A/N; Hi guys, so I hope you enjoyed the first chapter. This was originally going to be a one shot but I had a request for another chapter so here it is. If you want more chapters, let me know: I'm happy to write your ideas. Enjoy!
The car ride home was quiet. Maggie every second she got would glance at Alex whose skin was still pale, eyes were tired and filled with fear. She hated this. She hated that she couldn't have done more to save her girlfriend faster. She hated that she couldn't take this trauma away from her. But she mainly hated that she wasn't there with her when it happened. She hated that she couldn't have done anything to prevent it.
She couldn't stop her thoughts from thinking what would have happened if she had recused Alex just a few moments later. That now instead of having Alex safe in the car with her she'd be on her way to her apartment to pack up her stuff from the drawer that Alex had specially cleaned out for her because she would no longer be staying there. No one would be staying there anymore. She hated the thought. Yet it still tormented her to remind her just how lucky they are.
When they got inside of the apartment, Alex stopped completely.
"I have to go to the DEO, I need to help them. I-" She began to frantically say but stopped when she felt Maggie's soft touch on her arm.
"You are not going anywhere; you were just kidnapped."
"I know but I'm fine. I can still work." Alex was stubborn. But she wasn't saying this because she wanted to go to the DEO but because she need work to occupy her mind. Maggie helped but work was the one thing that always took her mind away from anything.
"Alex, your… your heart stopped." Maggie replied quietly with tears in her eyes. It was almost a whisper. It was something that she couldn't bare saying out loud. Alex could see the pain that filled Maggie. The thought of losing Alex literally tore Maggie apart. Now that she was safe she just couldn't let her go, not now anyway.
Alex put her soft hands on Maggie's cheeks. Her thumb lightly rubbing them.
"I know, I'll stay." The small brunette pulled Alex in for a hug. "Thank you."
Alex took Maggie's hand into hers and slowly led her to her bed. The two lay down and the small brunette cuddled into Alex and lay her head-on her chest. In silence, they just lay there. Maggie listened to Alex's heart. She listened to every beat. Making sure that it was still beating. As Alex drifted off to sleep her heart rate slowed down and Maggie continued to listen.
She was terrified that she would lose Alex again. Her body refused to sleep. The thought of losing Alex kept her up all night. She couldn't seem to understand how one person was so, so, so damn special to her but then again it was Alex; an amazing, beautiful and unbelievably smart woman who has a heart of gold and a smile that could light up the entire world. A small smile formed on Maggie's face at the thought. But suddenly Alex's heart began to race and she shot up. Her eyes wide open. Filled with fear and trauma.
"Hey, babe, look at me. I'm here. It's okay." Maggie held Alex tightly as her breathing slowed down. "What happened?" The brunette asked softly.
"I was in the tank again." A tear streamed down Alex's face. Lightly, with her thumb, Maggie brushed it away. "I kept trying to break the glass but it just wouldn't smash." More tears fell and Maggie couldn't do anything to stop them. "You were there as well… But you couldn't break it either."
"It's okay; you're safe. I am never ever letting you out of my sight again." Maggie lightly whispered. A few minutes later Alex fell asleep again and Maggie returned to her new favourite spot to listen to Alex's heart. She stayed like that all night.
"Are you going to listen to my heart every night?" Alex asked with a slight smile as the sun shun through the windows in the apartment.
"Yes." Maggie simply replied. "I need to know that you're still with me."
"I promise, I'm never leaving."
"Good, I don't think I'd survive that." The room fell silent for a moment. "I was terrified." Maggie continued after a small pause. She wasn't sure if she wanted to or even could say out loud the thing she would say next. But she did because she wanted Alex to know how much she means to her. "Of losing you and never hearing you laugh again, seeing you smile because of me. I thought I was going to lose you and the thought literally tore me apart. I don't know what I'd do with you. For that brief time when we were looking for you I realised that when you're gone it's like a part of me is missing."
"I'm here and I always will be. I'm not that easy to get rid of you know." Maggie released a slight giggle for the first time in what felt like forever. The brunette looked up at her girlfriend with her big brown eyes which were filled with love.
"I love you, so much." She said with a smile. Alex felt butterflies appear in her stomach at the words.
"I love you, too."