Late Bloomer

Chapter 17- Belonging

According to their calculations, Kara should've been starting her rut sometime during the following day, and if her rising irritation and short temper towards Snapper was any indication, it was coming on quickly. It had been incredibly hard to pull away from Lena in bed that morning and she had debated not going into work at all, but she knew she needed to get as much done as she could before she had to sequester herself away in the DEO for days on end to get through her rut. The growing sense of urgency told her that she needed to get out of the office and to the DEO sooner rather than later, but she knew that she could at least make the last few edits on her latest article before she left for the day.

She was really proud of how in control she had been while having sex with Lena, and she was really hoping that someday she wouldn't have to rely on blowing out her powers to get through her rut, but since it would be the first time they would be together during it and Lena's first full heat they decided together that it would be smart not to change anything just yet.

That meant that Kara needed to blow her powers and they needed to be within the DEO, just in case anything went wrong with either of them and they needed to be restrained or needed medical attention. Kara shouldn't need the krestrogen lozenge, since she'd be getting it from Lena and vice versa, but she wanted them on hand in case felt she needed to take the edge off. That all being said, they did make sure that instead of hospital beds in the medical bay they'd have a real bed and a more private room. No one wanted a repeat of some of the issues they had last time, Alex had seen quite enough for a lifetime.

The elevator pinged and Kara didn't pay it any mind until the scent of an almost-in-heat Lena hit her like a ton of bricks. Her head whipped up towards the elevator immediately, mouth opening to take in more of the scent so she could taste it on her tongue. What was Lena doing at Catco in the middle of the day? They had planned to have dinner together at Lena's and then head to the DEO for the night to be on the safe side, so she hadn't expected to see her until later.

"Hey Kara. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah, of course!" Kara nodded and led Lena towards her office, which she rarely used since she preferred her desk in the bullpen, so they could have a bit of privacy, closing the door behind them and leaning in for a kiss. Lena dodged her advances and backed up a few steps, which made Kara's heart jump in her chest and a spike of heat run down her spine. Lena was hers, so why did she pull away from her kiss? Kara's instincts told her to reach out and grab Lena, pull her towards her and kiss her until she was gasping for breath and limp in Kara's hold, but she held herself back at Lena's wary look. Was something wrong?

"Lena...?"

"Sorry. I, erm... I just don't think I'll be able to stop, if you kiss me right now. It's... coming fast, and it's worse than last time. I'm really trying not to breath too much right now and I definitely shouldn't stay too long in this room with you. That's why I'm here – I decided to leave work early and I think I should probably just head straight to the DEO. Do the weird pillow hoarding thing there instead of my apartment."

Kara laughed, trying to focus on the humor and not the beginning parts of Lena's statement, for her own sanity. Thinking about it, she would probably have a hard time stopping also if she kissed Lena right then. She'd probably end up bending Lena over the small desk, casting everything that was on the desk onto the floor. She'd grind her sern into Lena, nibble on her neck...

And that would be her rut talking. She shook off the thoughts as best she could, but wasn't entirely successful.

"That's fine, good. I'm almost done here and then I'll head over too."

Lena smiled gratefully before hesitating and biting at her bottom lip. "There's something else... It's probably not the best time to talk about this, and so we should definitely talk about it again afterwards when the hormones have settled but... the contraception is ready. I'll have about 72 hours after my heat to take it. If we decide I should take it."