Live With Me

Chapter 4

It isn't very comfortable sitting outside on a patio chair whilst your home is being ransacked for bugs right behind you. Kara learns that as her bathing suit clings to her uncomfortably and the towel sits roughly against her skin.

Lena is right beside her, one hand in her own and the other on her thigh rubbing gentle circles almost unconsciously as though it is her body's sole purpose to make Kara feel better.

"How much longer before we can go inside?" Kara asks, the fatigue heavy in her voice.

Lena clears her throat before speaking, a clear indicator to Kara that she is going to say something that she knows Kara won't like. "Probably not for a while, I called the head guard to come down and scan the house herself because we can't trust that we don't have a second mole working for the security company."

Kara tilts her head, exasperated but nods anyway. "Ok, I think I'll call Alex and get her to pick us up then, we can go over to her place in the meantime."

Lena keeps the movement of her fingers on Kara's thigh, trying to keep her calm and the movement works for comforting herself too, the warm skin beneath her fingers warming her own flesh.

"Ok, darling. I'll have to stay here for a while to sort with the guards, but I'll come and join you guys when it is all over. I'm glad you'll be with Alex though since you can't go with any guards, she's the only person on this planet that I trust to be competent enough to keep you safe."

Kara lets out a tired chuckle. "You're probably right about that. Are you sure you can't come with me?"

"Yeah, I have to get this sorted, this place was meant to keep you safe, keep us both safe. I'm going to go through every inch of this house if I have to so I know that there are no more bugs and then we can come back and keep living our lives and working on stupid cases that result in assassination attempts like normal people."

The teasing tone Lena takes as she speaks puts Kara at ease, it makes her feel as though all of this isn't as terrifying as it actually is. She takes out her phone and finds Alex's contact, pressing the call button before she can think of what to say.

Alex picks up the phone quickly and is out of the door even quicker when Kara explains what's going on and asks if she can come and get her and if she can chill at her place whilst it all gets straightened out.

She is actually pretty put off by the fact that Kara was acting as though she might say no and how nonchalantly she was talking about the situation, completely void of any deep emotions. The only time Kara talks like that, it means she is internalising because she's in crisis mode. Since she can't be there with her, as much as she wants to be and will be soon, she just hopes that Little Luthor is looking after her baby sister right now.

Kara finishes up talking to her sister and ends the call with guilt building in her chest, clenching down on her diaphragm and making it hard to breathe. She hates making her sister worry for her and yet she has, all because she was nosy and just had to go and take a look.

It was a good job she did look because who knows who has been bugging them and watching their every move but at the same time, ignorance is bliss.

"She's on her way now, I think she had a heart attack when I told her everything though so I'm fully expecting her to be watching over me with one hand on her gun." Kara squeezes Lena's hand.

Lena shifts to put her arm around Kara's shoulder and directs her to put her head on her shoulder. "That's a good thing, I'll be able to work better here knowing that you're safe, darling."

Kara tilts her face, so her nose is pressed to Lena's neck, and she is able to breathe in the comforting scent of her girlfriend, the expensive perfume tickling her nose with a pleasant tingle. The cool air is making her skin prickle and she unconsciously curls into herself.