Getting caught sucked. It wasn’t the first time it happened. And he had a feeling it wouldn’t be the last. But still. Interrogated and beat up was not the kind of night he thought he would have after he told his girl that he loved her.

It seemed like this particular experience would be ending soon enough. The bag over his head effectively cut ( Read more... )

Chloe approached Oliver from behind. He stood on their balcony overlooking Star City. Sunset had painted the town a mix of purples, reds and yellows. A warm breeze tossed her hair gently. She spoke. “So I got you something.”

He turned around to see her no more than five paces behind him. He answered with more than a hint of surprise in his voice ( Read more... )

Also credit to Gilmore Girls again. This one pretty much steals some dialogue straight from it.

Chloe walked back into the Watchtower. She had gone for her usual mid afternoon jolt. She was surprised by a package on her desk. It was a book tied in ribbon with a single tulip laid over top.

She picked up the book and read the title “Hmm… ( Read more... )

After the revocation of the VRA, the couple returned to Clocktower for the first time since the hero hunt had begun. Oliver found Chloe in his kitchen. He watched her for a few moments overcome by the rightness of seeing her at his place. It was too bad that he was almost certainly going to ruin the moment.

“I got you something.” he announced.

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The two commanders faced the board. It held all the information for their upcoming and most important mission.

“Let’s run through the plan again.” Chloe said.

“Sullivan, we went through it a dozen times already.” Flagg said. He was annoyed by her attention to detail. It felt like a waste of his time.

Chloe sent him a sharp look. “Listen, ( Read more... )

After Oliver’s encounter with Zod’s heat vision, he was ushered quietly to a plastic surgeon in California. With the cover story of a former lover scorned, Oliver was given treatment for his unfortunate tattoo. When he came back to Metropolis, he was secluded in his penthouse basically waiting for his skin to heal. They explained to Lois and ( Read more... )

Oliver shrugged his shoulders trying to get comfortable at another benefit. Usually a night of snoozing in the name of Queen Industries was the norm. But with the Kandorians running amok in Metropolis and his current close proximity to Tess, Oliver was on alert for any and all suspicious behaviour.

“Oliver!” his body tensed as her name was ( Read more... )

“Lois? What are you doing here?” Chloe questioned as her cousin came through the door. Lois had spent the night at the farm and should have been well on her way to the Daily Planet.

“Well I was halfway out of town when I realized that I had to go to the little girl’s room. So homeward bound…” she said as she dropped her bag on the floor near the ( Read more... )

Oliver joined Roy is the shadows of a guest room. They stood mimicking sentinels as they watched over the inhabitant of the bed.

“This is her?” Oliver asked softly. The little girl’s eyes fluttered at the sound of his voice. He could make out her soft baby features in the dim light. It contrasted with her inky black hair. He had been ( Read more... )

“You will never win a woman’s heart by waiting for her to come to you.”

“Ok you lead the way.”

It wasn’t till later, much later. After the realizing that Lois wasn’t herself, after the confrontation with the banshee and after the Scooby Doo-ing that mystery. They had retired to their own rooms. Each couple was a little more than worn out by ( Read more... )