Surprise visit with dl_greenarrow

[chloesullivan]

It was only a couple of days before Christmas and Chloe was packing a bag to take to Smallville, she hadn't heard from Oliver since the weekend, when he had left to go back to Star City.

So when she heard the elevator and went to look at the security camera just to see Oliver himself was in the elevator, she was surprised. She had been expecting him to avoid her and Christmas altogether.

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[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver stepped off the elevator a moment later, carrying a medium sized, flat box covered in silver paper, and a smaller box, also wrapped in silver paper, both boxes donning green bows. Naturally.

He smiled at her. "Hey, Sidekick."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Hey," she cocked her head, looking at him, not at all bothered by the fact that she was standing there, in her PJs, he had seen a lot more than that anyway.

"I didn't know you were coming."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"It was sort of spur-of-the-moment," he admitted with a slight shrug. "I was going to have them sent over, but I figured I'd just come myself." He indicated the gifts in his hands.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe raised her eyebrows and looked down at the gifts, "I haven't wrapped yours yet." She admitted.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He sighed a little, slightly exasperated. "Chloe, have I ever blown you off? Really?" He gave her a look and shook his head a little. "I'm not invading the Smallville family Christmas get-together. I just came to see you." He knew she must have had a great deal of coffee already, because she didn't normally talk quite that fast.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Chloe rolled her eyes again and shook her head, "you won't be invading, Mrs. Kent always invites half of Smallville over to the farm anyway, and I already asked her if she would mind me inviting you, besides, if you came because of me, you should go, consider it part of my present." She was running out of options, but really she would like to have him there, mostly because she knew he'd be miserable and alone somewhere otherwise.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Chloe, don't you think people will start to wonder why you're always inviting me for holiday celebrations?" he asked, shaking his head a little.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He glanced up at her, blinking the thoughts and memories away and offered her a smile. "Thought you got lost," he teased.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

As she moved to sit down on the couch next to him, she kept her eyes on him, then lifted the two small bags towards him, "I was wrapping, but you looked lost in thought," she said carefully.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shrugged a little. "Just spacing out, I guess."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver grinned. "Well. It is a good color on me." He smirked, then picked up the small box and handed it to her. He watched her intently.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"Can't argue with that," she said with a smirk before turning to look down at the box and opening it, her eyebrows raising, "that's really pretty, Oliver, thank you," she glanced at him and grinned softly, "and I do love bracelets," she said as she put it around her wrist.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

Oliver smiled as she put the bracelet on. "You're welcome. And I know you do," he admitted.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"It's tradition?" He meant for his words to be a joke, but the words fell flat even to his own ears.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

She frowned and just cocked her head at him, but didn't say anything.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He shrugged a little and rose to his feet. "So leaving tomorrow then?" he asked, raking a hand through his hair.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

The smirk left his face at her words, and his jaw tightened slightly as she got into his personal space. "Nice to know what you think of me, Chloe. But isn't it interesting that you do the exact same thing under slightly different circumstances?" His eyes were narrowed, darker than usual.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With a frown, she narrowed her eyes at him, but shook her head, having no idea what the hell he meant by that but not wanting to ask, "we're not talking about me."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"Of course not. We never do," he responded evenly, moving away from her. "We don't talk about anything."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"You know what?" He shook his head a little. "It doesn't even matter. It's just me wallowing in my own self-pity. Apparently that's what I do best."

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

Her chest tightened at his words and she shook her head, taking a deep breath to try and keep herself under control, "yeah, go ahead, just walk away, it's how things usually work out."

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

He paused, then turned to face her. "When have I walked out on you before?" he asked, shaking his head a little.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

With another deep breath, she watched him for a moment, "let me know if you change your mind." She said quietly but didn't move, it was going to be bad enough to think of him spending Christmas by himself, getting drunk and thinking of his parents, but this whole thing made it that much worse, he didn't even think she cared and she had no idea what could have made him think that way.

[dl-greenarrow.livejournal.com]

"You really want me there?" His voice was barely audible.

[chloeas.livejournal.com]

"If I didn't-" she stopped herself and took a deep breath, just nodding instead, "yes."