Next morning with dl_greenarrow.

[chloesullivan]

[After unexpected visitor]

Chloe hadn't said much the previous night, her head still spinning from... whatever that had been, she had been hoping she would wake up today and it would have just been a dream but Ollie was still in bed with her, his arm wrapped tightly around her, which meant he was worried about her.

Sighing softly, she turned her head slightly to look at him, she still felt disoriented and she still couldn't explain what had happened, which was why she had to try and find some kind of explanation as soon as possible.

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[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I don't know what to say," she whispered quietly, wrapping her arm around him and sighing softly, "it can't have been real, Ollie."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver held his breath at that, still stroking her hair. "Even after everything we've seen? You don't think it's possible?" His voice was soft, questioning, but not judgmental.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"How could it be?" She asked, looking up at him, her eyes wide and bright, "we both saw him."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," he admitted, cupping her cheek in one hand, stroking her skin with his thumb. "But I'm not ready to rule anything out at this point."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She sighed softly and nodded, leaning into his touch, "I don't have security footage," she whispered, "the cameras were down when he came in because the system was rebooting."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He drew in a breath and let it out slowly, trying not to let his disappointment show at that news. He pressed a kiss to her forehead. "What happened?" he whispered.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I don't know," she said quietly, "he just... showed up, acting as if no time had passed at all, talking about how he knew that Clark was the blur and that we could be together now."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver swallowed hard as that sunk in. Part of him wondered if she had been hallucinating, if she was too stressed out. If she was having second thoughts about them.

"What did you say?" he murmured.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I told him to leave, I told him he doesn't belong here, that he's not real," she murmured, looking up at him again.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver searched her eyes, his thumb still brushing lightly over her cheek. "And that's when he left?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"No," she took a deep breath, "the first time he left, when I called you, he told me he had picked up take out and that he had forgotten it in his car, so he was gonna go and get it."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He frowned a little at that. That would be an odd thing for her to have hallucinated.

"Hm."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"What?" She asked, watching him closely, her chest tight, her brain blank. She couldn't make sense of it, so she was hoping he could.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He turned to look at her once more. "It's an odd detail," he said softly, searching her eyes.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe sighed softly and nodded slight, "he had bags from the Deli on fourth when he came back, talking about how he knew it was my favorite."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver frowned at that. "But it's...not," he murmured, his eyebrows furrowing.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Pursing her lips together she shook her head, "no, it was his," she admitted quietly.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He watched her for a moment, then kissed her forehead softly. "What else can you remember?"

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"I told him it had been two years and that he didn't belong there," she told him, clearing her throat, "he said he wasn't giving up on me and he left again."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver considered that for a long moment, keeping her close. "What's your gut telling you?" he whispered.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"That this isn't real," she breathed, "he touched my arm, he wasn't... he wasn't a ghost, but I can't understand how he could be back."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver was quiet for a few seconds, and then, "I'm going to give J'onn a call," he said softly.