she fell back into after the knocking. She sits up and rubs her eyes, not seeming to mind that Winn is right there and that she doesn't exactly have anything covering her upper half. She gets up and pulls on a robe, joining her panicking fiancée at their door.

"Nothing's wrong, Kara's fine." Winn says hurriedly. Alex smacks his arm. "Ow! What was that for?"

"For making me worry, you doofus!" Alex huffs. "So what happened?"

"She's back, actually. She has some presents for the DEO. Get dressed and come with me, it's easier to see than to explain."

Maggie and Alex exchange a confused look but comply, heading back to their dresser and pulling out their DEO work clothes. Winn squeaks when the belt that holds the ropes together comes off and shuts the door behind him.

Maggie and Alex rejoin him about a minute later, looking incredibly put together for two people who were woken up less than five minutes ago.

"Right. Um. She's at the DEO," Winn says as he begins fast-walking.

A few minutes later, Maggie and Alex burst through the main DEO doors, a few steps ahead of Winn.

"Gods, you guys are fast." He pants, bending over and putting his hands on his knees. "Hoo. I need to work out."

Maggie and Alex make a beeline for Kara, who's talking to J'onn. She pauses and turns, hearing their heartbeats. Her smile lights up the whole room and she lets them both practically tackle her in a tight hug.

"Hey! It's great to see you guys again!" Kara says enthusiastically. "A Sawyer-Danvers sandwich is a really nice welcome!"

"Danvers-Sawyer." Alex mumbles and Maggie shakes her head. "We can talk about that later. Why are you back so soon? What happened?"

"Oh, Lee and I got attacked by what I originally thought were bandits that turned out to be Cadmus agents." Kara nods to herself.

"Kara flew to a nearby town and borrowed a wagon so she could fly them all over," J'onn says.

Aww! Sanvers! They're so cute, I love them! And I need to plan this book again, I wasn't originally planning on writing these parts, just like skimming over them in a really long epilogue... I guess we'll see? Maybe I'll have time to plan... Thank you all for reading and for your amazing comments! Stay awesome!