DOT: … And that unexcused absence was long. Sorry! I'm seriously about to strangle my plot bunnies, they keep popping up with great ideas for this story. Which would normally be fantastic, but school declares that all afterschool moments shall be spent doing homework. Blah.

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Fallen

No one said a word when the hurried form of Green Arrow rushed past them. The entire Watchtower was silent as they watched the man grip his arms around the figure in his arms. It was Roy, Red Arrow. Dinah wouldn't have believed it was the boy if she hadn't glimpsed the red color of his hair. Roy looked too small and broken to be in Ollie's arms.

Something clenched around her heart when she saw the expression on her love's face. Ollie looked panicked, and he was soaking wet like he had spent time standing in the rain. Dinah stood up out of her seat and trailed after Ollie towards the medical center.

She caught up to him outside the medical center. Dinah could see him arguing with one of the elite medical professionals they kept on station. Roy was lying awkwardly on the bed where Ollie had places him, unmoving. Ollie was arguing with the doctor still in his Green Arrow apparel. His shoulders were stiff and his gestures were sharp. When he motioned with his hands, small droplets of water were flicked off in all directions.

The doctor continued to listen to him as he hooked the necessary machines up to Green Arrow's ex-protégé. He didn't seem phased by the upset League member. He methodically kept at his work until he was satisfied. When he was, he left the room, laying a hand on Green Arrow's shoulder as he passed by. Certain monitors were beeping, but not the one Green Arrow was hoping for.

Dinah stood there, unsure of how to proceed. She knew she was in shock. Roy, her lover's son, was on a table with a machine announcing he had no heartbeat, no life, no fight. It hurt her deep inside, she had grown to care for that boy, who was growing into adulthood. She had been eagerly waiting for the day where the Red Arrow-Green Arrow business wouldn't matter anymore and they would forgive each other.

That day will never come, because Roy is dead and Ollie is crying. It was ironic in some sort of a sick way how Ollie didn't quite know what he was missing 'til it was gone. Roy was gone, never to show up at Oliver Queen's mansion for dinner, never to join her in teasing Ollie, never to run around the streets of Star City fighting crime at Green Arrow's side.

Some things will never heal. Dinah knows that Ollie will regret that final fight he had with Roy. Before she realizes what she's doing, Dinah is gliding through the medical wing doors and she's standing next to Ollie.

He had sunken to his knees and had his forehead resting on the sterile white sheet of the hospital bed. Ollie's hands were twisted up in the fabric and clenching close to his face. Dinah took a glance at the body of the boy lying in the bed before resting her hand on Ollie's shoulders.

She sunk down to the ground next to him, wrapping her arms around him as she went. Dinah rested her head on his back and listened to his breathing. She could feel the wet cloth beneath her cheek move up and down with each inhale and exhale.

She could hear the quiet choked breaths that were entering and exiting his lungs. He wasn't the strong and mighty Green Arrow right now. Hell, he wasn't even his billionaire asshole self. This was Ollie; a broken father. A father who had lost his son.

"This is all my fault. If I hadn't fought with him, this never would have happened." Ollie pushed out, trying to get the words around the imaginary blockage in his throat. He swallowed. "I loved him, I truly did. I never wanted our relationship to end like this." And he broke down after that.

The tears just keep pouring down his face. Dinah had heard people saw that strong men don't cry, but really it's the weak men who don't. Strong men accept their feelings. Ollie let the clear rivers cascade from his eyes, letting his emotions well out around him. Dinah kept her face rested on his made and rubbed soothing circles.

"Shhhhhhh, it's going to get better." Dinah whispered, trying to comfort Ollie. "I know Roy was important to a lot of people, but he always held a special place in his heart for you. He loved you back."

"He did?" Ollie turns his tear streaked face towards her, and she can see his eyes are red from crying. Her heart broke into tiny little shards. She nodded and made a soft humming noise in the back of her throat.

The redhead had told her on several occasions how he thought of Ollie. Mostly it was about how he was like a father to Roy. Sometimes it was just about the latest thing that Ollie had done to irritate him, but at the end of their talks he would always state how he loved him. It was sad to see how a small misunderstanding in extracurricular activities had made the hotheads mad at each other.

Dinah sat with Ollie for the next few hours. Mostly she just listened to him as he let things off his chest that had been hurting him. She had seen several of the other League members at the hospital door, no doubt because the doctor had told them what happened. They all noticed Dinah and Ollie before they entered, and silently slipped away to pay their respects at a better time.

When Ollie finally stood again, he seemed to slump. Like a part of him inside had broken and now he couldn't hold himself up as straight. His eyes wandered over Roy's body, in its ripped Red Arrow costume, trying to memorize every detail of his ward. His fingers twitched and he hesitantly lifted them and brushed them along Roy's jaw line, almost like he was afraid that the boy would wake up and start yelling at him.

He didn't though, and Ollie dropped his hand. He arranged Roy's hair in the style he liked to wear it and gently pressed his lips to Roy's forehead. Ollie's eyes were dark as he turned around and made his way to the door.

"Someone's going to pay for this."

DOT: AAaaannnnddd that's it for this chapter. Again, I can't thank you guys enough for all the alerts/favorites/reviews and I'm going to take the time to list all of your names:

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