Prompt from Pink Hollow. Song fic of Bad Blood by Taylor Swift with Roy and Thea. I own nothing.
This song is a guilty pleasure for me. Full lyrics are on my profile.
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
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And, baby, now we got bad blood
Roy lied to her. Roy. Was there no one in this whole world that Thea could trust? Oliver had lied to her, her mother had lied to her, the father she grew up with had lied to her, the father she still had definitely wasn't trustworthy, and now she had to add Roy to the list.
She should have known things were too perfect. Everything in her life turned to ash, why would this relationship be any different? This man had mugged her, and she had fallen hard for him. Then she had found out that he wanted to be a hero, and she had fallen even harder.
Now it was over, and she had nothing left. Roy had chosen heroics over Thea again. At least he had given up his guns, she thought, and picked up a bow and arrows. She honestly didn't know which was worse.
Thea couldn't just let him treat her like that. They were done.
'Did you have to do this? I was thinking that you could be trusted
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Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times, you and I
She wanted so badly to trust him, but how? He had said that he would stop all this vigilante business. He had said that he would always choose her, but instead he chose the Arrow.
He had kept the hosen and torn up the check, but he had still gone right back to risking his life.
Thea sat in her room crying softly. If it was anything other than a lie, she would have forgiven him, it would have been easy, but there was nothing she hated more than lies.
She couldn't stay with him. She couldn't trust him, she couldn't trust anyone, not anymore.
Still, she couldn't help but think about all the good things that had happened. When she was still involved in trying to find the vigilante, they had had a lot of fun digging around, not to mention it drove her brother nuts. She remembered their first kiss. The big bad criminal from the Glades was afraid of needles, and had kissed him to distract him from the needle.
Then she remembered why that had happened in the first place. He had saved her life, just like he was saving people now. Why did this have to be so hard? Why did he have to be so hard?
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
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And, baby, now we've got bad blood
Their relationship had been the best she had ever had, but now . . . now she didn't really know what it was. She just knew she couldn't afford to lose him. She loved him.
Wait, she interrupted her own thoughts, where did that come from? But, it was true. Thea loved Roy. She had loved him for a long time now, and that was why this hurt so much more than any other break up she had had. She had never been in love before. Love had never betrayed her until now. Why did it have to be Roy?
She threw her head back on the pillow and let out a few more sobs, before making a decision she hoped she wouldn't regret.
Thea punched a number into her cell phone.
"Hey, Dad. I thought about you offer. I've made my decision. I'll go with you." She waited for him to respond.
"When can you be ready?"
"Now."
Did you think we'd be fine? Still got scars on my back from your knife
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Oh, it's so sad to think about the good times, you and I
Some wounds will never heal, but all of the scars tell a story. Oliver had told her that. Some of those wounds must be from love because this pain didn't seem to heal. She could still feel the arrow marks where her heart should be.
At least she knew she would always have this reminder of why she had left. She could never turn back. Thea Queen had always turned back, and she had let people walk all over her, but not Thea Merlyn. Thea Merlyn was going to be strong. No one would ever hurt her because she wouldn't let them. Besides, you only really get one real love in your life, and she had already been betrayed by hers, so there was no need to let anyone get close enough to her to hurt her.
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
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And, baby, now we've got bad blood
She had had problems before she met him that seemed so much easier to deal with when Roy was around, but now he was giving her more problems. Thea was tired of dealing with her problems, and now it was time for her to run from them.
The girl had earned it, she may not have dealt with her problems in the best of ways, but this was the first time in her life where she had truly run away from a problem. Sure her parents had tried to make everything she had done wrong go away, but she had at least been willing to face things. At least, she thought she was. It wasn't normal for her to want to run away, but love can be the worst pain.
Band-aids don't fix bullet holes
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If you love like that blood runs cold
It didn't matter how many times he apologized, he had lied to her for the last time. She had to forgive Oliver, he was her brother and one of only two family members she had left, but she didn't need to give Roy another chance. Did he deserve it? Her heart said yes, but her mind said no. She had to listen to her mind, her heart got hurt too often.
With those thoughts she climbed into the limo and faced her father's deceitful smile. She knew he lied about as much as everyone else in her life, but at least he didn't lie about being a liar if that made sense.
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
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And, baby, now we've got bad blood
But, he was Roy. She had already admitted she loved him, to herself at least. Why was sitting in a car that would take her to an unknown destination when the man she loved was still back there? And even if things didn't work out with Roy . . . she still couldn't turn her back on her brother that had been with her for all of her life, well minus five years, but he couldn't really control that.
"Stop the car, I can't do this." The car slowed. "I'm sorry, Dad."
She didn't wait to see his reaction. The car was slow enough that she could step out without getting hurt too badly.
'Cause, baby, now we got bad blood
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And, baby, now we've got bad blood, hey
When she got back to her apartment, she saw Roy. She couldn't see his face, but she could see that he held her note in his hands and there were tears drops on the paper.
"Roy?" She said quietly. He turned, and she could tell that she was right. He had been crying a lot.
"Thea." He said simply as he walked over to her. Roy looked like he wanted to wrap his arms around her and kiss her, but he shrunk back. She didn't. Thea jumped into his arms, and they opened to catch her.
"I love you, Roy."
"I love you too, Thea."