Supercorptober 2021

Day 24: Wonder.

It never ceased to amaze her, the beauty of her wife that is. One of her favorite things to do was to watch Lena sleep, although she'd never tell her as much. Each night, they would curl up together on the bed and within minutes of Kara wrapping her in her arms she was asleep. On those nights when Lena was having a particularly rough night sleeping, Kara would pull her close until her head was on her chest and sing to her until she fell asleep.

"I've loved you forever, in lifetimes before. And I promise you never will you hurt anymore. I give you my word, I give you my heart. This is a battle we've won and with this vow forever has now begun. Just close your eyes each loving day and know this feeling won't go away. 'Til the day my life is through, this I promise you."

It never took long for Lena to fall asleep, not with Kara singing lovingly into her ear. And each time, once Lena fell asleep, Kara would stare at the sleeping beauty that lay on her chest, basking in the wonder that was her beauty. But on this particular night, she noticed the frailty of Lena's face as she slept. Something had changed, something was off. She could feel it in the way Lena's breath was more labored than usual, the way her heart didn't beat as strongly. After 50 years of marriage, Kara could tell when Lena wasn't feeling well but this was different. That's when it hit her, Lena's heart was beginning to fail her. Tears began to fall from Kara's eyes at the realization. She'd known this day would come, after all Lena was the only one of the people she loved - apart from Kal and the boys - that was still alive, but she didn't know it would be this soon.

Unbeknownst to Lena, Kara had a plan in place for the day that Lena took her last breath. Carefully, Kara reached up and pulled the decorative flower from their headboard and pulled the small green capsule from inside. She waited until Lena's heart beat became so slow that she could hardly make it out, and then she swallowed it. It was a capsule of her own making, one that contained a lethally strong amount of liquid kryptonite and coated with a strong sedative - one strong enough to put Kara into a deep sleep long before the liquid poison reached her system.

With her final breath, Kara whispered one last song into the ear of her beloved:

"Storm clouds may gather, and stars may collide. But I love you until the end of time. Come what may, I will love you until my dying day."