Chapter 7: Epilogue - December 31st

It is New Year's Eve and so far it has been the usual work day for Clarke in the emergency room of National City's second largest and oldest hospital, St. Vincent's. Sure enough due to the special day there have also been a few early firework related mutilations and some alcohol intoxications, but nothing the team of highly trained nurses and doctors couldn't handle.

On a short break, sitting in the nurses' lounge and sipping on her coffee, Clarke reminisces about the past few days. Things have been kind of crazy during the Christmas holidays when she got home to her parents and was reunited with her first ever crush, the beautiful neighbors' daughter.

Just thinking about Alex makes her smile uncontrollably, happiness coursing through her body.

Since Alex - and oddly enough Kara for some dubious reason - left the Christmas party to go back to National City, she unfortunately hasn't seen the auburn haired girl again. They have been keeping contact via text though and they also talked on the phone two days ago.

On Christmas Day there was a major crisis in National City. According to the newscast it was something about a hostile alien race trying and thankfully failing to brainwash all children to never go to sleep and demand to read the Harry Potter series to them from their parents all night.

Apparently the aliens were hardcore Potter fans and could establish a mental bond of some sorts with children's brains, Alex has told Clarke during their phone call. Fortunately Supergirl – with the help of Alex's FBI team – was able to locate the alien hideout. Though the further details are classified the red caped heroine might or might not have convinced them to concede their plan by donating them enough Harry Potter books so that all 336 of them could read simultaneously all the time and got them tickets to the Harry Potter theme park in Orlando.

Torn from her thoughts by the sudden opening of the door Clarke looks up and is greeted by the grumpy face of her colleague, resident Nathan Miller, whose scrubs are covered with a gooey brownish substance.

"Hey Clarke, I know your break is not over yet, but can you please take the next incoming for me? I have to get cleaned up."

"Yeah, sure, Nate. No problem. What is it?"

"As far as I know the EMT called in a 32 year old male, blunt trauma to the thorax, vitals stable for now. E.T.A. approximately 5 minutes."

"Ok, I got it." Clarke throws the rest of her coffee into the bin and is out of the room.

As soon as the ambulance arrives Clarke is outside opening the vehicle's back doors. The paramedic jumps out and gives Clarke a short case history. Apparently the patient was involved in a fight and has been shot to the chest, but due to some heavy armor the bullet didn't get through. The armor had already been removed on scene by some federal agents before the paramedics got there.

Closely assessing the already unloaded patient who is conscious but looks pale and is breathing shallowly Clarke is startled by a familiar voice.

"Clarke, …, is that you?"

There, in the back of the ambulance, sits Alex Danvers in full combat gear. Astonished Clarke stutters "A-Alex? W-What are you doing here? Are you injured?" while giving Alex a hand to get out of the vehicle.

"No, I'm fine, this is James, a friend and kind of colleague of mine. You have to help him."

"Of course. Don't worry. Stay in the waiting area, I'll give you an update as soon as possible." And with that Clarke follows James' gurney which is already wheeled into Trauma Room 1.

40 minutes later Clarke enters the waiting room where she finds a restless pacing around Alex. To her surprise she also spots Kara now rising from her seat in the back and expectantly looking at her. "Kara?" "Hey Clarke, …, James is my friend too." She answers Clarke's implied question.

Having the attention of both Danvers sisters, Clarke starts her report. "Well, James gave me the permission to update Alex about his medical condition, so I guess that's ok. He has three fractured rips. One of them is severely dislocated and it unfortunately punctured his right lung, causing a haemopneumothorax. Due to the increasing respiratory insufficiency I had to put in a chest tube to relieve the pressure on his lung. After he was stabilized we informed the thoracic surgeons. He is in the OR now. They are going to reposition his rips, put special titanium claws around the rips as osteosynthesis and repair or remove the injured lung tissue. He …, he is going to be fine." She concludes.

Seeing the look of concern on Alex's face lift slightly Clarke takes the older girl in a warm embrace.

"Thank you." Alex whispers into her ear.

Clarke leans slightly back and looks into Alex's eyes. "Anytime."

Before Alex can answer, Clarke feels herself enveloped from behind by Kara's strong arms.

"Thank you so much, Clarke." She hears Kara mumble.

"Wow, in the middle of a Danvers sisters sandwich, that's really the best reward." Clarke chuckles, causing all three of them to laugh.

"I have to go now. You can wait on the third floor in the ICU waiting room, I'm going to ask the surgeon to let you know when James is out of the OR. I'll find you later, ok?"

"Yeah, ok. Thanks again, Clarke." Alex gives her a light kiss.

After another 3 hectic hours the ER becomes quieter. There are only a few patients now and Clarke is sure Nathan can cover them without her, so she makes her way up to ICU to look for James and the Danvers. It's already 1 a.m. the quite exhausted doctor notices. 'Well, happy new year to me' Clarke sighs, closing her eyes in a short moment of privacy while riding up the elevator to the third floor.

There she finds a sleeping James and some visitors in a private room. She shortly checks his patient record. Satisfied with the report she enters the room and is greeted with a sleepy looking Kara.

"Hey Clarke, happy New Year." Kara hugs her tightly.

"Happy New Year to you too."

"Hey guys, this is Clarke Griffin, Alex's new …girlfriend" Kara smiles widely and Clarke feels her cheeks flush. "… and the doctor who saved James."

"Well, I treated him in the ER." Clarke tries to clarify.

"Clarke, this is everyone… Winn, a colleague of Alex and James." A friendly looking guy in a woolen vest stands up and shakes her hand. "Hi Clarke, it's nice to finally meet you. Alex talks about you all the time."

"Really? Ahem, nice to meet you too." Clarke smiles, a little flustered.

"And this is Lucy, James' …friend." Kara proceeds.

A beautiful brunette hugs Clarke fondly. "Thank you so much."

"N-No problem. That-that's my job." Clarke stutters.

After the introductions Clarke looks around, searching for a special someone.

"Alex is on the roof, calling our parents to wish them a happy New Year. Something about cell phone reception…, but I think she just wanted to get some fresh air." Kara supplies helpfully.

When Clarke enters the hospital roof, she wraps her lab coat firmly around herself, shuddering in the cool air. She finds Alex standing near the edge of the roof, talking on the phone and looking into the night sky which is occasionally illuminated with some late fireworks.

"…thank you mom, … yeah, I will. Love you. Bye."

With that Alex hangs up and turns around, a bright smile appearing on her face when she sees the young doctor. 'She's so beautiful.' Clarke can't help but reciprocate with a dreamy smile of her own.

"Hey."

"Hey, yourself."

Alex shed her tactical gear and is now wearing civilian clothes that included a cozy looking coat. 'She must have been at home in the meantime to change.' Clarke contemplates.

"Clarke, you are shivering. Come here." Alex opens her coat and holds her arms out and Clarke happily steps into her embrace, letting herself be engulfed with the warmth of the body heat of the other woman and the jacket.

"How did you get up here? The access to the roof is employees only."

"Well, I'm a federal agent after all…" Alex grins mischievously.

Feeling the taller girl's body press so close to hers makes Clarke shiver with a sudden want. Alex apparently feels it and lifts Clarke chin with her hand, making her look directly into her eyes, and asks concerned "are you still cold?"

"N-No, I-I'm fine. " Clarke breathes, her eyes drifting to Alex's lips.

The agent grins again and captures Clarke's lips in a sweet kiss.

Letting her hands travel under Alex's shirt she is delighted in hearing the brunette's breath hitch at the skin-to-skin contact. Deepening the kiss she lets herself get lost in the older girl's arms.

After what must have been minutes but could have easily been an eternity Alex pulls away, a little breathless, and regards Clarke with an affectionate smile.

"Happy New Year, Clarke."

"Happy New Year to you, too." Clarke smiles back.

"To old friends and new beginnings."

"To new beginnings."


Author's note: Ok, so I've already posted this story on AO3 and a friend convinced me to post it here too. So far I still have some problems navigating this site. Posting this story here took me ages. There's a second and (small third) part to this Alex/Clarke crossover series. I'm going to post them here eventually. If you don't want to wait so long, you can read them on the AO3 site, My pseud there is BadWolf_TimeAndSpace.

Thanks for reading this story, comments/reviews are highly appreciated.