Reaching Out. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

Oliver glanced at Chloe sideways as he sat behind the wheel of his little orange sports car as he drove them to the airport. The jet was leaving in a half-hour for Snowmass, Colorado. He was anxious to get out of Kansas, and not just because he was feeling restless, but because he truly thought it would do Chloe some good to get out of there for awhile, as well.

"Wanna listen to Christmas music?" he asked, reaching toward the radio.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe paused for a second then wrapped her arms around him tightly, nodding, "I know," she said quietly, closing her eyes too, "thank you."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He nodded slightly against her, wondering when they'd become the kind of friends that hugged so often, and it occurred to him it was probably around the time that she and Clark had stopped being that kind of friends. He frowned a little at the thought, and held onto her, not making any moves to pull away. Because Chloe probably needed the physical reassurance as much as she did the spoken, if not more.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She had always been a physical person, she liked touching people when she spoke to them, she liked holding hands and hugging, and although Oliver had never been one to respect personal space, she had never thought of him as someone physical like she was, she was glad he didn't seem to mind it.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He rubbed her back gently, placing a kiss against her temple without thinking about it.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

At that, she lifted her head and turned to look at him, not even really noticing that their faces were inches apart as she did.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He felt the breath hitch in his throat and he paused, meeting her eyes for a moment.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She smiled softly then sighed, nodding and breaking eye contact as she looked down, "thank you."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"For what?" he murmured, shaking his head a little uncertainly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Everything," she answered simply. She knew why he was taking her away and she knew he had been worried about her, the looks he kept giving her were enough to let her know, but she didn't want to talk about it, not yet, so she just thanked him and smiled softly before turning to look out the window again.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver kept his arm around her shoulders and leaned his head against hers in response. If she wasn't ready to talk about it, he wasn't going to try and force her. He just hoped one day soon she'd open up and let him help her the way she'd done for him.