WAIT, I rescind my last one (unless you wanna combine with this one which is poignant to me atm:) “I can’t remember the last time I was happy.” Hurt/Comfort.

musetotheworld:

Cat has had more than a few lovers in her time. Some casual, some serious, some whose names she couldn’t remember once the alcohol was out of her system. She was a woman who knew what she wanted, and when she wanted sex she wasn’t afraid to go get it, nor did she see any reason to be ashamed of that fact.

But for all her partners and all her experience, she’d never had someone cry in her arms afterwards. And she didn’t think it was the sex itself, not if the sounds she’d elicited were any indication. Everything had seemed fine up until this point.

“Kara, what is it?” Cat asked softly, hoping she hadn’t misread everything about the evening.

Their impromptu date had been lovely, and Kara had seemed to be enjoying herself. They’d eaten at a restaurant Cat would normally never give a second glance but that turned out to be delicious, and they’d lingered over their meal for hours as the place slowly emptied around them. And once they’d left so the staff could lock up, they’d ended up at Kara’s apartment without quite realizing, and from there it had been a short journey to the bed.

But now Kara is crying, and Cat has no idea what to do other than hold her close and hope her presence isn’t doing more harm than good.

“I can’t remember the last time I was happy, before tonight,” Kara whispers eventually, once her tears have tapered off. “This doesn’t even feel real, I keep expecting to wake up.”

It’s the easiest thing in the world to pull Kara closer into her side, pushing away whatever doubts or reservations might try to talk her out of this. There might be a thousand reasons to run, but Kara needs her, and that’s all the reason Cat needs to stay.

“When you wake up, I’ll be right here,” Cat promises, knowing she’ll do whatever it takes to keep this one. She’d walked away from Kara once before, and that had been one time too many. This time, she’s here to stay.