Alex sat on the couch staring at her laptop. Maggie had went out to pick up some take out for dinner. Alex was still sitting there when Maggie returned and started to take the containers out of the bag.

"You were staring at that thing pretty intently when I left and you still are," Maggie said. "Care to share what you are working on? Is it a case you need another pair of eyes on or something?"

"No," Alex sighed. "Nothing like that."

She got up, coming over to help with the food. She opened up one of the containers and poured some of the lo mein onto a plate that Maggie sat out for her.

"So, what is it?" Maggie said. "I mean I'm not trying to pry into some deep federal secret, but it has held your attention for more than an hour and I have yet to see you actually do anything but stare at it."

"It's nothing, it's stupid actually," Alex said. "And completely ridiculous, but J'onn says I am barred from going on any missions until it's completed."

"Well what is it?"

"My social media profile."

"What?"

"DEO agents are required to keep up a social media presence. It's so that if anyone googles us or something they have something to look at. It's part of our cover you know so people don't think we are working for a top-secret federal agency. I don't know. Like I said, it's stupid."

"You have a social media page?" Maggie said. "How did I not know this?"

"Because it's …"

"Stupid, I got that," Maggie said. "What is the big deal about it?"

"Go look at it if you want," Alex said.

Maggie paused only a moment and then went over to the couch and started to scroll through the page.

"Who are these friends?" Maggie asked.

"People I went to high school and college with mostly," Alex replied. "And Kara of course."

"How often are you supposed to update this?"

"Every few months. Not supposed to go more than six months."

"And you haven't updated this in more than a year and half."

"Which is why I got flagged by HR," Alex said. "Hence why J'onn has banned me from doing my job until I update it."

"So update it. It may be stupid, but you don't have a choice," Maggie said. "Take a photo of your food and post it with some inane comment about the values of not cooking your own meal. I mean not to be critical here or anything but with just a quick glance at this page I wouldn't learn anything about you. These past posts, they are all really generic. Is that how the other agents do it?"

"No," Alex said. "I mean we aren't allowed to be friends with each other on social media unless we knew each other before. But I had to review them since I'm a supervisor. Most of them post stuff like their pets, vacations, family, friends – real life."

"Ok. Why don't you do that?"

Alex shrugged.

"I think you're making this a lot harder than it needs to be," Maggie said.

"I will take your advice and take a photo of my food and get this over with then," Alex said.

"Or you could post something real," Maggie said. "You do realize that this page says nothing about you. How is anyone supposed to know you from this?"

"They aren't supposed to. That … that thing is nothing more than a cover," Alex said. "It's not me. Those people, those friends, I don't know them either, I haven't for years. When I joined the DEO, I knew I was turning my back on that kind of life."

"But why? Why can't you have both?" Maggie asked, as she now began to see why this was about more than a simple social media post. "Yes, you work for a top-secret organization, but that doesn't mean you aren't allowed to have a life."

"I do have a life," Alex said. "With you, with Kara, with the people that I care about. Those people on there I don't care about them, so I don't see any reason to share anything with them."

"Including the fact you are gay?"

"What?"

"Look, don't take this as me trying to pressure you into coming out to these people, that's not what this is about," Maggie said. "I'm just trying to wrap my head around this and why it's something you are struggling with. You haven't updated this for a year and a half. It's been a year and half since you came out, so I'm just making sure that one doesn't have anything to do with the other. If there's something else going on here, you know you can talk to me about it."

Alex came over and took a seat next to Maggie looking at her page.

"I don't know. I guess I hadn't connected the two in my mind – at least not consciously," Alex said. "I'm not ashamed of who I am if that is what you are thinking."

"I'm not thinking anything," Maggie said. "I just see you struggling with this and want to help if I can."

"I guess I just didn't see any reason to announce it to a bunch of people who I am only friends with on social media because my job requires it. The people that matter to me know who I am," Alex said.

"Ok," Maggie said. "That is all that matters then."

"Now if you are wanting me to take a picture of my sexy girlfriend and post it, let me know."

"Hell no," Maggie said. "I hate social media. There is a reason I don't have a page."