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Chloe Sullivan is hacking your email (watch_tower) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2012-07-22 14:32:00

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chloe sullivan, oliver queen/green arrow

Morning After
Who: Chloe Sullivan and Oliver Queen
What: Post drunkness shame
When: Sunday morning
Where: Her apartment
Warnings: Possible angst, definitely embarrassment.

Her head was pounding and her body was heavy. As she slowly woke up, she groaned and pulled the covers higher over her head, rubbing it slowly over her face, memories from the previous night coming back to her almost instantly.

And with that came complete and utter shame.

Slowly, she pulled the blanket down and reached for her phone on the bedside table, wincing as when she opened her text messages, Oliver's screen popped up instantly and as she read everything and remembered even better all she had said and done during the night and worse, all over the boards, she really had no real desire to ever leave the bedroom ever again, much less the apartment.

But leaving the bed was going to be a necessity since she knew her headache was partially due to lack of caffeine.

After a long moment, she got up and with her eyes still closed, she made her way to the bathroom for a shower. Once she felt slightly cleaner, she changed into a pair of sweat pants and a tanktop then made her way to the coffee maker, not even noticing she had a guest on her couch.

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	watch_tower 2012-07-23 04:27 am UTC (link)
	"Maybe I should meet him," she said quietly, arching her eyebrows. "I don't think I remember you ever acting like a jackass, though." She said sincerely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2012-07-23 04:30 am UTC (link)
	He smiled a little at that. "Thanks. And yeah, you should. And I'm sure you will at some point." He leaned back against the sofa, drawing in a breath. "The point is...out of everybody, I've made things a lot harder for--well, my version of you." He looked down for a moment, then back over at her. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watch_tower 2012-07-23 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Chloe held her breath at that. He had said the man told him to let people know what he meant to him and then that he made things her for the other her. She did her best to ignore this hope-like feeling in the pit of her stomach. "How so?" She asked in a whisper, her eyes on him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dl_greenarrow
2012-07-23 04:39 am UTC (link)

"I sort of...went off the deep end awhile back. Because of the whole Lex thing." He paused, realizing she didn't even know that Lex had managed to clone himself, according to Tess. "I was doing a lot of stupid things." And that was putting it lightly. "Let's just say you kicked my ass back into gear and put me back on track. But I didn't make it easy for you. I was basically a one-man sideshow."

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watch_tower
2012-07-23 04:42 am UTC (link)

Chloe took a deep breath at that and held her hands together on her lap, mostly to stop herself from reaching for his arm. Even though she just wanted to offer him some comfort, she didn't want to make things worse. "It's a lot to deal with." She said, "and I have no doubt that if I had done something like that, you would have done the same for me. It's pretty much what you've been doing for me and Lois."

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	dl_greenarrow 2012-07-23 04:45 am UTC (link)
	"No, it's really not," he said quietly, shifting so he was facing her better. "You saved my life, Chloe. I was on a very self-destructive path. I would have ended up dead. Tess didn't know how to help me. Clark didn't. And neither did Lois." He paused, gazing at her intently. "But you? You had me figured out. You got me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watch_tower 2012-07-23 04:51 am UTC (link)
	Her eyes teared up slightly at that and she watched him closely. If her chest had been tight before, it was like she barely could breathe now, mostly because of the intensity in his eyes. "I'm glad that I did." She murmured, watching him closely, "and I'm glad you're okay, because I'd be pretty lost here without you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2012-07-23 04:53 am UTC (link)
	At the sight of her tears, he frowned a little, hesitantly reaching out and resting a hand on her arm. "I'm glad you did, too. But you gotta give yourself more credit than that. You're a fighter." He smiled faintly as he remembered her words to him so many weeks ago. "You're a lot stronger than you think you are." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

watch_tower
2012-07-23 04:57 am UTC (link)

She glanced down at his hand and nodded a little. She usually did feel like she was strong, like she could do what she had to if she had to. But when it came to her own feelings, she always felt powerless, which was why she tried her best to push them away. Because she had no control over them.

"Considering everything you told me and everything you guys went through, she's probably a lot stronger than I am. But I don't envy her." Not entirely. If anything she did slightly envy the obvious admiration she could see in his eyes, but she knew it wasn't for her, not really.

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	dl_greenarrow 2012-07-23 05:01 am UTC (link)
	He held his breath for a few seconds. "No, she's been through a lot," he agreed quietly. Things that he hoped this Chloe would never have to endure. "But you have, too. There's still a lot about you and her that I don't know, but I've always gotten the sense that you haven't really had it easy." He paused. "Am I wrong?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watch_tower 2012-07-23 05:05 am UTC (link)
	Holding her breath, she shook her head a little. She had no idea how much he did know, but if she had to guess, she didn't think he knew about her powers, or about Lex kidnapping her, or even about her family issues growing up. "I don't know how much she told you," she said, letting out her breath slowly, "but then again, you've never had it easy yourself." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	dl_greenarrow 2012-07-23 05:07 am UTC (link)
	"Ah, but we're not talking about me right now," he said, giving her a knowing look at her attempt at diverting his attention. "Don't think you're getting off that easily, Watchtower." He smiled. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	watch_tower 2012-07-23 05:11 am UTC (link)
	She couldn't help but smile a little at him before looking down. It was just so automatic for her to change the subject on to someone else, and it always worked. "Is there anything you want to know?" She asked quietly, glancing at the hand he still had on her arm then at him again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

dl_greenarrow
2012-07-23 05:15 am UTC (link)

There was a lot he wanted to know, but she'd never given him free reign to start asking questions, so he wasn't honestly sure where to start. He cocked his head to the side, considering.

"What was it like for you growing up?" he asked softly. He knew that her mother was sick, that she was meteor infected. That Lex'd had her in a 33.1 for some time before Clark and Chloe broke her out somehow. Clark had called and asked him to use his connections to keep Moira Sullivan safe in Star City, and he'd been doing so ever since. He was glad to help out. He just wished there was more he could do.

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watch_tower
2012-07-23 05:28 am UTC (link)

And even making the offer made her feel exposed, but all things considered, he could just google her and find out everything she was hiding and then some, so there wasn't really any reason for her to hide this if he was interested in getting to know her better. And she did want him to know her better.

Besides, his initial question hadn't been that bad anyway. "It was mostly just dad and I," she said quietly, taking a deep breath and straightening.

"My mom left when I was little, not long after Lois' mom passed away." She admitted, "that's one of the reasons why the two of us are so close, I guess. But with the general having to travel a lot and usually dragging Lois and Lucy with him, we didn't get to spend that much time together."

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dl_greenarrow
2012-07-23 05:53 pm UTC (link)

Oliver chewed the inside of his cheek as he listened to her, searching her eyes. He knew that Lois' mom had died when she was young, and Lois had mentioned in passing that Chloe's mom had taken off not long after. He nodded slightly, his eyes sad as he thought about how lonely they both must have been growing up, apart.

"Are you and your dad close?" he asked quietly. It was something he suspected he already knew the answer to considering her dad hadn't even been at her wedding. Which for her, hadn't even happened, of course.

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	watch_tower 2012-07-23 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	"We were, growing up." She nodded, pursing her lips together and taking a deep breath as she shifted on the couch. "He's an amazing dad," she told him quietly, "but... I don't know how much you know about Lionel's trial when I was in high school?" She asked. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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