Disclaimer: I do not own Supergirl or any of the character and terms associated with it, this collection of story's have been written for fanfiction only and are in not way an attempt to claim ownership of the programme or comic series.

Relevant information: This will be a collection of various one shots. Some chapters may be linked, but most will have no correlation to each other. Each chapter will be its own individual story. This is a dumping ground as such for all the extra ideas I have running through my head that can not be developed enough to make a full blown multi chapter story. Some stories will follow cannon, those which do I will reference where they occur in the series before the story, some chapters may be completely AU. I will be in saying I am a big Fluff, Angst & Hurt/Comfort writer, so those will be writing themes you may see a lot throughout these one shots.

Pairings: Mainly Supercorp/Karalena, may be just friendship or relationship. Danvers Sisters, Kara/Maggie friendship. I will be honest I do not like Mon-el, if he is in any stories he wont be portrayed in a good light.

Rating: For now, I will rate this collection T, if at a later stage series topics are brought up on one shots I will change the rating to M.

Warnings: If a one shot is going to content sensitive issues or possible trigger topics a full warning will be give at the beginning of the chapter that story is on.

Finally: I hope you enjoy these one shots, please let me know what you make of each one, and if you have any requests/suggestions for a one shot, please feel free to ask!

What a Koala Needs.

Lena laughed to herself quietly upon waking up, feeling that familiar sensation that she felt everyday now.

Kara Danvers was practically a puppy.

Lena Luthor knew this.

She knew it the moment that she first saw the younger woman.

She was adorable. She was awkward in an endearing way. She was shy but yet so very confident. She was kind and loving.

She was one of those people you could not stay mad at for long, especially when she used that pout against you, or those eyes.

Those puppy eyes.

Yes, Kara Danvers was a puppy.

Lena knew this when they became best friends. She knew this when they started dating months ago.

It was knowing this that made her realise that the younger woman was Supergirl, the revelation only bringing them closer together as they bridged the gap from best-friends to girlfriends.

So really, with all this in mind, the way in which she wakes up every morning really should not surprise her.

But it does.

Every time, without fail.

If Kara Danvers, Supergirl, Kara Zor-el was a puppy, then it should be no surprise what so ever that she was also an intensely cuddly sleeper.

It should be no surprise that she would wrap herself around her girlfriend so tightly that it was impossible to escape the cocoon of blankets and limbs.

It should be no surprise that the only response at attempting to wake her would cause her to cling tighter and hide in Lena's neck.

At first Kara had tried to distance herself, to stop herself from getting too cuddly when tired Lena had noticed.

At first, they would always start out laying closely besides each other.

After finding herself waking every morning with her arms full of blonde alien, Lena began to assume the role of 'the big spoon' holding Kara from behind while falling asleep.

Even then it still resulted in the same situation come morning when they both woke up; Lena being used as a pillow for Kara to cuddle up to having moved in the night to assume her favourite and seemingly only sleeping position.

A few months into their relationship Lena made an observation about her girlfriend's sleeping habits.

The nights they stayed together Kara slept peacefully cuddled up to Lena, she was full of energy the next day having rested well. However, she noticed that the few nights a week they didn't spend together Kara seemed weary the next day, as though she had not slept at all.

This prompted Lena to speak with Alex about the situation.

Not that the conversation offered much insight.

Alex had told Lena that ever since Kara arrived on earth the girl had trouble sleeping at night. She didn't know why, as Kara had never told her, but she did know that unless Kara was able to keep in physical contact with someone that she trusted she would not sleep.

More time went by, Lena now accepting the cuddliness as just being a part of the way Kara was, thinking that maybe it helped her process all that she dealt with through the day in her duties as Supergirl.

Maybe Kara just need to be close to someone, be held by someone, after having to be so strong throughout the day.

It wasn't until a movie night where Alex and Maggie stayed late, that Lena learnt that the way Kara was close with herself was completely different to the way in which she used to have been close to Alex when younger.

All four of them had fallen asleep on the couches tired from a long day, Lena had been the first to wake, finding herself in the all too familiar position that still shocked her.

Alex had been the next to wake up.

Alex had been completely and utterly shocked at the position in which Kara and Lena were lying in.

Kara was wrapped around Lena like a koala.

She was lying completely on top of her girlfriend with her one arm wrapped around Lena's neck, while the other was up against her own chest her hand clinging to Lena's blouse balling the material up in her fist. Kara's one leg was entangled and wrapped around one of Lena's while her other leg was thrown over her girlfriend's stomach effectively pinning her down.

Lena on the other hand was trapped underneath Kara, she could not move a muscle without Kara wrapping herself tighter around her girlfriend as she slept peacefully.

Alex had never seen anything like it in her life, when Lena had spoken to her about Kara's cuddliness she had no idea it was this extreme.

Seeing the two of them like this was hilarious, she couldn't help but burst into a loud laugh, causing both Maggie and Kara to stir.

Maggie being confused at first but after seeing the two younger girls tangled so ridiculously she began laughing too, while Kara just mumbled about too much noise cuddling closer into Lena, tucking her head under her girlfriend's chin and promptly falling back to sleep again.

Lena didn't really think much of it, she just assumed that maybe Kara was cuddlier with her than others due to them being together romantically.

Until almost a month ago.

When Lena had been away for over a week on a business trip.

She had managed to complete the deal quickly and was coming back home a day earlier than expected, she hadn't told Kara this wanting to surprise her girlfriend.

Instead it was Lena that was surprised when entering her girlfriend's apartment with the key that Kara had given to her a few weeks prior.

Walking in Lena could see all the lights were on, even though it was gone 2am in the morning. At first Lena thought that maybe Kara had been called away on a Supergirl emergency, but the window that she usually left through was closed, with the curtains drawn tight in front of it.

Lena could hear a bang from the bedroom, followed by another one a few seconds after and another after that.

Frowning Lena dropped her bag by the wall before closing the door and making her way towards the bedroom.

What she saw when she entered the room caused her to stop in her tracks.

Kara was huddled on the floor in a corner, her knees drawn up to her chest, arms wrapped around herself hands covering her ears, eyes screwed shut tightly as tears rolled down her cheeks, rocking back and forth banging her head hard on the wall behind her every few seconds.

"Kara!" Lena yelled, noticing how her raised voice caused the girl in front of her harshly flinch.

"Hey, no, stop. You're hurting yourself." Lena said rushing forward to pull Kara away from the wall to stop her from hitting her head again.

She knew that Kara was Supergirl, she knew it wouldn't hurt her as much as any other person, but she had no idea how long Kara had been like this.

From the looks of the wall it had been some time, she could see bits of plaster missing, and she was sure there was some blood on the wall, surly that must be hurting Kara by now if she was bleeding, right?

Lena was surprised at how easily Kara let herself be handled and moved, she was further surprised when Kara all but collapsed into her arms clinging on tightly while trembling.

Bewildered by the situation Lena settled on the floor, leaning her body against the wall as she pulled her girlfriend into her lap, so that Kara's head was on her chest, wrapping an arm around her girlfriend's legs that were crossed over her own, holding her in place.

"It's too loud, please it's too loud." Kara cried trying to burrow further into Lena's arms, causing Lena to frown, not understanding what her girlfriend was referring to.

Not knowing what else to do, Lena began to stroke Kara's one leg, bringing her other hand away from its resting place on her back to hold her head closer to her chest, gently running her thumb over the blonde's hair.

Lena could feel Kara tense and could hear her whimper at the same time a car horn sounded in the distance.

It was then she understood what was happening.

Kara was having a sensory overload.

Her super hearing picking up every single sound for miles and magnifying them all.

Lena knew then that she had to draw Kara's attention away from all the sounds of the city, she needed to get Kara to focus on just one thing, so she could calm down.

"Kara can you hear me?" Lena spoke softly, her lips mummering the words into the blonde head against her chest.

"Lena! It's too much." Kara cried desperately, her voice sounding tired.

Lena began to wonder how much sleep the girl had gotten since she had been away, she wondered how much that had to do with the sensory overload, or whether it was the noises that didn't allow Kara to sleep in the first place.

"I know Darling, I know it's hard, but I want you to try and focus on me, just me. Block out everything else for now, can you try and do that for me?" Lena asked, resting her cheek against Kara's forehead for a moment, before pulling back gently.

Using her hand that was caressing Kara's hair, Lena brought her head up so they could look into each other's eyes.

"Focus on me, okay?" she said again, smiling when Kara nodded, keeping her blue eyes locked with Lena's own green ones.

"Stay with me." Lena said using her hand to pull Kara's head closer to her own, resting their foreheads together after she felt Kara flinch again.

"Your heart is beating really fast." Kara said breathlessly after a few more minutes had passed.

"I'm not surprised, you gave me a scare." Lena replied with a small chuckle, feeling herself begin to relax as she watched her girlfriend relax from her earlier tension.

"I'm sorry you had to see me like that." Kara said after a few moments, her eyes looking down.

"Shh." Lena silenced her following with a small kiss.

"You have nothing to apologise for." She assured afterward, not liking how self-conscious her girlfriend now seemed.

"Has that ever happened before?" Lena wondered out loud after a pause, only to receive a nod in confirmation.

"Before we started dating or after?" She asked further her eyebrows rising in question.

"Both." Kara admitted quietly.

"It's always the worst at night." She continued.

"Why didn't you tell me, I could have helped?" Lena asked gently, wondering how many times Kara had gone through a sensory overload like this alone, wondering how she had managed to without Lena realising what was happening.

"You have helped. You do, you help me so much without even realising, it's only when I'm on my own that it gets that bad…When I'm alone, it's just too much. Everything is too loud, and so dark at night. The whole world seems that much darker, everything gets more intense, and I can't ground myself. It feels like I'm back in space again in my pod, completely trapped in darkness with nothing but the sound of my home planet exploding. But when I'm with you I feel completely at ease. Touching you, feeling you, it brings me back from the darkness. I feel relaxed in a way I haven't known since Krypton. You make me feel safe again. You make me feel like I truly belong here, that I have a home again." Kara said honestly, gazing into Lena's eyes with so much love, that Lena had no doubts in her mind about anything that Kara had just said to her.

It was in that moment that Lena understood Kara's need for physical contact, for her need to be close to those she loved. Being close allowed her to focus her senses on the person she was with. It helped her ground herself. It helped her feel safe and relaxed enough to shut the rest of the world out and just be.

Being able to be that for Kara was an amazing feeling.

Every morning when she woke up she felt so loved, so wanted and so needed that it amazed her.

To feel loved was something Lena had yearned for since she was a child.

Kara was able to give her that so easily, with every little gesture, every kiss, every smile.

Kara gave that to her without even having to say the words, and Lena loved her back so deeply for that, more than she knew was possible.

She may still be surprised by it, but she no longer felt shocked or overwhelmed by it.

Sighing, Lena stretched, popping her muscles back into place before bringing her arms up to encircle Kara and tug her closer than she already was. She smiled as she relaxed into the hold and relaxed into the place she enjoyed being every morning.

"I love you, my little Koala." She whispered dropping a kiss to the head nestled against her neck.

Content to just be cocooned in the safety of her girlfriend's arms as her girlfriend found safety in her touch.

Loved, wanted and needed, oh so very needed.

Authors Note: So, let me know what you think, and if you have any requests!