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Lena woke to a little voice in her ear, “Mommy, wake up. Come on, mommy.”
When that didn’t work, the little girl climbed on top of her and shook her shoulders, “Mommy up!” The little voice demanded. Lena groaned and opened her eyes, taking in her daughter’s tousled dark hair and striking blue eyes who were pleading with her to wake up.
“I’m awake baby, I’m awake,” She grumbled, chuckling as she looked over at Kara who was still dead to the world, and then her face fell as she looked back over at her little girl. “How are you feeling this morning, little one?” Lena bit her lip and smoothed some of the little girl’s hair down with her hand.
“Good!” The younger brunette practically yelled.
Lena smiled despite herself and tickled the little girl’s belly which made her giggle. “Come on, let’s let momma sleep and we’ll go make some breakfast.”
“Yay!” The girl cheered and bolted out of the bedroom.
Lena sighed and rolled out of the bed, kissing Kara on the cheek. She wished more than anything that this was just a normal Saturday morning for their family, but she knew better. It was nearly ten am, her daughter never slept that late, much to her parent’s chagrin. Now though, she would give anything for her little girl to be bouncing on top of her at the crack of dawn, but she was going to make the most of this weekend, no matter what.
Following her daughter to the kitchen, she saw her already peering in the freezer and reaching for a tub of ice cream that was just barely out of her reach.
“Lulu,” Lena warned, even though she couldn’t help the smile breaking out across her features.
“You promised that after I got poked we could have ice cream for breakfast,” The little girl crossed her arms and pouted, looking almost identical to Kara.
Lena shook her head and let out a light laugh, “I can’t believe you remember that, my smart little girl.”
“Mom, ice cream is serwious. I could never forget about ice cream.” The young girl was so serious that Lena had to laugh as she pulled down a few ice cream tubs from the freezer and Luna smiled. She pumped her fists in the air let out a yes as she made her way to the island in the middle of the kitchen. She clambered up on one of the stools and waited patiently for Lena to get the scoopers out of the drawer.
“All right, chocolate, vanilla, or rocky road?” Lena asked.
“Vaniwa, pwease mommy,” Luna said, batting her long eyelashes.
“Good choice.” Lena scooped out two bowls of vanilla and put sprinkles in one and left the other one plain, she then scooped a bowl of rocky road for Kara and put everything back in the freezer. She walked over to the counter, spoons in hand, and slid a bowl over to her daughter, who squealed in delight.
“Thank you, mommy!”
“You’re welcome, baby.” Lena sat next to Luna and slowly began eating her ice cream, trying not to think about what lay in store for her beautiful little girl. It just wasn’t right, it wasn’t fair. She shook her head and let out a deep breath, determined not to think about that, and watched as her daughter shamelessly devoured her ice cream. Thank goodness for her Kryptonian genes making her less prone to brain freezes. She just wished those genes could protect her from everything, but unfortunately, she was still part human.
A few moments into their ice cream breakfast, Kara sleepily stumbled into the kitchen. When she spotted the ice cream though, her eyes lit up and she was suddenly very awake.
“Yours is in the freezer, darling.” Lena chuckled at her wife, who gave her a large grin.
“Morning, momma!” Luna said cheerily through bites of ice cream.
“Morning Lunabug.” Kara walked over and gave her daughter a kiss on the top of her head. “How are ya this morning?”
“Awesome!” Luna squealed, “Mommy’s letting me have ice cream for breakfast!”
“I can see that,” Kara laughed as she took in her daughter’s ice cream smeared face. The treat seemed to be everywhere but in her mouth. The blonde went to go grab her ice cream from the freezer, “Rocky road, yes!” She cheered as she pumped the fist that wasn’t holding the ice cream in the air.
“Like mother, like daughter,” Lena muttered under her breath.
“What was that babe?” Kara questioned, even though they both knew Kara had heard her.
Lena smirked and watched as Kara sat on the other side of Luna who had already finished her bowl.
“Can I have some more mommy?” Luna pleaded, once more batting her eyelashes at Lena.
“No baby, I don’t want you to get sick.” Lena’s insides clenched at that, but she tickled Luna’s tummy and gave her a smile. Kara gave her a knowing look from over their daughter’s head and Lena sighed, getting up from her seat. “How about an apple, Lu?”
“Okay,” Luna said with a shrug. The young girl turned to Kara to jabber on about ice cream and sneakily trying to convince the blonde to give her some of hers.
Lena grabbed an apple from the fridge and started cutting it up, trying not to let her emotions get the best of her when… “Ouch!” Lena hissed grabbing her finger.
Kara was next to her in an instant, “What happened, what’s wrong?” Kara frantically fluttered around Lena, trying not to panic. “Do I need to call 911?”
Lena shook her head, “No, it’s fine, I just cut myself.”
“What do you need?” Kara took the knife from Lena’s hands and set it on the counter, taking in all the blood.
“Just, stay here with Luna while I go take care of this, okay?” Lena gave her wife a pleading look and Kara knew this wasn’t just about the cut.
“Mommy, are you okay?” A little voice came from behind the brunette.
Lena turned to look at her daughter, “Yea, baby,” Her voice cracked, “I’m okay, I just got an ouchie.”
“Do you need me to kiss it and make it better?” Luna cocked her head to the side and Lena gave her a small smile.
“How about you kiss it, once I clean it up. Does that sound alright?”
Luna nodded and Lena, still tightly holding onto her finger wrapped in the paper towel Kara had given her, bent down to give Luna a kiss on her forehead. She quickly left the room and locked herself in the bathroom, trying to control her breathing, but it was no use. She sank down against the bathroom door and put her head between her knees, still holding onto her finger which was now bleeding through the towel, but she couldn’t bring herself to care. She couldn’t catch her breath. She felt her chest closing in and her lungs contricting, her mind racing with thoughts about her daughter.
Lena jumped when she heard a knock on the door.
“Lena?”
She heard her wife’s voice but all she could do was let out a weezing breath.
“Lena, open the door,” Kara said frantically.
Lena shakily reached up with her free hand, holding her injured one closer to her, and unlocked the door, scooting towards the wall so Kara could get in. Kara was crouched in front of her in an instant, placing her hands on Lena’s knees.
“Hey, Lena, breath. It’s okay, you’re okay, you’re here with me,” Kara soothed, moving closer to slot Lena’s legs in between her own. The brunette leaned into her like she had so many times before and pressed her ear to the blonde’s heart, listening to the steady beat.
Eventually, Lena’s breathing slowed and the tears on her cheeks dried. She sat up slowly and looked up at Kara with wide eyes.
“She’s watching a show,” Kara said softly, easing her wife’s worry, “Luna’s safe, I promise.”
Lena nodded and winced when she felt a pain shoot up her finger, which Kara noticed.
“Oh, Lee,” She whispered, gently taking Lena’s hand in her own, like she was handling fragile glass. Kara pulled Lena up off the floor and gestured for her to sit on the bathroom counter. The blonde hero worked in as silence as she cleaned Lena’s wound and wrapped it up, deducing that Lena herself could probably stitch it up later if she needed to.
“Thank you,” Lena whispered after Kara had lightly kissed the bandage.
“Of course, babe.” Kara reached up to cradle Lena’s cheek with one hand, looking her directly in the eyes. “You’re so beautiful.”
Lena scoffed and rolled her eyes, “I feel anything but.”
Kara gave her wife a loving gaze, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I truly wish you could see yourself through my eyes. You are beautiful, inside and out. You have the biggest heart that has been hurt far too much for my liking and I wish more than anything I could protect you from everything, but I can’t. You are so strong and brave and I am so so incredibly lucky to have you, Lena Keiran Luthor, as my wife.”
“I’m the one that’s lucky,” Lena sniffled, pulling her wife into a hug, “I don’t know what I would do without you.”
“Likewise, my love,” Kara replied, pulling back to give Lena a quick peck on the lips, “Now come on, we must subject ourselves to yet another episode of Sofia the First.” Kara did a dramatic bow and held out her hand for Lena to take. Lena giggled and accepted the offered hand, forgetting, for just a minute, all the weight that was currently on her shoulders. She hopped off the counter and followed her wife to the living room, hand in hand, where she could here the theme song of the dreaded children’s show playing.
Lena had never been so excited to watch an episode of Sofia the First.