Home Again. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

The Watchtower was quiet.

Even though they'd arrived home with Mia over an hour ago, they had all been pretty silent. Emil had allowed Mia to leave under the condition she get plenty of rest at least for the next twenty-four hours, so she was currently curled up asleep--or at least feigning sleep very well (with Mia it was almost impossible to tell)--in her bed. He stood in the doorway of her room, listening intently. Occasionally he heard the faint sound of Chloe's heels on the floor below, and the electronic whirring noise of all the computers.

He leaned his head against the wooden frame of the door, as if simply watching over her would keep her safe. He knew better.

Oliver drew in a breath and let it out slowly, folding his arms across his chest. He heard footsteps on the stairs and he resisted the urge to look over his shoulder, even when he felt the familiar touch land there a moment later. He shut his eyes for a second, then turned slowly, his expression uncertain as he met Chloe's eyes.

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[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He fell silent, leaning his forehead against hers. "I love you," he whispered, his hands moving to rest against her hips.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I love you too," she told him quietly, pressing a soft kiss to his lips and pulling back after a second, "we should lay down for while, before Mia wakes up, we've been awake for almost forty-eight hours at this point."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He hesitated, watching her, then glancing toward the hallway. "I don't want her to wake up from a nightmare and one of us not be there," he said uncertainly. "Why don't you lie down for awhile and I'll sit on the floor in there and when you wake up we can trade?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"She'll be okay, Ollie," Chloe told him, standing up and moving to adjust the sheets, "her door is open, we'll leave this door open and we'll hear her if she wakes up," she told him and nodded a little, "c'mon, we'll just lay down for a while, we'll probably wake up before she does."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He drew in a breath and let it out slowly. He knew he was being ridiculously overprotective, considering. Nothing like too little, too late. "Right, okay." He hesitantly laid down on the bed beside her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Ollie," she sighed softly, turning on her side to face him once he laid down, wrapping an arm around him, "we're okay, he's gone, Mia will be fine and we'll take care of things as they come, you can't worry like that."

Sounded like hypocrisy coming from her, but she had seen him like this before, when he was blaming himself so much for what had happened to Jimmy and what he thought he had done to Lex, he didn't care about himself and she wasn't going to let that happen again.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

A small smile tugged at his lips at her words. It did sound kind of ironic considering the source, but he also knew she was worried about him. "Don't worry," he whispered. "You won't have to throw another mac truck or rabid dog at me. Promise." He leaned his forehead against hers.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She smiled a little and brushed her nose against his, "well I was hoping I would have, it was so much fun the last time," she teased lightly, glad she didn't have to say more than that for him to know what she was afraid of.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He nuzzled her cheek and then kissed her softly, lifting a hand to her face. "Yeah, but you're already not going to live that one down. Imagine if you'd done it twice," he teased back, relaxing a little.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I fail to see how your stubbornness and inability to learn your lesson the first time around would be my fault." She pointed out, shifting closer and sliding a hand inside his shirt to rub her fingers over his back slowly.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He groaned a little at the feel of her hand against his bare skin. "So it's a good thing I did learn the first time?" He leaned in closer to her, brushing a kiss against her jaw.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe grinned softly and closed her eyes, pulling him closer, "well, like I said, I had fun last time."