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Alex sighed as she shut the door behind J’onn and Winn, giving one final wave to them as they headed back out to the car. It had been touch and go for a while there with Kara, but now she was safe and healing. As much as Alex would have preferred to keep Kara at the DEO, she’d insisted upon going home so that she could get some rest in her own bed.

Which was why Alex found herself puttering around her sister’s kitchen, cleaning up some of the dishes left in the sink and generally tidying up the place. It was calming. Something to take her mind off of what had happened that day. Kara… her whole life, Alex was her protector, keeping her safe. And then on days like this, when some psycho managed to hurt Kara… It rocked Alex to her core.

Her hands shook under the hot water from the tap and she balled them into fists, hoping it would steady them. Soft footsteps from the other room made Alex look up and she saw Kara standing there, a blanket draped around her shoulders. Not quite the cape she was used to wearing, but Alex liked it better on her.

“You shouldn’t be up,” Alex said, shutting the water off, her tone business-like. “You need to be in bed, resting. I was just cleaning, I’ll be out of here soon.”

“Stay with me tonight?” Kara asked, her voice soft, almost pleading. Alex resisted the urge to sigh. How could she say no to that? How could she say no to Kara? She couldn’t.