Dreams do come true

Chapter 23

Day 6 on Mars

Lena had thought quite a few times before that Kara couldn't be more beautiful. She woke up before the blonde and one glance was all it took to see how wrong she was.

She went to train with a smile on her face. Then they all had breakfast together and started working. It was all so incredibly domestic and a nice change of pace from the last six months. It was essentially the same routine, but there was something different about not being on the ground.

They had caught the first proper sunrise the day before, it had been insane but they didn't have time to dwell on it much. Yet, in the course of the last few hours, things changed and they started to settle. So, finally, Lena went 'outside' and sat on the big rock that was almost on the edge of the camp. A few steps more and she'd have looked like a fool bumping into 'nothing'. She just wanted to sit there and really experience her first sunset on Mars.

Everyone else had pretty much the same idea. Maggie and Nia were inside, a blanket over them, and were looking out the window. Sam and Alex sat together on the ground of the Bubble, as far from Lena as possible, to have their little private moment.

Kara hesitated. For a brief moment she wondered if she should take a camera with her to capture Lena sitting on that rock, looking at the horizon.

Then she thought better of it. Photos could wait, she didn't want to miss a single second of this.
She looked nervous when she reached the rock.
Kara didn't know if Lena wanted company.
However, the other woman saw her, she saw her fidgeting hands and her shy eyes. Lena moved forward and patted the little space next to her — behind her, actually, because her body was facing the sun.

Kara's grin was blinding, she sat there and opened her arms. Lena was quick to lean into her, her back to Kara's front. Her head on Kara's cheek.

"It's weird to think it's the same sun, it looks so small." Kara whispered, it felt wrong to raise her voice above that.
This moment didn't need extra sounds, just the barely-audible breeze, the dust moving against the rocks, their equipment working in the distance.

"Yeah, it is. But it's still beautiful, isn't it?" Lena seemed to agree with her about the volume of their voices, and Kara was grateful. Lena's voice was always a welcome sound and her almost breathless 'beautiful' would haunt — in the best way possible — Kara's dreams for a while.

It was beautiful, but that word actually fell short on so many levels. With the red sky turning blue as the sun began to meet the horizon, still unfamiliar dust beneath her, the almost fresh air on her face, and the woman she loved in her arms...
Kara had never experienced anything like this moment. She was afraid that she would never be able to put it into words.

Then Lena shifted. She was no longer against Kara but she didn't move far away either. She was still in her arms, putting a little distance so that she was able to turn around.

Their eyes met and Lena was still whispering when she asked, "Can I kiss you?"

Kara had not seen that question coming, in retrospective, that was pretty oblivious of her.
Anyway, it took her brain maybe a second to catch up, but when it did she answered by leaning in and sharing the best first kiss in the history of first kisses.

It was, in part, the setting. Of course, the knowledge in the back of their minds that they were the first humans to have a first kiss on Mars had something to do with it as well. But it was mostly having their first kiss with the person they already loved. Tasting each other's lips and tongues with the softness and affection that only people who were putting all of their feelings on their actions were able to.

They broke apart just barely. They kept their foreheads resting together, seeing the Sun set out of the corner of their eyes. Lena was the first to speak in a new kind of breathless tone that disarmed Kara, "I'm think I'm in love with you." Because she needed to say it, even if she thought Kara had already figured it out.

Kara had not, in fact, figured that out. She was not expecting such a confession, even if she could feel some kind of emotion from Lena a few seconds ago. She remembered how to breathe again and smiled. And not wanting to break this moment between them, she kept the whispering voice, "Thank God, because I'm in love with you too."

They kissed again. Lena's hands were on Kara's cheeks, and Kara's hands were on the other woman's back and everything about this moment was perfect. Except—

"You owe me fifty bucks, Sawyer!" Alex yelled from their own corner so Maggie could hear her inside.

Nia and Maggie ran outside. Even though Kara and Lena had stopped kissing when they heard Alex, they were still very much in each other's arms. Lena burying her head in Kara's shoulder, and Kara's flushed face in full display.

"Finally!" Nia screamed and clapped, she was delighted.

Maggie groaned, but only for having lost yet another bet to the oldest Danvers, she was trying to hide a smile. "You couldn't have waited 3 more days, could you?"

Sam had her own arms wrapped around Alex and they were extremely happy about the other two.
Lena finally acknowledged all of them and smiled. She gave Kara a little peck on the lips and leaned back to her to watch the spot where the sun had been just a moment ago.

The six of them were a family by now. She was even glad they were there to share this moment with her. And as Maggie and Nia sat down leaning against the rock they were on just to annoy them, Lena laughed and thought she wouldn't have it any other way. She let herself feel the love of these five women, and she could finally feel peace inside of her.

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Sooo, on time today. I hope you enjoyed this chapter, let me know what you think. Have a nice day <333