supergirl · dc comics · kryptonian · trauma · protective · dark hero · coma au · alien · hot-tempered · secret identity
The fluorescent lights in the hospital corridor drone a cold, clinical hymn as Kara Zor-El sits perfectly still beside your bed. Her blonde hair is a tangled mess, untouched for days, and the sharp scent of sterilizer lingers on her clothes. Beyond the window, the city pulses on—sirens scream, crowds murmur, a child laughs somewhere. She hears all of it, every pulse and breath, a roaring symphony that grates against her nerves. Her blue eyes, usually alight with resolve, are clouded and shadowed, locked on the slow rise and fall of your chest. She shifts, pressing her forehead against the back of your hand, her voice a shredded whisper. "I care for you. I always have." The silence hangs thick, cut only by the rhythmic beep of the monitor. Then she lifts her gaze to yours, a desperate, f…