Pieces. With chloeas.

[olliequeen]

Oliver stared out over Metropolis from his place on the roof of the clock tower. Christmas had been surprisingly calm and nice, despite the way Clark had kept staring at him throughout dinner, like he knew something was going on but couldn't quite figure out what it was. It had been nice to see Mrs. Kent, as well.

But things between him and Chloe were still off and he wasn't sure it could be fixed. Not that there was anything to fix, really. They weren't together.

Sighing softly, he rubbed a hand over the back of his neck and turned to head inside once more. He needed to start packing so he could head back to Star City in the morning.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She had hoped Christmas would change things, or at least help them go back to normal but the drive back had told her that despite them being perfectly friendly to each other while they were in Smallville, things were still bad between them.

There was only so much she could do, she tried talking to him, tried to make things normal again, but every time they were alone, she felt like he was shutting her out and overall didn't want anything to do with her.

So while he was walking around the rooftop, she took her seat by the computers and pretended to research, more like poked around the various newspapers for something, anything that could turn into work.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He stepped inside, spotting her immediately at the computers as he did so. He paused for a moment, watching her work, an almost involuntary action on his part. Then he drew in a breath and moved past her, offering her a brief, casual smile on his way by. "Anything interesting?" he asked as he headed for the kitchen to grab a glass of water.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Pursing her lips together, she shook her head, turning slightly on her seat to turn towards him and watched him silently for a second before shaking her head, "no, not so far."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Guess that's actually a good thing," he responded with a slight shrug, taking a long drink of the water.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Or I'm not looking in the right places," she shrugged back and turned back towards the screen, she knew he was trying to pretend, but she was getting tired of it.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver was quiet for a moment, and he met her eyes for a second before moving over to her. "We should talk." He reached out to touch her arm, but pulled away at the last moment, growing tense as the memory of grabbing her a few days before flashed through his mind.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a sigh, she looked away then turned to face him, crossing her arms over her chest defensively, it was completely unconscious, but she was tired of feeling hurt and not being able to do anything about it.

"Are you actually willing to talk now?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He winced a little. "Guess I deserved that," he murmured, moving back into his room and zipping his suitcase shut before setting it on the floor and sitting on the edge of his bed.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Shaking her head, she took a deep breath, turning slightly to look at him but not moving any closer, she needed to calm herself down, so she was just going to let him talk.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I lost my temper with you." He turned to look at her. "Chloe, I grabbed you."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a deep sigh she shook her head, out of everything that had been going through her mind, that was the last think she was worried about, "I told you, you didn't hurt me, Oliver, I'm fine and I know you wouldn't hurt me," not physically anyway, "why are you still kicking yourself over it?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Because I could have hurt you, Chloe." He shook his head and turned away from her, staring at the wall. "I'm a big guy. And I'm supposed to be one of the good guys."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

All she could do was roll her eyes at him, "I don't know what you think, Oliver, but I can take care of myself and if you did try to hurt me, I would defend myself."

She knew she had no chance against him, but she was tired of him guilt tripping himself like that, "you are one of the good guys," she said more calmly, their issues aside, she would never question that about Oliver, "you help people, you don't hurt them."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I'm talking to you," he said with a frown.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Well," she shrugged, looking at him, "you've been avoiding me, and I know that's not just in my head."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver met her eyes and nodded slightly. "Yeah, I guess I have." His voice was quiet.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Raising her eyebrows a little she shrugged, her stomach clenching once more, "is that why? Because you felt guilty?"

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Sure thing," he said quietly, meeting her eyes.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

After holding his gaze for a moment, she nodded and turned around, sighing softly as she walked out of the room, for a second there, she thought this talk could actually solve something but not so much, they were still as messed up as before.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He watched her go, then rose to his feet. Maybe a good patrol was just what he needed to get rid of some of his pent-up emotions.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

When she got out of the shower, he was gone, his suitcase was there so she knew he hadn't left town yet, but his gear was gone, so she knew he was patrolling, she had been tempted to see where he was, but she didn't, instead, she grabbed her laptop and sat down in the living room, as comfortable as her bed was, the couch was better if she was going to be on her laptop.

Then started looking for apartments online, she didn't know when or if her situation with Oliver was going to be solved and she didn't want him to feel like he couldn't come to Metropolis because she was staying at his place.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She was surprised by the kiss, but didn't hesitate before returning it, one of her hands reaching to cup the back of his neck.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I've missed you," he murmured against her lips, kissing the corner of her mouth tenderly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a soft smile, she nodded a little, whispering against his lips, "I've missed you too."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He leaned his forehead against hers, sliding a hand to her back and rubbing it gently, just enjoying the feel of her in his arms again.