A/N: So. I have had this in my head for a while...well, you pretty much all know since when, but I finally had the itch to write a little and this came out? It is painfully short, I know, but it seemed like a good place to end it. For now. I'd love for you all to let me know if this is worth continuing. I have a few ideas I'd like to carry out but I'm not sure at present how to do that, so.

Also, fair warning, I don't know much about actual dental work so that will probably be to a very minimum if mentioned much at all. Also I hope the layout isn't too weird and makes some sort of sense. I tried to remember how the bigger ones are laid out but I've lived in a very small town for the past 5 years so if anything doesn't make sense, creative license? Lol

Ok, sorry to ramble. Please enjoy. And if you have a moment, please let me know what you think!

An Officer and a Dental Hygienist

Oliver Queen sighed to himself as he pushed open the double doors to one of the best dental offices in Star City. He'd taken a couple hours leave this afternoon because this was the only appointment time available and he had no idea how long the wait would be. And, he figured, if he was going to get his little sister to take her dental hygiene seriously, it was time for him to start setting the example by keeping his seriously overdue check up.

After signing in, he took a seat in the waiting room and perpared to settle in. Which for him, meant people watch - discreetly, of course. The instincts of a cop now well ingrained in him these past five years at least, he kept a healthy eye on the exits, too. And his choice of seating - back against a wall - was no accident. This particular building was split into three main sections with a large central area around which they pinwheeled - childrens, general, and orthodontics, and a seperate area for consultations. Oliver was sitting with his back to the outer most wall in between general care and childrens.

Which is how he found himself with a great, front-row seat when the door to the childrens offices opened and out came a blonde woman, walking backwards with several files in her arms, yet still somehow able to use her hands in an enthusiastic conversation with a coworker. She had her hair pulled back in a ponytail, dark-rimmed glasses, and a strangely captivating smile. Which he thought nothing about as she turned and headed for the door to the general offices.

Nope.

And he totally did not continue staring at that door for the next several minutes after it had closed behind her, hoping for one more glance...

Oliver shook his head and continued his surveillance of the entire area. It wouldn't matter if he was attracted, she was no doubt too intelligent to go for someone like him. Besides, she probably already had a special someone.

This logical thinking did not stop his blue gaze from snapping to the general offices door when it opened about ten minutes later. He held his breath as he noticed a single file in her hands, her gaze looking around the waiting area expectantly. She was about to call back a patient, he could tell, and if every fiber of his being was not pleading and yet dreading her to call out his name...

"Ray Palmer?"

Oliver let out a slightly shaky breath, relieved but also...disappointed.

And then her eyes met his. And she smiled. At him.

His answering smile was purely an instinctive reaction.

If his eyes lit up, then you were seeing things. Just like you'd imagine the way his gaze darkened just a little as that door closed upon her and Palmer.

Oliver sighed and readjusted himself in the seat; thank goodness his partner, John Diggle, had not been present to witness that. He'd have never heard the end of it. But, maybe, he'd have to see about accompanying his little sister when he finally got her to go. Because, maybe the dentist office's waiting room was not such a horrible place to be.