Pairing: Clark/Oliver
Rated: M (for later chapters)
disclaimer: I do not own Smallville or any of the characters in it. I also do not benefit from this fiction.
Note 1:The first two chapters might be a bit boring, since they are basically just retelling the plot the first meetings of Clark and Oliver/Green Arrow to just start a bit the connection between the two men. But since the third chapter, the plot will be different.
Note 2: As most of you might notice, some facts are not so true to the original storyline, this was made clearly just for the sake of this fanfiction.
Note 3: "…" - Speech. `…` - Thoughts.
Realization of Love
f~~~ Chapter 2 ~~~
Over the next couple of weeks, Oliver dated Lois, but he also became friends with Clark. They would sometimes meet, to talk or just hang out. On some rare occasions, the Green Arrow would get in a tough situation and Clark would come to the rescue of his masked friend. After these situations, Oliver would tell the brunette of how the world needs his help, and not only his friends. At this Clark would frown and tell Oliver that before he could do anything global, he had to care of the problem he caused. He would never go into details though, only this much. But even though, the fact that the older man knew his secret, and was in the "business" too, it helped Clark feel more open with him, more than with others, except Chloe and his mother of course.
It was the reunion day of the Excelsior boarding school which box Oliver and Lex attended. During the reunion one of Oliver's best friends, Alden, from the school's days died from what seemed to be a bizarre accident. Later that evening, Oliver, Lois and Geoffrey (another friend of Oliver's from the school days) were leaving the hospital and were talking about Alden. Ollie and Lois saw Geoffrey entering his limo, when suddenly, it blew up. Oliver watched with shock at the burning remains of the car.
The next morning, Oliver tried to think of other things rather the death of his old friends. So he was practicing shooting his bow. He was aiming at his target, closed his eyes, and shot. When he opened his eyes, he saw the so familiar farm boy holding the arrow just a short distance from the target.
"Clark." he said with a smile, only happy to see his new and good friend. "I was wondering if my security system would keep someone like you out." he said jokingly.
"Looks like you need an upgrade." the brunette responding, happy when he saw the smile on his friend's face.
"Or you need to learn how to knock." The billionaire continued. "It's okay, you know what, you can keep that arrow. I've got a new one. I was thinking of developing a boxing glove arrow, and then I thought: `come up with something fancier`." Oliver took out an arrow from a metal box, put it into the bow, aimed, and fired. Suddenly, on impact, the radio and other electrical equipment stopped working.
Clark looked puzzled.
"Contained electro magnetic pulse. Knocks out everything electrical in an eight feet radius. So, what the occasion that you dropped by, Clark?" it's not like he wasn't happy to see his friend, but considering the circumstances, he would've been preferred to be alone for some time.
"Lois told me what happened yesterday, so I wanted to check up on you. How are you?" Clark asked, with a noticeable tone of concern in his voice.
Oliver didn't quite expect that. "I… I'm not sure. I mean, during school we've been good friends, but since then we barely kept in touch. But I still can't believe both of them are dead…" He sat on the couch, with Clark sitting right next to him.
"Ollie, I know how it is losing people you care for, it's hard, but you're a strong man, you'll get over it… You know that Lois and I are here for you, don't you?" Clark said putting a hand on the blonde's shoulder.
"Thanks Clark, it means a lot to me." the older man said honestly. "Though could you do something for me?" he continued, with a tone of worry in his voice.
"Of course, Oliver, anything…"
"Help me figure out how Lex caused the accidental death of two of my friends." Oliver explained.
"You think Lex killed them?" Clark asked a bit surprised.
"I've known Lex a lot longer than you have, Clark. I've seen who he really is." Ollie stated coldly.
"Then I'll do all in my power to help you." Clark assured his friend. His heart was going out to him, he knew how it is losing the people you care about…
Some time later, after hearing that Lana got hurt in an accident in the mansion, he went to visit her at the hospital. Lex wouldn't let Clark meet Lana, and then Clark met Lois, who said she thought it was related to another one of Oliver and Lex's old friends: Duncan Allenmayer.
After going back to the clock tower, Clark explained to Oliver that he doubted that Lex was behind it all because the latter would never risk hurting Lana. He said that Lois thought that it might have something to do with Duncan, and the blonde filled him in on how Duncan died so many years ago.
Clark saw the pain and guilt in Oliver's eyes when he told him about Duncan's death. "It was an accident. It just happened." He tried to reassure his friend.
"No. No, I told myself the same lie for years, the truth is all of us might as well have pushed him in front of that car, Alden Geoffrey, Lex, me. We all killed Duncan Allenmayer."
At hearing the pain in his friend's voice, he vowed to himself that he'll find the one behind the one responsible for the violent accidents, before anything bad could happen to his friend.
He went off to see Lionel, to see if the elder Luthor could shed some light and perhaps give him a lead. Lionel told him that in fact, Duncan was alive, but in a vegetative state.
While he went to the clinic where Duncan was treated, he met Lois there.
At the same time, Lex went over to Oliver, and the two started fighting. Then suddenly, the balcony glass doors shattered and pieces of glass flew everywhere. Lex was unconscious, and Oliver was shot in his right shoulder by one of his own arrows.
Back at the clinic, Lois and Clark figured out that the new cure that the physicians use started working, and gave Duncan the ability to astral project his consciousness. They looked at his charts to discover that the cure was given to him 20 minutes prior to their arrival. While Lois was with her back to Clark, he supersped to Oliver's penthouse, fearing that he might be in danger.
Upon arriving, he saw the unconscious Lex, and Oliver being shot against a wall with one of his arrows. Another arrow was in midair in the blonde's direction. Clark rushed to stand between the arrow and his trapped friend. The arrow hit him, releasing an EMP wave that caused Duncan's astral projection to disappear.
Then they saw that slowly Lex was coming back to consciousness, so Clark took him and supersped him to a nearby hospital, before his ex-best-friend could realize what was happening. He returned back to the apartment to see Oliver pulling out the arrow from his shoulder with a very painful expression on his face.
He ran to him and supported the man in order for the latter not to fall. He took him too to the hospital, staying with him till the doctors checked him and closed the cut with some stitches.
When they were back at his penthouse, and Clark made sure that the older man was resting on the couch like the doctor ordered, he got him a glass of water.
"Clark," the older man started, "thank you, you saved my life."
"Not a problem, Oliver, you would've done the same for me." the other man tried to brush it away.
"No, it means a lot to me," Oliver started, staring at those deep and beautiful green eyes. `Wait, deep and beautiful? I can't be falling for him… I'm dating Lois, and he's my friend…` but he dismissed those thoughts quickly. "I'm really grateful, you're a good friend, Clark." he continued.
`"Friend"?` thought Clark. He was hoping Oliver was thinking of him more than just a friend.
TBC
