So, I have been working on this story for about a week, and while I haven't finished it yet, I decided to put up the first chapter of it tonight. I actually wrote the prompt for this story in one of my other stories, but TheLongWayHome suggested I write the story, so I decided I would! I'm going to probably be uploading this one a little slower because I start my last term of undergraduate tomorrow which means I'll have homework again. However, I will still be writing whenever I can. Anyways, on with the story!
"Babe," Maggie said sleepily, rubbing her eyes when she felt her girlfriend get out of bed next to her, "What's wrong? Are you feeling bad again?"
"Shh," Alex said, voice raspy, "Go back to sleep. I've gotta get ready."
"Hold on," Maggie said, sitting up in bed, "You are not going to work today."
"Yes I am," Alex said, going to the dresser and pulling out a pair of pants.
"Babe," Maggie said, getting out of bed, "You're sick. Come on. You can take a day."
"I've got stuff I have to get done," Alex said, "Kara captured a new type of alien last week, and I need to run analysis to figure out what it is. I also need to help Winn with some of the stuff he is working on to help keep Kara safe."
"That can wait," Maggie said as Alex headed into the bathroom, closing the door behind her.
Maggie sighed as she sat down on the bed, running her hands through her hair.
It had started when she brought Alex lunch yesterday before Maggie headed in for the dreaded night shift. She'd drawn the short straw on her team and was stuck working second shift for the next two weeks. She used to enjoy working later, but since she started dating Alex, she preferred to work hours that allowed her to spend her evenings or late nights with her girlfriend when she got off.
When she brought Alex lunch the day before, she noticed the short haired woman had a cough and runny nose.
"Catching a cold there Danvers?" Maggie said, handing her girlfriend a box of orange chicken.
"Maybe," Alex said, wiping her nose with a tissue, "It might just be allergies or something."
The women talked about their days, Maggie noticing the hoarseness in Alex's throat. She also noticed how Alex was just stirring her lunch around, not really eating any of it.
"Babe," Maggie said, putting down her chopsticks, "Are you alright? You've barely touched your food."
"Yeah," Alex said, smiling a little bit, "Just not super hungry."
"Are you sure?" Maggie said, reaching out to take Alex's hand.
"Yeah," Alex said, nodding, "My stomach's a little touchy today, but nothing a little pepto won't take care of."
"Do you need me to get you anything?" Maggie asked, "Or do you want me to take you home?"
"I'm fine Maggie," Alex said, a bit of bite in her voice, "Just drop it."
Maggie took her hand back, dropping her eyes away from Alex.
"Babe," Alex said, realizing her tone, "Hey, Mags, I'm sorry."
Maggie looked up at Alex, jaw clenched.
"I'm sorry," Alex said, taking Maggie's hand, "I really am alright. My stomach gets funky sometimes. The crappy hours and food tend to do that. And I'm sorry I snapped at you. I'm not feeling 100%, and I sometimes snap when I feel crappy."
"It's alright," Maggie said, giving Alex a smile, "I understand. I just want to help you."
"You are," Alex said, putting a hand on Maggie's face, "You care. That's enough."
Maggie nodded, going in for a kiss, but Alex turned her head, giving Maggie her warm cheek.
"Hey," Maggie said, frowning a little.
"Sorry," Alex said, pulling back, "But if I am getting a cold, I don't want to give it to you."
Maggie rolled her eyes but nodded as she moved her hand to Alex's face.
"You feel warm," Maggie said, frowning.
"I'm alright," Alex said, pulling back, "My face is just a little warm cause it's warm in here. I'm fine. Now, you need to get to work, and I have a set of samples that are almost done incubating that I need to go check."
Maggie knew it wasn't warm in the DEO ever, she was always chilly when she came to visit, which made sense because both J'onn and Kara as well as a lot of other aliens that came through all ran warmer than the average human. However, Maggie was not going to argue with Alex right now. She knew it was extremely unlikely that she would get Alex to go home in the middle of the day.
Maggie had gone to work, getting home around two in the morning, having to stay late to help third shift with a big case that came in. She found Alex passed out on their bed, wrapped in blankets. Maggie could hear a slight snore coming from her girlfriend, something that was not normal.
Maggie changed into her pajamas before checking on Alex. Before she even touched Alex, Maggie could see a line of sweat across Alex's pale forehead, her flushed cheeks confirming that she was running a fever. Her breathing was slightly labored and stuffy.
Maggie sighed, hoping that Alex had taken something before she went to bed so she could sleep through the night. Maggie decided to get a bottle of Tylenol and a cup of water, just in case, before climbing into bed.
It was like Alex had a sixth sense because as soon as Maggie laid down, Alex moved toward her. Maggie wrapped her arms around Alex, rubbing her back. Maggie was just about to drift off to sleep when Alex woke up.
"Hey," Maggie said as Alex sat up, "What's going on?"
"I need to go to the bathroom," Alex said, getting out of bed.
Maggie waited patiently for her girlfriend to get back. Alex took quite a while in the bathroom, Maggie's concern growing. When Alex finally came out of the bathroom and climbed into bed, she looked wiped and Maggie could tell by the way she was moving that Alex was aching.
"You alright?" Maggie asked, wrapping her arms around Alex.
"Yeah," Alex said, snuggling into the warmth, "Just a little bit of an upset stomach."
"What else is bothering you?" Maggie asked, stoking Alex's head.
"I'm alright," Alex said, "Just a little congested."
"You've got a fever," Maggie murmured, "How about a little bit of tylonal? I've got some right here, and I think it'll make you feel a lot better."
Alex nodded, the first real sign she wasn't feeling well. Maggie rarely could get Alex to take anything if she wasn't feeling 100%. Alex took the tablets Maggie gave her, chugging the entire cup of water with them. The two women the cuddled down into bed, falling asleep.
Alex was restless for the rest of the night, moving a lot more than normal which kept waking Maggie up. She didn't mind though. She just felt bad for Alex.
Maggie was starting to wonder if Alex had caught the flu that had just started going around the city. Maggie got up around four, when Alex was really thrashing, to get a rag and some cool water. She wiped down her girlfriend's face gently, Alex's eyes cracking open as she felt the cool rag on her face.
"Go back to sleep," Maggie said softly, wiping some of the sweat away from her hairline.
"It's kinda hard to sleep with a cold cloth on my head," Alex said crankily, "I'm cold enough as it is."
"You're burning up," Maggie said, re-wetting the cloth, "That Tylenol did not do enough."
"Go back to sleep," Alex snapped, rolling away from Maggie.
The shorter woman sighed, taking the bowl back to the kitchen before getting back in bed. She managed to fall back asleep until Alex got up to get ready for work.
"Come back to bed," Maggie said again as Alex came out of the bathroom, dressed in her work gear.
"I have work," Alex said, grabbing her credentials off the dresser along with her phone, "You should be sleeping. You don't have work for another eight hours."
Maggie got up, following Alex into the kitchen.
"Babe," Maggie said, grabbing Alex's arm and turning her around to face her, "You have a fever. Your stomach has been off longer than you want to admit. I know your body hurts and so does your throat. Your eyes look like you went on an all-night binge, and I bet your entire face hurts from the amount of congestion I can hear in your voice. Just take the day off."
"I can't Mags," Alex said, pulling away as she grabbed her car keys, stumbling a little bit as she headed for the door.
"Al," Maggie tried one more time. Please?"
"I'm fine Mags," Alex said, unlocking the front door, "I'll see you after work. Love you."
"Love you too," Maggie said as Alex pulled the door shut.
Maggie sighed, deciding that she should probably try to get some sleep before she went into work later. Maggie climbed into bed, really wishing that Alex was there.
Maggie woke up four hours later to her phone ringing.
"Hello," she said, not even looking at who it was before answering.
"Detective Sawyer," J'onn said on the other end of the line.
"J'onn," Maggie said, instantly waking up and sitting up, knowing the older man never called unless something was wrong, "What happened? Is Alex alright?"
"She will be," J'onn said, "However, she passed out in her lab earlier, and she's in the med bay now being checked out."
"Alex," Maggie groaned, already pulling her clothes on as she felt worry fill her body, "I told her not to go in. She's been sick since yesterday. I'll be down there in twenty minutes."
"See you soon," J'onn said, hanging up.
Just as Maggie was about to leave, she heard a noise and turned to see Kara as Supergirl standing in the living room.
"I can fly you," Kara said, smiling at Maggie, "That way your car doesn't end up stuck at the DEO. Plus, I can get you there way faster. Traffic is terrible right now."
"Thanks," Maggie said as Kara picked her up, grateful her little "sister" was going to get her to Alex much faster than she could on her own.
There it was! The next chapter we will find out exactly what's wrong with Alex and also get more Sanvers fluff. As always, any prompts are appreciated!