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Hair Ties and Loose Tongues
Lena was walking around campus with no real purpose other than taking a stroll after a long day of studying for her finals. She then remembered she had a cheerleading training the following hour and hurriedly got back to her dorm room and take the stuff she needed before going back outside and making for the football field on the other side of campus.
She arrived forty five minutes early and went to her locker room. She changed quickly and decided to do some warmups. She walked in at the indoor gym and saw a blonde by the heavy lifting section with a few people around her. Recognizing her friends, she decided to go have a look and surely enough the blonde was lifting weights and comparing muscles with her sister and gym mates.
The girl was built like a tank and soft as golden retriever. The perfect mix if you asked the brunette. Lena strolled confidently toward the blonde and put her bag down next to the ones she knew belonged to her friends.
“Hey guys! I didn’t know you’d be there already!” Lena greeted everyone with a warm smile.
“We’re always here early Lena, who’re you trying to fool.” James smirked and Lena forced a smile. He had been trying to get into her pants for as long as she remembered and it was starting to get on her nerves. She should buy a t-shirt written ‘LESBIAN’ in bold and rainbow letters. Or kiss Kara more in front of him. Preferably the second option.
Lena rolled her eyes and hugged Alex before fist bumping Mike and turned to Kara to see her looking right back into her eyes.
“Hey there blondie, pumping those muscles again?” Lena teased with a smirk and Kara laughed good heartedly before nodding.
“I have a question.” The blonde then said timidly.
“Sure shoot.” Lena nodded, knowing already what the blonde would ask of her.
“Can you tie my hair please?” Kara asked with that adorable smile of hers and of course Lena had said yes.
She let the blonde turn around and started the process of tying her Rapunzel hair up in her usual updo.
“Why do you always ask her that?” James piped in, sounding annoyed and Lena could honestly care less. Kara simply shrugged and smiled at her friend.
“It’s their thing. They’ve been doing that since kindergarten.” Alex piped in. And it was true, Lena and Kara had met at the tender age of four and became instantly inseparable. Becoming later more than just friends to the immense relief of their close ones who saw them dance around each other for quite some time.
“Yeah but I mean, I think Kara is capable of tying her own hair now that she’s older.” James insisted and Lena let out a sigh.
“You know James, I adore your sister.” Lena started and James smiled. Everyone loved Kelly Olsen, she was a saint and so ‘perfect an gorgeous’ as one certain Danvers would say. “Well let’s just say you are not your sister.” Lena finished her sentence just as she finished tying Kara’s hair and everyone laughed on cue. James looked defected and grumbled under his breath.
“Oh boy Lena I adore you.” Mike said, laughing loudly with Alex.
“I know I’m perfect, what can I say.” Lena smirked and tapped Kara’s shoulder to inform her she was done with the other girl’s haircut.
Kara turned around and hugged the brunette as a thank you then gave her a quick kiss before resuming her training session.
“Get a room you two!” Alex shouted from her spot on the dumbbells.
Lena simply chuckled and went to give Kara another more filthy kiss just for good measure.
“But, mummy, mama is big now she can tie her hair all on her own like a big girl?” Their four year old asked. The young parents chuckled softly while Lena was still doing Kara’s hair and the brunette shrugged.
“I know sweetie, but it’s just something mama and I love to do, it’s our thing.”
“So you always tie mama’s hair? Every day?” Maxence asked with wonder in her eyes and Lena nodded.
It was that time of the year again, that one day Lena was dreading. Picture day. She didn’t even know why she hated it that much, her mum was always the happiest when she had yet another photo of Lena she could store in her photo albums.
Either way, Lena walked to Kara’s house just like every day when they go to school. She arrived in front of her porch only to see the blonde fidgeting with the hem of her sweatshirt. Her hood was hiding her face but when she looked up Lena could see anxious blue eyes looking right at her. The brunette hurried to the blonde’s side and took her in for a hug.
“What’s the matter Kara? Did something happen?” Lena asked and tried to look at Kara’s face but the blonde wouldn’t let her lift her hood.
“I don’t know how to tell you this. I even cried and I tried so hard to tell my mom that I didn’t want to but she forced me.” Kara started babbling and it made no sense to Lena at all. Whatever was she talking about?
“Darling I’m afraid I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Lena said worriedly and Kara hesitated a few more moments before lifting her hood and revealing a nicely done updo.
“Oh I see.” Lena nodded reassuringly and smiled at her friend, “it’s alright Kara, I’ll do it when we go to school okay? And as soon as we’re out of sight you can untie it all.” Lena smiled and Kara found her smile back too.
Three weeks later, Eliza called Lena’s mum and asked why was Kara wearing viking themed tresses for her picture when she clearly remembered giving Kara a bun that morning. To that Lena simply shrugged and smiled innocently at her mum.
Maxence was adorably laughing by the end of that story as well as Kara.
“I had forgotten about that one! I remember, I felt so bad about my hair not being done by you.” Kara reminisced and Lena chuckled then leaned down to kiss her wife’s shoulder.
“It’s alright love, we both know I wouldn’t have gotten mad at your mum.” Lena said and felt Maxence hug her from the side.
“Tell me more mummy.” Then looked up at Lena with her curious eyes an cheeky smile that reminded her so much of Kara and Lena simply could not refuse.
The day had started great. Apart from the fact that Lena hadn’t slept with her wife to be the night before due to old superstitions, everything was great. Until Lena had to come to the rescue.
Two hours before the ceremony was set to start, Eliza Danvers knocked on her door and Beth, Lena’s mum, got up and opened said door to see a very frustrated Eliza.
“What is it, Eliza?” Beth asked and Eliza sighed dejectedly.
“Kara refuses to have her hair done by the professional and insists on it being done by Lena.” Both matriarchs laugh at that and Lena sighs out a laugh. Of course Kara would try to have Lena do her hair.
“Why Miss Danvers I don’t understand why such request has been made.” Beth chuckled
“Well Miss Walsh that makes two of us. Nonetheless, Kara is adamant that it is Lena and only Lena that gets to do her hair and threatened to not come out of her room if her demand was not executed by the time she had to come out.” Eliza said and Lena chuckled before getting up and following her soon to be mother in law to where Kara was. She didn’t want to riskKara not wanting to get out of her room.
She quickly entered the room after making sure Kara hadn’t put her dress on yet then proceeded to do her hair without wasting too much time.
Within the next three hours, Kara and Lena were officially Mrs and Mrs Walsh-Danvers.
“But, what do you do when mummy isn’t here mama?” The young girl asked, curious as ever and the blonde shrugged.
“I usually end up not doing anything to my hair other than wash it and brush it or a simple ponytail. I know it’s silly but I just don’t like it when it’s not mummy doing it.’ The blonde explained and before Lena could reassure her that it wasn’t silly at all their daughter did it for her.
“It’s not silly at all mama! I like it when mummy does my hair too!” The young girl explained and jumped into the blonde’s arms right when Lena was done with her wife’s hair.
“I’m all done darling.” The brunette simply said then gave her wife a soft kiss on the lips.
“Mummy I have a question.” Maxence said timidly and both parents nodded, waiting. “Can you do my hair like mama?” The question took both parents off guard and made them chuckle.
“Of course, darling, you stay on mama’s lap and I’ll do it.”