Title: Epiphany
Category: Smallville
Rating: T
Genre: Drama/Romance
Pairing: Chloe/Oliver
Prompt: #027 - Faith
Word Count: 525
Summary: Oliver realizes just who he turns to in the worst of times.
Epiphany
When everything had settled down and he had a moment to breathe, he realized something far more telling than he'd thought at first. In the midst of trouble, when his life and others had been on the line, his one and only phone call had been to her. Of all the people in the world, he chose Chloe. The one woman he'd been sure he'd forever disappointed with his lackluster heroics playing a part in her ex-husband's death. On uncertain terms, running away from all that she now encompassed, when it came to the worst moment in his current life, he'd picked up the phone and dialed her number.
Lois with her determination and her close ties to military help, Bart with his ability to get around the world in mere seconds, Clark's impenetrable being, he had at least three people who could've gotten him out of there as quickly and as quietly as possible. But no, instead he called her. She who he'd once thought had turned dark, who would hide a monster that would willingly destroy the world if given the chance. She who he so quickly judged, feeling disappointment he'd never known before. But it was enlightening then, to know what he did. When push came to shove, when failure seemed so certain, he had done what she knew he would do. Not only call but react. When he didn't get a hold of her, he did what he knew instinctively to do; survive, fight.
And wasn't it kismet that she be the one to pick him up? After all of his fear and anger had been unleashed that fateful night that everything fell apart and he wanted to blame her, he wanted to remind her of what part she played. But he couldn't. So he blamed himself and he stripped himself of his calling and all that it entailed. And when she so easily accepted him back, so willingly fought for him to keep going on as the hero she knew him to be, he denied it still. But she didn't, wouldn't.
Such faith, such loyalty, as he'd never known or seen before. Even when he fell apart and couldn't trust himself, let alone others, she had shown him the truth of it all.
She trusted him, she'd said it herself, just not quite that much. And now, with his duo identity back in place, he had a new destination in mind. He would return their once strong friendship to its rightful place, where their trust was equal. Because where she couldn't quite put all of herself into him, he had already put his entirety into her. And he would change that; he would help her just as she helped him. One day, when she was as enlightened as he, that's when he would be at true peace. Green Arrow would have his Sidekick, his Watchtower, and with her trust came her heart. Something he most coveted already.
Soon, he decided, peering out at the busy Metropolis landscape, his eyes falling to the colorful windows of her sanctuary, where she no doubt toiled away in her endless search for justice.
Soon.
