Alex needs help

Maggie got in from work and found Alex sat on her bed with her computer on her lap. Maggie walked over and was greeted by Alex's bright smile (although Maggie sensed something different about it) and her inviting arms as she placed the laptop down.

Maggie got on the bed and straddled her girlfriend, her head rested on Alex's shoulder and her arms hugging around her waist. Maggie felt and heard Alex prevent a yawn and looked up at her girlfriend. "Alex. You look shattered," Maggie said bluntly. Alex chuckled.

"Gee, thanks Mags. You do know how to flatter a girl," Alex replied dryly. Maggie rolled her eyes playfully and kissed her lips.

"No. I mean it, Alex. You look really tired," she said this a lot more seriously and Alex sighed.

She relaxed more into the pillows and made patters in Maggie's back. She wanted something to do. Wanted something to keep her busy. "Yeah well, me and the dream land aren't exactly on the best of terms at the moment," Alex said quietly. Maggie felt her heart break; Alex had kept this in for at least two weeks.

Maggie had been dumped a bunch of paperwork on top of double shifts the last couple weeks so she relented and stayed at her one place — she was not happy though, at all. This was because it had only been three weeks since Alex was kidnapped and Maggie wanted to keep the other Agent as close to her as possible.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Maggie asked. She turned her head so she could press a few gentle kisses to Alex's neck every so often.

Alex shrugged, "I- I guess it didn't seem important. I knew you were busy with work and I didn't want to bother Kara," she replied. Maggie sighed and sat up so she could look her beautiful girlfriend in her sad eyes.

"Alexandra Danvers, you are an idiot. Of course it's important, if you are having trouble sleeping because some arsehole kidnapped you and forced you to become a frickin' fish (she got a little smirk at her joke), then tell me. Tell Kara. I'm your girlfriend, I want to be there for you." Maggie said seriously. Alex felt tears in the corner of her eyes and hugged Maggie tightly.

"Maggie…" she called quietly after a few minutes.

"Yeah babe," Maggie replied softly, she stroked Alex's tear stained cheek affectionately.

"I need to go to sleep …can you hold me?" she asked. Maggie heard her voice and it sounded so small she wondered if it was a five year old girl in Alex's place.

Maggie brushed some loose hairs out of Alex's hair and nodded. "Of course," she replied, placing a loving kiss on Alex's lips.

When Maggie got into some loose fitting shorts and one of her hoodies, she climbed into bed. Alex immediately curled up, moulding to fit the gap in Maggie's body; desperate to be as close to her safety net as possible.

Maggie simply held her tight and pressed small kisses along Alex's head and rubbed her back. "I'm here Alex, you can go to sleep. I'm here and I love you," she murmured. "Te quiero muchísimo. Nunca te dejaré," she said in Spanish. (I love you a lot. I will never leave you — from Google translate)

Alex relaxed and drifted off….

Maggie woke up to someone pushing her lightly and her police instincts kicked in. She was alert in less than ten seconds and saw that it was Alex.

Alex was thrashing around in bed, her arms flailing around and sweat covering her forehead. "No…" she mumbled. "Kara, Maggie! Come back!"

Maggie gently shook her shoulder, "Alex. Hey, babe, wake up. Its just a dream," she whispered, rubbing Alex's shoulders. Alex let out a small whimper and and curled away from Maggie's hands. "Alex baby. It's me. You're safe. Calm down. You're safe,"

Alex then woke up; her breathing hard and fast and her face coated in a thin layer of sweat. She scrambled away from the person who was behind her and almost fell off the bed. Maggie grabbed her arm though and kept her on.

"Hey, hey. Alex, Alex. It's Maggie," Maggie said calmly as Alex looked around panicked. Her eyes slowly went back to their normal size and she hurried her face into Maggie's chest; sobs forcing their way out of her.

Maggie kept rubbing her back and kissing her head. "It was so scary!" sobbed Alex. "It's so horrible when you're trapped and you can breath — it was like in the films where the actors are trapped under ice and they can't find the whole they dig to get down there in the first place. It's like that. Alex couldn't physically get fight enough to breath because of the bars on the ceiling and she couldn't escape.

"Don't talk at the minute Alex. Focus on getting your breath again," Maggie said softly. She rubbed her back and said soothing words to her again.

Soon enough, her sobs died away. It left her hiccuping and tired. "Than-thanks," Alex mumbled. Maggie made her look at her and wiped her tears away.

She looked at her girlfriend knowingly. "Is this why you haven't been sleeping?" Alex nodded wordlessly and cuddled back into her chest. "Want to try and go sleep again?" she asked. Alex heisted before nodding her head.

She was very tired.

Maggie laid down and pulled Alex almost on top of her and drew patterns on Alex's skin. She soon fell asleep again.

The next time it happened was only a couple days later; this time, Maggie wasn't there. Alex writhed in bed, chest feeling tight, sweat was coating her face as it contorted to fear and then pain. "Maggie!" she cried out. A sob left her body and she shot awake. Twenty minutes of the nightmare got to her and she quickly ran to the bathroom and threw up bile. She groaned and slumped on the bathroom floor. Where was Maggie.

Her nightmare came back to her in flashes, Maggie being taken, being tortured and being made to survive in a ta k of water like she did. And then they thought Kara in. She had Kryptonite chains all around her and she was bleeding. "Kara! Leave them alone!" she remembered yelling to the CADMUS people. They had laughed and stabbed Kara then and there.

Alex flinched and put her hand out to stop herself falling. When she gathered her bearings she grabbed her phone and called the one person that could make It right. "Hey babe. What you doin up?" Maggie's voice came through the speakers.

"Mag-Maggie," Alex stammered. She immediately heard the change as Maggie stood up straight.

"Alex, Alex what happened?!" Maggie asked. Alex could see her panicked face as she walked through the precinct. "Alex. I can hear your breathing and it's not good. Take deep breaths," Maggie instructed. Alex tried, she really did, but all she could feel was water.

"Maggie. Drowning," she murmured, gagging as she tried to get rid of the nonexistent water in her lungs. She fell to the floor, phone discarded on the floor, and curled up in a ball. "Go away. Go away. Go away," she mumbled to herself.

Suddenly, Kara came flying through the window and skidded to a halt in front of Alex. Alex flinched and moved further away from her sister.

Kara knelt down and gently held her hands out. "Hey Al. It's me, Kara. Your sister," Kara said softly. Alex slowly lifted her head from its place in between her knees and stared at Kara with glassy, uncertain eyes. Kara reached out and cupped her cheek. Alex then slowly uncurled and hugged her sister.

She was safe.

She was home.

That's how Maggie saw them when she sped in. She even forgot to lock the door because all her thoughts were on Alex.

Her girlfriend was literally having a panic attack and it took her just over five minutes to get to her. Hopefully Kara got there.

And she did.

Maggie saw them sitting on the floor, leaning on the edge of the bed. Kara was in her Supergirl suit and Alex was curled in Kara's cape in her lap. Kara wasn't asleep but singing in a foreign language. Kryptonese, Maggie concluded. "Hey," Maggie said quietly. She sat down next to the sisters and gently moved some hair out of Alex's eyes. "She needs help,"

Kara nodded but kept her gaze on her sister.

"Like, real help. She won't go in the bath and will only have a shower if I am there. She steers clear of swimming pools. Every time we are out she is always looking around, she's even more paranoid than before — that's saying something. "She always makes sure I have either her, you or my partner on speed dial as well. She needs a therapist," Kara nodded in agreement again.

"Yes," she said horsely. "Maybe we should go to Midvale for the week? I'll book her in with the DEO approved therapists," Kara added.

"Good," Maggie murmured. They sat there for the rest of the night. Alex's ragged breathing thr only noise in the apartment.