Conversations on a Balcony

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A/N: Just a very short one today, Guys. Sorry. I'm super-busy at work with end of year enhancements so I'm coding my butt off right now!


"She's going to be ok, Kara." Alex moved across the DEO balcony and wrapped her arms around her sister, rocking her gently as Kara clung desperately to her. "She's very strong."

"She's human," the hero replied, lifting her glasses and wiping her sleeve across her eyes. "And so fragile."

The director nodded slowly. "You got her here faster than an ambulance would have gotten her to a hospital. It was a close call."

"I knew there was something wrong," Kara replied on a sniffle. "She was complaining of pain and thought it was indigestion, but I could hear an irregularity in her heart rhythm and when I x-rayed her chest..." She started crying again.

"You saw the blockage," the director finished, rubbing up and down her sister's arms.

"Yeah," the blonde sniffled. "When she collapsed, I just got her here as quickly as I could." She shook her head. "Cat is the love of my life, Alex. I can't lose her."

"You're not going to any time soon, I promise," the director soothed. "She's doing really well. She's already bossing her doctor and nurses around, and asking for her phone and laptop."

Kara laughed through her tears. "That sounds like my wife, for sure." She tilted her head then. "You didn't treat her yourself?"

Alex shook her head, taking a few steps away and letting her hands rest on her hips. "I couldn't," she said, looking back at her sister. "I was too..." She blew out a long breath. "Doctors aren't supposed to treat their own family and it's a good rule. My hands were shaking so damn much..." She trailed off as Kara nodded understandingly. "But I was there with her the whole time."

I know," Kara replied. "Thank you, Alex."

"Alright, you want to go see her? Bring that gorgeous kid of yours before Vasquez decides to run away with her?"

"Sure do," the hero smiled, calmer now. She headed back inside to rescue her child from all the snuggles Sue was inflicting on her and Alex just took a moment to breathe. She would never forget the look of agony on her sister's face when she'd landed on the balcony, carrying the unconscious Cat in one arm and Abby in the other.

Not for the rest of her life.