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Kara wakes up with tears in her eyes.
She had another nightmare again.
After returning to the phantom zone they just got worse and worse to a point where Alex made sure that someone was staying with her at all times.
Kara's head felt fuzzy after the nightmare. Like she was younger, scared like she was back to being that kid on the ship floating away from her dying planet.
She gripped the edge of her blanket and felt the overwhelming urge to cry.
She was terrified and scared in a way that only kids were after a nightmare.
She stood up, her hand still tugging along the blanket as she walked.
Her eyes were already balling and dripping with tears and she raised her other hand to wipe them.
She didn’t know where she was going until she turned into a familiar heart beat a thump THUMP thump.
It was Lena’s heart beat, one of the few she committed to memory and the only one in this younger state that she could remember.
She knocked gently on the door, it was barely a sound like she was scared to even try and just as she was about to curl up on the floor and cry the door opened.
“Kara what happened”
Lena had her glasses on and a MIT sweater. Her hair was back in a bun with strands sticking out.
All Kara could think was how much she wanted to be held by her.
Kara was silent for a few moments, overwhelmed and confused by big words until she pointed to the bed.
“Did you have a nightmare?”
And Kara nodded in agreement
“Do you want to sleep here with me?”
and Kara thought about it for a second until she nodded yes as well.
Lena fully opened her door and slid into the covers and Kara followed and after making a grabby hands to show she wanted to cuddle she settled down.
Her head was in Lena’s chest and her thumb was in her mouth and she would have felt a little ashamed if Lena didn’t look at her like she was perfect.
“Hey I got you baby”
and Kara nodded, digging further Lena.
Mama got her and she was safe.