Back in...Green. RP with chloeas

[olliequeen]

The feel of the green leather suit against his skin was both familiar and unsettling as he'd donned his gear a week later. It was too soon for his ribs to have completely healed, but he'd finished off his painkillers, and told Chloe he felt fine. Which was half-true. He felt better, but the pain wasn't completely gone.

She'd insisted on coming with him, and after a brief argument, he'd given in. More because he didn't want to leave her at the Watch tower alone. Now as they stood on the rooftop of a cafe a few blocks from the Daily Planet, his gaze was focused in on three guys below approaching a woman who had dropped her purse while trying to get in her car.

"Here we go." He aimed an anchor line at a shorter building and glanced at her sideways.

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[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver reached out and touched her arm. "It's not your fault, Chloe. I wasn't paying attention like I should have been," he told her quietly. "I knew the other guy was still there, I just didn't bother to look."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe pulled her arm back and took his hand in hers instead, giving it a light squeeze, "I should have been paying more attention to you, there were three of them."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He gazed at her intently. "You did exactly what you were supposed to do. You got that woman away safely."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She met his eyes for a moment then dropped her gaze to their hands, "I'm sorry you got hurt. Again." She lifted her other hand to cover their hands.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "Believe it or not, I've had a lot worse." His voice was quiet, sincere. "Thanks for getting me out of there. Again."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a soft nod, she pulled one of her hands from his and reached to feel his forehead, "he said you might have some fever, how are you feeling?"

Despite what he was saying, she still felt guilty, seeing him laying there, bleeding, coughing up blood and pale, it had been like a flashback, it was way too close.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He relaxed under her light touch, closing his eyes for a moment. "Not too bad, considering. Mostly I feel stupid."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Without thinking, Chloe leaned in and pressed her lips to his forehead, looking down at him, "I'm just glad you'll be okay." She said quietly then pulled back, her eyes still on his face.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled faintly and looked back up at her. "What about you? Are you all right?" He shifted slightly on the bed, letting out a breath.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe held her breath for a moment then nodded slowly, she wasn't about to worry him, "I'm okay- you should lay down, you don't look comfortable." She added worriedly when he shifted.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He studied her intently. "You mind staying with me?" he asked quietly, resting a hand on his stomach.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe looked at him for a moment then shook her head, a tiny, sad smile on her lips, "of course not." She squeezed his hand before letting go and walked around to the other side of the bed, pulling on the covers and sitting down as gently as she could.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver laid back against the pillows, all too familiar with the whole bed-rest thing recently. He hated it with a passion. The only good thing was that Chloe was there with him, which meant a lot to him. He turned his head to look at her as she sat down on the bed beside him. "Thanks."