Dreams do come true

Chapter 12

Day 41

Lena was checking something in the control capsule when Kara suddenly appeared behind her, "Lena?"

"Kara, hey." Lena said without looking at her.

"Are you busy?"

She noticed something in Kara's voice so she finally looked at her and saw the blonde looking down at her fidgeting hands. "Nothing that can't wait. What's up?"

"Um. Well, you gave me that t-shirt..." Kara looked down and realized what she was wearing. "This t-shirt actually, and it was one of the best gifts ever so I just— I wanted to give you something, too..."

"Kara, you don't have to, that's not why I—"

"I know, I know. But I want to, and I was going to wait till your birthday, but after the other day I thought... I just..." Her eyes — slowly, tentatively — finally met Lena's. Kara extended her hand then, showing her the Claddagh ring she fished out of her pocket.

Lena wanted to turn around and check if they were suddenly out of oxygen on the ship, since she was having trouble breathing. But Kara kept talking so even if it meant they'd all be dead in a few minutes, she wouldn't take her attention away from her.

"I wanted you to have something special too. So I might've talked to Lillian a while back and I asked her if she still had something of yours when you were little, because I couldn't believe she really got rid of everything..."

Words. What were words? Lena could only go from staring at the ring Kara left floating between them to staring at Kara's bright blue eyes, and to the ring again and so on. She knew she had to take the ring before it began floating away towards the ventilation thing. So she did, and she also knew she had to say something. But words? She didn't seem to find them. Kara looked scared. Of what? She didn't know, but she wasn't sure she remembered her own name at that moment, so there was that. Some genius she was.

"She actually had thrown everything away. But, um... she found this hidden between your dad's stuff. This ring, um, it was your mom's. Sometimes Irish mothers give them to their daughters. Wait, you probably knew that already. But, well, since she couldn't—" Kara was getting choked up, and Lena was trying her best not to cry because they were in the only place that didn't have any towels around. Kara took a deep breath then, maybe she was thinking the same thing or maybe she just needed to collect herself before continuing. "The point is, it belonged to her, so it belongs to you. I have a necklace from my mom and it makes me feel like she's still with me somehow, so I hope this can do the same for you."

And just like that, Lena could no longer see clearly. Both of her eyes were literally filled with tears, so much so that a little ball was forming from her eyes to her cheeks. She hated crying in space. Kara was ready for this, though. She handed her a towel.

"Thanks." Lena said before drying everything. Once that was done, she was still stunned, "Kara..." The only thing Lena could do was to move forward and give her the tightest hug she had ever given. "Thank you" she whispered, and there was a lot she felt she should say. But breathing was still an issue, so forming full coherent sentences was, quite simply, not an option. But when she felt Kara squeezing her whole body in response, she knew that her friend understood anyway. Hugging someone in zero gravity was somehow more intimate, it had to be either an awkward just-shoulders hug or a full body hug like this one. She'd thought that a hug like this would make her uncomfortable with anyone that wasn't Sam, but no. It wasn't just comfortable, it felt like she belonged in Kara's arms.

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