Tiny favor with dl_greenarrow.

[chloeas]

"Ollie?" Chloe called as she walked into the apartment. She had seen his car parked downstairs so she knew he was home.

She'd been anxious to talk to him all day, well more specifically since her brief talk with her cousin. She knew she had to approach this carefully with Oliver considering he had even been worried about her walking the two

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[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver sat at the kitchen table, deeply engrossed in a book that lay open before him, his eyebrows furrowed with concentration. He blinked when he heard Chloe's voice and he looked at the clock above the stove, raising his eyebrows with surprise when he saw it was well past dinner time. Raking a hand through his hair, he rose to his feet. "In here."

[chloeas]

Chloe patted Mac as she made her way into the kitchen and arched her eyebrows at the startled expression on Ollie's face, "hey," she cocked her head slightly, "everything okay?"

[dl_greenarrow]

He offered her a small smile. "Yeah, everything's fine. I just didn't realize what time it was," he admitted, moving to her side and kissing her cheek. "How was your day?"

[chloeas]

"Not bad," she told him, lifting a hand to his arm and smiling at him before glancing at the book on the table, "what had you so engrossed?"

[dl_greenarrow]

He shrugged a little, sliding his arms around her waist. "Just a little research," he told her, brushing his nose over hers and then kissing her mouth softly.

[chloeas]

"Research?" She echoed before kissing him back then pulling back just enough to speak, "what kind of research?"

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver was silent for a moment. "The post-traumatic stress kind."

[chloeas]

"Oh..." she said quietly, glancing at the book again but lifting her hands to his shoulders, "to help Mia?"

[dl_greenarrow]

Chewing the inside of his cheek, he nodded a little, sighing softly. "I just don't know what else to do," he admitted.

[chloeas]

"I think that's a good start," she told him quietly, rubbing a hand over his arm gently, "I do think she needs to see a professional but I don't know how to have her agree with it."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Yeah, I've been thinking about that, too, but...I don't want her to think she has to do anything she's not ready to do." He blew out a breath, kissing her forehead.

[chloeas]

"I know..." she said quietly then took a deep breath, "but I talked to her today and I think this might work..."

[dl_greenarrow]

"Yeah?" He raised his eyebrows a little.

[chloeas]

"She asked me earlier if she could spend the night at Ian's or if he could sleep over here," she arched her eyebrows, "not because she's ready to have sex with him but because she feels safer with him around and she said she sleeps better."

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver fell silent for a moment at that, raising his eyebrows a little. "I see."

[chloeas]

"I said no." She told him, "not because I don't trust her, but because I think she needs to work through this on her own instead of depending on him to get better."