Smallville countdown 8:Playing Favourites
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Title: Playing Favourites
Author: mystic_blue17
Summary: [GIFT] The league wants to know who Chloe’s favourite is.(set before Warrior)
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or plots nor do I plan on receiving any profits from writing about them. Well other than the constant stimulus from them and the plot bunnies that they inspire.
A/N: #8 for my lovely readers.
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It was the end of another long day of wheeling and dealing for Ollie. He made his way over to watchtower and collapsed on the couch with Chloe. She had been polishing off her takeout. Without a word, she gave him the rest of her cartons. It was routine. As he was the last one to stop working, he had to talk about his day first. He summarized his day. He was more excited to hear about what she did today. The good stuff always seemed to happen here.
He glanced at her and waited for her to start. She didn’t disappoint.
“The gang came by.”
“Oh yea? That’s fun.”
“It was.” she said blandly. But something in her body language told him that something good happened today.
He decided to push forward. “What did they do to you?”
“Oh the usual raid my fridge, pump me for information, and use my plugs. Vic charged up so the electricity bill will probably be higher this month.”
“Can the bill for this place actually get higher?” she gave him that look. “Okay okay taking it back.” he raised one hand to signal his surrender. “So what did you guys talk about this week?”
“Candy.” she said simply. He wouldn’t let he get away with just that, he knew that life was never that easy.
“Come on Chloe. Tell me the truth.”
“It’s nothing. Bart just said he loved the candy machines.”
Oliver snorted. Chloe had those so she would remember to eat. She had a knack for eating candy and just getting hungry. It was a phenomenon that he couldn’t understand.
Chloe continued on. “He claimed that I bought them for him because he was my favorite. It stirred up a lot of emotions. Who knew that a team of superheroes needed so much validation?”
“Yea well … people liked feeling loved.” he shrugged and looked at her and tried to ask nonchalantly “so out of curiosity, was he right?”
She groaned. “You too?”
He looked at her with a silly smile on his face. “Guilty as charged.”
She crossed her arms over her chest. “I’m not telling you.”
Head strong as ever, Oliver continued on. “I’m guessing Dinah. Sure you guys met badly. But you two have that girl power thing going. ”
She arched her eyebrow at him. “You are the worst, you know that right?”
“Not Dinah? Alright well then I would guess Vic. You are Watchtower and he is literally a computer man.” she didn’t respond so he just continued on. “That would make a lot of sense. You have all that techy stuff to talk about. And when you guys first met….”
She shoved a roll in his mouth and said “And when I first met AC, he saved my cousin’s life. And when I first met J’onn, he saved my best friend’s life. Ollie, there is a reason for every member and that’s why I’m not going to tell you who my favourite is. Especially considering that I don’t have a favourite.”
He looked at her straight on. “What’s my reason?”
She was about to write it off as an ego boost. But when she looked at him in the eye, she realized that he really didn’t see his value to her. She reluctantly started to explain “You are my kind of hero, Ollie. You don’t have any powers. It’s you just genuinely want to go out there and help people. To me, that makes you more of a hero than anyone else on the team.” she paused and looked at him through her eyelashes. It was a surprisingly demure moment for her.
“And on top of that, you are a hero to the heroes. No one would be where they are today without you. That earns you some major brownie points.”
“That’s true but I don’t think you should take that in such a positive tone.”
“Oliver I don’t need to tell you that our road hasn’t been easy. But I like to think I made your life better. And when you handed me that earpiece I know that you gave me something that no one else ever could or did.”
He grabbed her hand and said “You have definitely made my life better.”
“Okay so we are in agreement.” she said smiling at him easily.
“On what? The fact that I’m your favourite?” he joked.
She groaned and decided to just give in. Her little speech pretty much gave it away. “Yes Ollie, you are my hero.”
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A/N: And that’s #8! The countdown was supposed to end here but I had that extra week so instead of 8 fics because it is airing at 8 o’clock we have upgraded to 10 for 10 seasons of smallville.
9 here we come!