Disclaimer: Arrow and its characters belong to DC Comics and CW, I'm just a huge fan!
So this was just supposed to be a one shot-around 1000-ish words in total, but my brain decided to come up with a back and side story, and right now i'm well into 5000 words, and not even close to the ending, so bear with me here and ship #Olicity

Also, if you like it or have any suggestions/critique, please leave a review, and now without further ado...

The Prelude

Rooftops were kind of becoming her thing, Thea realized.

The first night she'd returned back to Starling, she'd observed her city from a rooftop, then later, she'd confronted the Arrow (and found his identity, while aiming a gun at his head) on another rooftop, and nowadays, she joined her brother's patrol, providing support from-you guessed it-rooftops! But rooftops had also become her thing because that's where she met Roy, and had mostly one-sided conversations with him.

The 'lair', as Felicity called it, was usually too crowded to have a conversation, and she refused to go back to the manor, because the hollowness of the house and its secrets still hurt. So did the absence of her family…

Which is why, whenever Roy wanted to talk to her, or be her personal punching bag in her moments of fury, they'd meet up on rooftops. And he'd try to convince her that they should get back together, and normally, she'd confront him back with his deceptions, but tonight...now, she decided to listen. A lot of time had passed since her return to her city, and they had been through a lot, so she decided to listen…

"Thea, just give me a chance.", Roy was saying, the soulful eyes she still was drawn to, fixed pleadingly on to hers. "I'll do anything for you. Anything. I love you, Thea. Just please-"

"Anything?", she asked speculatively, tilting her head.

"Yes", he replied enthusiastically, nodding along, happy at having gotten through to her. "For you, yes."
Thea studied him in silence, with narrowed eyes for a couple of minutes before coming to her decision. She wanted Roy back, he had been a huge support to her through her mother's trial and the aftermath of the Undertaking; he had been her rock, and despite his lies, she knew he loved her. And she knew she felt for him too, no matter how much she pretended to deny it.

And also, here he was presenting her with an open-ended opportunity to do something that the entire team Arrow (and probably even the 'knowing' members of it's extensive network), so she decided to go for it.

"You'll get just one shot, this one chance with me. No more pulling any bullshit or lying to me about anything, do you hear me?", she said sternly. "If you can't do that, you lose me for life, I'm not that weak, naïve girl you used to know anymore. Do you understand?"

"Yes.", Roy heaved a sigh of relief before stepping towards her. "Yes, I understand. Thank you, Thea. I love-"

"Not so fast.", Thea replied, backing away towards the edge of the roof. "If you wanna be with me, this is what you'll have to do." She took a deep breath and told him exactly what she wanted him to do.

"You do realize your brother will murder me, right?", Roy choked out after she was done explaining. "There's no way he'll just stand by and-"

"Exactly. He won't stand by.", Thea smirked. "I know Ollie. He'll react. And don't worry, he won't kill you, otherwise Felicity will hate him, and he can't stand that, can he?", she finished with a snort, thinking of how her big brother Oliver, the man who went around arrowing the scums of the earth every night, was deadly afraid of this one tiny blonde and her 'loud voice' whenever he displeased to think of it, anyone who'd been on the receiving end of Felicity's loud voice (and/or her digital annihilation threats) felt the same way.

"No.", Roy replied slowly breaking into Thea's reverie. He thought it over...carefully. After all, he was quite attached to his life, and wouldn't want it o end prematurely. And really, Oliver was too afraid of Felicity, and Thea's plan was diabolical enough that it might just work. "You know, this is crazy enough to work. So, if I do this..", he trailed off suggestively, raising an eyebrow.

"You get your one shot with me.", Thea replied, nodding her head.
Roy looked at her for just a couple of seconds, studied the girl he considered the love of his life, and he realized….that there was no choice to make.

"I'm in.", he replied, setting his jaw resolutely.

"Good", Thea smiled, genuinely this time, at him. "Let's go patrol and plan", she replied, displaying some of the girly enthusiasm that the old-Thea was so filled with, before putting on her mask. Roy only smiled as he pulled on his hood, and jumped over the rooftops after her, retrieving his bow.

So this was the prelude, and Chapter 1 will (probably) be up as soon as I'm done editing it.
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