Phil the Squirrel here! I literally came up with this randomly during dinner.
What if Oliver had left for some time before going on the Queen's Gambit? What if no one knew that he had been stranded on that island and just thought that he had run off with Sara?
So, this story was born.
Just a warning: there are major spoilers in the first few sentences regarding Thea's parentage, so...
SPOILER ALERT!
Don't say I didn't warn you.
I own nothing. Enjoy!
It all started with the car accident. The one that had Thea admitted to the hospital mear days before the scheduled boating trip for a small concussion. The one that had Oliver flipping through his sister's medical records.
The one that led him to the name printed on Thea's birth certificate.
Thea's father wasn't Robert Queen.
It was Malcolm Merlyn.
Oliver blinked a few times at the papers in his hands. Then he looked at his sister, sitting next to him with her head on his shoulder. She was asleep and, as far as Oliver knew, totally oblivious.
He glanced over at his mother and father, who stood talking to the doctor in the hall. He had no idea if his father even knew about it, but two things were clear.
Thea was his, as well as Tommy's, half-sister.
And Moira Queen knew about it.
Oliver bought an apartment in Central City the next day. He didn't say a word to anyone except his father. Thea wasn't well enough to go on the boating trip, and Moira had volunteered to stay behind so the boys could go.
As far as they knew, Oliver had left to get some space and Robert Queen would be going with Sara Lance, who had been interested in the trip prior to the car accident.
No one, except for Robert, Sara and the crew, that Oliver was on the Queen's Gambit too. No one knew that only he and Sara survived the sinking. No one knew that Oliver barely survived Lian Yu.
Everyone thought that Oliver Queen was a rotten, horrible young man who had abandoned his family in their time of need. And by the time he found his way back to Starling City, he found no need to correct them.
So, yeah. A real short prologue; no dialogue or anything, but I promise there will be more in the next chapter.
Note that Oliver went through the same things on Lian Yu as in the series.
Also, Oliver did not cheat on Laurel with Sara on the yacht.
Thanks for reading!
