All The Things She Said
Smallville, Oliver Queen/Chloe Sullivan. Spoilers through “Salvation.”
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"And I am coming home to you, with my own blood in my mouth / and I am coming home to you, if it's the last thing that I
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P.S. Your icon is awesome.
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....*crickets* ......
I'm at a loss for words.... really. This was so great and well written and... gosh! Are you planning on continuing this.. maybe?.. yes?... please?
I do hope you'll write more chlollie at least :D
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I just read through this again and it made me cry. :(
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Sorry to have brought the waterworks. Were the good tears, at least?
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I thought it was so cute and endearing that Oliver can't help but voice that he's feeling a little neglected that Chloe praises the whole team minus him.
"It's not about ego, Ollie. It's about saying whatever it takes to get the job done and get everybody home in one piece..."
I loved how you had these parts...where it reminded us how it seems like she was almost born for this job--life. She has this innate ability to hold heroes up and bring them home when they need it (and yeah, she had experience with Clark but it still felt automatic coming from her even back then).
Think it'd make a difference if I told her I was flattered, but I've kind of become a one-woman man?
Just kind of? she says, and then the bow snaps, steel slicing through skin, and he grits his teeth so hard his jaw cracks and hopes to hell that she keeps talking.There was this crazy balance between when he ( ... )
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The balance between the banter and the torture (let's call a spade a spade) was challenging to write, but rewarding in the end, if that makes any sense. The idea of Oliver taking his mind somewhere else - random moments they've shared, random things she's said, and, at the worst of times, random conversations with the Chloe in his head. I'm so glad to hear that it worked for you. :)
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I'm not putting much stock in Smallville to fix this properly, to be honest. But fandom will deal, as we always have. Thanks so much for reading.
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