Depends on Charlie

“What’s wrong?” said Supergirl, taking Charlie’s hand from behind. He was sitting in chair by her bedside, but he faced away staring out the window. Themyscira was antiquity preserved and myth made flesh. It was time in a bottle. Stable and unchanging.

“Everything,” he said finally. He did not want to trouble his sick girlfriend. “It’s all happening so fast. Faster than I can keep up.”

“Diana, Powergirl, and Ivy. They’re running around doing God knows what and every time I look they’re stepping on more toes faster than I can say stop them. Kara, I have a really bad feeling about this.”

“It’ll be fine, babe. Trust me,” said Kara smiling her warm girl-next-door smile, Kara Danvers’ smile.

“Look me in the eyes, Kara. Look me in the eyes and tell me that they have… that you have no grand evil plan in motion because this is going to spin out of control. People are going to get hurt.”

“Babe…”

“Come on, Kara. You owe them nothing. We owe them nothing. Let’s, you and I, get out of here back to the Watchtower.”

“NO, Charlie, they’ll just separate us again.”

“When my pheromone is out of your system, we can begin again fresh this time, if you still want to…” he said rubbing his sweaty hand nervously on hers.

“Of course, I’d want to, Charlie. What are you even talking about?”

“Then let’s just go and make sure. We can have a real relationship. Free of doubt for you. Free of guilt for me.”

“Babe listen…” she said as she pulled close and she pointed to her own chest. “This is real. This is as real as it’s ever going to get.”

Kara’s baby blue pupil dilated as she breathed.

“If the Watchtower can confirm, then I’m happy to let them run any test,” she said. “But you realize the science on your physiology is extremely new and it's not exactly a peer reviewed journal. The science is whatever Batman or Mr Martian says it is. And I sure as hell don’t need some p-value hacked print-out to tell me whether I love my boyfriend.”

Charlie paused. Then, he asked Kara in a decisive tone, “Tell me what Diana is up to? Why are you all so afraid of the Justice League?” said Charlie, finally.

“What?”

“We haven’t talked about what happened on the Watchtower. Not since we arrived.”

“I’ve been turning a blind eye to everything that’s happened since Luthor’s lab," said Charlie. "Because I think Diana… you guys, whatever you are, have my best interest in mind. And at every turn you refuse to tell me the truth. I have been pushed and shoved out of the decision-making process because you guys ‘know better.’ But things are progressively getting worse and I can see it, Kara.”

“Goddammit, Kara, you’re my girlfriend. You owe it to me, not to them.”

“Charlie I…”

He held her hand in a shaky grip. He was trembling.

“Kara…”

“I’m pregnant.”

“What?”

“You heard me, Charlie.”

After a heavy silence she continued, “Charlie, I don’t know all her plans either, but I trust she’s doing her best to protect you, protect us," she said and she put a hand on her stomach.

“I don’t know, Kara. How can we trust her if she keeps things from us and the situation keep getting worse? How do we know she's not... I don't know... killed anyone to protect us? Is she keeping things from you the way she's keeping things from me?”

“I agree,” she said. “And I think it’s time she let you in, let us in. But I want you hear it from her, Charlie. Not from me. It’s better for the both of you that way. Ask her tomorrow and demand she gives you the truth. She won’t be able to lie.”

“Alright,” he said after a long pause. “Alright, Kara.”

“And hey, silver lining, I’m gonna be a dad huh?”

“Yeah,” said Kara. She sighed and snuggled in close. “Yeah…”

“Hey, babe,” he said. "One last thing."

“Mhmhm?”

“M’Gann and Kori’s meeting us here right?”

“Kori is,” said Kara slowly. “M’Gann was suppose to leave the Watchtower with Diana.”

“And?”

“She didn’t,” said Kara. She kissed her boyfriend before he could say more and pulled him into her bed.