Things Change With Time

Catra laid awake as the sun's beams slowly started to brighten the room. Her ears twitched as she listened for the breathing of the two figures surrounding her. She felt Melog's tail slowly moving in their sleep, glancing down at the end of the bed to reassure herself that the alien cat was asleep. She shifted her eyes to look at the blonde haired warrior laying across her chest. Adora has been fighting in her sleep and ended up laying on her chest, which Catra didn't mind. She slowly lifted her hand to run her fingers through Adora's hair, being careful not to wake her. She felt Adora relax as she let her eyes wander up to the ceiling, she knew Adora would be up soon. The soldier in her always wakes up early even though they normally didn't have any plans, but today the princesses were holding a breakfast meeting. Catra never went to the meetings, she wasn't a princess. She would sometimes wander around the halls with Melog as she waited for the meeting to finish, they normally ended after a couple hours. They would go to the gym so Catra could take her frustrations out on punching bags, as she couldn't do much around the large castle without the guards giving her suspicious looks. She never went into the village alone, the villagers were still scared of her. Catra closed her eyes as she tried the breathing exercises Perfuma had been showing her, but they never seem to work. Her fingers continued to run through Adora's hair, having Adora near always helps to keep her calmer. It had only been two months since the end of Prime's rein. She had found it difficult to adjust to being in a place she had previously tried to take over many times in the past. However, with the help of Adora and the others, she was able to relax more than she ever could before. The corner of her lips lifted to a small smile as she thought about the princess next to her. It had been a rough road back then to finally get to where they were today.

Her eyes snapped open when she felt Adora shifting. She looked down at the blonde to see her blue eyes slowly opening. Catra buried her nose in Adora's hair affectionately, feeling the arms around her tighten.

"How long have you been up?" Adora's sleepy voice whispered, her eyes closing again as she absorbed the warmth of the feline under her.

"Awhile." Catra admitted, her free hand gently rubbing Adora's arm. "It's hard to sleep when you keep fighting me at night. Who's ass were you kicking this time?" Catra smiled more when she heard Adora's lazy chuckle.

"I honestly don't remember fighting anyone. I do remember us eating those pastries we had last week, they were so good! The fruit filled ones." Adora lifted the upper half of her body to look down at Catra. Adora's gaze softened as she stared at the magicat. She took a moment to soak in the view she had. Catra's hair was growing faster than she thought it would, the mane was just past her shoulders now. She also noticed the ex-force captain wasn't as scrawny as she was when she rescued Catra from Prime's ship. She never realized how skinny the feline was when they were on opposite sides of the war, but now that it was over they would often try many different foods together. Adora's eyes met Catra's, and her heart melted when she saw nothing but affection reflecting back at her. "Good morning, beautiful." She said softly, leaning down to kiss her soft lips.

Catra gladly returned the kiss. Her hand on the back of Adora's head bringing her closer against her to deepen the kiss, her favorite thing was kissing Adora good morning. When Adora pulled away, Catra smirked. Her eyes sparked with mischief as her fingers moved from the back of Adora's head slowly down to her jaw, sliding down to her chin. "Good morning, gorgeous." She purred out.

Adora felt her face heat up instantly by the purr coming from her girlfriend. She lowered her head next to Catra's and buried her blushing face into her shoulder in an attempt to hide. "Ugh, Catra!" Catra burst into laughter.

"Every time!" Catra held her close, laughing loudly. "You're so easy to tease Adora!" She leaned her head against the blonde's, nudging her affectionately. She heard Adora grumble into her shoulder. "Roll over dummy, you're squishing me." She lazily tried to move Adora off her. She giggled as she felt Adora move onto her more. "Adora!" Catra huffed loudly before Adora rolled back onto her side of the bed, with Adora's face still flushed from Catra's earlier greeting. Catra couldn't help but grin and roll over so she was laying on top of Adora. She laughed as she saw Adora's red cheeks.