The Abandoned Hero 6?
Title: The Abandoned Hero 6/?
Rating: NC-17 (later)
Summary: Takes place after Season 7. Oliver gets Chloe released from prison and presents her with a proposal. Reluctantly, she must accept. Little does she know of Oliver's other intentions.
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“Come on.” Oliver grabbed her hand and pulled her behind him with one of his smaller bows in his other hand. At this point he didn’t even trust his own home to be safe. There were no clues that it had been entered but he had to be sure.
When they entered the living room everything appeared just as they had left it but he insisted on her staying put while he checked out the rest of his place.
“Alright.” Oliver flipped on the light and threw his glasses on a table. For the time being he allowed himself to relax. He sighed and rubbed his face. “Are you okay?”
Her foot still ached but besides that she was fine. “I guess.” He began walking away from her, no doubt heading to relieve himself of his gear and suit. But she wouldn’t wait. “Enough of this Oliver.” He stopped in his tracks and turned to her. “I mean what is going on. I must have been a fool not to see what even Lex has seen. What is going on that you’re not telling me.” He just stared at her, his face hard and neutral. “Don’t brush me off and don’t tell me not to worry about it because I’m worried. Now tell me what the hell is going on.”
She really did deserve to know. In fact she should have been told a long time ago. But she had to become accustomed to the idea of her powers. She wasn’t ready, no matter how much he was tired of hiding. “You know how Lex is.” He turned away from her again, this time not daring to stop.
Chloe was close behind him, and didn’t stop until they entered his Green Arrow room. “I know how Lex is and this is different. I also know you are hiding something. Tell me what is going on!”
“No!” Oliver exploded. His heart pounded in his ears and his body tensed. “Whatever you think I know or I don’t know this conversation is over!”
“Fine.” Chloe spun on her heels and walked out, heading strait for the door.
“Where are you going?” It wasn’t like her to give up so easily. Something was up.
“I’m leaving. I’m tired of you keeping me in the dark.” Just as she reached the door the locks clicked and the metal shielding slid down over his windows, cutting them off from the outside world. It should have unnerved her that he had just locked her in his home. “What are you doing?!” When she spun around he was walking away from his computer.
“The guest room is yours. And don’t even think about trying to break out. I let you break in that one time.”
Chloe watched in shock as he shut the door behind him. She was tempted to follow him but she knew it was useless. With angry tears in her eyes she walked to the empty guest room and slammed the door behind her.
Oliver felt some relief at hearing the guest room door close. At least she had given up on leaving. But he knew his relief wouldn’t last long. Things would be different now. In fact he would be lucky if he hadn’t lost all of her trust.
“What the hell is going on!?” Lex tossed the lamp that sat on the corner of his desk and felt a moments of satisfaction as he shattered against the waall. “Are they dead?”
“No sir.” Charles Preston shook his head and tapped away at his PDA. “It appears that they are in critical condition.”
“Get rid of them. I don’t need that little tramp coming back at me with this because these idiots got laid up in the hospital.” Lex paced for a moment then stopped. “How did the Green Arrow know and is he aware of Project Akeso?”
“We have no reason to believe that he is, but we have yet to determine what he was doing there.” Charles responded and continued to respond to his phone messages.
“What are you doing on that damn thing?” Lex said with a frown, momentarily forgetting about his troubles.
“Trying to coordinate. I think we may have lost the Green Arrow but I am trying to get some confirmation as to Chloe Sullivan’s location.”
“She’s with Queen. That’s where she is.” Lex looked around for something else to toss then focused on Charles again. “Where is he?”
“Not sure. It appears he may be in his townhouse, but it appears his windows are equipped with some kind of shielding.” Charles sighed and dropped the phone in his pocket. “They’re on watch and the three in the hospital are being taken care of. Still no definite location on Chloe Sullivan.”
“She’s with him. I guarantee you Queen is working with that damn Green Arrow.” Lex breathed deeply and took a seat behind his desk. “I want her. When I get her I’m going to figure out what exactly she has to do with Project Akeso and then I am going to make her regret she ever met me. In the process maybe even get a little revenge on Queen.”
For a couple of hours Chloe tossed and turned, going in and out of asleep. She had taken up residence in Oliver’s guest room for a couple of weeks when he first brought her to Star City, but the bed wasn’t familiar any longer. She had grown accustomed to her own place. Noise coming from outside of her room made her breath hitch in her throat but she immediately tried to console herself with the thought that Oliver’s place was practically impenetrable. Which mean it was Oliver moving around. For a few moments she debated on whether to stay in bed or not. Finally, she sat up and headed to the door. After padding down the hallway she emerged to find him moving around the kitchen, minus his shirt. In all his stealthy glory he had no idea she was standing there. “Oliver.”
He spun at the sound of Chloe’s voice. Even though he had thought of nothing but her since their argument, seeing her again made it all worse. “Hey.”
Even though she still had nothing but questions and was frustrated beyond belief with him she couldn’t help but let her eyes flick over his bare torso.
“I thought you were sleeping?” Oliver placed his glass into the sink and studied her face to determine is she was still angry with him.
“I tried.” She expected him to apologize but he said nothing.
“I’m going back to bed.” She seemed a little stricken by his words but it was better that he left. There was no way he would be able to explain himself and he couldn’t stand the hurt look on her face any longer. Just as he walked past her and he thought he was home free her small hand grabbed his wrist.
“Oliver.” He stopped but didn’t turn to face her. His eyes wouldn’t even meet hers. “What is going on with you? You won’t answer any of my questions and you have just been acting really strange lately. You’re not yourself anymore.” Nothing she was saying seemed to sway him though. She had only two options, give up or push on further. Chloe opted for the later.
Chloe was standing in front of him suddenly, eyes looking up at him hard and unyielding. “It’s nothing Chloe.” It was a lame excuse but he was fresh out of excuses with her. Instead of even trying to convince her, he attempted to side step her but she blocked him and put a hand against his chest.
“I mean…” She wasn’t even as concerned about what he was keeping from her. At that point she was more worried about him. “Just tell me something. Maybe there is something I can do?”
Even if you did share his burden with her it wouldn’t do anything to eliminate the situation he had found himself in. There was no way to change his mission and he knew by now nothing he did would change his growing attachment to her. “I don’t think so.” Even as he tried to step around her again she was in front of him. Her hand still rested on his chest but this time they were much closer.
He didn’t try to move away from her again and they just continued to stand there, the only movement was his chest moving under her hand. “Ollie.”
At first he wasn’t sure why she had spoken out his name. It was only until he found her face only inches from his own did he understand. “I can’t Chloe. I’m sorry.” This time when he stepped away from her she didn’t stop him.
Even when his door closed Chloe was still standing there. Whatever that was between them had always remained unspoken and neither one of them had ever acted on it. Technically nothing was going on between with them. So why did she feel like she wanted to cry?