Stay ◇Karamel◇

10. potential

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// Mon-El \\

"How is she?" I demanded as Alex walked out of the med room. She sighed, a sad look in her eye as she took off her latex gloves.

"She's stable," Alex nodded. "But there's a lot of kryptonite in her system. The medical team is prepping for surgery to remove the bullet, which will help, but--"

"But what?" I breathed.

"We're not out of the woods yet," Alex mumbled. I nodded.

I was numb. My time perception was off, my body felt as though it was like stone. I couldn't move.

It had been about an hour since she had been shot, and we'd rushed her back to the DEO. They'd been able to stop the bleeding, but she hadn't yet regained consciousness.

"Can--can I see her?" I whispered. Alex nods silently, moving to the side so I could walk into the room. I quickly stepped forward, letting a shaky breath out.

I quietly opened the door, and walked inside the room. The noise of the heart monitor filled my ears, telling me her heart was still beating.

I was frozen as soon as I had sight of her.

She was pale, her skin the color of paper. Her eyelids were shut, her lips unmoving. Kara's hair was pulled back into a messy ponytail to be kept out of the way of the doctors. She still had her Supergirl suit on, but it was dirtied and ripped.

I closed the door before I slowly sat down on her bedside, my hand reaching right for hers. Her hands jerked when I touched them.

My eyes widened with the hope she'd wake up, but Kara's closed eyes remained as they were, the blue seas of comets not meeting my own pupils.

"You know," I started, my voice small. "I was lost. Not just on this planet--I was lost in my life."

I squeezed her hands gently, a shaky sigh escaping me.

"And then I woke up in this hospital bed, with this beautiful woman next to me," I continued. "She was talking about how she was going to help me, and take care of me. I was scared at the time, and reacted horribly. I tried to hurt her. But later--I got to know her better. We became friends-- best friends-- so fast. And the next thing I know, I had these feelings for her. They were so strong, so...new. I'd never felt them before."

I bit my lip, my eyes beginning to water. She was going to be okay. She had to be.

"Because of you, I found myself." I laughed quietly to myself. I wasn't sure why I was laughing; there was nothing funny about the situation. "And I found myself in you. I love you..so much, Kara. And I'm sorry that I haven't admitted it before--that I only now had the courage to tell you after we didn't know if you were going to survive."