Disclaimer: Sanvers fans, don't be mad at me, this is in a universe where Alex and Maggie never happened. Maggie hasn't been introduced, yet. This story picks up from the Christmas Party at Kara's and loosely follows the current storyline with Reign.

Chapter 1 – Admitting It:

This was not supposed to happen. She didn't want to fall for one of her little sister's co-workers. Especially not one with a child. A teenager to be specific. She had always wanted children, but that was always someday. Not today, not even this week. Yet, something about Sam had pulled her in, that something's name, was Ruby. They had bonded over Supergirl. She had mentioned that she works with Supergirl and that was it, Ruby was hooked. She even had four questions straightaway. She shouldn't have bragged about Kara, but she couldn't help herself. She loved talking to someone else about how spectacular Kara was. She wouldn't tell her that Kara was Supergirl, but, it was still nice to gush about the goodness of Supergirl to someone innocent, someone who still believes in heroes and all that they represent. Someone who saw Supergirl with nothing but admiration in their eyes, like herself.

While Kara, Lena, and Sam were bonding at the Christmas party, she was content with Ruby on the couch. Talking about the recent good deeds Supergirl had pulled off. Stealing smiles from Sam whenever she had the chance, when Ruby wasn't looking. She hadn't been feeling herself lately, with all the Jeremiah drama, and with helping Kara get over Mon-El, that she had been feeling so lonely, lost in her own head. The new masked woman playing vigilante around town wasn't helping either. It had J'onn on high alert, which in turn, put her on edge. It was nice to escape to a world of heroes, where good always won and evil was always neatly vanquished. Ruby didn't see the tragedy and despair that sometimes came with saving the world, like with the loss of Professor Stein. Although she didn't know the Professor well, she still felt the impact of the Legends loss. She could relate to the way his family must have felt as Jax broke the news to them. She couldn't imagine losing Kara, let alone in the field, as she fought alongside her.

"Hey Alex," Ruby says, pulling her out of her thoughts.

"Yeah?" She says shaking her head, as if to clear the bad thoughts out of her mind.

"My mom has been working really late some nights, and, I get scared sometimes…" Ruby starts to trail off, as she looks down, deciding if she should let her guard down.

"It's okay, you can talk to me, is something bothering you? You know your mom works a lot so that she can take care of you," She offers, trying to get Ruby to open up to her. She touches Ruby's arm, to convey her feelings. Then, she looks over to Sam, the adoration on her face clear. Sam smiles at her as they catch each other's glance, she tucks a strand of hair behind her ear smiling to herself, and turns her attention back to Lena and Kara.

She turns back to Ruby and puts her arm around her, encouraging her to speak freely.

Ruby subconsciously nuzzles into Alex's arm. "Yeah, I know. I was going to ask if I could call you sometimes, like, to see if you could come by…to, uh, make sure everything is alright when my mom is at the office?" Ruby immediately looks away from Alex, as if she is ashamed to admit to Alex that she gets scared.

She smiles as she holds out her hand, "Can I see your phone?" she asks Ruby.

Ruby's face lights up as she realizes that Alex has agreed. She reaches into her hoodie and grabs her phone. She tries to not look too eager, but Alex can see right through front.

"It's okay to admit when we are scared, I want you to know, that I'm always here for you, and your mom. Who knows, maybe if I'm with Supergirl on a mission, we can stop by, together, once it's taken care of." She smiles at Ruby as she hands her the phone back.

"I would die." Ruby simply says, as she gazes off, thinking of Supergirl.

"We have to go," she overhears J'onn say to Kara as Kara looks in her direction.

With a nod, she looks over to Ruby, "I have to go. Call me, if you need me." She hugs Ruby as she heads out. Sam smiles and mouths, "Thank you," as she passes her. She reaches out and touches Sam's hand and squeezes. Earning her a side-glance from Lena.