Once again I do not own the chars, i make no money, but hope you enjoy chapter two light cannon if you squint, some characters might seem ooc just because I felt this is how they should be. Read, Enjoy and Review, and now onto...
Chapter 2
Moira stood in the doorway of her son's room as he sat by the large window in his room looking out at the trees behind their home. "Oliver you haven't left your room in three days are you feeling alright?" Moira asked walking into the room carefully and putting a hand gently on his shoulder. "I'm fine, I just really want to be left alone right now," he replied looking back out as the rain pelted the glass. "Honey, you've been getting sick every morning and you're not eating anymore," Moira added being careful of upsetting her son.
"I said I'm fine…I just want to…be…" pausing Oliver pushed himself away from the window and grabbed the wastebasket by his desk and began to dry heave until his throat burned. "You're not fine Oliver… if I were to guess the way you've been acting I would say you're pregnant," Moira said as she waited for her son to stop heaving and looked at his mother with his disbelief. Sitting down on the chair by Oliver's desk Moira sighed softly as she looked at her son "You're father and I weren't entirely honest with you… I had hoped your father would have told you about this back when he gave you the talk," Moira said biting her lower lip in worry.
Looking up with equal fear and worry Oliver held onto the wastebasket. "Oliver…when you were born… you were born intersexed… your father and I chose to not tell you about this until you were either sexually active or told us you were involved with someone of the same sex. We always wondered if you and Tommy were an item… that theory was shot down when you starting dating Laurel. After that you're father and I agreed that during the trip five years ago he was going to take some time to talk to you about everything," Moira said seeing the look Oliver was giving her as she took the water bottle off his desk and held it out to him. Taking the water bottle he sipped it slowly and savored having something in his stomach.
"If I'm… what intersexed shouldn't I not be able to be like this… you know pregnant?" Oliver asked trying to understand everything. "That's where things get tricky, you shouldn't be able to…get pregnant yourself or get anyone else pregnant…we should get you to a doctor for an exam," Moira said helping her son to his feet. "I take it you…you're going to choose to keep it if you can?" Moira asked cautiously.
Oliver walked quietly thinking about his choices. "I don't know yet… this is a lot to take it…I'm not sure what I would tell… the… other father…" Oliver mumbled thinking back to his days on the island how he wondered if he would ever get home to his family and maybe start his own family somehow. Stopping in the middle of the stairs Oliver pulled his hand away from his mother. "I'll go myself, I'll save you the social shame of having a pregnant son," Oliver quipped as he went down the rest of the stairs on his own.
Disappearing before his mother could make it outside Oliver took one of the less conspicuous cars from the garage and drove into the city. Heading through the city Oliver parked his car by a private hospital and went inside. Looking at the list of doctors on the wall and finding the one he was looking for Oliver made his way to the sixth floor and walked into the office and up to the counter. "I need to speak to speak to Dr. Renko…" Oliver said as he grabbed an appointment card and wrote something down on the back of it and handed it to the nurse. "Give this to him also, I'm sure he'll agree to see me right away," he added as the nurse got up and walked out of the area and came back a few seconds later.
"He'll see you right now sir," the nurse said leading Oliver into an exam room where the doctor was waiting pale faced the card still clutched in his hand. "Sir, how…did you…" Oliver held his hand up to silence the doctor. "I know where all members of the Bratva are in my city… now I'm in need of a doctor who will keep anything that happens here quiet under threat of death," Oliver said standing by the counter and leaning against it. "I'm pregnant apparently, but no record will show my real name, that is to be understood…now I need all the tests to prove a pregnancy done," Oliver ordered knowing the doctor would do what he said.
Nodding quickly the doctor pulled out a needle and band to wrap around Oliver's upper arm. Taking the blood sample the doctor called his nurse in and handed her the sample. "I need you to run these tests on this blood," Renko said waiting for the nurse to leave and shut the door. "I have put your information into the file under the name Jason Dell, and your insurance has taken care of everything sir, and if your results come back positive I will write down a well-known and easy to find prenatal vitamins that you should take along with a very strict diet… even if you need time to think the vitamins are just a precaution in case you decided to keep the pregnancy," the doctor added as he excused himself to go take care of other patients. The nurse returned with a urine cup and a small smile. "This test we'll run in house along with the blood sample but this one would only take ten to twelve minutes if you would just follow me to the restroom," she said leading Oliver out of the room.
Filling the cup as quickly as possible Oliver gave the sample to the nurse and returned to the waiting room to wait for the results. Pacing the waiting room Oliver became impatient until he was led back into Dr. Renko's office. Walking into the office with Oliver's file the doctor gave a small smile. "The first test is back, and it's positive… in about a week to ten days we'll have the results of the blood test, but for now I'd like you to start on the prenatal vitamins, stop consuming any caffeine, alcohol, and raw seafood, undercooked meat, Also you need to avoid highly toxic chemicals, and for now and penetrating or rough sex" Renko said handing Oliver a piece of paper with the name of the vitamins and a couple pamphlets for new parents.
"I'll call the number you gave me once the blood tests are to confirm but for now you're pregnant, try to avoid heavy lifting over three pounds, no stress and avoid overexerting yourself like marathon running, jumping or falling from a high greater than a few inches and I would suggest a parenting book, most of the information can be used in your situation, of course there are some warnings I must give you, if you are pregnant and you want to keep this baby the next twelve weeks are going to be the most important… an intersex pregnancy like yours can miscarry very easily, even then after your first trimester that doesn't make it any easier, every day that passes though is one less to worry about having a still birth," Renko said as he handed over the rest of the pamphlets and walked Oliver out a back way to avoid any patients seeing him.
Getting back to the car Oliver heard his phone chirp in his pocket. Looking at it he felt his breathe catch in his throat as he saw that the text message on his phone was from Malcom. Getting ready to text back he stopped and thought for a moment about what he was going to text.
Malcom… are you busy? We need to talk about something important-Oliver
I'm just relaxing around the house since I got home last night, is something wrong?-Malcom
I…I think we need to talk in person, I'll be over in twenty- Oliver
Heading for the Merlyn house Oliver kept his breathing regular as he arrived and parked the car, getting out he spotted Malcom waiting for him in the driveway. Getting out of the car Oliver left the pamphlets in the car and walked over to the other man. Malcom pulled Oliver in a bruising kiss. Pulling away Oliver felt a rush go through his body. "I take it you missed me?" he asked with a laugh as they went inside to Malcom's private home office. Sitting on the couch together Malcom cupped Oliver's face in his hands and pulled him close and began to kiss him again. Moaning softly and forgetting why he was there Oliver grabbed Malcom's shirt and held it until they broke for air.
"Six weeks without that was pretty difficult to deal with even with the emails and texts it's not enough, I missed the physical contact," Malcom said placing a few kisses on Oliver's face as he started to make quick work of the buttons on Oliver's shirt. Giving a soft moan that snapped him back into reality Oliver quickly grabbed Malcom's wrist tightly to make him stop. "Wait before… before we do any of this… we need to have a serious talk…The last time we were together…when we had sex…" Oliver mumbled losing his courage.
"What's wrong…Oliver…you know you can tell me anything," Malcom said rubbing his thumb over Oliver's cheek. Taking in a deep breath Oliver let it out slowly. "I… I'm…pregnant…" he said dropping his voice near the end as he started to feel his heart racing out of fear. Breaking into a smile Malcom stood up from the couch and walked over to the large desk and grabbed the box off of it and brought it back to the younger man.
"I got you something when I was traveling, when I saw it in the shop it screamed you," Malcom said as he got up from the couch and walked over to his desk and returned with a medium size box and placed it on Oliver's lap. Opening the box Oliver swallowed hard. Inside the gift box was a jade dragon jewelry box. "Open it the rest of the gift is inside," Malcom said taking the gift box from Oliver the younger man opened the jade box and felt his body freeze in shock.
"This… this… this is a ring Malcom…" Oliver said taking the ring out of the box and looked at it. "It's a gold band with a dark green jade inlay for longevity…the dragon design for male vigor and fertility…if you noticed the two small fish those are golden carp two of them are a symbol of love and partnership. If you don't get it yet, I want you to hold this in your hand when I ask you this question…Oliver Queen will you do me the honor of marrying me, and before you answer I want you to think about it for as long as you need to listen to your heart," Malcom said as he produced a chain from his pocket and put the ring on it and clipped it on Oliver's neck.
Touching the ring Oliver looked at it. "That way no one will be the wiser about us…" Malcom said taking the dragon box and putting it on the coffee table. "I'm twice as determined to marry you, because I love you and now because I want to protect you and our child," Malcom said calmly as he pulled Oliver into his arms and held him so his chest was against Oliver's back giving him access to putting his hand over Oliver's unformed stomach. "Malcom…. If we get married I want to do it in secret… no one would understand us," Oliver said tilting his head back allowing Malcom to kiss him deeply.
Tommy felt his hand shaking in in anger as he tightened his fist around his cell phone as he looked down at the picture he had taken of his father and Oliver sitting against each other and kissing. Neither man had heard the office door open. Closing the door as quietly as possible before leaving the house Tommy rushed out of the house and drove back to Laurel's and his apartment. Storming into the apartment he paced and forced the anger deep into his body before he punched a hole in the wall.
"Tommy what's wrong?" Laurel asked putting her hands on the younger Merlyn's shoulders trying to keep him from wearing a hole in the floor. Unable to form a sentence without snarling Tommy shoved the phone into Laurel's hand. Looking at the photo it took her a moment to recognize Oliver and Malcom. "Oh my God… that's… Oliver and your dad…not to get on your bad side Tommy but they kind of look cute together…." Laurel said on the fence about the relationship.
At that sentence Tommy lost it and yelled out an incomprehensible string of curses before punching the wall beside him. Pulling his hand out of the drywall and flexing it to test for injuries Tommy ignored the bloody cuts as he ran his fingers through his hair. "That's not even the worst of it… I overheard them planning a wedding," Tommy growled as he started to lose it again. "Tommy… stop it…I know your upset but sending yourself to the hospital for a broken hand is not the way to go about this," Laurel said putting her hands on Tommy's shoulders.
"I'm not calling Oliver dad or anything," he commented thinking back to what he saw at his father's house. "I don't know if I should be the one to tell them I know their secret…" Tommy remarked with a sigh as he knew now he was holding onto two large secrets.
Malcom held his lover close his hand over the unformed baby. "You're still going to be in love with me when I'm as big as a hippo?" Oliver asked looking up at the older Merlyn. "Of course, maybe you should move in it's hard for me to protect you when you live at home still," Malcom remarked playing with Oliver's hair. "Don't worry I have a body guard remember, Diggle can hold his own to protect me from any bad guys or reporters…I should start heading home soon my mother will begin to worry," Oliver remarked getting up slowly from the couch.
"Let me walk you out," Malcom said keeping close to his lover and quickly tucked the ring under Oliver's shirt when they reached the bottom of the steps. "I'll miss you," Malcom said placing kisses all over Oliver's face before they were pulled into another small make out session before pulling apart. Smiling Oliver walked outside and got into the car and drove home.
Arriving back at the Queen mansion Oliver went inside and found his mother waiting for him. "So what happened?" Moira asked not letting her son get far. Oliver looked around as he walked away and went toward his room. Following Oliver to his room she shut the door behind them. "The first test came out positive; the blood test will come back in a week to ten days…so it looks like you're going to be a grandmother…" Oliver said taking a seat on the edge of his bed. "The doctor said I need to start taking prenatal vitamins… of course I'm not sure how to buy them without starting the rumors," he added looking across the room at his mother.
"I'll take care of that, have you told the father yet?" she asked hoping that things would be well for her son. "Yes, that's where I was, he is overjoyed at the news of course of having a baby…"Oliver said hoping to avoid any more questions about the child's father. "Well I hope he's going to step up and provide for you and this child… in fact I want to meet him…tonight we'll make a dinner party out of it, so go on and call or text him that he should be here at six on the dot," Moira said leaving the room without giving Oliver a chance to argue.
Crap…what am I going to do…? Oliver thought as he fell back onto his bed and stared at the ceiling. Taking his phone out of his pocket and stared at it before typing out a message.
My mother is insisting on meeting the other father of her future grandchild…you're invited to a dinner party at six on the dot. Please tell me you know what to do I'm freaking out about this…-Oliver
Don't worry about a thing, I'll be there at six and things will be fine I promise, even if she doesn't approve of it that won't stop me from being with you-Malcom
Looking at the phone Oliver sighed and put his hand over his stomach. He wished he could go out as the Hood but that usually meant doing something that could get him hurt or worse cause a miscarriage. Thinking back to the island Oliver thought about Slade and Shado mocking him for his whining about the littlest things. He knew if they were in the room with him now they would be telling him to man up about his current situation. Getting up with a groan the archer left the room and went downstairs to find his mother making sure that dinner would be ready on time.
"He said he'll be here at six on the dot," Oliver told his mother as he watched the staff make quick work of cleaning the dining room and making it perfect.
At quarter to six Oliver was wound tighter than he was when he came home from the island. When Thea came home from her community service she was dragging her sometimes friend, sometimes boyfriend behind her. Groaning at someone else being there Oliver walked from the living room back to the dining room before leaving as the smell of food made his stomach knot up. Finally managing to sit down Oliver looked at the clock and started to tap his foot. As the clock in the hall finally chimed six Oliver sprang up startled by the doorbell as he heard his mother's shoes clicking on the hallway floor.
"Malcom…what are you doing here?" Moira asked her voice traveling a bit.
"I was invited for dinner…" Malcom remarked with a smile as he side stepped his friend's wife when he saw Oliver by the doorway to the living room. Thinking for a moment it clicked in Moira's head what was happening.
"Oliver!" Moira yelled as she turned on her son and saw him look at her wide eyed. "Don't give me that look, you intentionally kept this from me," she managed to get out sounding nearly hysterical.
Malcom swooped in and stood between the two Queens to calm Moira down. "Moira stop this, this stress isn't good for him right now… or your grandchild…" Malcom said going over to Oliver and putting his arms around him and kissing his temple and putting his hands over their child. Unable to respond Moira walked out of the main entryway and into the living room. Following his mother Oliver let Malcom take hold of his hand as they walked over to the couch and sat down across from Moira.
"Moira…I swear that no harm will come to Oliver or our child," Malcom said keeping Oliver close to him and stroke his arm softly. Oliver gave a small smile as he kept close and put his head on Malcom's shoulder. Moira silently fumed behind a false mask at the thought of Malcom and Oliver together. She could see that Oliver was more relaxed but it still bothered her greatly. Pursing her lips Moira looks at her late husband's friend. "Malcom…I'm not happy and I do not approve of this relationship at all… I want you out of my home right now… and stay the hell away from my son!" Moira snapped as she got up from the couch.
Standing slowly Malcom held his hands up in defense. "Alright, I see where I'm not wanted I'll go…it's alright Oliver… just remember what I told you before," Malcom said as he pried Oliver's hand off his arm as he left the mansion without an escort.
Not staying to be reprimanded Oliver stormed out of the living room and made his way upstairs to his room stopping at Thea's on the way making sure Roy was keeping his secret promise to respect Thea or get thrown out the second floor window, pregnancy be damned. Seeing that they were just watching a movie Oliver went to his room and locked his door. Lying in the middle of his bed was a single red rose. Picking the rose up Oliver felt the tiniest of smiles tug at his lips as he put the flower in the only vase he had with a little water from his private bathroom.
Waiting until the house was silent that night Oliver slipped out of his room and made his way silently downstairs and looked around the kitchen for something to eat. Walking through the dark kitchen he froze when he heard a faint footstep behind him. Letting all his training from Slade and Shado come to the surface he grabbed the nearest object and swung with all his might hoping to catch the intruder off guard. Holding tight to the frying pan he felt it knocked out of his hand, the pan clattering to the floor with an awful racket. Before he could react the intruder's fist caught him in the side of the head knocking him out cold.
Oliver woke with a throbbing headache as he opened his eyes in the limited light of the room, right away he noticed that his kidnapper had chained his arms over his head but has given him comfort by having him kneel on a bed. Testing the chains strength Oliver ran through his head quickly the list of his enemies or enemies of his family that that had attacked him.
They are taking comfort into consideration… do they know about the baby…what the hell is going on… where am I? Oliver thought as he tried to adjust his arms only to find it hurt his shoulders more.
It was another hour before someone came into the room Oliver looked at the man as he lowered the chain enough so Oliver could get the blood flow back into his arms. Feeling the painful picking signaling the blood flowing back into his arms Oliver tried to stand up on the bed only to feel his legs give out only fueling him to try again.
"I would not try that again Mr. Queen…we have sedated your legs with salve that will not wear off for twenty-four hours… do not worry your unborn will not be effected by the salve it works through the skin only," A voice said causing Oliver to look up at a man watching him. "What the hell do you want from me?" Oliver demanded ignoring the warning of not trying to stand again and falling flat on his buttocks with a grunt.
The man stood in the shadows of the doorway and gave deep throaty chuckle at Oliver's actions. "We need nothing from you Mr. Queen," the man said staying to the shadows. "We are after your child's father, once he finds out you're here he will come…" the man said taking a single step closer to Oliver, "Malcom won't let you get away with this…he's going to find us and save us," Oliver snapped as he struggled against the cuffs around his wrists ignoring the pain the metal caused.
"We're expecting it…." The man said as he stepped back and slammed the door and locked it from the outside. Using the chains Oliver pulled himself up using his arms to hold himself up as he wiggled his body to knock his cell phone out of his pocket. Getting his phone free Oliver sighed in defeat when he saw he wasn't getting a signal. Rattling the chains to vent his anger Oliver pulled down harder until he heard a soft groan of metal over his head. Closing his eyes and taking a deep breath remembering his training Oliver grabbed the chain over his head and pulled his weight fully off the bed until the metal groaning became louder until the chain broke and fell around him on the bed.
I can't exactly run right now my legs are still sedated…and who are these men and what does Malcom have to do with them… Oliver thought as he rubbed his thighs hard to try and wake them up. "Malcom… please save us…" Oliver said softly moving his cuffed hands to his stomach and giving it small rub as he started to feel pinpricks in his thighs signaling the salve was starting to wear off.
Staring at the photo of Oliver chained up and unconscious Malcom crushed the photo in his hand as he got up from his desk in his office at Merlyn Global and made his way over to the panic room and hit the button. Going into the room he grabbed his Dark Archer armor and he donned it quickly, he knew that it was a trap to capture him. Leaving under the cover of darkness Malcom made his way to where he knew Oliver was being held. Arriving at the warehouse Malcom slipped through the shadows and moved deeper into the warehouse that had been transformed into the halls of the monastery owned by the league. Moving quickly Malcom ducked down the halls.
Turning down the last hall Malcom doubled back and hid as a pair of guards walked by talking about their prisoner at the end of the hall. Waiting until he was alone Malcom resumed his quest and found himself standing before a locked door, Making quick work of the lock the archer found himself face to face with his love. Closing the door behind him to give them some time Malcom moved over to the bed in slow moments so as not to startle Oliver.
Oliver looked up at the Dark Archer a flash of fear in his eyes. "You're… the one who brought me here aren't you?" Oliver asked trying to keep from showing fear. Shaking his head Malcom moved forward quickly and did away with the shackles that were still around Oliver's wrists and scooped the younger man into his arms and carried him towards the door. Wrapping his arms tightly around the Dark Archer's neck Oliver looked at the eyes behind the mask and cowl. Opening his mouth to speak he instantly felt drained and noticed that the archer start to fade from his vision. Malcom gave an inner sigh of relief when he realized that Oliver was fully sedated he carried his love toward the exit only to be stopped in the main hall.
"You were quicker than we expected Malcom… he really means a lot to you doesn't he?" the voice asked as the cloaked men blocked the exit. Malcom adjusted the weight in his arms and placed Oliver propped up on a stack of boxes and removed his cover and held it.
"You have a lot of gall taking what doesn't belong to-"
"Do not speak of gall… you left and went against our laws and did not expect us retaliate… just consider yourself lucky we did not end his life,"
"Touch him, his family or my son and I will not hesitate to end all your lives," Malcom warned his free hand hovering over a knife at his belt.
"We took you in Merlyn, we taught you our ways and I let you go a move I regret every day since I did it, now we have shown you just how far we'll go to show you that you will never get away from us…do not doubt us again, this is just a warning…" Ra's al Gul remarked snapping his fingers his men clearing a path. Putting his hood and mask back on Malcom picked Oliver up carefully and carried him out of the warehouse and down the dark alleys.
Getting far enough away Malcom set Oliver down on a stack of crates and waited for him to wake from the mild sedative he gave him, opening his eyes slowly and blinking the haze away Oliver looked at the archer in front of him. "Why did you save me?" Oliver asked looking at the hooded figure trying to understand why the same archer that was his rival and shot him in the back had saved his life. "Did… did Malcom send you somehow?" he added breathing deeply as he felt the pricking pain in his legs get stronger signaling he was getting feeling back. Malcom smirked behind his mask and leaned closer and pushed his mask down when he was sure that Oliver was too entranced by his eyes to notice him pulling down his mask locking them into a deep kiss.
Sitting stunned for a moment Oliver felt like he was cheating on Malcom until he felt the archer cup his cheek and deepen the kiss, moaning softly Oliver gripped the shoulder straps on the archer's armor pulling him closer between his legs. Feeling the archer push him against the brick wall and rub against him. Moaning louder in the kiss Oliver tried to pull away for air and found that the Dark Archer was holding him roughly by the back of the head. Letting go of the straps Oliver struggled as he began to feel lightheaded and tried to fight to get free. Feeling his mind drift away Oliver gasped when he opened his eyes the archer was standing on the other side of the alleyway his hood and mask back in place. Soon the archer began fade as the younger man felt his head getting foggy. Looking down Oliver noticed a small dart in his already paralyzed legs.
"You… son… of a…" Oliver mumbled as he fell asleep again. Sighing lightly Malcom lifted his unconscious lover from the boxes and carried him off until they reached Merlyn Global. Using a less used and unwatched staircase to his private elevator Malcom shifted Oliver's weight a bit in his arms as they arrived at the penthouse. Putting the younger man on the couch Malcom opened his panic room and quickly removed his armor. When he was done he walked back to the couch with a glass of water in hand as he put it on the small table near the couch as he sat down to wait for Oliver to waken. Grabbing a salve he knew would work wonders quickly Malcom rubbed it on the small red marks on Oliver's wrists the marks seeming to heal already.
When the drugs finally wore off Oliver groaned as he slowly sat up. "Where the hell am I?" Oliver asked looking around and after a moment recognized Malcom's office. "Malcom… what… how did I get here? Did the Dark Archer bring me here?" Oliver asked only to have Malcom slip over and sit on the couch with him and move his head into the older man's lap. "Dark who, what are you talking about? Oliver you've been asleep here for the last two hours," Malcom lied as he ran his fingers through Oliver's hair. "You came here after your mother threw me out and I gave you a strong herbal tea to calm you down that's when you fell asleep on the couch," Malcom added hoping the lie was believable.
"You mean… that was all just a dream?" Oliver asked as he looked down at his wrists and saw there were no marks from the cuffs. "That was one hell of a dream then… I dreamt I was kidnapped by some shadow people… I mean they were real but this one guy he always stood in the shadows and I was just the bait they were after you… then the Dark Archer saved me… and we… uh made out in an alley… well it was more than made out he was practically humping me like a rabbit I guess you could say," Oliver remarked blushing a bit.
Malcom chuckled and continued to play with Oliver's hair. "You've got one active imagination Oliver…that tea was supposed to help you relax and open your mind to what you want most… maybe you want to be rescued like a damsel in distress," Malcom remarked.
"I don't think that is what I want… but what I do want is something to eat I'm starving…all this morning sickness I haven't been able to keep food down so I need to eat so badly," Oliver said rubbing his unformed stomach. Nodding Malcom smiled and helped Oliver to his feet. "Oliver, would you do me the honor of moving in with me?" Malcom asked smiling. Nodding Oliver smiled and kissed the elder Merlyn as they left the office together.