it’s not about deserve

    It had been a long day, one of those days where it just seemed to drag on, a day where minutes seemed like hours. All day long the only thing you had been thinking of doing was going home and crashing after a hot shower and some food. In fact, as you trudged up the stairs of your apartment building, you were planning the meal in your head. A nice slice of cold pizza, or maybe a handful of chips? It’s probably a good thing Kaldur, your fiancée whom you’ve been in love with for four years now, was to be home late due to ‘work’. You weren’t sure of the finer details, you’d taken a break from the hero life, so a lot of the information wasn’t readily available to you at the moment.  All of that wasn’t of great importance as of now though, the only thing of importance was sleep and food. And a shower, definitely a shower.

    You were quick to unlock your door and enter your apartment, your body aching for a shower. You hung up your keys by the door and continued inwards, only to stop short at the sight on your couch.  Laying across the cushions was Kaldur, dressed only in the pants of his uniform, with Lillian, the one eyed and one eared cat that you and Kaldur had taken in over a year ago, resting on his chest. Both appeared to be asleep, even though you could see that Kaldur was petting her gently. You chuckled quietly as you set your bag down on the ground and approached the sleeping duo, carefully kneeling down and interrupting Kaldur’s patting with your own. His eyes blinked open slowly, a fond smile growing as you allowed your head to rest against his stomach as you continued petting Lillian’s head. Kaldur’s hand moved to your head instead to run his fingers through your hair.

   “My apologies my love, my intention had been to stay awake until you got home though Lillian had other plans.” The gentle rasping of his ‘just woke up’ voice had always been one your favourite sounds, and right now, it was the best thing to hear.“ It’s fine Kal, the little rascal has a way of just sucking the life right out of you.” It was at that moment that the little rascal you’d been petting decided she had had enough, so Lillian jumped to her paws, did a quick stretch, and began to swat at your hair. You huffed in annoyance at the animal. You loved her, but even though she wasn’t a kitten anymore she still liked to play and mess around as if she were one. You carefully picked her up by her middle and held her in the air, pretending to scold her while Kaldur laughed  softly, his stomach rising and falling softly in amusement. As if on cue, both your’s and Kaldur’s stomach grumbled quietly, silencing any further scolding towards your cat.