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Thirty-Six

After a simple evening of dinner and some much needed rest, I woke up the following morning with the sunlight creeping in through the violet curtains in my room. I yawned as the sunlight hit me directly in the face. For a moment there I thought myself back on the island, the sun peeking in through the leafy canopy above us but I realized I was in Starling City.

I sighed and smiled a little. The idea of being trapped on the island for the rest of my life was one of the worst fears I had. That and loosing everyone I loved.

I sat up slowly and glanced over at Roy who was sleeping soundly on the bed beside me. "It should be illegal for you to look that good," I smirked.

Roy grinned.

At least I thought he was asleep.

"It should be," he admitted with a slight shrug.

"Pretentious ass," I smirked as I slipped out of bed and went to the bathroom, coming back to find Roy propped up with his arms behind his head. "Look at you," I chuckled.

He grinned.

I sat down on the edge of the bed. "Thank you, for last night. Not questioning me about the boat accident."

Roy sat up with a sigh. "I'd have thought you would be more pissed off about it."

"I already knew," I confessed. "I heard Walter and Moira fighting about it at the Christmas Party."

He pinched his nose. "I realized you probably already knew. You seemed so calm about it when Diggle told you." I opened my mouth to speak but he held his hand up to shut me up. "If the next words out of your mouth are to argue and not say 'good morning, Roy', don't speak."

I rolled my eyes and muffled what he'd just said.

Roy moved his hand.

"Good morning, Roy," I smirked.

Roy grabbed me and dragged me down so I was lying against him. "You're mine for today," he informed me.

I wagged my eyebrows. "Kinky."

"Don't objectify me!" Roy shot back.

I laughed and straddled his waist. "You don't seem to be upset about it," I smirked, grabbing his shaft and giving it a swift jerk.

He groaned and hit his head back on the headboard of the bed. "Jesus! River-"

I leant forward and kissed him, stopping him from talking. After a couple seconds, Roy started fighting back, our tongues fighting for the right to be the alpha in the bedroom. His fingers dug into my thighs, gripping the flesh so tightly I had suspicions that he'd leave bruises.

I pushed myself up on my knees and used the height leverage to slide onto his cock. A moan escaped us both, Roy gripped my thighs tighter and thrust upwards as I pushed my hips forward, using his shoulders for leverage.

Leaning forward, Roy latched onto one of my nipples, making me lose all sense of reality. Using this as an opportunity, he pushed me down on the bed, bulldozing into me as I gripped the sheets.

I shouted, momentarily feeling sorry if Felicity was still here but quickly losing the thought as Roy bit down hard on my nipple.

He grabbed both my hands, pinning them up against the bed in a tight grip as he gritted his teeth and pushed harder into me.

I tried to move my hands but Roy's grip was too strong, with each thrust my senses were getting weaker. Roy chuckled and craned his neck to get better access to the flesh between my head and my shoulders. He licked the skin and stared sucking on it, just hard enough to bring a mark to the surface. "Fuck!" I hissed when he bit down, hard.

Roy shouted out and slammed harder into me. With his free hand, Roy tightly wrapped his fingers around my throat and he squeezed, cutting off any air to my lungs.

I wrapped my legs around him and planted a soft kiss onto his cheek, one that soon turned heated in the struggle for air.

He tightened his grip around my neck, forcing me to remind myself that it was Roy and not someone attacking me. With one last thrust, Roy came. He buried his head in my neck, panting a little. "You're everything to me," Roy whispered in my ear, letting me go. "I love you."

I stared at him. I'd been back for six months, having been more focused on my operations as the vigilante than being an actual person. My mouth opened but I found myself with only the faculties of a fish, only able to make a sorting of gulping sound. Sure I'd thought about it but I didn't think I was able to say it.

"I love you," he repeated, planting a soft kiss on my head. Roy slumped down on the mattress beside me, slipping his hand in mine and holding it tightly.

I looked over at him. "Roy-"

"Don't say it if you don't mean it, River," he warned me. Gently, Roy cleared away the single tear that rolled down my cheek.

At that moment I found myself wanting to tell him everything. At that moment, I regretted everything I'd done since coming back from Lian Yu. I didn't want to be a vigilante anymore, I didn't want to be Shade. I just wanted Roy. "I love you," I whispered back.

Roy grinned, it was one of those foolish grins of a man who had the world. He wrapped his arm around me and pulled me in close so that I was tucked into the nook of his arm. He kissed my head and held me close. I could have confessed everything, I should have confessed everything. I should have spilled my every dark little secrete as I did with Felicity. I should have told him I was Shade but after those three little words, there was far more to lose than just a person.

In that moment the only thought that crossed my mind was that Starling City could save itself. Today I was just River and River was all I wanted to be.

A girl in love with a boy.

That was simple.

That was uncomplicated.

That was perfect.

++++++ A little smut never hurt anyone. Hehe. I like this chapter the best I think, every possible hero has to question what their second life does to their loved ones and this is River's moment.

I started typing up River's exile in Gotham City cause I couldn't sleep.

Hope you all enjoyed this chapter

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