stronger together

Pairing: Kara/Lena

rating: K or T

disclaimer: I don't own them

Note: English still isn't my first language and i have no beta reader. And idk but that's probably bad af.

Prompt: Kara and Lena are sleeping in their bed. Kara wakes up from a nightmare of something tragic that happened years ago. She starts to cuddle up to Lena. The dream is too much and Kara starts to cry and wakes her up. Lena holds Kara.

She missed her family terribly, her father Zor-El, her mother Alura and her aunt Astra. The only way for her to see them was in her dreams. That happened nearly every night, sometimes it would be a happy memory of Astra and her playing hide and seek. She loved that memory. But there were also nightmares. These dreams always started happy, she either played with Kal-El or Alura but then the memories suddenly changed. She always woke up shaking uncontrollably, tears streaming down her face, but she never told anyone.

But Lena knew.

Sometimes Kara kicked her or started screaming in her sleep. Lena would always pull her in her arms to comfort her. She never minded the screaming or kicking, all she cared about was that Kara was safe.

Today was one of these nights. They moved in together a few weeks ago, after they realized they wanted to spend every free minute together. Lena left work early today, so they could watch a movie and order takeout. It was Kara's turn to pick a movie and of course she picked a disney movie, so they ended up watching Mulan.

Once they finished the movie and their food, they decided to call it a night and went to bed.

Lena wrapped her arms around Kara's middle from behind and nuzzled her head into Kara's hair. The blonde melted further into the touch and pressed her back firmly to Lena's front.

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Kara's eyes flew open and her breath fastened. She had to watch them die again. She heard the loud noise of the explosion before the images began to fade away. She stared at the silence as she tried to control her breathing. Before Kara turned around, she wiped her tears away and took a few deep breaths.

She turned in Lena's arms which were still firmly wrapped around her. Kara nuzzled her head into the crock of Lena's neck and the raven haired tightened her hold.

She tried to go back to sleep but as soon as she closed her eyes, the images came back. And this time it was too much.

She tried to swallow the lump of emotions lingering her throat, but the tears started to stream down her face and a sob escaped her.

As her girlfriend stirred in her sleep, she tried to cover her mouth with her hands, but she kept making sounds.

"Hey love, what happened," Lena asked, voice still full of sleep. She unwrapped arms, so she could pull back to look at her properly.

"They-they all died ... and-and I couldn't save them," Kara's voice was full of tears.

Lena pulled her closer again and slid her arms around her, to give her a tight hug and rubbed her back.

When her breathing changed back to normal, Lena began to whisper "I know I can't keep those dreams away from you, nor can I promise you they will end but what I can promise is, that I will ever be there to hold you. You hear me, I will always hold you. And I also know that that isn't much I can do but I will always be there for you." It was way too low for a normal person to hear, but Kara heard every word due to her super hearing.

"You do so much for me, Lee. Even by just holding me and letting me cry, you help me a lot, and I am sorry that I always wake you. You're everything Lena."

"Don't apologize. I love you Kara. El mayarah, right?" Lena smiled at her and kissed her cheek.

Kara placed her head back onto Lena's chest, wrapped her arms around her middle and inhaled her scent. She always smelt like vanilla and just like her.

"Stronger together. I love you Lee."