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]

He leaned over a little and pressed a kiss to her forehead. "That's not gonna happen," he whispered intently. "I'm not leaving you. Unless you throw me out." A smile quirked his lips.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Unconsciously, Chloe leaned closer to him, opening her eyes to look at him, a soft frown on her face as she shook her head, "I would never do that, Oliver." She knew he had been joking, but she felt like she should tell him, "you mean a lot to me."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He lifted a hand to her cheek, then tucked some hair behind her ear. "Ditto."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She looked at him and lifted her free hand to touch his arm then nodded.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Come here," he murmured, drawing her closer until her head rested on his shoulder and his arm was wound around her. He laid his head against hers, letting out a breath.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe wrapped her arm tightly around him, turning her head down to press her face against his arm and sighed deeply. She needed this.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver rubbed her back in a slow, soothing motion. He felt stupid for pulling such a rookie mistake, especially now, when Chloe needed him the most. When she was already so traumatized from losing the man she loved, from her best friend in the world walking out on her, for her favorite cousin disappearing. He couldn't have picked worse timing if he'd actually tried.

Except he had. Because he'd disappeared on her at the same time as everyone else. And he wasn't sure he'd ever forgive himself for that.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She turned her face slightly and pressed her nose against his cheek. Over the last few weeks, Oliver had become her life and it wasn't only because everyone had left. There were so many sides of him she had never seen before, so many emotions she had never seen in his face. The guilt, the determination, the loneliness, he had been alone too, and she was glad they had found each other again.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He smiled faintly, still holding onto her and turning his head to press a kiss to her forehead. "We're gonna be okay. You know that, right?" he said softly.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe didn't move for a second, right now, she wasn't so sure, not when she couldn't protect him like she should, not when she was risking her life.

Her arm tightened around him and shifted closer, not being able to make herself agree with him.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

His arm tightened around her a little as well at her lack of response. "I promise you," he whispered.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She finally nodded after a second but didn't pull back, "as long as you're safe," she said quietly.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"We, Chloe," he corrected her gently. "As long as we're safe. We're a team, remember? In this together."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe finally pulled her head back and nodded once, her eyes meeting his, "we." She repeated.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver smiled faintly, holding her gaze without wavering. "Now let's get some sleep."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe nodded and tightened her arm around him again then sighed deeply and closed her eyes. She didn't know if she was going to be able to sleep, but laying down with him, like this was comforting.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He relaxed more as she curled up against him. Before Chloe, he'd never slept in a bed with a woman in a purely platonic sense, but there was something very comforting about it. And he had a feeling it was more to do with the who than anything. Within moments, he'd dozed off once more.