After almost losing everything, Alex thinks she understands Kara just a little bit better now. Set during and after 2x15.

This isn't how she wanted to start her day. Waking up with her hands secured in her own handcuffs. Tightened just enough for her to feel them digging into her skin. Secured to a pipe in a room with no windows, no furniture, no nothing except for a steel, locked door. Things go from bad to worse in a botched rescue attempt.

When Queen Rhea returns with her heart set on vengeance, Mon-El will finally find out what it takes to make Kara admit her feelings, and he won't like it. OR: the one where Kara gets tortured and Mon-El is heartbroken. TW: Torture, PTSD. Also other appearances from Arrowverse characters, because I was having so much fun writing this. :)

After the events of "Homecoming," and a couple weeks of pushing Kara away, Alex listens to a voicemail that shakes her to her core. Her words cut much deeper than she knew.