Worry and Uncertainty. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

Oliver took a moment to gather his bearings when Clark dropped him off on the roof of his loft. Truthfully, he was more than a little shaken at the fact Lana now knew his secret. She may be best friends with Chloe, but she was also married to Lex Luthor. And if Lex found out who he was, the fall-out wouldn't be pretty.

Clark had already taken off to go on patrol, promising to keep an ear out in case they needed him back in an instant, and Oliver had simply nodded and watched him go.

Drawing in a breath, he opened the sliding glass door and stepped inside. "Chloe?" He could hear the tension in his voice.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She felt like she had been holding her breath the entire time he was gone, there were so many things that could go wrong when you're dealing with the Luthors.

Then when it took Clark longer than two minutes to bring him back, Chloe started pacing.

She took a deep breath when she heard him call her name and started towards the door, "in here."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

His expression was involuntarily stricken as he moved toward her, holding out the small box. He drew in a breath and let it out slowly, trying to calm his nerves. When she took the box from him, he wound his arms around her, pressing a kiss to her temple.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a deep, calming breath, she placed the box on the dining room table that was just next to them and wrapped her arms tightly around him, her chest tightening a little. Something was wrong.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"We may have a problem." His voice was quiet. He pulled away enough to look at her once more, worry clear in his eyes. "Lana knows."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe's eyebrows rose as the first piece of information and at the second, her eyes widened, "... what happened?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Well, it was all going pretty smooth until she came from out of nowhere and pointed a gun at my chest." Again, he thought. "She threatened to call security. I tried to get around it by telling her that I was there to help Clark, but she wasn't buying it. I had no choice." He let out a breath, beginning to pace the floor slowly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She reached out and held on to his arm, stopping him, "okay," she met his gaze and took a deep breath, "Ollie, it's gonna be fine, Lana has known about Clark for years, I will talk to her, you'll be fine."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He tried to let that reassurance soothe his nerves, but it didn't. He glanced at her. "It's different, Chloe. She's been in love with Clark for years. Me? We don't know each other that well. And yeah, she might stay quiet for awhile out of loyalty to you, but she's still married to Lex."

He let out a breath, shutting his eyes for a moment.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Ollie, calm down." She rubbed her hand slowly over his upper arm, "I know what it sounds like and I know you don't know her that well, but regardless of who she is married to, Lana's loyalty will always lay with Clark and she knows you two are friends and now knows you work together, she knows how dangerous Lex is, she wouldn't do this to you, she wouldn't do this to us."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He opened his eyes and gazed at her for a moment, then nodded slowly, doing his best to relax. It wasn't like they didn't have enough other things to be worried about right then. After all, Davis Bloome was out there somewhere, stalking the streets of Metropolis and searching for Chloe.

Lana finding out he was moonlighting as Green Arrow shouldn't even be a blip on the radar. He stepped closer to her, reached up and cupped her cheek. "You're right," he murmured, kissing her softly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe was a little surprised that her words had helped, but also relieved, Lana knowing was definitely unexpected, to say the least, but she honestly didn't think it would be a problem.

Kissing him back softly, she tried to relax a little, at least he was back, safe and with the black kryptonite, at least now, they were ready for Davis. As ready as they could be.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

After a moment, he pulled away and leaned his forehead against hers, his hand still cupping her cheek. "I love you," he whispered.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She brushed her nose against his and nodded, opening her eyes, "I love you too."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He kissed her once more, softly, slowly. "We could leave. Go to Ireland. We could be gone by morning." He knew she wouldn't go for it, but he couldn't help but make the offer in hopes that she'd surprise him. He just wanted to get her out of there, take her someplace far away where Davis Bloome wouldn't be able to find her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath and lifting a hand to cup the back of his neck, "I wish we could." She said quietly.

They had all been extremely worried about Davis and with good reason. Oliver had suggested getting her away from Metropolis a few times already and she knew it had nothing with him trying to run away and everything with him trying to keep her safe. But truth was, she felt responsible about what what happening, like if she could have realized what Davis was earlier, maybe they would have taken care of it by now, and that meant she wanted to be there and she wanted to go after him herself.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I know," he murmured, pressing a kiss to her forehead. He could feel the tension in her body and he slid a hand down her back, rubbing it gently.

"I also know I've said this before, but none of this is your fault, Chloe. None of us had any idea that a friendly city worker was going to turn out to be a Kryptonian monster sent to destroy the earth. And yeah, you and Davis were close, but it still doesn't mean you're in any way to blame for this." He pulled away to look at her, his eyes sad.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

If it was anyone else, Chloe would have been annoyed at how easily they could read her, but with Oliver, it was almost a relief that he did. Sometimes, even if she tried hard to hide something, what she really needed was for someone to call her on it and he did just that.

"I know," she said quietly, running her fingers through his hair, "but I can't help thinking that if I had noticed something this would be over by now..."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Which is why it's good that I'm here to tell you otherwise," he said softly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Her face softened at her words and she nodded, taking a deep breath, "thank you."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He kissed her forehead softly, lifting a hand to her cheek. "Clark's out patrolling, but he's keeping an ear out just in case," he told her. "What do you say to bed?" His voice was quiet. Truthfully, he wasn't tired.He just wanted to hold her.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded softly, running her fingers through his hair gently, "bed sounds good, why don't you go change and I'll put that rock somewhere safe?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He nodded slightly, kissing her once more before heading to his secret room and taking his uniform off. In moments he was dressed in a pair of sweat pants. He headed down the hall toward the bedroom.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She was already in bed by the time he got back, she was restless and really didn't think she was going to be able to sleep any time soon, but she could lay down with him until he fell asleep, then make her way to the computer room and work on whatever she could find.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver crawled into bed behind her, winding his arms around her and pulling her up against his bare chest. He pressed a kiss to the back of her head. He wanted to get both of their minds off the situation at hand. "So Ireland," he murmured. "We decided on a cottage, right?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a deep breath, she wrapped her arm around him and snuggled against his chest, she knew what he was doing and she honestly hoped it worked, closing her eyes, she nodded. "Yeah, a cottage, away from everything."