"Hey, buddy, I'm home!" Cat yells as she steps into the penthouse, awaiting her favorite person in the world.
"Mom! You'll never believe what happened..." he trails off. "Kara!"
The thirteen year old ran across the room and threw himself into the assistant's arms.
If she hadn't been Supergirl as well, she probably wouldn't have been able to keep herself from hitting the ground.
"Hi, pal. It has been much too long since we last hung out." Kara says with one of those bright smiles that reached to her eyes, meaning that she was truly pleased.
"It has been, is that why you're here?" Carter asks. Kara never actually came over to Cat's house unless it was to pick up or drop off something.
"Actually, your mom and I had something that we wanted to talk to you about." Kara said, ruffling his hair as he detached himself from her. She follows them into the living room where they all get seated.
"If you're going to tell me that you're Supergirl, I already know. You both have that scar by your eyebrow." Carter points out.
Kara blushes hard and deep while Cat whips around to study Kara's face.
"We really need to work on keeping your secret identity an actual secret." Cat scoffs.
"Don't worry, I haven't told anyone, and I don't plan to." Carter tries to reassure her.
"Alex is going to kill me. She's going to run me through with Kryptonite and kill me." Kara groans.
"Sweetie, that isn't actually what we wanted to talk about, though." Cat says, patting Kara's back.
"Kara and I went dress shopping today and while we were changing, discovered that we have the same tattoo along our sides. We're soulmates."
"So, she's going to live with us and be a part of our family?" he questions, practically bouncing in his seat with excitement.
"That is what we wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to be sure that you would be okay with me being over here a lot more often. I want you to know that I want you to be comfortable, whatever happens." Kara adds. This was something that she had insisted on; asking for Carter's permission and looking into his eyes for confirmation. It made Cat love her just a little bit more.
"I would love to have you here. I think that this is really great. Honest." Carter's smile is wide, happy, and excited. Cat had never seen him warm up to someone like he had Kara.
"Thank you, Carter. That means a lot to me." Cat says, taking Kara's hand in her own and kissing her son's forehead.
"I mean she's only been pining after you for the past year and a half. It's about time, really." Says the observant boy with a grin like Kara's own.
Kara's blush turns a deep deep red to match Cat's. Neither know who he is talking about, but give themselves away on their own. Personally, Carter thinks that they are perfect together. He also knows that they both love him and that that hasn't always been the case with others that his mom has dated. Carter appreciated Kara talking to him first.
"You're my best helper, you know it?" Kara repeats what she had told him on the train.
"Yep!" he agrees with a smile that makes him look so much like Cat that it hurts.
"I'll order some pizza and we can play a game before bed, okay?" Cat offers.
"Enough for a Kryptonian, remember?" Kara advises as Cat curls into Kara's warm body like a personal alien heated pillow.
"Of course, love." Cat says, it's frustrating that a Kryptonian can eat as much as Carter weighs and not gain a pound.
Cat's fingertips dance along the soft skin of kara's thigh where she has been using it for an armrest. The impenetrable woman twitches at the ticklish feeling. She's bulletproof, but jumps at tickles. Cat flies that information away for later and returns to drawing patterns that soothe Kara so much that she almost falls asleep. She only briefly becomes aware again to play Settlers of Catan. However, she doesn't once stop paying attention to every word from Carter or Cat's mouths.
Just as they were finishing eating, Kara cocked her head to one side as though she were a confused puppy. Then, her eyes took on a look of steely determination that Cat automatically recognized. She stood and put her dishes in the sink as she listened. Kara dropped a kiss onto the top of each head. Her tone changes ominously.
"I love you, both of you. I've got to go." Kara moves in a blur before she's dressed in red and blue, her hair is down in loose waves and her glasses have been discarded.
"Stay safe." Cat replies."I love you, too."
"Love you!" Carter yells after her and Kara's eyes are soft for a split second. She nods, takes off and jumps out of the window.
"She'll be okay." Cat tells Carter, pulling him into her lap and turning the news on, looking for her soulmate on the CatCo channels.
"Yeah, I mean, she's Supergirl."
