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KENDRA & SARA - TROUBLE

Hawkcanary Aesthetic for @snarkysnartes

I'm sorry that I care, care I'm sorry that I care, care It's really not that fair, fair I can't help but care...

9. one small kiss, pulling away for an instant, then devouring each other 

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“Spend another night,” Sara says, already pushing Kendra’s bag out of her hands. She doesn’t see it as being pushy, not too much, not more than she usually is when Kendra comes for a couple of days. 

Sometimes, Kendra shows up, and she’s Hawkgirl, and Sara’s the Captain, and they fight bad guys, and Sara always feels breathless when Kendra goes again.

Sometimes, Kendra shows up, and it’s quiet. So they spend their time in the office, Sara telling Kendra what’s new, Kendra showing Sara photos from the League. Sometimes Sara tries to avoid seeing those photos, tries to avoid the mentions of Kendra’s new team, the bright and shiny Justice League, and her bright and shiny new friends, and her bright and shiny new life.

Sometimes, Sara just wants it to be like it used to be. Not quite like old times- That’s not really somewhere they can go. But she at least wants the feelings back, to stay, for real this time, the sort of endless bubbly feeling in her chest she gets when Kendra’s here, the softness that blossoms behind her eyes.

Sara keeps her hand on Kendra’s bag. “Please?” she asks. “It’s a time ship. We can drop you off exactly when you’re supposed to get back- No one will know.”

“If I went by that logic,” Kendra says, letting Sara take her things from her, her height just enough to make Sara feel like she’s being held safely under the curve of Kendra’s body. “I could stay here forever.”

“Just saying,” Sara offers, with a small grin. “It could be a hundred years, and no one would know.”

“You’d get sick of me,” Kendra says. “That’s why I’m not around all the time.”

Sara’s caught off guard by the pull of Kendra’s gaze, the teasing little spark behind her eyes. She isn’t even sure if Kendra’s fully joking, and there’s a dark cloud in the back of her thoughts that maybe Kendra really does think Sara could get sick of her. In a whisper, though she’d meant to be louder, Sara offers, “Bullshit.”

Kendra giggles at that, giving Sara a quaint, quick kiss, and finally taking back her bag. “I promised tonight.”

Sara takes her wrist. “And I can drop you off tonight,” Sara says. “No one will ever know you stayed a few more hours.”

Kendra nips at her lower lip, and Sara takes it as a dare- She kisses Kendra’s chin, holding her wrist tightly, tugging Kendra down so Sara can leave small kisses up the line of Kendra’s jaw, stopping finally at her ear to say, “Stay. Please?”

“No one will know,” Kendra says, dropping her bag and conceding the battle. “You’ll just drop me off at 8PM tonight.”

“And you could stay forever,” Sara says, still whispering into Kendra’s ear, moving to wrap her arms around Kendra’s shoulders. “And no one would ever know.”

Kendra smiles, at Sara, to herself. For a moment, Sara has to pull back and just study it, the way Kendra glows when Sara’s holding her like this. She kisses Kendra once, gently, for fear of encroaching on something beautiful. 

It’s Kendra who lifts Sara by the waist for a deeper kiss. Sara welcomes the feeling, tasting victory on Kendra’s mouth, the idea that maybe Kendra could stay forever, and they could always kiss just like this.

Originally requested by @legendofgreenbadgers

Characters: Sara Lance, Kendra Saunders

Relationships: Sara Lance x Kendra Saunders

Rating: Gen

Summary:  Sara and Kendra are dating when Sara comes to a realization but she doesn't recognize what it is right away because she’s amazed that Kendra cares about her likes she does. But maybe, just maybe, Sara isn’t the only one amazed.

Tags: Established Relationship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Femslash

Notes: Written for @dctvfemslashweek

----Set somewhere in S1 but instead of Ray/Kendra happening, Sara/Kendra happened.

----This fic is inspired by "Head Over Feet" by Alanis Morissette.

----Shout out to @riphuntertimemasterlegend  for supplying the training/realization idea.