The three of us (karamel baby AU)

Unsteady (Part 1)

Warning: Kara almost has a miscarriage, don't read if that upsets you or makes you uncomfortable.

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Morning came with sharp light and warm covers. It came with tangled limbs and steady breaths. It came with soft touches and murmured words. It came and settled and as the hours passed so did the heavy darkness in a Kryptonian's bedroom. The world awoke, the city burst to life and the two occupants sleeping on the bed in the middle of the room shifted even closer to one another, so close you couldn't tell where the first one ended and the second one began.

"Mornin'," Kara mumbled, sleepily, lazily, and she rubbed one eye as she let out a small yawn.

Mon-El hummed in response and pressed a kiss into her hair, blond locks tickling his nose. He smiled and squeezed her a little tighter, pressed her against him a little stronger, as they both took their time easing out of sleep.

Kara was used to waking up like that, with Mon-El wrapped around her, with his breath caressing her skin, with her own body chasing his own, clinging to him. She was used to waking up in a tangled mess, the covers kicked away during the night, her shirt riddled up and her hair draped across her face. What she wasn't used to was Mon-El's thumb rubbing the slight swell of her lower belly absentmindedly, even though there was nothing there yet, not a bump, not a noticeable roundness. She was used to sneaky fingers ghosting over her exposed breasts beneath her pajama top, she was used to tricky caresses across her bare hips and travelling to her inner thighs, she was used to hungry touches, ones that held promise for more. But she wasn't used to this gentleness, this innocence. Mon-El touched her and there were no underlying meanings behind the act, no fervored innuendos. He just touched her, content with only that, soft in a way that of course Kara was familiar with but still surprised her. She hadn't expected it.

"Are you going to work today?" Mon-El asked, blinking for the first time and readjusting his head on the pillow.

"Not at CatCo," Kara replied and whined when Mon-El shifted to lie on his back and withdrew his arm from around her.

The Daxamite chuckled and let her pull it back in place.

"We still have to go into the DEO though," the blonde added. She sat up a moment later, turning in bed to take a good look at her boyfriend, and smiled when their eyes met. Then she reached out and smoothed a creased line stretching across his cheek that had probably formed from the pillowcase.

"Shower or breakfast?" Mon-El asked, not sure whether they had time for both, and he turned his face slightly to press a kiss against Kara's palm.

"Shower then breakfast," Kara replied and let him use her thigh as a pillow when he maneuvered again.

Mon-El used a hand to lift Kara's top, to expose that little swell of her belly again, and pecked her there softly. He whispered something in his native tongue, something too quiet and muffled for Kara to understand, and before she could ask him about it he'd sat up and pulled her close, catching her by surprise. Kara's startled squeal got lost inside Mon-El's mouth when their lips crashed. That kiss wasn't soft, wasn't quick, wasn't gentle. It was slow but eager, greedy but with direction, loud but not desperate. Mon-El groaned when Kara bit his bottom lip, Kara tagged at Mon-El's hair when he squeezed her hips, and before either of them were ready to pull apart, they were interrupted by a beeping alarm clock.

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About an hour later, the two walked into the DEO, side by side but not touching. Kara was dressed in her suit, Mon-El was clad in his DEO uniform, and everything about their image was a stark contrast to those previous morning moments. Gone was the grinning blonde with the ogling eyes, the enamoured man with the wandering hands. Now they kept a safe distance apart, though not too wide. Now they were serious and focused instead of lost in each other. Now they ran the place, the two most powerful figures in the building, although they still accepted orders and answered each one with a Yes, Sir.